Publikacije

  • Kreft T, Cokan KB, Skubic C, Režen T, Perše M, Wechtersbach K, Kojc N, Jeruc J, Debeljak Ž, Heffer M, Matz-Soja M, Rozman D. Hepatic management of toxic sterols after acute deletion of Cyp51 from cholesterol synthesis. J Biol Chem. 2026 Jan 23:111188. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111188. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41581873.
  • Sablić, M.; Čurila, V.; Viljetić, B.; Mihajlović, L.; Korade, Z.; Mirnics, K.; Labak, I.; Murvaj, L.; Blažetić, S.; Ivić, V.; et al. Sex-Specific Metabolic Footprint of Ketogenic Diet in C57BL/6J Mice. Biomedicines 2026, 14, 462. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines14020462
  • Mlinac-Jerkovic K, Heffer M, Schnaar RL. Gangliosides in molecular interactions and cell regulation. J Biol Chem. 2026 Jan 23:111184. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111184. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41581874.
  • Vidović S, Pogorelić Z, Olujić M, Pešikan A, Kolak E, Groznica I, Jelić Vuković M, Biuk D, Heffer M, Degmečić D. Assessment of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Among Medical Students and Their Association with Religiosity: A Cross-Sectional Study. Diagnostics (Basel). 2026 Jan 5;16(1):172. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16010172. PMID: 41515667; PMCID: PMC12785332.
  • Ivić V, Labak I, Shevchuk O, Scitovski R, Ivankiv V, Kozak K, Korda M, Heffer M, Vari SG. Sex-Specific Patterns of Cortisol Fluctuation, Stress, and Academic Success in Quarantined Foreign Medical Students During the COVID-19 Lockdown. Life (Basel). 2025 Dec 30;16(1):54. doi: 10.3390/life16010054. PMID: 41598210; PMCID: PMC12843281
  • Sablić M, Čurila V, Blažetić S, Balog M, Heffer M, Kokot A, Ivić V. Genetic and Epigenetic Modifiers of Ketogenic Diet Responses: Roles of Sex and Age. Obesities. 2025; 5(4):92. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5040092
  • Mustapić M, Molnar M, Španić N, Komar M, Viljetić B, Glavaš-Obrovac Lj, Heffer M, Genorio B, Ivković A, Anelić R, Faraguna F, Tóth L, Budai J, Márton Z, Belić D. Gold nanoparticle-embedded cellulose acetate: structural, optical, mechanical, and cytotoxicity assessment. Materials Advances. 2025; Advance Article. 
  • Korade Z, Anderson AC, Balog M, Tallman KA, Porter NA, Mirnics K. Hydroxyzine Effects on Post-Lanosterol Biosynthesis in Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (SLOS) Models. Biomolecules. 2025 Apr 10;15(4):562. doi: 10.3390/biom15040562. PMID: 40305315; PMCID: PMC12024545.
  • Vidović S, Degmečić D, Drenjančević I, Labak I, Pešikan A, Kolak E, Kraštek S, Heffer M. Mental Health and Physical Activity Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Psychiatry International. 2025; 6(4):124. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint6040124
  • Vidović S, Rakić N, Kraštek S, Pešikan A, Degmečić D, Zibar L, Labak I, Heffer M, Pogorelić Z. Sleep Quality and Mental Health Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025; 14(7):2274. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14072274
  • Mlinac-Jerkovic K, Heffer M, Kalanj-Bognar S, Blažetić S. Editorial: Latest advances in neuroscience at the 9th Croatian Neuroscience Congress. Front Mol Neurosci. 2025 Feb 6;18:1563899. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2025.1563899. PMID: 39980587; PMCID: PMC11839593.
