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John DiGiovanni

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
18869
World Ranking
5942
National Ranking
2813

John DiGiovanni 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 John DiGiovanni sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 413 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John DiGiovanni 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 John DiGiovanni sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John DiGiovanni is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in molecular biology, oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, and cancer research.

The scientist's work centers around key topics such as prostate cancer treatment and research, cancer-related molecular pathways, fibroblast growth factor research, cancer, lipids, and metabolism, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Obesity and prostate cancer - microenvironmental roles of adipose tissue (2023) published in Nature Reviews Urology
  • Enzyme-mediated depletion of serum l-Met abrogates prostate cancer growth via multiple mechanisms without evidence of systemic toxicity (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • CXCR4 and CXCR7 signaling promotes tumor progression and obesity-associated epithelial-mesenchymal transition in prostate cancer cells (2022) published in Oncogene
  • Progression of prostate carcinoma is promoted by adipose stromal cell-secreted CXCL12 signaling in prostate epithelium (2021) published in npj Precision Oncology
  • Non-canonical role of Hippo tumor suppressor serine/threonine kinase 3 STK3 in prostate cancer (2021) published in Molecular Therapy

The scientist frequently publishes in venues including Molecular Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Molecular Therapy, and Nature Reviews Urology.

Frequent collaborators of John DiGiovanni include Achinto Saha, Stefano Tiziani, Cherie-Ann O. Nathan, Alok R. Khandelwal, and Chelsea A. Friedman.

John DiGiovanni was awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Multistage carcinogenesis in mouse skin

    John DiGiovanni

  • Stat3 links activated keratinocytes and immunocytes required for development of psoriasis in a novel transgenic mouse model

    Shigetoshi Sano;Shigetoshi Sano;Keith Syson Chan;Steve Carbajal;John Clifford

  • Multi-stage chemical carcinogenesis in mouse skin: Fundamentals and applications

    Erika L Abel;Joe M Angel;Kaoru Kiguchi;John DiGiovanni

  • DISRUPTION OF STAT3 REVEALS A CRITICAL ROLE IN BOTH THE INITIATION AND THE PROMOTION STAGES OF EPITHELIAL CARCINOGENESIS

    Keith Syson Chan;Shigetoshi Sano;Kaoru Kiguchi;Joanne Anders

  • Systemic depletion of L-cyst(e)ine with cyst(e)inase increases reactive oxygen species and suppresses tumor growth

    Shira L. Cramer;Achinto Saha;Jinyun Liu;Surendar Tadi

  • Deregulated expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 in prostate epithelium leads to neoplasia in transgenic mice.

    John DiGiovanni;Kaoru Kiguchi;Anita Frijhoff;Eric Wilker

  • Cancer as a Matter of Fat: The Crosstalk between Adipose Tissue and Tumors.

    Ernst Lengyel;Liza Makowski;John DiGiovanni;Mikhail G. Kolonin

  • Stat3 as a Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Psoriasis: A Clinical Feasibility Study with STA-21, a Stat3 Inhibitor

    Ken Miyoshi;Mikiro Takaishi;Kimiko Nakajima;Mitsunori Ikeda

  • Constitutive expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 in epidermal basal cells of transgenic mice leads to spontaneous tumor promotion

    John DiGiovanni;David K. Bol;David K. Bol;Erik Wilker;Linda M Beltran

  • Mechanism-Based Cancer Prevention Approaches: Targets, Examples, and the Use of Transgenic Mice

    Stephen D. Hursting;Thomas J. Slaga;Susan M. Fischer;John DiGiovanni

  • Genome-wide expression profiling of five mouse models identifies similarities and differences with human psoriasis.

    William R. Swindell;Andrew Johnston;Steve Carbajal;Gangwen Han

  • Constitutive expression of ErbB-2 in gallbladder epithelium results in development of adenocarcinoma

    Kaoru Kiguchi;Steve Carbajal;Keith Chan;Linda Beltrán

  • Impact of Stat3 activation upon skin biology: A dichotomy of its role between homeostasis and diseases

    Shigetoshi Sano;Keith Syson Chan;John DiGiovanni

  • Distinct Roles of IL-23 and IL-17 in the Development of Psoriasis-Like Lesions in a Mouse Model

    Kimiko Nakajima;Takashi Kanda;Mikiro Takaishi;Takeo Shiga

  • Obesity, Energy Balance and Cancer: New Opportunities for Prevention

    Stephen D. Hursting;John DiGiovanni;Andrew J. Dannenberg;Maria Azrad

  • Overexpression of Insulin-Like Growth factor-1 Induces Hyperplasia, Dermal Abnormalities, and Spontaneous Tumor Formation in Transgenic Mice

    David K. Bol;Kaoru Kiguchi;Irma Gimenez-Conti;Tim Rupp

  • Dietary energy balance modulates signaling through the Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin pathways in multiple epithelial tissues.

    Tricia Moore;Tricia Moore;Linda M Beltran;Steve Carbajal;Sara Strom

  • Epidermal growth factor receptor-mediated activation of Stat3 during multistage skin carcinogenesis.

    Keith Syson Chan;Steve Carbajal;Kaoru Kiguchi;John Clifford

  • Comparison of the tumor-initiating activity of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene and benzo[a]pyrene in female SENCAR and CD-1 mice

    J. Digiovanni;Thomas J Slaga;Thomas J Slaga;R. K. Boutwell;R. K. Boutwell

  • IKKα Is Required to Maintain Skin Homeostasis and Prevent Skin Cancer

    Bigang Liu;Xiaojun Xia;Feng Zhu;Eunmi Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Slaga
Thomas J. Slaga The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Claudio J. Conti
Claudio J. Conti Carlos III University of Madrid
Ronald G. Harvey
Ronald G. Harvey University of Chicago
Mont R. Juchau
Mont R. Juchau University of Washington
Stephen D. Hursting
Stephen D. Hursting University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dennis A. Johnston
Dennis A. Johnston Baylor University
Jianjun Shen
Jianjun Shen The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
George Georgiou
George Georgiou The University of Texas at Austin
Zhengrong Cui
Zhengrong Cui The University of Texas at Austin
Karen M. Vasquez
Karen M. Vasquez The University of Texas at Austin

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