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. 2023 Feb 15;15(2):1386–1402.

Table 5.

Top 10 cited references for efferocytosis research

Rank Title Author Year Journal Citation frequency
1 Embryonic and Adult-Derived Resident Cardiac Macrophages Are Maintained through Distinct Mechanisms at Steady State and during Inflammation Epelman S 2014 Immunity 738
2 Resolution of inflammation: an integrated view Ortega-Gomez A 2013 EMBO Molecular Medicine 416
3 Macrophage Autophagy Plays a Protective Role in Advanced Atherosclerosis Liao XH 2012 Cell Metabolism 397
4 Macrophage defense mechanisms against intracellular bacteria Weiss G 2015 Immunological Reviews 396
5 Macrophage Dysfunction Impairs Resolution of Inflammation in the Wounds of Diabetic Mice Khanna S 2010 PLOS ONE 360
6 Inflammation and its resolution in atherosclerosis: mediators and therapeutic opportunities Back M 2019 Nature Reviews Cardiology 325
7 Specific lipid mediator signatures of human phagocytes: microparticles stimulate macrophage efferocytosis and pro-resolving mediators Dalli J 2012 Blood 316
8 Apoptosis and Clearance of Apoptotic Cells Nagata S 2018 Annual Review of Immunology 311
9 Burying the dead - The impact of failed apoptotic cell removal (efferocytosis) on chronic inflammatory lung disease Vandivier RW 2006 Chest 306
10 Neutrophils orchestrate post-myocardial infarction healing by polarizing macrophages towards a reparative phenotype Horckmans M 2017 European Heart Journal 297