  • Šišljagić D, Blažetić S, Zjalić M, Labak I, Ivić V, Szűcs KF, Gáspár R, Ducza E, Vari SG, Muller A, Heffer M. Structural and Metabolic Changes in Pregnant Rat Uterine and Adipose Tissue Induced by a High-Fat High-Sugar Diet. Biomolecules. 2025; 15(3):446. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom15030446
  • Vranjić, Petar; Vuković, Mladen; Blažetić, Senka; Viljetić, Barbara*. Ketogenic Diet and Thyroid Function: A Delicate Metabolic Balancing Act // Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 47 (2025), 9; 696. https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb47090696
  • Šišljagić D, Blažetić S, Heffer M, Vranješ Delać M, Muller A. The Interplay of Uterine Health and Obesity: A Comprehensive Review. Biomedicines. 2024; 12(12):2801. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12122801. (Q2, IF 4,1)
  • Nemet V, Matić S, Zielsdorf SJ, Tolj I, Jelić Vuković M, Švitek L, Kalauz M, Strunje I, Matić L, Heffer M. Calcifediol and paricalcitol as adjunctive therapies for HSV-1 keratitis and corneal perforation: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Dec 6;103(49):e40654. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000040654. (Q2, IF 1,6)
  • Puljko B , Grbavac J , Potočki V , Ilic K , Viljetić B , Kalanj-Bognar S, Heffer M, Debeljak Ž , Blažetić S, Mlinac-Jerkovic K. The good, the bad, and the unknown nature of decreased GD3 synthase expression. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 2024; 17: 1-7. doi=10.3389/fnmol.2024.1465013. (Q2, IF 4,4)
  • Pavić V, Viljetić B, Blažetić S, Labak I, Has-Schön E, Heffer M. Temperature-Induced Seasonal Dynamics of Brain Gangliosides in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Life-BASEL. 2024; 14(10):1273. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14101273. (Q1, IF 3,1)
  • Tot OK, Mrđenović S, Ivić V, Rončević R, Milić J, Viljetić B, Heffer M. Age-Related Effects of Inhalational Anesthetics in B4galnt1/Null and Cuprizone-Treated Mice: Clinically Relevant Insights into Demyelinating Diseases. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2024 Aug 1;46(8):8376-8394. doi:10.3390/cimb46080494. (Q3, IF 2,9)
  • Rapčan B, Song M, Frkatović-Hodžić A, Pribić T, Vuk J, Beletić A, Hanić M,Jurić J, Tominac P, Milas J, Ivić V, Viland S, Bonet S, Šego B, Heffer M, Wang W, Snyder MP, Lauc G. Glycan clock of ageing-analytical precision and time-dependent inter- and i-individual variability. Geroscience. 2024 Jun 14. doi:10.1007/s11357-024-01239-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38877341. (Q1, IF 6,2)
  • Tomic S, Zjalic M, Popovic Z, Krivdic Dupan Z, Heffer M, Snajder Mujkic D, Mandic D, Guljas S, Petrovic IN. Case report: Rapid-onset parkinsonism after a hornet sting. Front Neurol. 2024 Apr 3;15:1365199. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1365199. PMID: 38633540; (Q2, IF 3,3)
  • Viljetić B, Blažetić S, Labak I, Ivić V, Zjalić M, Heffer M, Balog M. Lipid Rafts: The Maestros of Normal Brain Development. Biomolecules. 2024 Mar 18;14(3):362. doi: 10.3390/biom14030362. PMID: 38540780; PMCID: PMC10967752. (Q1, IF 5,4)
  • Mlinac-Jerkovic K, Kalanj-Bognar S, Heffer M, Blažetić S. Methodological Pitfalls of Investigating Lipid Rafts in the Brain: What Are We Still Missing? Biomolecules. 2024 Jan 28;14(2):156. doi: 10.3390/biom14020156. PMID: 38397393; PMCID: PMC10886647. (Q1, IF 5,4)
  • Kuharić M, Ivić V, Zjalić M, Matić A, Drenjančević I, Vari SG, Včev A, Heffer M. HIPPOCAMPAL GANGLIOSIDE COMPOSITION IS ALTERED BY METFORMIN AND LIRAGLUTIDE TREATMENT IN A HIGH-FAT HIGH-SUGAR DIET RAT MODEL. Acta Clin Croat. 2023 Apr;62(1):184-192. doi: 10.20471/acc.2023.62.01.21. PMID: 38304364; PMCID: PMC10829952.
  • Korade Z, Anderson A, Balog M, Tallman KA, Porter NA, Mirnics K. 2023. Chronic Aripiprazole and Trazodone Polypharmacy Effects on Systemic and Brain Cholesterol Biosynthesis. Biomolecules, doi: 10.3390/biom13091321. Impact factor: 6.064, Q1, Journal impact factor percentile: 78.8, Citiranost: 3
  • Blažetić S, Krajina V, Labak I, Viljetić B, Pavić V, Ivić V, Balog M, Schnaar RL, Heffer M. Sialyltransferase Mutations Alter the Expression of Calcium-Binding Interneurons in Mice Neocortex, Hippocampus and Striatum. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 7;24(24):17218. doi: 10.3390/ijms242417218. PMID: 38139047; PMCID: PMC10743413.
  • Ivić V, Zjalić M, Blažetić S, Fenrich M, Labak I, Scitovski R, Szűcs KF, Ducza E, Tábi T, Bagamery F, Szökő É, Vuković R, Rončević A, Mandić D, Debeljak Ž, Berecki M, Balog M, Seres-Bokor A, Sztojkov-Ivanov A, Hajagos-Tóth J, Gajović S, Imširović A, Bakula M, Mahiiovych S, Gaspar R, Vari SG, Heffer M. Elderly rats fed with a high-fat high-sucrose diet developed sex-dependent metabolic syndrome regardless of long-term metformin and liraglutide treatment. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Oct 20;14:1181064. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1181064. PMID: 37929025; PMCID: PMC10623428.
