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74
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5661
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160

Christian Dani 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 Christian Dani sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 194 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Dani 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 Christian Dani sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian Dani is affiliated with Université Côte d'Azur in France and works extensively in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans a range of subfields, including Physiology, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research. This multidisciplinary approach supports a focus on complex interactions between metabolism, inflammation, and disease.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine

Christian Dani has published numerous scientific papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Adenosine/A2B Receptor Signaling Ameliorates the Effects of Aging and Counteracts Obesity," 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • "Senescent macrophages in the human adipose tissue as a source of inflammaging," 2022, GeroScience
  • "Breast cancer mammospheres secrete Adrenomedullin to induce lipolysis and browning of adjacent adipocytes," 2020, BMC Cancer
  • "Visceral fat inflammation and fat embolism are associated with lung's lipidic hyaline membranes in subjects with COVID-19," 2022, International Journal of Obesity
  • "Scalable Generation of Pre-Vascularized and Functional Human Beige Adipose Organoids," 2023, Advanced Science

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Cells, Cell Metabolism, Biomedicines, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and GeroScience.

Regular collaborators in Christian Dani's research include:

  • Xi Yao
  • Annie Ladoux
  • Vincent Dani
  • Jessica Perugini
  • Antonio Giordano

Best Publications

  • Increased expression in adipocytes of ob RNA in mice with lesions of the hypothalamus and with mutations at the db locus.

    Margherita Maffei;Hong Fei;Gwo-Hwa Lee;Christian Dani

  • Extreme instability of myc mRNA in normal and transformed human cells.

    C. H. Dani;J. M. Blanchard;M. Piechaczyk;S. El Sabouty

  • The human adipose tissue is a source of multipotent stem cells

    A.-M. Rodriguez;C. Elabd;Ez-Z. Amri;G. Ailhaud

  • Differentiation of embryonic stem cells into adipocytes in vitro

    C. Dani;A.G. Smith;S. Dessolin;P. Leroy

  • Post-transcriptional regulation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase gene expression in rat tissues

    M. Piechaczyk;J. M. Blanchard;L. Marty;C.-H. Dani

  • Transplantation of a multipotent cell population from human adipose tissue induces dystrophin expression in the immunocompetent mdx mouse

    Anne-Marie Rodriguez;Didier F. Pisani;Claude A. Dechesne;Claude Turc-Carel

  • microRNA miR-27b impairs human adipocyte differentiation and targets PPARγ

    Michael Karbiener;Christoph Fischer;Susanne Nowitsch;Peter Opriessnig

  • A role for preadipocytes as macrophage-like cells

    Béatrice Cousin;O. Munoz;Mireille Andre;A.M. Fontanilles

  • Expression of ob Gene in Adipose Cells REGULATION BY INSULIN

    Pascale Leroy;Sophie Dessolin;Phi Villageois;Byoung Chun Moon

  • Adipocyte differentiation of multipotent cells established from human adipose tissue.

    Anne-Marie Rodriguez;Christian Elabd;Frédéric Delteil;Julien Astier

  • The extracellular signal-regulated kinase isoform ERK1 is specifically required for in vitro and in vivo adipogenesis.

    Frédéric Bost;Myriam Aouadi;Leslie Caron;Patrick Even

  • Dicistronic targeting constructs: reporters and modifiers of mammalian gene expression.

    Peter Mountford;Branko Zevnik;Annette Duwel;Jennifer Nichols

  • The generation of adipocytes by the neural crest

    Nathalie Billon;Palma Iannarelli;Miguel Caetano Monteiro;Corinne Glavieux-Pardanaud

  • c-myc gene is transcribed at high rate in G0-arrested fibroblasts and is post-transcriptionally regulated in response to growth factors.

    Jean-Marie Blanchard;Marc Piechaczyk;Christian Dani;Jean-Claude Chambard

  • Autocrine fibroblast growth factor 2 signaling is critical for self-renewal of human multipotent adipose-derived stem cells.

    Laure‐Emmanuelle Zaragosi;Gérard Ailhaud;Christian Dani

  • Human Multipotent Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Differentiate into Functional Brown Adipocytes

    Christian Elabd;Chiara Chiellini;Mamen Carmona;Jean Galitzky

  • Contribution of adipose triglyceride lipase and hormone-sensitive lipase to lipolysis in hMADS adipocytes.

    Véronic Bezaire;Véronic Bezaire;Aline Mairal;Aline Mairal;Carole Ribet;Carole Ribet;Corinne Lefort;Corinne Lefort

  • Browning of White Adipose Cells by Intermediate Metabolites:An Adaptive Mechanism to Alleviate Redox Pressure

    Audrey Carrière;Yannick Jeanson;Sandra Berger-Müller;Mireille André

  • Small RNA sequencing reveals miR-642a-3p as a novel adipocyte-specific microRNA and miR-30 as a key regulator of human adipogenesis

    Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi;Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi;Brigitte Wdziekonski;Brigitte Wdziekonski;Kevin Le Brigand;Kevin Le Brigand;Phi Villageois;Phi Villageois

  • microRNA miR-27b impairs human adipocyte differentiation and targets PPARg

    Michael Karbiener;Christoph Fischer;Susanne Nowitsch;Peter Opriessnig

Frequent Co-Authors

Ez-Zoubir Amri
Ez-Zoubir Amri Grenoble Alpes University
Gérard Ailhaud
Gérard Ailhaud Grenoble Alpes University
Paul Grimaldi
Paul Grimaldi Université Côte d'Azur
Marc Piechaczyk
Marc Piechaczyk Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Austin Smith
Austin Smith University of Exeter
Ian Chambers
Ian Chambers University of Edinburgh
Zlatko Trajanoski
Zlatko Trajanoski Innsbruck Medical University
Florence Pedeutour
Florence Pedeutour Grenoble Alpes University
Paul Hofman
Paul Hofman Grenoble Alpes University

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