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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
32995
World Ranking
4936
National Ranking
3

Marek Los 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 Marek Los sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 193 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.

Marek Los 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 Marek Los 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: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 1994 - Perkin Medal, Society of Chemical Industry, American Section

Overview

Marek Los is affiliated with the Silesian University of Technology in Poland. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular focus on molecular biology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, surgery, and biomedical engineering.

Their work extensively covers topics including autophagy in disease and therapy, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, long-term effects of COVID-19, virus-based gene therapy research, and lipoproteins and cardiovascular health.

Notable recent papers include:

  • An update on drugs with therapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) treatment, 2021, Drug Resistance Updates
  • Wnt and PI3K/Akt/mTOR Survival Pathways as Therapeutic Targets in Glioblastoma, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • FDA approved drugs with pharmacotherapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) therapy, 2020, Drug Resistance Updates
  • Targeting autophagy, oxidative stress, and ER stress for neurodegenerative disease treatment, 2022, Journal of Controlled Release
  • Pleiotropic effects of statins: A focus on cancer, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease

Marek Los has collaborated frequently with several researchers, most notably:

  • Saeid Ghavami
  • Tayyebeh Madrakian
  • Jakub Rosik
  • Filip Machaj
  • Mazaher Ahmadi

The scientist has published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • European Journal of Pharmacology
  • Cancers
  • Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis
  • Preprints.org

Marek Los's contributions span a broad range of research topics connecting molecular pathways and therapeutic possibilities, with a significant interest in understanding and addressing COVID-19 and related pathologies.

They were awarded the Perkin Medal by the Society of Chemical Industry, American Section, in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Apoptosis signaling by death receptors

    Klaus Schulze-Osthoff;Davide Ferrari;Marek Los;Sebastian Wesselborg

  • Autophagy and apoptosis dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders.

    Saeid Ghavami;Shahla Shojaei;Behzad Yeganeh;Sudharsana R. Ande

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Apoptosis and cancer: mutations within caspase genes

    Saeid Ghavami;Mohammad Hashemi;Sudharsana R Ande;Behzad Yeganeh

  • Requirement of an ICE/CED-3 protease for Fas/APO-1-mediated apoptosis

    Marek Los;Marek Los;Marc Van de Craen;Louis C. Penning;Heike Schenk

  • PARP is important for genomic stability but dispensable in apoptosis

    Zhao-Qi Wang;Laura Stingl;Ciaran Morrison;Michael Jantsch

  • Activation and Caspase-mediated Inhibition of PARP: A Molecular Switch between Fibroblast Necrosis and Apoptosis in Death Receptor Signaling

    Marek Los;Malgorzata Mozoluk;Davide Ferrari;Anna Stepczynska

  • Cell survival, cell death and cell cycle pathways are interconnected: implications for cancer therapy.

    Subbareddy Maddika;Sudharsana Rao Ande;Soumya Panigrahi;Ted Paranjothy

  • The Role of Caspases in Development, Immunity, and Apoptotic Signal Transduction: Lessons from Knockout Mice

    Marek Los;Sebastian Wesselborg;Klaus Schulze-Osthoff

  • Cancer stem cell markers in common cancers – therapeutic implications

    Thomas Klonisch;Emilia Wiechec;Sabine Hombach-Klonisch;Sudharsana R. Ande

  • Betulinic Acid Triggers CD95 (APO-1/Fas)- and p53-independent Apoptosis via Activation of Caspases in Neuroectodermal Tumors

    Simone Fulda;Claudia Friesen;Marek Los;Carsten Scaffidi

  • HIV-1 Tat Potentiates TNF-induced NF-kappa B Activation and Cytotoxicity by Altering the Cellular Redox State

    Michael O. Westendorp;Vladimir A. Shatrov;Klaus Schulze-Osthoff;Rainer Frank

  • IL-2 gene expression and NF-kappa B activation through CD28 requires reactive oxygen production by 5-lipoxygenase.

    Marek Jan Los;H. Schenk;K. Hexel;Pa Baeuerle

  • Anticancer drugs induce caspase-8/FLICE activation and apoptosis in the absence of CD95 receptor/ligand interaction.

    Sebastian Wesselborg;Ingo H. Engels;Evi Rossmann;Marek Los

  • S100A8/A9 at low concentration promotes tumor cell growth via RAGE ligation and MAP kinase-dependent pathway

    Saeid Ghavami;Iran Rashedi;Brian M. Dattilo;Mehdi Eshraghi

  • Redox signalling by transcription factors NF-κB and AP-1 in lymphocytes

    Klaus Schulze-Osthoff;Marek Los;Patrick A. Baeuerle

  • Autophagy, Apoptosis, Mitoptosis and Necrosis: Interdependence Between Those Pathways and Effects on Cancer

    Wiem Chaabane;Sırma D User;Sırma D User;Mohamed El-Gazzah;Roman Jaksik

  • P2Z purinoreceptor ligation induces activation of caspases with distinct roles in apoptotic and necrotic alterations of cell death.

    Davide Ferrari;Marek Los;Manuel K.A. Bauer;Peter Vandenabeele

  • Hydrogen peroxide as a potent activator of T lymphocyte functions.

    Marek Los;Wulf Dröge;Kirstin Stricker;Patrick A. Baeuerle

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Schulze-Osthoff
Klaus Schulze-Osthoff University of Tübingen
Saeid Ghavami
Saeid Ghavami University of Manitoba
Klaus-Michael Debatin
Klaus-Michael Debatin University of Ulm
Thomas Klonisch
Thomas Klonisch University of Manitoba
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt
Walter Mier
Walter Mier University Hospital Heidelberg
Sebastian Wesselborg
Sebastian Wesselborg University of Tübingen
Andrew J. Halayko
Andrew J. Halayko University of Manitoba
Manfred Wiessler
Manfred Wiessler German Cancer Research Center
Spencer B. Gibson
Spencer B. Gibson University of Manitoba

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