  • Čović M, Zjalić M, Mihajlović L, Pap M, Wagner J, Mandić D, Debeljak Ž, Heffer M. Sucralose Targets the Insulin Signaling Pathway in the SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cell Line. Metabolites. 2023; 13(7):817. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13070817
  • Mrdenovic S, Wang Y, Yin L, Chu GC, Ou Y, Lewis MS, Heffer M, Posadas EM, Zhau HE, Chung LWK, Edderkaoui M, Pandol SJ, Wang R, Zhang Y. A cisplatin conjugate with tumor cell specificity exhibits antitumor effects in renal cancer models. BMC Cancer. 2023 Jun 2;23(1):499. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-10878-3. PMID: 37268911; PMCID: PMC10236852.
  • Brandt B, Németh M, Berta G, Szünstein M, Heffer M, Rauch TA, Pap M. A Promising Way to Overcome Temozolomide Resistance through Inhibition of Protein Neddylation in Glioblastoma Cell Lines. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Apr 27;24(9):7929. doi: 10.3390/ijms24097929. PMID: 37175636; PMCID: PMC10178391.
  • Wagner J, Štibi S, Selak N, Alvir I, Mamić I, Marcelić L, Šušnjar L, Puljiz M, Heffer M, Danolić D. Interleukin 10 rs1800896 and interleukin 1B rs16944 polymorphisms and the risk of cervical cancer. Wien Med Wochenschr. 2023 Mar;173(3-4):57-61. English. doi: 10.1007/s10354-021-00907-w. Epub 2022 Jan 18. PMID: 35041104.
  • Kević Dešić, Sara; Viljetić, Barbara; Wagner, Jasenka. Assessment of the Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Effects of Turpentine in Painters // Life, 13 (2023), 2; 530-539. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13020530
  • Viljetić, Barbara; Dragun, Dario; Labak, Irena; Bogdanović, Tomislav; Jelić, Dušan; Heffer, Marija; Kovačić, Mislav; Blažetić, Senka Distribution of sialoglycoconjugates – gangliosides and PSA-NCAM in the brain of two venomous snakes: Vipera ammodytes and Vipera berus bosniensis // Veterinarska stanica, 55 (2023), 2; 147-155. https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.55.2.10
  • Jirouš Drulak, Maja; Grgić, Zvonimir; Plužarić, Vera; Šola, Marija; Opačak-Bernardi, Teuta; Viljetić, Barbara; Glavaš, Kristina; Tolušić-Levak, Maja; Periša, Vlatka; Mihalj, Martina et al. Characterization of the TCRβ repertoire of peripheral MR1-restricted MAIT cells in psoriasis vulgaris patients // Scientific reports, 13 (2023), 13; 20990, 14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48321-z
  • Balog M, Anderson AC, Heffer M, Korade Z, Mirnics K. Effects of Psychotropic Medication on Somatic Sterol Biosynthesis of Adult Mice. Biomolecules. 2022 Oct 21;12(10):1535. doi: 10.3390/biom12101535. PMID: 36291744; PMCID: PMC9599595.
  • Meter D, Racetin A, Vukojević K, Balog M, Ivić V, Zjalić M, Heffer M, Filipović N. A Lack of GD3 Synthase Leads to Impaired Renal Expression of Connexins and Pannexin1 in St8sia1 Knockout Mice. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 6237. 
  • Latin K, Mastanjević K, Raguž N, Bulaić M, Lužaić R, Heffer M, & Lukić, B. (2022). Differences in Fatty Acid Profile and Physical-Chemical Composition of Slavonska slanina—Dry Cured Smoked Bacon Produced from Black Slavonian Pig and Modern Pigs. Animals, 12(7), 924.
  • Matić A, Vuković R, Heffer M, Balog M, Ivić V, Gaspar R, et al. Sex differences in oxidative stress level and antioxidative enzymes expression and activity in obese pre-diabetic elderly rats treated with metformin or liraglutide. Croatian medical journal. 2021;62(3):215-26. IF – 2,415; Q3; broj citata: 3.
  • Korade Z, Tallman KA, Kim HH, Balog M, Genaro-Mattos TC, Pattnaik A, et al. 2022. Dose-Response Effects of 7-Dehydrocholesterol Reductase Inhibitors on Sterol Profiles and Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Replication. ACS pharmacology & translational science, doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.2c00051    Impact factor: 6.0, Q1, Journal impact factor percentile: 82.6, Citiranost: 12
  • Balog M, Anderson A, Genaro-Mattos TC, Korade Z, Mirnics K. 2022. Individual and simultaneous treatment with antipsychotic aripiprazole and antidepressant trazodone inhibit sterol biosynthesis in the adult brain., Journal of lipid research, doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2022.100249    Impact factor: 6.5, Q1, Journal impact factor percentile: 81.9, Citiranost: 13
  • Balog M, Anderson A, Gurumurthy CB, Quadros RM, Korade Z, Mirnics K. Knock-in mouse models for studying somatostatin and cholecystokinin expressing cells. Journal of neuroscience methods. 2022;381:109704.
