2026 Christos Stournaras: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	59	12857	11828	26	26	179	8251

Overview

Christos Stournaras is affiliated with the University of Crete in Greece and focuses research within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work covers several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Physiology.

The key research topics addressed by Stournaras include:

Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Caveolin-1 and cellular processes

Stournaras has contributed to multiple publications across various scientific journals. Representative works include:

"Bismuth oxide nanoparticles induce oxidative stress and apoptosis in human breast cancer cells" (2020), published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
"The histone demethylase KDM2B activates FAK and PI3K that control tumor cell motility" (2020), published in Cancer Biology & Therapy
"CXCR4 and JUNB double-positive disseminated tumor cells are detected frequently in breast cancer patients at primary diagnosis" (2020), published in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
"Decreased Na+/K+ ATPase Expression and Depolarized Cell Membrane in Neurons Differentiated from Chorea-Acanthocytosis Patients" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
"Detyrosinated α-Tubulin, Vimentin and PD-L1 in Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) Isolated from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients" (2022), published in Journal of Personalized Medicine

The frequent publication venues for these works include:

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Cancer Biology & Therapy
Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Scientific Reports
Journal of Personalized Medicine

Stournaras collaborates regularly with several researchers. Frequent coauthors are:

Saad Alkahtani
Saud Alarifi
Galatea Kallergi
Abdullah A. Alkahtane
Nefeli Zacharopoulou

Best Publications

LIM-kinase 2 and Cofilin Phosphorylation Mediate Actin Cytoskeleton Reorganization Induced by Transforming Growth Factor-β

Lina Vardouli;Aristidis Moustakas;Christos Stournaras

250
Citations
The human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP bears functional membrane testosterone receptors that increase PSA secretion and modify actin cytoskeleton.

Marilena Kampa;Evangelia A. Papakonstanti;Anastassia Hatzoglou;Efstathios N. Stathopoulos

186
Citations
Cell responses regulated by early reorganization of actin cytoskeleton.

E.A. Papakonstanti;C. Stournaras

184
Citations
Ion channels in cancer: future perspectives and clinical potential

Florian Lang;Christos Stournaras;Christos Stournaras

176
Citations
A Rapid, Nongenomic, Signaling Pathway Regulates the Actin Reorganization Induced by Activation of Membrane Testosterone Receptors

Evangelia A. Papakonstanti;Marilena Kampa;Elias Castanas;Christos Stournaras

170
Citations
Phosphorylated EGFR and PI3K/Akt signaling kinases are expressed in circulating tumor cells of breast cancer patients

Galatea Kallergi;Sofia Agelaki;Antonia Kalykaki;Christos Stournaras

168
Citations
Membrane androgen receptor activation induces apoptotic regression of human prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo.

Anastassia Hatzoglou;Marilena Kampa;Christina Kogia;Ioannis Charalampopoulos

162
Citations
Association of PI-3 Kinase with PAK1 Leads to Actin Phosphorylation and Cytoskeletal Reorganization

Evangelia A. Papakonstanti;Christos Stournaras

157
Citations
Regulation of actin organisation by TGF-beta in H-ras-transformed fibroblasts.

Aristidis Moustakas;Christos Stournaras

142
Citations
Control of transforming growth factor β signal transduction by small GTPases

Dimitris Kardassis;Dimitris Kardassis;Carol Murphy;Theodore Fotsis;Theodore Fotsis;Aristidis Moustakas

131
Citations
Differential regulation of the two RhoA-specific GEF isoforms Net1/Net1A by TGF-β and miR-24: role in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

E Papadimitriou;Eleftheria Vasilaki;Eleftheria Vasilaki;Eleftheria Vasilaki;C Vorvis;D Iliopoulos

127
Citations
Activation of FAK/PI3K/Rac1 signaling controls actin reorganization and inhibits cell motility in human cancer cells.

Galatea Kallergi;Sofia Agelaki;Harris Markomanolaki;Vassilis Georgoulias

124
Citations
Neurosteroids as endogenous inhibitors of neuronal cell apoptosis in aging.

Ioannis Charalampopoulos;Vassiliki-Ismini Alexaki;Christos Tsatsanis;Vassilis Minas

122
Citations
Apoptotic Circulating Tumor Cells in Early and Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

Galatea Kallergi;Georgios Konstantinidis;Harris Markomanolaki;Maria A. Papadaki

117
Citations
TNF-alpha induces actin cytoskeleton reorganization in glomerular epithelial cells involving tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin and focal adhesion kinase.

S. B. Koukouritaki;E. A. Vardaki;E. A. Papakonstanti;E. Lianos

116
Citations
Hepatocyte swelling leads to rapid decrease of the G-/total actin ratio and increases actin mRNA levels.

Panayotis A. Theodoropoulos;Christos Stournaras;Barbara Stoll;Emmanuel Markogiannakis

115
Citations
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and allopregnanolone directly stimulate catecholamine production via induction of tyrosine hydroxylase and secretion by affecting actin polymerization.

I Charalampopoulos;E Dermitzaki;L Vardouli;C Tsatsanis

112
Citations
Serum and glucocorticoid inducible kinase, metabolic syndrome, inflammation, and tumor growth.

Florian Lang;Christos Stournaras

111
Citations
The corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in normal and tumoral epithelial cells of human endometrium.

A Makrigiannakis;E Zoumakis;A N Margioris;P Theodoropoulos

110
Citations
Colorectal carcinoma cells--regulation of survival and growth by SGK1.

Florian Lang;Nicola Perrotti;Christos Stournaras

110
Citations