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Robert C. Wirka

Cardiovascular Disease · Unc Physicians and Associates

Credentials: · ·

History

Stanford University
Stanford University
University of California, San Francisco
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
University of Wisconsin

Research

Atheroprotective roles of smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation and the TCF21 disease gene as revealed by single-cell analysis
Nature Medicine · 2019 · First of 21 authors · 714 citations
Pro-efferocytic nanoparticles are specifically taken up by lesional macrophages and prevent atherosclerosis
Nature Nanotechnology · 2020 · 230 citations
Single-Cell Transcriptomic Profiling of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype Modulation in Marfan Syndrome Aortic Aneurysm
Arteriosclerosis · 2020 · 170 citations

Paul Cheng
15 papers
Juyong Kim
10 papers
Aj Pedroza
6 papers · 3 as a resident
Michael Fischbein
6 papers
Chad Weldy
5 papers
Alex Dalal
4 papers · 4 as a resident
BP
Brian Palmisano
4 papers
Daniel Li
4 papers
WG
Wenduo Gu
3 papers · 1 as a resident
Joseph Woo
2 papers
Joseph Wu
2 papers
Meghana Iyer
2 papers

Grants

CXCL5-CXCR2 Signaling in Macrophage Cholesterol Efflux and Atherosclerosis: From Mechanism to Therapy
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $773.5K · Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2026–2030
The Role of Twist1 in SMC Phenotypic Modulation During Atherosclerosis
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.5M · Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2023–2028
The Role of TWIST1 in Smooth Muscle Cells During Atherosclerosis
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · K08
Contact PI · $764.7K · Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2020–2025
The Role of TCF21 in Coronary Heart Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · F32
Contact PI · $192K · Stanford University
2015–2018