  • Milić Vranješ I, Podgornjak M, Milić J, Šijan I, Jakab J, Krajina I, Zibar L, Heffer M. The Croatian version of the Body Image Scale: translation and validation. Croat Med J. 2021 Dec 31;62(6):598-605.
  • Ilic K, Lin X, Malci A, Stojanović M, Puljko B, Rožman M, Vukelić Ž, Heffer M, Montag D, Schnaar RL, Kalanj-Bognar S, Herrera-Molina R, Mlinac-Jerkovic K. Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase-Neuroplastin Complexes Are Selectively Stabilized in GM1-Containing Lipid Rafts.  Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Dec 18;22(24):13590. doi: 10.3390/ijms222413590.
  • Jurić M, Balog M, Ivić V, Benzon B, Racetin A, Bocina I, Kević N, Konjevoda S, Ferenc Szűcs K, Gáspár R, Heffer M, Vukojević K, Vari SG, Filipovic N. Chronic stress and gonadectomy affect the expression of Cx37, Cx40 and Cx43 in the spinal cord. Life 2021, 11(12), 1330; https://doi.org/10.3390/life11121330
  • Seikrit C, Lausberg E, Buhl EM, Gaspar R, Tabi T, Heffer M, Ducza E, Sztojkov-Ivanov A, Seres AB, Szucs K, Ivic V, Floege J, Vari SG, Boor P, Klinkhammer BM. A Hypercaloric Diet Induces Early Podocyte Damage in Aged, Non-Diabetic Rats.  Cell Physiol Biochem. 2021 Dec 23;55(S4):96-112. doi: 10.33594/000000476.
  • Müller A, Heffer M. Is Menstrual Cycle Control - A Controversial Example of Human Enhancement - An 'Out of Frame' Ancient Sexual Vitality Qigong Method?  Psychiatr Danub. 2021 Fall;33(3):296.
  • Luetić M, Kretzschmar G, Grobe M, Jerčić L, Bota I, Ivić V, Balog M, Zjalić M, Vitlov Uljević M, Heffer M, Gaspar R, Tabi T, Vukojević K, Vari SG, Filipović N. Sex-specific effects of metformin and liraglutide on renal pathology and expression of connexin 45 and pannexin 1 following long-term high-fat high-sugar diet. Acta Histochemica, 2021., 123(8) 151817, ISSN 0065-1281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2021.151817.
  • Habazin S, Mlinarević D, Balog M, Bardak A, Gaspar R, Szűcs KF, Vari SG, Vučković F, Lauc G, Novokmet M, Heffer M. High-throughput rat immunoglobulin G N-glycosylation profiling revealed subclass-specific changes associated with chronic stress.  J Proteomics. 2021 Jun 9:104293. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104293.
  • Mlinac-Jerkovic K, Ilic K, Zjalić M, Mandić D, Debeljak Ž, Balog M, Damjanović V, Maček Hrvat N, Habek N, Kalanj-Bognar S, Schnaar RL, Heffer M. Who's in, who's out? Re-evaluation of lipid raft residents.  J Neurochem. 2021 Aug;158(3):657-672. doi: 10.1111/jnc.15446. Epub 2021 Jun 28.
  • Balog M, Blažetić S, Ivić V, Labak I, Krajnik B, Marin R, Canerina-Amaro A, de Pablo DP, Bardak A, Gaspar R, Szűcs KF, Vari SG, Heffer M. Disarranged neuroplastin environment upon aging and chronic stress recovery in female Sprague Dawley rats.  Eur J Neurosci, 2021 Apr 28. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15256. IF 3.115
  • Korade Z, Heffer M, Mirnics K. Medication effects on developmental sterol biosynthesis. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 5. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01074-5., IF 12.384, Q1
  • Zjalić M, Mustapić M, Glumac Z, Prološčić I, Blažetić S, Vuković A, Masud M, Billah M, Khan A, Šegota S, AlHosein S, Heffer M. Construction of AC/DC magnetic syringe device for stimulated drug release, injection and ejection of nanocarriers and testing cytotoxicity in vitro. MethodsX, 2021, Vol 8, 101312.
