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2026
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Medicine
Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
155
Citations
91373
World Ranking
149
National Ranking
5

Medicine

D-Index
156
Citations
91078
World Ranking
919
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Csaba Szabó is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans several subfields, including biochemistry, molecular biology, rheumatology, physiology, and oncology.

Their work covers a range of main topics in biomedical science, notably:

  • Sulfur Compounds in Biology
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects

Szabó's publications appear frequently in several prominent scientific journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Biomolecules
  • Redox Biology
  • GeroScience
  • Antioxidants
  • British Journal of Pharmacology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition: past, present and future (2020), published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Physiological roles of hydrogen sulfide in mammalian cells, tissues, and organs (2022), published in Physiological Reviews
  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Enzymes (2021), published in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Enzymes (2023), published in British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Hydrogen sulfide: An endogenous regulator of the immune system (2020), published in Pharmacological Research

Csaba Szabó has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Karim Zuhra
  • Kelly Ascenção
  • Andreas Papapetropoulos
  • Theodora Panagaki
  • Elisa B. Randi

Best Publications

  • Peroxynitrite: biochemistry, pathophysiology and development of therapeutics

    Csaba Szabó;Csaba Szabó;Harry Ischiropoulos;Rafael Radi

  • Hydrogen sulphide and its therapeutic potential

    Csaba Szabó

  • The Therapeutic Potential of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors

    László Virág;Csaba Szabó

  • Therapeutic Effects of Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitors: Renaissance Half a Century after the Discovery of Allopurinol

    Pál Pacher;Alex Nivorozhkin;Csaba Szabó;Csaba Szabó

  • Hydrogen sulfide attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by preservation of mitochondrial function

    John W. Elrod;John W. Calvert;Joanna Morrison;Jeannette E. Doeller

  • Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and the therapeutic effects of its inhibitors

    Prakash Jagtap;Csaba Szabó

  • Inhibition of GAPDH activity by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activates three major pathways of hyperglycemic damage in endothelial cells

    Xueliang Du;Takeshi Matsumura;Diane Edelstein;Luciano Rossetti

  • Hydrogen sulfide is an endogenous stimulator of angiogenesis

    Andreas Papapetropoulos;Anastasia Pyriochou;Zaid Altaany;Guangdong Yang

  • DNA strand breakage, activation of poly (ADP-ribose) synthetase, and cellular energy depletion are involved in the cytotoxicity of macrophages and smooth muscle cells exposed to peroxynitrite

    Csaba Szabo;Basilia Zingarelli;Michael O'Connor;Andrew L. Salzman

  • Role of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase in inflammation and ischaemia-reperfusion.

    Csaba Szabo;Valina L. Dawson

  • Diabetic endothelial dysfunction: the role of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activation.

    Francisco Garcia Soriano;László Virág;Prakash Jagtap;Éva Szabó

  • Selective pharmacological inhibition of distinct nitric oxide synthase isoforms

    Garry J. Southan;Csaba Szabó

  • Tumor-derived hydrogen sulfide, produced by cystathionine-β-synthase, stimulates bioenergetics, cell proliferation, and angiogenesis in colon cancer

    Csaba Szabo;Ciro Coletta;Celia Chao;Katalin Módis

  • Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide are mutually dependent in the regulation of angiogenesis and endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation

    Ciro Coletta;Andreas Papapetropoulos;Andreas Papapetropoulos;Katalin Erdelyi;Gabor Olah

  • Gasotransmitters in cancer: from pathophysiology to experimental therapy

    Csaba Szabo

  • Multiple pathways of peroxynitrite cytotoxicity

    Csaba Szabó

  • Adenosine receptor agonists differentially regulate IL-10, TNF-alpha, and nitric oxide production in RAW 264.7 macrophages and in endotoxemic mice.

    G. Haskó;Csaba Szabó;Csaba Szabó;Zoltán H. Németh;Vladimir Kvetan

  • Peroxynitrite-induced cytotoxicity: mechanism and opportunities for intervention

    László Virág;Éva Szabó;Pál Gergely;Csaba Szabó

  • Adenosine inhibits IL-12 and TNF-[alpha] production via adenosine A2a receptor-dependent and independent mechanisms

    György Haskó;David G. Kuhel;Jiang Fan Chen;Michael A. Schwarzschild

  • The pathophysiological role of peroxynitrite in shock, inflammation, and ischemia-reperfusion injury

    Csaba Szabó

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew L. Salzman
Andrew L. Salzman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Pal Pacher
Pal Pacher National Institutes of Health
László Virág
László Virág University of Debrecen
Andreas Papapetropoulos
Andreas Papapetropoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
György Haskó
György Haskó Columbia University
Basilia Zingarelli
Basilia Zingarelli Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Lucas Liaudet
Lucas Liaudet University of Lausanne
Daniel L. Traber
Daniel L. Traber The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
István János Kovács
István János Kovács HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science
David N. Herndon
David N. Herndon The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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