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79
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25219
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17478
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Fuad N. Ziyadeh publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fuad N. Ziyadeh sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 186 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Fuad N. Ziyadeh D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fuad N. Ziyadeh sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Fuad N. Ziyadeh is affiliated with the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and related biomedical sciences, with a focus on physiology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, immunology, epidemiology, and surgery.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Assaad A. Eid, Rachel Njeim, Sahar Alkhansa, Batoul Dia, and Mohamad Noureldein. This collaboration reflects a consistent research network contributing to their areas of specialization.

Publication venues where Fuad N. Ziyadeh has frequently contributed are:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Diabetes
  • Journal of Advanced Research
  • Antioxidants
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Selected recent papers include:

  • VEGF-A: A Novel Mechanistic Link Between CYP2C-Derived EETs and Nox4 in Diabetic Kidney Disease, 2023, Diabetes
  • Modulation of proteomic and inflammatory signals by Bradykinin in podocytes, 2020, Journal of Advanced Research
  • Vascular Cells Proteome Associated with Bradykinin and Leptin Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Signals, 2020, Antioxidants
  • Modulation of Neuro-Inflammatory Signals in Microglia by Plasma Prekallikrein and Neuronal Cell Debris, 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Biospecimen Repositories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights From an American University of Beirut and Memorial Sloan Kettering Collaboration, 2023, JCO Global Oncology

Their research contributions are distributed mainly across medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with 30 publications in medicine and 13 in biochemistry and related molecular studies.

Fuad N. Ziyadeh has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Hyperglycemia-induced mitochondrial superoxide overproduction activates the hexosamine pathway and induces plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 expression by increasing Sp1 glycosylation

    Xue Liang Du;Diane Edelstein;Luciano Rossetti;Ivan George Fantus

  • Long-term prevention of renal insufficiency, excess matrix gene expression, and glomerular mesangial matrix expansion by treatment with monoclonal antitransforming growth factor-β antibody in db/db diabetic mice

    Fuad N. Ziyadeh;Brenda B. Hoffman;Dong Cheol Han;M. Carmen Iglesias-de la Cruz

  • Neutralization of TGF-beta by anti-TGF-beta antibody attenuates kidney hypertrophy and the enhanced extracellular matrix gene expression in STZ-induced diabetic mice.

    Kumar Sharma;Yulin Jin;Jia Guo;Fuad N Ziyadeh

  • From the periphery of the glomerular capillary wall toward the center of disease: podocyte injury comes of age in diabetic nephropathy.

    Gunter Wolf;Sheldon Chen;Fuad N. Ziyadeh

  • Hyperglycemia and diabetic kidney disease. The case for transforming growth factor-beta as a key mediator.

    Kumar Sharma;Fuad N Ziyadeh

  • Stimulation of collagen gene expression and protein synthesis in murine mesangial cells by high glucose is mediated by autocrine activation of transforming growth factor-beta.

    F. N. Ziyadeh;Kumar Sharma;M. Ericksen;G. Wolf

  • Leptin and renal disease.

    Gunter Wolf;Sheldon Chen;Dong Cheol Han;Dong Cheol Han;Fuad N. Ziyadeh;Fuad N. Ziyadeh

  • Molecular mechanisms of diabetic renal hypertrophy.

    Gunter Wolf;Fuad N. Ziyadeh

  • Mediators of diabetic renal disease: the case for tgf-Beta as the major mediator.

    Fuad N Ziyadeh

  • Role of basic fibroblast growth factor-2 in epithelial-mesenchymal transformation.

    Frank Strutz;Michael Zeisberg;Fuad N. Ziyadeh;Chang Qing Yang

  • Leptin stimulates proliferation and TGF-β expression in renal glomerular endothelial cells: Potential role in glomerulosclerosis

    Gunter Wolf;Gunter Wolf;Andreas Hamann;Andreas Hamann;Dong Cheol Han;Dong Cheol Han;Udo Helmchen;Udo Helmchen

  • Pathogenesis of the Podocytopathy and Proteinuria in Diabetic Glomerulopathy

    Fuad N Ziyadeh;Gunter Wolf

  • Angiotensin II-induced hypertrophy of cultured murine proximal tubular cells is mediated by endogenous transforming growth factor-beta.

    G. Wolf;E. Mueller;R. A. K. Stahl;F. N. Ziyadeh

  • High glucose-induced proliferation in mesangial cells is reversed by autocrine TGF-β

    Gunter Wolf;Kumar Sharma;Ying Chen;Mark Ericksen

  • Diabetic nephropathy and transforming growth factor-β: Transforming our view of glomerulosclerosis and fibrosis build-up

    Sheldon Chen;Belinda Jim;Fuad N Ziyadeh

  • Increased renal production of transforming growth factor-beta1 in patients with type II diabetes.

    Kumar Sharma;Fuad N Ziyadeh;Bashar Alzahabi;Tracy A McGowan

  • Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Proteinuria in Diabetic Nephropathy

    Gunter Wolf;Fuad N. Ziyadeh

  • The emerging role of transforming growth factor-beta in kidney diseases.

    Kumar Sharma;F. N. Ziyadeh

  • The Extracellular Matrix in Diabetic Nephropathy

    Fuad N. Ziyadeh

  • The role of angiotensin II in diabetic nephropathy: Emphasis on nonhemodynamic mechanisms

    Gunter Wolf;Gunter Wolf;Fuad N. Ziyadeh;Fuad N. Ziyadeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Kumar Sharma
Kumar Sharma The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Eric G. Neilson
Eric G. Neilson Northwestern University
Rolf A.K. Stahl
Rolf A.K. Stahl Universität Hamburg
Jeffrey B. Kopp
Jeffrey B. Kopp National Institutes of Health
Yehia Mechref
Yehia Mechref Texas Tech University
Raghu Kalluri
Raghu Kalluri The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Charles D. Pusey
Charles D. Pusey Imperial College London
Mary B. Leonard
Mary B. Leonard Stanford University
John E. Tomaszewski
John E. Tomaszewski University at Buffalo, State University of New York
José Alcamí
José Alcamí Instituto de Salud Carlos III

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