Auer A., Semmer N.K., von Känel R, Thomas L, Zuccarella-Hackl C, Wiest R, & Wirtz PH (in press).
Taking appreciation to heart: Appreciation at work and cardiovascular risk in male employees. Front. Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1284431.

Wirtz, P.H., Auer, A., Semmer, N.K., Ehlert, U. & Nussbeck, F (in press). Beneficial effects of a cognitive-behaviorally-based occupational stress management group training: the mediating role of changing cognitions.Front. Psychol.

Wirtz, P.H. (in press). Chapter 40: Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis. In: Waldstein, S.R., Katzel, L.I. & Kop, W.J. (Eds): Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. Springer.

Gideon A, von Känel R, Degroote R, Thomas L, Zuccarella-Hackl C, Wiest R, & Wirtz P.H. (2024). Increased daytime and awakening salivary free aldosterone in essential hypertensive men. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1335329

Auer, A., Walther, L., Jendryczko, D., Auer, L., & Wirtz, P. H (2024). Is your stress my stress? A standardized randomized-controlled paradigm to study physiological stress contagion based on direct stress observation.  Psychoneuroendocrinol 162:106964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.106964. Article selected for Editor´s Choice.

Holzer, A.-K., Dreser, N., Pallocca, G., Mangerich, A., Stacey, G., Dipalo, M., van de Water, B., Rovida, C., Wirtz, P.H., van Vugt, B., Panzarella, G., Hartung, T., Terron, A., Mangas, I., Herzler, M., Marx-Stölting, P., Coecke, S., Leist, M., 2023. Acceptance criteria for new approach methods in toxicology and human health-relevant life science research – part I. ALTEX 40, 706–712. https://doi.org/10.14573/altex.2310021

Suciu I, Pamies D, Peruzzo R, Wirtz PH, Smirnova L, Pallocca G, Hauck C, Cronin MTD, Hengstler JG, Brunner T, Hartung T, Amelio I, & Leist M (2023). G x E interactions as a basis for toxicological uncertainty. Arch Toxicol. 2023 Jul;97(7):2035-2049. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-023-03500-9

Degroote, C., von Känel, R., Thomas, L., Zuccarella-Hackl, C., Messerli-Bürgy, N., Saner, H., Wiest, R., & Wirtz, P. H. (2023). Lower diurnal HPA-axis activity in male hypertensive and coronary heart disease patients predicts future CHD risk. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1080938. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1080938

Gideon, A., Sauter, C., Deuber, J., Grünewald, J., & Wirtz, P. H. (2022). Aldosterone secretion during the day: salivary aldosterone awakening response and daytime levels. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 139, 105685. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306453022000269

Walther, L. M., von Känel, R., Heimgartner, N., Zuccarella-Hackl, C., Stirnimann, G., & Wirtz, P. H. (2022). Alpha-adrenergic mechanisms in the cardiovascular hyperreactivity to norepinephrine-infusion in essential hypertension. Frontiers in endocrinology, 1460. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.824616/full?amp;amp

Gideon, A., Sauter, C., Pruessner, J. C., Farine, D. R., & Wirtz, P. H. (2022). Determinants and Mechanisms of the Renin-Aldosterone Stress Response. Psychosomatic medicine, 84(1), 50-63. https://journals.lww.com/psychosomaticmedicine/Fulltext/2022/01000/Determinants_and_Mechanisms

Auer, A., von Känel, R., Lang, I., Thomas, L., Zuccarella-Hackl, C., Degroote, C., ... & Wirtz, P. H. (2022). Do hypertensive men spy with an angry little eye? Anger recognition in men with essential hypertension-cross-sectional and prospective findings. Annals of behavioral medicine. https://academic.oup.com/abm/advance-article/doi/10.1093/abm/kaab108/6552100?guestAccessKey=fcb8243a-ecce-48b6-b6e7-6ceb1cee7dee

Fieres, J., Fischer, M., Sauter, C., Moreno-Villanueva, M., Bürkle, A., & Wirtz, P. H. (2022). The burden of overweight: Higher body mass index, but not vital exhaustion, is associated with higher DNA damage and lower DNA repair capacity. DNA Repair, 103323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2022.103323

Degroote, C., von Känel, R., Thomas, L., Zuccarella-Hackl, C., Pruessner, J. C., Wiest, R., & Wirtz, P. H. (2021). Acute Stress-Induced Blood Lipid Reactivity in Hypertensive and Normotensive Men and Prospective Associations with Future Cardiovascular Risk. Journal of clinical medicine, 10(15), 3400. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/15/3400

Walther, L. M., von Känel, R., Heimgartner, N., Zuccarella-Hackl, C., Ehlert, U., & Wirtz, P. H. (2021). Altered Cardiovascular Reactivity to and Recovery from Cold Face Test-Induced Parasympathetic Stimulation in Essential Hypertension. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(12), 2714.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/12/2714

Walther, L. M., von Känel, R., Heimgartner, N., Zuccarella-Hackl, C., Ehlert, U., & Wirtz, P. H. (2021). Altered Cardiovascular Reactivity to and Recovery from Cold Face Test-Induced Parasympathetic Stimulation in Essential Hypertension. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(12), 2714.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/12/2714

Degroote, C., Schwaninger, A., Heimgartner, N., Hedinger, P., Ehlert, U., & Wirtz, P. H. (2020). Acute stress improves concentration performance: Opposite effects of anxiety and cortisol. Experimental Psychology, 67(2), 88. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000481

Gideon, A., Sauter, C., Fieres, J., Berger, T., Renner, B., & Wirtz, P. H. (2020). Kinetics and interrelations of the renin aldosterone response to acute psychosocial stress: a neglected stress system. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 105(3), dgz190, https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/105/3/dgz190/5618777.

von Känel, R., Heimgartner, N., Stutz, M., Zuccarella-Hackl, C., Hänsel, A., Ehlert, U. & Wirtz, P.H. (2019). Prothrombotic response to norepinephrine infusion, mimicking norepinephrine stress-reactivity effects, is partly mediated by α-adrenergic mechanisms. Psychoneuroendocrinology 105:44-50, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.018 (Epub ahead of print)

Meyer, T. & Wirtz, P.H. (2018). Mechanisms of mitochondrial redox signaling in psychosocial stress-responsive systems: new insights into an old story. Antioxid Redox Signal https://doi.org/10.1089/ars.2017.7186 (Epub ahead of print). (IF: 6.337) Review