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Marina Ziche

Marina Ziche

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
72
Citations
21305
World Ranking
19803
National Ranking
797

Marina Ziche 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 Marina Ziche sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 273 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Marina Ziche 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 Marina Ziche sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 2nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marina Ziche is affiliated with the University of Siena in Italy. Their research spans key areas in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, oncology, neurology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and cancer research.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Common Protective Strategies in Neurodegenerative Disease: Focusing on Risk Factors to Target the Cellular Redox System, 2020, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • New Insights Into Blood-Brain Barrier Maintenance: The Homeostatic Role of β-Amyloid Precursor Protein in Cerebral Vasculature, 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • ALDH1A1 overexpression in melanoma cells promotes tumor angiogenesis by activating the IL-8/Notch signaling cascade, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Medicine
  • Repurposing of drugs for triple negative breast cancer: an overview, 2020, ecancermedicalscience
  • Safety of Anti-Angiogenic Drugs in Pediatric Patients with Solid Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2022, Cancers

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Sandra Donnini
  • Andrea Spini
  • Valerio Ciccone
  • Lucia Morbidelli
  • Rosa Gini

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, notably:

  • Critical Reviews™ in Oncogenesis
  • Cancers
  • PLoS ONE
  • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • Frontiers in Physiology

Main topics of research cover areas including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Best Publications

  • Hepatocyte growth factor is a potent angiogenic factor which stimulates endothelial cell motility and growth

    F Bussolino;M F Di Renzo;M Ziche;E Bocchietto

  • Nitric oxide synthase lies downstream from vascular endothelial growth factor-induced but not basic fibroblast growth factor-induced angiogenesis.

    M Ziche;L Morbidelli;R Choudhuri;H T Zhang

  • Nitric oxide mediates angiogenesis in vivo and endothelial cell growth and migration in vitro promoted by substance P.

    M Ziche;L Morbidelli;E Masini;S Amerini

  • VEGF upregulates ecNOS message, protein, and NO production in human endothelial cells

    John D. Hood;Cynthia J. Meininger;Marina Ziche;Harris J. Granger

  • A novel vascular endothelial growth factor encoded by Orf virus, VEGF‐E, mediates angiogenesis via signalling through VEGFR‐2 (KDR) but not VEGFR‐1 (Flt‐1) receptor tyrosine kinases

    Marlene Meyer;Matthias Clauss;Albrecht Lepple-Wienhues;Johannes Waltenberger

  • Role of Nitric Oxide in Angiogenesis and Tumor Progression in Head and Neck Cancer

    Oreste Gallo;Emanuela Masini;Lucia Morbidelli;Alessandro Franchi

  • VEGF165b, an Inhibitory Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Splice Variant Mechanism of Action, In vivo Effect On Angiogenesis and Endogenous Protein Expression

    Jeanette Woolard;Wen-Ying Wang;Heather S. Bevan;Yan Qiu

  • Nitric oxide mediates mitogenic effect of VEGF on coronary venular endothelium

    L. Morbidelli;C. H. Chang;J. G. Douglas;H. J. Granger

  • Role of Prostaglandin E1 and Copper in Angiogenesis

    Marina Ziche;John Jones;Pietro M. Gullino

  • Nitric Oxide Is an Upstream Signal of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-induced Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase½ Activation in Postcapillary Endothelium

    Astrid Parenti;Lucia Morbidelli;Xiao-Lan Cui;Janice G. Douglas

  • Nitric oxide and angiogenesis

    Marina Ziche;Lucia Morbidelli

  • Induction of inflammatory angiogenesis by monocyte chemoattractant protein‐1

    Valentin Goede;Laura Brogelli;Marina Ziche;Hellmut G. Augustin

  • c-fos-induced growth factor/vascular endothelial growth factor D induces angiogenesis in vivo and in vitro

    Lucia Marconcini;Serena Marchiò;Lucia Morbidelli;Elena Cartocci

  • In vitro and in vivo activation of endothelial cells by colony-stimulating factors.

    F Bussolino;M Ziche;J M Wang;D Alessi

  • Placenta growth factor-1 is chemotactic, mitogenic, and angiogenic

    Marina Ziche;D. Maglione;D. Ribatti;Lucia Morbidelli

  • Substance P stimulates neovascularization in vivo and proliferation of cultured endothelial cells.

    Marina Ziche;Lucia Morbidelli;Marco Pacini;Pierangelo Geppetti

  • Enhancement of Tumor Growth and Vascular Density by Transfection of Vascular Endothelial Cell Growth Factor Into MCF–7 Human Breast Carcinoma Cells

    Hua-Tang Zhang;Paul Craft;Prudence A. E. Scott;Marina Ziche

  • An Angiogenic Role for the Neurokines Midkine and Pleiotrophin in Tumorigenesis

    Rangana Choudhuri;Hua Tang Zhang;Sandra Donnini;Marina Ziche

  • Ceruloplasmin, copper ions, and angiogenesis.

    Katari S. Raju;Giulio Alessandri;Marina Ziche;Pietro M. Gullino

  • Nitric Oxide Promotes Proliferation and Plasminogen Activator Production by Coronary Venular Endothelium Through Endogenous bFGF

    Marina Ziche;Astrid Parenti;Fabrizio Ledda;Patrizia Dell’Era

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Presta
Marco Presta University of Brescia
Carlo Alberto Maggi
Carlo Alberto Maggi University of Florence
Giulio Alessandri
Giulio Alessandri University of Brescia
Roy Bicknell
Roy Bicknell University of Birmingham
Domenico Ribatti
Domenico Ribatti University of Bari Aldo Moro
Adriana Albini
Adriana Albini University of Milano-Bicocca
Federico Bussolino
Federico Bussolino University of Turin
Marco Rusnati
Marco Rusnati University of Brescia
Maurizio Botta
Maurizio Botta University of Siena
Theodore Fotsis
Theodore Fotsis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas

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