  • Jurić M, Balog M, Ivić V, Bošković M, Benzon B, Racetin A, Vukojević K, Bočina I, Kević N, Restović I, Szűcs KF, Gáspár R, Heffer M, Vari SG, Filipović N. Increased expression of dendrin in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord during stress is regulated by sex hormones. Neuropeptides. 2021 Apr;86:102126. doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2021.102126. Epub 2021 Jan 23., IF 2.411, Q3
  • Debeljak Ž, Niehoff AC, Bandjak A, Mandić D, Bošnjak B, Heffer M, Mrđenović S, Marković I, Zjalić M, Šerić V. MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Blood Smear: Method Development and Evaluation. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jan 8;22(2):585. doi: 10.3390/ijms22020585, IF 4.556, Q1
  • Omazić, Jelena; Viljetić, Barbara; Ivić, Vedrana; Kadivnik, Mirta; Zibar, Lada; Müller, Andrijana; Wagner, Jasenka. Early markers of gestational diabetes mellitus: what we know and which way forward? // Biochemia medica, 31 (2021), 3; 030502, 15. https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2021.030502
  • Mustapić M, Glumac Z, Heffer M, Zjalić M, Prološčić I, Masud M, Blažetić S, Vuković A, Billah M, Khan A, Šegota S, Al Hossain MS. AC/DC magnetic device for safe medical use of potentially harmful magnetic nanocarriers. J Hazard Mater. 2020 Dec 31;409:124918. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124918. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33422751, IF 9.038, Q1
  • Fenrich M, Habjanovic K, Kajan J, Heffer M. The circle of Willis revisited: Forebrain dehydration sensing facilitated by the anterior communicating artery: How hemodynamic properties facilitate more efficient dehydration sensing in amniotes. Bioessays. 2020 Nov 16:e2000115. doi: 10.1002/bies.202000115. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33191609, IF 4.631, Q1
  • Fenrich M, Mrdenovic S, Balog M, Tomic S, Zjalic M, Roncevic A, Mandic D, Debeljak Z, Heffer M. SARS-CoV-2 Dissemination Through Peripheral Nerves Explains Multiple Organ Injury.  Front Cell Neurosci. 2020 Aug 5;14:229. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00229. eCollection 2020., IF 3.921, Q2
  • Milić J, Milić Vranješ I, Krajina I, Heffer M, Škrlec I. Circadian Typology and Personality Dimensions of Croatian Students of Health-Related University Majors. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 3;17(13):4794. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134794., IF 2.849, Q1
  • Milić J, Škrlec I, Milić Vranješ I, Jakab J, Plužarić V, Heffer M. Importance of the big-five in the future medical specialty preference.  BMC Med Educ. 2020 Jul 22;20(1):234. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02151-z., IF 1.831, Q2
  • Balog M, Ivić V, Scitovski R, Labak I, Szűcs KF, Gaspar R, Vári SG, Heffer M. A mathematical model reveals sex-specific changes in glucose and insulin tolerance during rat puberty and maturation. Croat Med J. 2020 Apr 30;61(2):107-118., IF 1.247, Q3
  • Danolic D, Heffer M, Wagner J, Skrlec I, Alvir I, Mamic I, Susnjar L, Banovic M, Danolić D, Puljiz M. Role of ganglioside biosynthesis genetic polymorphism in cervical cancer development. J Obstet Gynaecol. 2019 Dec 17:1-6. doi: 10.1080/01443615.2019.1692801, IF 0.807, Q4
  • Škrlec I, Milić J, Heffer M, Wagner J, Peterlin B. Circadian clock genes and circadian phenotypes in patients with myocardial infarction. Adv Med Sci. 2019 Feb 25;64(2):224-229.   (2.064, Q3)
  • Škrlec I, Milić J, Heffer M, Steiner R, Peterlin B, Wagner J. Association of circadian rhythm with myocardia infarction. Acta Clin Croat. 2018 Sep;57(3):480-486. doi: 10.20471/acc.2018.57.03.11., IF 0.532, Q4
  • Milić J, Škrlec I, Milić Vranješ I, Podgornjak M, Heffer M. High levels of depression and anxiety among Croatian medical and nursing students and the correlation between subjective happiness and personality traits. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2019 Nov - Dec;31(7-8):653-660. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2019.1594647. Epub 2019 May 23., IF 2.63, Q2
