| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Endothelial dysfunction : the early predictor of atherosclerosis | Cardiovascular Journal of Africa | 2012 | 372 |
| 2 | The effect of obesity on sperm disorders and male infertility | Nature Reviews Urology | 2010 | 308 |
| 3 | Ultraviolet Light Induced Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology | 2017 | 268 |
| 4 | Bedaquiline in the treatment of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis | European Respiratory Journal | 2016 | 254 |
| 5 | Oxidative phosphorylation versus glycolysis: what fuel do spermatozoa use? | Asian Journal of Andrology | 2015 | 241 |
| 6 | Maternal separation of rat pups increases the risk of developing depressive-like behavior after subsequent chronic stress by altering corticosterone and neurotrophin levels in the hippocampus | Neuroscience Research | 2008 | 174 |
| 7 | Exercise increases BDNF levels in the striatum and decreases depressive-like behavior in chronically stressed rats | Metabolic Brain Disease | 2009 | 167 |
| 8 | Utility of antioxidants during assisted reproductive techniques: an evidence based review | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology | 2014 | 154 |
| 9 | Assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of Xpert MTB/RIF assay as an early sputum biomarker of response to tuberculosis treatment | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2013 | 151 |
| 10 | Thein vitroeffects of melatonin on human sperm function and its scavenging activities on NO and ROS | Andrologia | 2010 | 140 |
| 11 | Morphometric dimensions of the human sperm head depend on the staining method used | Human Reproduction | 2010 | 123 |
| 12 | Mycobactericidal Activity of Sutezolid (PNU-100480) in Sputum (EBA) and Blood (WBA) of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 121 |
| 13 | Marijuana, phytocannabinoids, the endocannabinoid system, and male fertility | Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics | 2015 | 118 |
| 14 | Chronic melatonin consumption prevents obesity‐related metabolic abnormalities and protects the heart against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury in a prediabetic model of diet‐induced obesity | Journal of Pineal Research | 2011 | 117 |
| 15 | Xpert MTB/RIF Assay for Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2011 | 98 |
| 16 | Melatonin and the metabolic syndrome: a tool for effective therapy in obesity‐associated abnormalities? | Acta Physiologica | 2012 | 96 |
| 17 | Melatonin and cardioprotection against ischaemia/reperfusion injury: What's new? A review | Journal of Pineal Research | 2018 | 93 |
| 18 | Ambient air pollution and health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current evidence, perspectives and a call to action. | Environmental Research | 2019 | 89 |
| 19 | Insulin and leptin enhance human sperm motility, acrosome reaction and nitric oxide production | Asian Journal of Andrology | 2008 | 80 |
| 20 | Melatonin receptor‐mediated protection against myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion injury: role of its anti‐adrenergic actions | Journal of Pineal Research | 2008 | 72 |
| 21 | Pleural controversy: Closed needle pleural biopsy or thoracoscopy—Which first? | Respirology | 2011 | 72 |
| 22 | TNF-α and IL-6 affect human sperm function by elevating nitric oxide production | Reproductive BioMedicine Online | 2008 | 71 |
| 23 | Aspalathin, a dihydrochalcone C‐glucoside, protects H9c2 cardiomyocytes against high glucose induced shifts in substrate preference and apoptosis | Molecular Nutrition and Food Research | 2016 | 70 |
| 24 | Proteomics: a subcellular look at spermatozoa | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology | 2011 | 64 |
| 25 | Nitric oxide in the cardiovascular system: a simple molecule with complex actions | Cardiovascular Journal of Africa | 2009 | 62 |
| 26 | The Pathophysiology of Myocardial Ischemia and Perioperative Myocardial Infarction | Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia | 2020 | 61 |
| 27 | Vascular endothelial dysfunction in the wake of HIV and ART | FEBS Journal | 2019 | 60 |
| 28 | Large volume cryoprotectant-free vitrification: an alternative to conventional cryopreservation for human spermatozoa | Andrologia | 2015 | 59 |
| 29 | Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of tuberculosis in an HIV-endemic setting with a high burden of previous tuberculosis: a two-cohort diagnostic accuracy study | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2020 | 58 |
| 30 | Are oxidative stress markers associated with unexplained male infertility? | Andrologia | 2017 | 56 |
| 31 | Aspalathin from Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis): A Bioactive C-glucosyl Dihydrochalcone with Potential to Target the Metabolic Syndrome | Planta Medica | 2018 | 56 |
| 32 | Blood-Based DNA Methylation Biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes: Potential for Clinical Applications | Frontiers in Endocrinology | 2018 | 56 |
| 33 | The efficacy of Prosopis glandulosa as antidiabetic treatment in rat models of diabetes and insulin resistance | Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 2011 | 50 |
| 34 | Semen hyperviscosity causes consequences and cures | Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite | 2013 | 49 |
| 35 | Population Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Analysis of the Bactericidal Activities of Sutezolid (PNU-100480) and Its Major Metabolite against Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ex Vivo Whole-Blood Cultures of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2014 | 46 |
| 36 | A proteomic analysis of the ventral hippocampus of rats subjected to maternal separation and escitalopram treatment | Metabolic Brain Disease | 2009 | 44 |
| 37 | Short‐term melatonin consumption protects the heart of obese rats independent of body weight change and visceral adiposity | Journal of Pineal Research | 2014 | 44 |
| 38 | Image-guided pleural biopsy | Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine | 2013 | 42 |
| 39 | Improved diagnosis of childhood tuberculous meningitis using more than one nucleic acid amplification test | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 2015 | 41 |
| 40 | Current perspectives of CASA applications in diverse mammalian spermatozoa | Reproduction, Fertility and Development | 2018 | 39 |
| 41 | Direct Comparison of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay with Liquid and Solid Mycobacterial Culture for Quantification of Early Bactericidal Activity | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2013 | 38 |
| 42 | Cancer stem cells: A product of clonal evolution? | International Journal of Cancer | 2017 | 38 |
| 43 | Revisiting the Cardiotoxic Effect of Chloroquine | Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy | 2019 | 36 |
| 44 | The association between leukocytes and sperm quality is concentration dependent | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology | 2010 | 35 |
| 45 | SARS-COV-2 (Covid-19) and male fertility: Where are we? | Reproductive Toxicology | 2021 | 35 |
| 46 | Cardiovascular effects of air pollution: current evidence from animal and human studies | American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology | 2021 | 35 |
| 47 | Maternal separation exaggerates the toxic effects of 6-hydroxydopamine in rats: Implications for neurodegenerative disorders | Stress | 2008 | 34 |
| 48 | In vitroeffects of nicotine on human spermatozoa | Andrologia | 2014 | 34 |
| 49 | Molecular insights into the pathophysiology of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity: a graphical representation | Archives of Toxicology | 2022 | 34 |
| 50 | ATM Protein Kinase Signaling, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease | Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy | 2015 | 32 |
