K. Ojamaa

Most-cited papers

Thyroid hormone and the cardiovascular system.
I. Klein, K. Ojamaa
2001Minerva Endocrinologica1,031 citations
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Thyroid hormone treatment after coronary-artery bypass surgery.
J. Klemperer, I. Klein, Maureen E. Gomez, R. Helm +4 more
1995New England Journal of Medicine456 citations
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Acute Effects of Thyroid Hormone on Vascular Smooth Muscle
K. Ojamaa, J. Klemperer, Irwin Klein
1996Thyroid331 citations
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Thyrotoxicosis and the heart.
I. Klein, K. Ojamaa
1998Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America (Print)248 citations
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Thyroid Hormone Stimulates Protein Synthesis in the Cardiomyocyte by Activating the Akt-mTOR and p70S6K Pathways*
Á. Kenessey, K. Ojamaa
2006Journal of Biological Chemistry212 citations Open access
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The Direct Vasomotor Effect of Thyroid Hormones on Rat Skeletal Muscle Resistance Arteries
Kyung W. Park, Hai B. Dai, K. Ojamaa, E. Lowenstein +2 more
1997Anesthesia and Analgesia192 citations Open access
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Triiodothyronine therapy lowers the incidence of atrial fibrillation after cardiac operations.
J. D. Klemperer, I. Klein, K. Ojamaa, R. E. Helm +3 more
1996Annals of Thoracic Surgery164 citations
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Long-term gene transfer in porcine myocardium after coronary infusion of an adeno-associated virus vector.
Michael G. Kaplitt, Xiao Xiao, Richard J. Samulski, Juan Li +6 more
1996Annals of Thoracic Surgery153 citations Open access
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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor provides cardioprotection during ischemia/reperfusion by reducing oxidative stress.
K. Koga, Á. Kenessey, S. R. Powell, C. Sison +2 more
2011Antioxidants and Redox Signaling120 citations
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Macrophage CD74 contributes to MIF-induced pulmonary inflammation
Koichiro Takahashi, K. Koga, H. Linge, Yin-Zhong Zhang +5 more
2009Respiratory Research120 citations Open access
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Thyroid hormone metabolism and cardiac gene expression after acute myocardial infarction in the rat.
K. Ojamaa, Á. Kenessey, Rajesh Shenoy, Irwin Klein
2000American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism120 citations
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Thyroid hormone regulation of phospholamban phosphorylation in the rat heart.
K. Ojamaa, Á. Kenessey, Irwin Klein
2000Endocrinology109 citations
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Altered myocardial Ca2+ cycling after left ventricular assist device support in the failing human heart.
K. Chaudhary, E. Rossman, V. Piacentino, Á. Kenessey +7 more
2004Journal of the American College of Cardiology100 citations Open access
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Cytokine Response in Children Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Ashish B Madhok, K. Ojamaa, V. Haridas, V. Parnell +2 more
2006Pediatric Cardiology99 citations Open access
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A prospective randomized clinical study of thyroid hormone treatment after operations for complex congenital heart disease.
Devyani Chowdhury, K. Ojamaa, Vincent A. Parnell, C. Mcmahon +2 more
2001Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery87 citations Open access
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Effects of thyroid hormone on action potential and repolarizing currents in rat ventricular myocytes.
Zhuo-Qian Sun, K. Ojamaa, W. Coetzee, Michael Artman +1 more
2000American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism85 citations
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Thyroid hormone and hemodynamic regulation of beta-myosin heavy chain promoter in the heart.
K. Ojamaa, J. Klemperer, Scott MacGilvray, Irwin Klein +1 more
1996Endocrinology81 citations Open access
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Triiodothyronine improves left ventricular function without oxygen wasting effects after global hypothermic ischemia.
John D. Klemperer, J. Zelano, R. E. Helm, K. Berman +4 more
1995Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery81 citations Open access
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Alterations in cardiac contractility and gene expression during low-T3 syndrome: prevention with T3.
H. Katzeff, S. R. Powell, K. Ojamaa
1997American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism80 citations
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Thyroid hormone and the cardiovascular system: from theory to practice.
I. Klein, K. Ojamaa
1994Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism72 citations
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Thyroid hormone increases pacemaker activity in rat neonatal atrial myocytes.
Zhuo-Qian Sun, K. Ojamaa, Tomoe Y. Nakamura, M. Artman +2 more
2001Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology71 citations
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Signaling Mechanisms in Thyroid Hormone-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy
K. Ojamaa
2009Vascular pharmacology70 citations Open access
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Changes in adenylyl cyclase isoforms as a mechanism for thyroid hormone modulation of cardiac beta-adrenergic receptor responsiveness.
K. Ojamaa, Irwin Klein, A. Sabet, S. Steinberg
2000Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental70 citations Open access
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Thyroid hormone therapy in cardiovascular disease.
John D. Klemperer, K. Ojamaa, I. Klein
1996Progress in cardiovascular diseases65 citations
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Differential regulation of SR calcium transporters by thyroid hormone in rat atria and ventricles.