  • Canerina-Amaro A, Pereda D, Diaz M, Rodriguez-Barreto D, Casañas-Sánchez V, Heffer M, Garcia-Esparcia P, Ferrer I, Puertas-Avendaño R, Marin R. Differential Aggregation and Phosphorylation of Alpha Synuclein in Membrane Compartments Associated With Parkinson Disease. Front Neurosci. 2019 Apr 24;13:382. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00382. eCollection 2019. (IF= 3.648)
  • Mrdenovic S, Zhang Y, Wang R, Yin L, Chu GC, Yin L, Lewis M, Heffer M, Zhau HE, Chung LWK.  Targeting Burkitt lymphoma with a tumor cell-specific heptamethine carbocyanine-cisplatin conjugate. Cancer. 2019 Mar 6. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32033. (IF = 6.072)
  • Škrlec I, Milic J, Heffer M, Peterlin B, Wagner J. Genetic variations in circadian rhythm genes and susceptibility for myocardial infarction. Genet Mol Biol. 2018 Apr./Jun;41(2):403-409. doi: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2017-0147. Epub 2018 May 14. (IF=2.127)
  • Labak, Irena; Pavić, Valentina; Zjalić, Milorad; Blažetić, Senka; Merdić, Enrih; Heffer, Marija. PSA-NCAM expression in the teleost optic tectum is related to ecological niche and use of vision in finding food. J Fish Biol. 2017 Aug;91(2):473-489. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13352. Epub 2017 Jun 27. (IF=2.038)
  • Müller A, Wagner J, Hodžić A, Maver A, Škrlec I, Heffer M, Zibar L, Peterlin B. Genetic variation in leptin and leptin receptor genes is a risk factor for idiopathic recurrent spontaneous abortion. Croat Med J. 2016 Dec 31;57(6):566-571. DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2016.57.566, IF 1.247, Q3
  • Ivić, Vedrana; Blažetić, Senka; Labak, Irena; Balog, Marta; Vondrak, Luka; Blažeković, Robert; Vari, Sandor G.; Heffer, Marija. Ovariectomy and chronic stress lead toward leptin resistance in the satiety centers and insulin resistance in the hippocampus of Sprague-dawley rats. Croatian Med J. 57 (2016) , 2; 194-206 (članak, znanstveni)., IF 1.508, Q2
  • Popovitchenko, Tatiana; Thompson, Kevin; Viljetić, Barbara; Jiao, Xinfu; Kontonyiannis, Dimitris; Kiledjian, Megerditch; Hart, Ronald; Rasin, Mladen Roko The RNA binding protein HuR determines the differential translation of autism-associated FoxP subfamily members in the developing neocortex // Scientific reports, 6 (2016), 28998-1-28998-9. doi: 10.1038/srep28998
  • Balog M, Miljanović M, Blažetić S, Labak I, Ivić V, Viljetić B, Borbely A, Papp Z, Blažeković R, Vari SG, Fagyas M, Heffer M. Sex -specific chronic stress response at the level of adrenal gland modified sexual hormone and leptin receptors. Croatian Med J. 56 (2015);104-113. . [IF(2015)=1.305] TC=0, Q2
  • Kalasz J, Pasztor T, Bodi B, Fagyas M, Toth A, Pal H. B, Vari G. S, Balog M, Blažetić S, Heffer M,  Papp Z, Borbely A. Single acute stress-induced progesterone and ovariectomy alter cardiomyocyte contractile function in female rats. Croatian Med J. 55 (2014); 239-249. [IF(2015)=1.305] TC=1, Q2
  • Blažetić S, Labak I, Viljetić B, Balog M, Vari G.S, Krivošikova Z, Gajdoš M, Kramarova P, Kebis A, Vuković R,  Puljak L, Has-Schon E, Heffer M. Effects of high fat diet, ovariectomy, and physical activity on leptin receptor expression in rat brain and whit fat tissue. Croatian Med J. 55 (2014); 228-238 . [IF(2015)=1.373] TC=1, Q2
  • Kraushar, Matthew L.; Viljetić, Barbara; Wijeratne, Sagara H.R.; Thompson, Kevin; Jiao, Xinfu; Pike, Jack W.; Medvedeva, Vera; Groszer, Matthias; Kiledjian, Megerditch; Hart, Ronald P. et al. Thalamic WNT3 secretion spatiotemporally regulates the neocortical ribosome signature and mRNA translation to specify neocortical cell subtypes // The Journal of neuroscience, 35 (2015), 31; 10911-10926. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0601-15.2015
  • Vuković R, Blažetić S, Oršolić I, Heffer M, Vari SG, Gajdoš M, Krivošíková Z, Kramárová P, Kebis A, Has-Schön E. Impact of ovariectomy, high fat diet, and lifestyle modifications on oxidative/antioxidative status in the rat liver. Croat Med J. 55(2014):218-27. [IF(2014)=1.305] TC=0, Q2
