Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in atherosclerosis: A bibliometric and visual analysis

Table 5 The top 10 co-cited references in the field of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for atherosclerosis

Rank	Title	Journal	Citations	Type	Year	Ref.
1	Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells attenuate the progression of atherosclerosis in ApoE(-/-) mice via miR-let7 mediated infiltration and polarization of M2 macrophage	Biochem Biophys Res Commun	26	Article	2019	[93]
2	Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis	Nat Rev Cardiol	22	Review	2019	[83]
3	Adventitial MSC-like cells are progenitors of vascular smooth muscle cells and drive vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease	Cell Stem Cell	21	Article	2016	[94]
4	Mesenchymal stem cells reduce murine atherosclerosis development	Sci Rep	16	Article	2015	[65]
5	Shedding light on the cell biology of extracellular vesicles	Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol	14	Review	2018	[95]
6	Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines	J Extracell Vesicles	14	Guidelines	2018	[96]
7	Extensive proliferation of a subset of differentiated, yet plastic, medial vascular smooth muscle cells contributes to neointimal formation in mouse injury and atherosclerosis models	Circ Res	13	Article	2016	[97]
8	Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis	Circ Res	13	Review	2016	[98]
9	Human gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells modulate monocytes/macrophages and alleviate atherosclerosis	Front Immunol	13	Article	2018	[66]
10	Hypoxia-elicited mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes facilitates cardiac repair through miR-125b-mediated prevention of cell death in myocardial infarction	Theranostics	12	Article	2018	[99]
11	Role of smooth muscle cells in vascular calcification: implications in atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness	Cardiovasc Res	12	Review	2018	[100]
12	Humoral factors secreted from adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate atherosclerosis in Ldlr-/- mice	Cardiovasc Res	12	Article	2019	[101]
13	Atorvastatin enhances the therapeutic efficacy of mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes in acute myocardial infarction via up-regulating long non-coding RNA H19	Cardiovasc Res	12	Article	2020	[102]