Rajesh Shenoy, Irwin Klein, K. Ojamaa
2001American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology63 citations
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Low-Dose T3 Replacement Restores Depressed Cardiac T3 Levels, Preserves Coronary Microvasculature and Attenuates Cardiac Dysfunction in Experimental Diabetes Mellitus
Nathan Y. Weltman, K. Ojamaa, E. Schlenker, Yue-feng Chen +6 more
2014Molecular Medicine60 citations Open access
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Thyroid hormone: targeting the vascular smooth muscle cell.
Irwin Klein, K. Ojamaa
2001Circulation Research59 citations Open access
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Triiodothyronine-mediated myosin heavy chain gene transcription in the heart.
S. Danzi, K. Ojamaa, I. Klein
2003American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology58 citations
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Posttranscriptional modification of myosin heavy-chain gene expression in the hypertrophied rat myocardium.
K. Ojamaa, J. Petrie, Cheryl Balkman, C. Hong +1 more
1994Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America57 citations Open access
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Acute exposure to thyroid hormone increases Na+ current and intracellular Ca2+ in cat atrial myocytes
Y. G. Wang, E. Dedkova, Jon P. Fiening, K. Ojamaa +2 more
2003Journal of Physiology53 citations Open access
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Adenylyl Cyclase 6 Mediates Inhibition of TNF in the Inflammatory Reflex
L. Tarnawski, Colin Reardon, A. Caravaca, M. Rosas‐Ballina +16 more
2018Frontiers in Immunology51 citations Open access
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Editorial: Thyroid Hormone-Targeting the Heart.
I. Klein, K. Ojamaa
2001Endocrinology50 citations Open access
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Identification of a Contractile-responsive Element in the Cardiac -Myosin Heavy Chain Gene (*)
K. Ojamaa, A. Samarel, I. Klein
1996Journal of Biological Chemistry49 citations Open access
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Thyroid (neuro)myopathy.
I. Klein, K. Ojamaa
2000The Lancet48 citations Open access
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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor antagonizes pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy.
K. Koga, Á. Kenessey, K. Ojamaa
2013American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology46 citations
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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-Mediated Protection of the Rat Heart Exposed to Ischemia Reperfusion
S. Mavropoulos, Nayaab S. Khan, A. Levy, Bradley T. Faliks +4 more
2017Molecular Medicine43 citations Open access
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Safe Oral Triiodo-L-Thyronine Therapy Protects from Post-Infarct Cardiac Dysfunction and Arrhythmias without Cardiovascular Adverse Effects
Viswanathan Rajagopalan, You-Hua Zhang, K. Ojamaa, Yue-feng Chen +6 more
2016PLoS ONE43 citations Open access
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Usefulness of triiodothyronine (T3) treatment after surgery for complex congenital heart disease in infants and children.
D. Chowdhury, V. Parnell, K. Ojamaa, R. Boxer +2 more
1999American Journal of Cardiology43 citations
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Preserved contractile function despite atrophic remodeling in unloaded rat hearts.
D. Welsh, K. Dipla, Patrick H. McNulty, Anbin Mu +4 more
2001American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology42 citations
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Thyroid hormone and the cardiovascular system.
Irwin Klein, K. Ojamaa
1997New England Journal of Medicine42 citations
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Myosin heavy chain gene expression in neonatal rat heart cells: effects of [Ca2+]i and contractile activity.
M. Qi, J. Puglisi, Kenneth L. Byron, K. Ojamaa +3 more
1997American Journal of Physiology42 citations
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Thyroid Hormone and Cardioprotection
A. Gerdes, K. Ojamaa
2016Comprehensive Physiology38 citations
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Thyroid hormone-targeting the heart.
I. Klein, K. Ojamaa
2001Endocrinology37 citations
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Brain injury with systemic inflammation in newborns with congenital heart disease undergoing heart surgery
R. Pironkova, J. Giamelli, H. Seiden, V. Parnell +4 more
2017Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine34 citations Open access
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Role of USF1 phosphorylation on cardiac α-myosin heavy chain promoter activity
Qianxun Xiao, Á. Kenessey, K. Ojamaa
200234 citations
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N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide levels in pediatric patients with congestive heart failure undergoing cardiac surgery.
R. Walsh, Clark Boyer, Jared C Lacorte, V. Parnell +3 more
2008Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery30 citations Open access
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Restoration of cardiac tissue thyroid hormone status in experimental hypothyroidism: a dose-response study in female rats.
N. Weltman, K. Ojamaa, O. Savinova, Yue-feng Chen +6 more
2013Endocrinology29 citations Open access
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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor induces cardiomyocyte apoptosis.
Preeta Dhanantwari, Sumekala Nadaraj, Á. Kenessey, D. Chowdhury +3 more
2008Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC29 citations Open access
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MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR WITHIN THE ALVEOLAR SPACES INDUCES CHANGES IN THE HEART DURING LATE EXPERIMENTAL SEPSIS
Xinchun Lin, T. Sakuragi, C. Metz, K. Ojamaa +4 more
2005Shock29 citations Open access
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Regulation of Na/K-ATPase Gene Expression by Thyroid Hormone and Hyperkalemia in the Heart
Y. Yalçın, Deborah D. Carman, Y. Shao, Faramarz Ismail-Beigi +2 more
1999Thyroid26 citations
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