2026 Argiris Efstratiadis: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	83	1392	1320	1	1	125	44817
Molecular Biology	83	887	789	2	2	125	44817

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Genetics in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Argiris Efstratiadis is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Surgery.

The research topics covered by Argiris Efstratiadis include:

Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
Congenital heart defects research
Virus-based gene therapy research

Some of the recent papers authored by Argiris Efstratiadis include:

PIK3CA and p53 Mutations Promote 4NQO-Initated Head and Neck Tumor Progression and Metastasis in Mice, 2020, Molecular Cancer Research
Mouse Mutants Lacking the Type 2 IGF Receptor (IGF2R) Are Rescued from Perinatal Lethality in Igf2 and Igf1r Null Backgrounds, 2021, UNC Libraries
Efficient tissue-type specific expression of target genes in a tetracycline-controlled manner from the ubiquitously active Eef1a1 locus, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Argiris Efstratiadis include:

Darío García-Carracedo
Yi Cai
Wanglong Qiu
Kiyoshi Saeki
Richard A. Friedman

The primary venues where Argiris Efstratiadis has published are:

Molecular Cancer Research
UNC Libraries
Scientific Reports

Best Publications

Mice carrying null mutations of the genes encoding insulin-like growth factor I (Igf-1) and type 1 IGF receptor (Igf1r)

Jeh-Ping Liu;Julie Baker;Archlbald S. Perkins;Elizabeth J. Robertson

3527
Citations
Role of Insulin-like Growth Factors in Embryonic and Postnatal Growth

Julie Baker;Jeh-Ping Liu;Elizabeth J. Robertson;Argiris Efstratiadis

3267
Citations
Parental imprinting of the mouse insulin-like growth factor II gene

Thomas M. DeChiara;Elizabeth J. Robertson;Argiris Efstratiadis

2245
Citations
A growth-deficiency phenotype in heterozygous mice carrying an insulin-like growth factor II gene disrupted by targeting.

T M DeChiara;A Efstratiadis;E J Robertson

2107
Citations
The isolation of structural genes from libraries of eucaryotic DNA

Tom Maniatis;Ross C. Hardison;Elizabeth Lacy;Joyce Lauer

2055
Citations
Determination of nucleic acid sequence homologies and relative concentrations by a dot hybridization procedure

F C Kafatos;C W Jones;A Efstratiadis

1658
Citations
The structure and evolution of the human β-globin gene family

Argiris Efstratiadis;James W. Posakony;Tom Maniatis;Richard M. Lawn

1642
Citations
NONVIRAL RETROPOSONS: GENES, PSEUDOGENES, AND TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS GENERATED BY THE REVERSE FLOW OF GENETIC INFORMATION

Alan M. Weiner;Prescott L. Deininger;Argiris Efstratiadis

1200
Citations
Increased apoptosis and early embryonic lethality in mice nullizygous for the Huntington's disease gene homologue.

Scott Zeitlin;Jeh-Ping Liu;Deborah L. Chapman;Virginia E. Papaioannou

999
Citations
Disruption of imprinting caused by deletion of the H19 gene region in mice

Philip A. Leighton;Robert S. Ingram;Jonathan Eggenschwiler;Argiris Efstratiadis

930
Citations
Roles of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 in mouse postnatal growth.

Floria Lupu;Joseph D. Terwilliger;Kaechoong Lee;Gino V. Segre

898
Citations
Effects of an Igf1 gene null mutation on mouse reproduction.

Julie Baker;Matthew P. Hardy;Jian Zhou;Carolyn Bondy

842
Citations
Osteoblast-specific Knockout of the Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) Receptor Gene Reveals an Essential Role of IGF Signaling in Bone Matrix Mineralization

Mei Zhang;Shouhong Xuan;Mary L. Bouxsein;Dietrich von Stechow

823
Citations
The evolution of genes: the chicken preproinsulin gene

Francine Perler;Argiris Efstratiadis;Peter Lomedico;Walter Gilbert

799
Citations
A bacterial clone synthesizing proinsulin.

Lydia Villa-Komaroff;Argiris Efstratiadis;Stephanie Broome;Peter Lomedico

780
Citations
Role for Akt3/Protein Kinase Bγ in Attainment of Normal Brain Size

Rachael M. Easton;Han Cho;Kristin Roovers;Diana W. Shineman

709
Citations
Simian virus 40 large tumor antigen is unable to transform mouse embryonic fibroblasts lacking type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor.

Christian Sell;Michele Rubini;Raphael Rubin;Jeh-Ping Liu

705
Citations
Targeted mutations of breast cancer susceptibility gene homologs in mice: lethal phenotypes of Brca1, Brca2, Brca1/Brca2, Brca1/p53, and Brca2/p53 nullizygous embryos.

T Ludwig;D L Chapman;V E Papaioannou;A Efstratiadis

696
Citations
Mouse mutants lacking the type 2 IGF receptor (IGF2R) are rescued from perinatal lethality in Igf2 and Igf1r null backgrounds.

Thomas Ludwig;Jonathan Eggenschwiler;Peter Fisher;A.Joseph D'Ercole

691
Citations
Effect of a null mutation of the insulin-like growth factor I receptor gene on growth and transformation of mouse embryo fibroblasts.

C Sell;G Dumenil;C Deveaud;M Miura

681
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Gilbert Harvard University

Tom Maniatis Columbia University

Marcelo B. Soares University of Illinois at Peoria

Scott Zeitlin University of Virginia

Fotis C. Kafatos Harvard University

Thomas Ludwig Columbia University

Katerina Politi Yale University

Nadia Rosenthal National Institutes of Health

Elizabeth J. Robertson Harvard University

Eric A. Schon Columbia University Medical Center

External Links

Personal website of Argiris Efstratiadis

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