  • Balogh A, Németh M, Koloszár I, Markó L, Przybyl L, Jinno K, Szigeti C, Heffer M, Gebhardt M, Szeberényi J, Müller DN, Sétáló G Jr, Pap M. Overexpression of CREB protein protects from tunicamycin-induced apoptosis in various rat cell types. Apoptosis. 2014 Jul;19(7):1080-98. [IF(2014)=3.685] TC=0, Q2
  • Mlinac K, Fabris D, Vukelić Z, Rožman M, Heffer M, Bognar SK. Structural analysis of brain ganglioside acetylation patterns in mice with altered ganglioside biosynthesis. Carbohydr Res. 2013 Sep 27;382C:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2013.09.007. [IF(2013)=1.966] TC=2, Q2/3
  • Vajn K, Viljetić B, Degmečić IV, Schnaar RL, Heffer M. Differential distribution of major brain gangliosides in the adult mouse central nervous system. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 30;8(9):e75720. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075720. [IF(2014)=3.534] TC=4, Q1
  • Kraushar, Matthew L.; Thompson, Kevin; Wijeratne, Sagara H.R.; Viljetić, Barbara; Sakers, Kristina; Marson, Justin W.; Kontoyiannis, Dimitris L.; Buyske, Steven; Hart, Ronald P.; Rasin, Mladen- Roko Temporally defined neocortical translation and polysome assembly are determined by the RNA- binding protein Hu antigen R // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (2014), 36; E3815-E3824. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1408305111
  • Ferhatovic L, Banozic A, Kostic S, Kurir TT, Novak A, Vrdoljak L, Heffer M, Sapunar D, Puljak L. Expression of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and pain-related behavior in rat models of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Anesth Analg. 2013 Mar;116(3):712-21. [IF(2013)=3.422] TC=14, Q1
  • Mlinac K,Tacer K, Heffer M, Rozman D, Bognar Kalanj S. Cholesterogenic genes expression in brain and liver of ganglioside-deficient mice. Mol Cell Biol. 2012 Oct; 359(1-2):127-133. [IF(2012)=2.329] TC=0, Q3
  • Sturgill ER, Aoki K, Lopez PH, Colacurcio D, Vajn K, Lorenzini I, Majic S, Yang WH, Heffer M, Tiemeyer M, Marth JD, Schnaar RL. (2012) Biosynthesis of the major brain gangliosides GD1a and GT1b. Glycobiology, 2012 Oct;22(10):1289-301. [IF(2012)=3.537] TC=10, Q2
  • Mlinac K, Jovanov Milošević N, Heffer M, Smalla KH, Schnaar RL, Kalanj Bognar S. (2012) Neuroplastin Expression in the Hippocampus of Mice Lacking Complex Gangliosides. J Mol Neurosci, 2012 Sep;48(1):161-6 [IF(2012)=2.891] TC=1, Q3
  • Kwan KY, Lam MM, Johnson MB, Dube U, Shim S, Rašin MR, Sousa AM, Fertuzinhos S, Chen JG, Arellano JI, Chan DW, Pletikos M, Vasung L, Rowitch DH, Huang EJ, Schwartz ML, Willemsen R, Oostra BA, Rakic P, Heffer M, Kostović I, Judaš M, Sestan N. Species-dependent posttranscriptional regulation of NOS1 by FMRP in the developing cerebral cortex. Cell, 2012 May 11;149(4):899-911.  [IF(2012)=31,957] TC=36, Q1
  • Viljetić B, Labak I, Majić S, Štambuk A, Heffer M.Distribution of mono-, di- and tri-sialo gangliosides in the brain of Actionopterygian fishes. Biochimica et biophysica acta. G, General subjects. 2012 Sep;1820(9):1437-43 [IF(2012)=3.848] TC=2, Q1
  • Labak I, Šnajder D, Kostović Srzentić M, Benšić M, Ništ M, Ilakovac V,  Heffer M. (2011) Writing and Drawing with Both Hands as Indicators of Hemispheric Dominance. Coll. Antropol. 35, Suppl 1: 65-71. [IF(2009)=0,614] TC=0, Q3
  • Gašpar T, Labor M, Jurić I, Dumančić D, IlakovacV., Heffer M. (2011) Comparison of Emotion Recognition from Facial Expression and Music. Coll. Antropol. 35, Suppl 1: 163-167. [IF(2009)=0,503] [IF(2009)=0,614] TC=1, Q3
  • Dobrović B, Ćurić G, Petanjek Z, Heffer M. (2011) Dendritic morphology and spine density is not altered in motor cortex and dentate granular cells in mice lacking the ganglioside biosynthetic gene Galgt1: A quantitative Golgi Cox study. Coll. Antropol. 35, Suppl 1: 25-30. [IF(2009)=0,614] TC=5, Q3
  • Viljetić B, Degmečić IV, Krajina V, Bogdanović T, Mojsović A, Đikić D, Vajn K, Schnaar RL, Heffer M. (2011) Distribution of Major Brain Gangliosides in Olfactory Tract of Frogs. Coll. Antropol. 35, Suppl 1: 121-126. [IF(2011)=0,614] TC=0, Q3
