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Boris Zhivotovsky

Boris Zhivotovsky

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Molecular Biology
Sweden
2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Sweden
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
115
Citations
94595
World Ranking
298
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Boris Zhivotovsky is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans a broad range within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on medicine. The main areas of study include molecular biology, oncology, epidemiology, immunology, and cell biology.

Their work covers multiple key topics such as cell death mechanisms and regulation, autophagy in disease and therapy, mitochondrial function and pathology, cancer-related molecular pathways, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, RNA interference and gene delivery, and RNA modifications related to cancer.

The scientist has contributed frequently to several notable publication venues, including:

  • Cancers
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Biochemistry (Moscow)
  • Biology Direct
  • Cell Death Discovery

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Boris Zhivotovsky include:

  • "A long way to go: caspase inhibitors in clinical use" (2021), published in Cell Death and Disease
  • "Saga of Mcl-1: regulation from transcription to degradation" (2020), published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "International consensus guidelines for the definition, detection, and interpretation of autophagy-dependent ferroptosis" (2024), published in Autophagy
  • "A link between mitotic defects and mitotic catastrophe: detection and cell fate" (2021), published in Biology Direct
  • "To Eat or to Die: Deciphering Selective Forms of Autophagy" (2020), published in Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Boris Zhivotovsky's frequent co-authors include Gelina S. Kopeina, Nikolay V. Pervushin, Alexey V. Zamaraev, Vladimir Gogvadze, and Maria A. Yapryntseva.

In 2015, the scientist was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

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

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

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Regulation of cell death: the calcium-apoptosis link.

    Sten Orrenius;Boris Zhivotovsky;Pierluigi Nicotera

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • Mitochondria, oxidative stress and cell death

    Martin Ott;Vladimir Gogvadze;Sten Orrenius;Boris Zhivotovsky

  • Glutamate-induced neuronal death: A succession of necrosis or apoptosis depending on mitochondrial function

    Maria Ankarcrona;Jeannette M. Dypbukt;Emanuela Bonfoco;Boris Zhivotovsky

  • Mitochondrial oxidative stress: implications for cell death.

    Sten Orrenius;Vladimir Gogvadze;Boris Zhivotovsky

  • Cytochrome c release from mitochondria proceeds by a two-step process

    Martin Ott;John D. Robertson;Vladimir Gogvadze;Boris Zhivotovsky

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Adiponectin-induced antiangiogenesis and antitumor activity involve caspase-mediated endothelial cell apoptosis

    Ebba Bråkenhielm;Niina Veitonmäki;Renhai Cao;Shinji Kihara

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

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

  • DNA damage-induced apoptosis.

    Chris J Norbury;Boris Zhivotovsky

  • Death through a tragedy: mitotic catastrophe

    H Vakifahmetoglu;M Olsson;B Zhivotovsky

  • Mitochondria in cancer cells: what is so special about them?

    Vladimir Gogvadze;Sten Orrenius;Boris Zhivotovsky

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

    L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

  • Presence of a pre-apoptotic complex of pro-caspase-3, Hsp60 and Hsp10 in the mitochondrial fraction of jurkat cells.

    Afshin Samali;Jiyang Cai;Boris Zhivotovsky;Dean P. Jones

  • Calcium and cell death mechanisms: a perspective from the cell death community.

    Boris Zhivotovsky;Sten Orrenius

Frequent Co-Authors

Sten Orrenius
Sten Orrenius Karolinska Institute
Vladimir Gogvadze
Vladimir Gogvadze Lomonosov Moscow State University
Inna N. Lavrik
Inna N. Lavrik Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Bertrand Joseph
Bertrand Joseph Karolinska Institute
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Bengt Fadeel
Bengt Fadeel Karolinska Institute
Theocharis Panaretakis
Theocharis Panaretakis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata
Pierluigi Nicotera
Pierluigi Nicotera German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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