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Axel H. Schönthal publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel H. Schönthal sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 183 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Axel H. Schönthal D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Axel H. Schönthal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Axel H. Schönthal is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, their work extends to several subfields:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Neurology

The primary topics that Axel H. Schönthal has contributed to consist of:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • The Monoterpenoid Perillyl Alcohol: Anticancer Agent and Medium to Overcome Biological Barriers, 2021, Pharmaceutics
  • Heat shock protein-90alpha (Hsp90α) stabilizes hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) in support of spermatogenesis and tumorigenesis, 2021, Cancer Gene Therapy
  • Phase I trial of intranasal NEO100, highly purified perillyl alcohol, in adult patients with recurrent glioblastoma, 2021, Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • Preclinical studies of a novel snake venom-derived recombinant disintegrin with antitumor activity: A review, 2020, Biochemical Pharmacology
  • NEO100 enables brain delivery of blood-brain barrier impermeable therapeutics, 2020, Neuro-Oncology

Axel H. Schönthal has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • Cancer Gene Therapy
  • Cancers
  • Journal of neurosurgery

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Thomas C. Chen
  • Weijun Wang
  • Radu O. Minea
  • Hee-Yeon Cho
  • Thu Zan Thein

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Requirement for fos gene expression in the transcriptional activation of collagenase by other oncogenes and phorbol esters.

    Axel Schönthal;Peter Herrlich;Hans Jobst Rahmsdorf;Helmut Ponta

  • The Unfolded Protein Response Regulator GRP78/BiP as a Novel Target for Increasing Chemosensitivity in Malignant Gliomas

    Peter Pyrko;Axel H. Schönthal;Florence M. Hofman;Thomas C. Chen

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress: Its Role in Disease and Novel Prospects for Therapy

    Axel H. Schönthal

  • Green tea polyphenols block the anticancer effects of bortezomib and other boronic acid–based proteasome inhibitors

    Encouse B. Golden;Philip Y. Lam;Adel Kardosh;Kevin J. Gaffney

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Mechanisms of G2 arrest in response to overexpression of p53.

    William R. Taylor;Samuel E. DePrimo;Archana Agarwal;Munna L. Agarwal

  • Role of serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A in cancer.

    Axel H. Schönthal

  • Pharmacological targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling in cancer.

    Axel H. Schönthal

  • Stress chaperone GRP78/BiP confers chemoresistance to tumor-associated endothelial cells.

    Jenilyn J. Virrey;Dezheng Dong;Caryn Stiles;John B. Patterson

  • Autoregulation of protein phosphatase type 2A expression.

    Zora Baharians;Axel H. Schönthal

  • Expression of Human Prostatic Acid Phosphatase Correlates with Androgen-stimulated Cell Proliferation in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

    Ming Fong Lin;Tzu Ching Meng;Prathibha S. Rao;Chawnshang Chang

  • HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors Nelfinavir and Atazanavir Induce Malignant Glioma Death by Triggering Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

    Peter Pyrko;Adel Kardosh;Weijun Wang;Wenyong Xiong

  • Quinoline-based antimalarial drugs: a novel class of autophagy inhibitors

    Encouse B Golden;Hee-Yeon Cho;Florence M Hofman;Stan G Louie

  • Aggravated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress as a Basis for Enhanced Glioblastoma Cell Killing by Bortezomib in Combination with Celecoxib or Its Non-Coxib Analogue, 2,5-Dimethyl-Celecoxib

    Adel Kardosh;Encouse B. Golden;Peter Pyrko;Jasim Uddin

  • Chloroquine enhances temozolomide cytotoxicity in malignant gliomas by blocking autophagy.

    Encouse B Golden;Hee-Yeon Cho;Ardeshir Jahanian;Florence M Hofman

  • Role of PP2A in intracellular signal transduction pathways.

    Axel H Schonthal

  • Calcium-activated endoplasmic reticulum stress as a major component of tumor cell death induced by 2,5-dimethyl-celecoxib, a non-coxib analogue of celecoxib.

    Peter Pyrko;Adel Kardosh;Yen Ting Liu;Nathaniel Soriano

  • The PTEN Lipid Phosphatase Domain Is Not Required to Inhibit Invasion of Glioma Cells

    Daniel Maier;Graham Jones;Xinwei Li;Axel H. Schönthal

Frequent Co-Authors

Florence M. Hofman
Florence M. Hofman University of Southern California
Nicos A. Petasis
Nicos A. Petasis University of Southern California
Enrique Cadenas
Enrique Cadenas University of Southern California
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Yee-Joo Tan
Yee-Joo Tan National University of Singapore
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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