  • Pavić R, Pavić ML, Tvrdeić A, Tot OK, Heffer M. (2011) Changes in regeneration markers MAG, GD1a and GT1b after sciatic nerve injury in the rat. Coll. Antropol. 35, Suppl 1: 93-100. [IF(2009)=0,503] TC=1, Q3
  • Pavić R, Pavić ML, Tot OK, Bensić M, Heffer-Lauc M. (2008) Side distinct sciatic nerve recovery differences between rats and mice. Somatosens Mot Res. 2008 Sep;25(3):163-70. [IF(2008)=0,811] TC=4, Q4
  • Pavic R, Tvrdeic A, Tot OK, Heffer-Lauc M. (2007) Activity cage as a method to analyze functional recovery after sciatic nerve injury in mice. Somatosens Mot Res. 2007 Dec;24(4):213-9. [IF(2007)=0,889] TC=2, Q4
  • Heffer-Lauc M, Viljetić B, Vajn K, Schnaar RL, Lauc G. (2007) Effects of detergents on the redistribution of gangliosides and GPI-anchored proteins in brain tissue sections. J. Histochem. Immunochem. 2007; 55:805-812. (IF = 2,335) TC=20, Q4
  • Aurer I, Lauc G, Dumić J, Rendić D, Matišić D, Miloš M, Heffer-Lauc M, Flögel M, and Labar B. (2007) Aberrant glycosylation of IgG heavy chain in multiple myeloma. Coll. Antropol. 31:247-251. [IF(2007)=0,414] TC=4, Q3
  • Lauc G. and Heffer-Lauc M. (2006) Shedding and uptake of gangliosides and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins. BBA Gen. Sub., 1760:584-602. [IF(2006)=2,024] TC=44, Q1
  • Heffer-Lauc M., Lauc G., Nimrichter L., Fromholt S.E., and Schnaar, R.L. (2005) Membrane redistribution of gangliosides and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins in brain tissue sections under conditions of lipid raft isolation. BBA Mol. Cell. Biol. L., 1686(3):200-8. [IF(2005)=2,751] TC=32, Q1
  • Sun J, Shaper NL, Itonori S, Heffer-Lauc M, Sheikh KA, Schnaar RL. (2004) Myelin-associated glycoprotein (Siglec-4) expression is progressively and selectively decreased in the brains of mice lacking complex gangliosides. Glycobiology. 14:851-7. [IF(2004)=4,102] TC=26, Q2
  •  Schnaar, R.L., Fromholt, S.E., Gong, Y., Vyas, A.A., Laroy, W., Wayman, D.M., Heffer-Lauc, M., Ito, H., Hideharu, I., Kiso, M., Griffin, J.W., and Sheikh, K.A. (2002) "IgG-class mouse monoclonal antibodies to major brain gangliosides," Anal. Biochem. 302, 276-284. [IF(2002)=2,370] TC=25, Q2/3
  • Gong, Y., Tagawa, Y., Lunn, M.P.T., Laroy, W., Heffer-Lauc, M., Li, C.Y., Griffin, J.W., Schnaar, R.L., and Sheikh K.A. (2002) "Localization of Major Gangliosides in the PNS: Implications for Immune Neuropathies," Brain 125, 2491-2506. [IF(2002)=7,122] TC=91, Q1
  • Vyas, A.A., Patel, H.V., Fromholt, S.E., Heffer-Lauc, M., Vyas, K.A., Dang, J., Schachner, M., and Schnaar, R.L. (2002) "Gangliosides are functional nerve cell ligands for myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), and inhibitor of nerve regeneration," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 8412-8417. [IF(2002)=10,700] TC=179, Q1

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4. Milić J, Škrlec I, Milić Vranješ I, Matić M, Sertić D, Heffer M: Croatian translation of the Horne and Östberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire with a brief review of Circadian typology. SEEMEDJ (2018)
5. Balog M, Mlinarević D, Šerić V, Miljanović M, Blažeković R, Degmečić I, Blažetić S, Oršolić I, Vari S, Heffer M. Plasma content of glucose,  C-reactive protein, uric acid and cholesterol in male, female and ovariectomized rats upon acute and chronic stress –  A path for development of cardiovascular diseases. Coll. Antropol. 39(2015) 2: 385-392.
6. Gregorić B, Barbir L, Ćelić A, Ilakovac V, Hercigonja-Szekeres M, Perković Kovačević M, Frencl M, Heffer M. Recognition of facial expression in men and women. Medicina fluminensis. 2014; 50(4): 454-461.
7. Milic J, Kvolik A, Ivković A, Babić Čikeš A, Labak I, Benšić M, Ilakovac V, Ništ M, Zibar L, Heffer M. Are there differences in student's school success, biorythm, and daytime sleepiness depending on their school starting times? Coll Antropol, 2014;38(3):889-894.