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Panagiotis A. Tsonis

Panagiotis A. Tsonis

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
8897
World Ranking
14084
National Ranking
5940

Panagiotis A. Tsonis 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 Panagiotis A. Tsonis sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 212 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Panagiotis A. Tsonis 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 Panagiotis A. Tsonis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Panagiotis A. Tsonis was affiliated with the University of Dayton in the United States. Their research spanned the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, contributing extensively to molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cancer research, biomaterials, and cell biology.

The scientist's work focused primarily on developmental biology and gene regulation, retinal development and disorders, retinal and macular surgery, microRNA in disease regulation, connexins and lens biology, silk-based biomaterials and applications, and Hippo pathway signaling with YAP/TAZ.

Among recent publications by Panagiotis A. Tsonis were:

  • DNA demethylation is a driver for chick retina regeneration, 2020, Epigenetics
  • Newt regeneration genes regulate Wingless signaling to restore patterning in Drosophila eye, 2021, iScience
  • Transcriptome Profiling of Embryonic Retinal Pigment Epithelium Reprogramming, 2021, Genes
  • Transcriptome profiling of embryonic retinal pigment epithelium reprogramming, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • miR-26 Deficiency Causes Alterations in Lens Transcriptome and Results in Adult-Onset Cataract, 2024, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Frequent coauthors included Jared A. Tangeman, Chun Liang, Abijeet Singh Mehta, Prajakta Deshpande, and Anuradha Venkatakrishnan Chimata.

Publications often appeared in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • iScience
  • Epigenetics
  • Genes
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Best Publications

  • Bridging the regeneration gap: genetic insights from diverse animal models

    Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado;Panagiotis A. Tsonis

  • Regeneration in vertebrates.

    Panagiotis A. Tsonis

  • A Novel Role of Complement: Mice Deficient in the Fifth Component of Complement (C5) Exhibit Impaired Liver Regeneration

    Dimitrios Mastellos;John C. Papadimitriou;Silvia Franchini;Panagiotis A. Tsonis

  • Eye regeneration at the molecular age

    Katia Del Rio-Tsonis;Panagiotis A. Tsonis

  • Expression of complement 3 and complement 5 in newt limb and lens regeneration.

    Yuko Kimura;Mayur Madhavan;Mindy K. Call;William Santiago

  • The tandemly repeated sequences of cartilage link protein contain the sites for interaction with hyaluronic acid.

    P F Goetinck;N S Stirpe;P A Tsonis;D Carlone

  • Regenerative capacity in newts is not altered by repeated regeneration and ageing

    Goro Eguchi;Yukiko Eguchi;Kenta Nakamura;Manisha C. Yadav

  • Lens and retina regeneration: transdifferentiation, stem cells and clinical applications

    Panagiotis A Tsonis;Katia Del Rio-Tsonis

  • Expression of stem cell pluripotency factors during regeneration in newts

    Nobuyasu Maki;Rinako Suetsugu-Maki;Hiroshi Tarui;Kiyokazu Agata

  • Organ repair and regeneration: an overview.

    Joëlle A. Baddour;Konstantinos Sousounis;Panagiotis A. Tsonis

  • Expression of pax-6 during urodele eye development and lens regeneration.

    K Del Rio-Tsonis;C H Washabaugh;P A Tsonis

  • Expression of the Third Component of Complement, C3, in Regenerating Limb Blastema Cells of Urodeles

    Katia Del Rio-Tsonis;Panagiotis A. Tsonis;Ioannis K. Zarkadis;Andreas G. Tsagas

  • A newt's eye view of lens regeneration

    Panagiotis A. Tsonis;Mayur Madhavan;Emily E. Tancous;Katia Del Rio-Tsonis

  • BMP inhibition-driven regulation of six-3 underlies induction of newt lens regeneration

    Matthew W. Grogg;Mindy K. Call;Mitsumasa Okamoto;M. Natalia Vergara

  • Periodicity in DNA coding sequences: implications in gene evolution.

    Anastasios A. Tsonis;James B. Elsner;Panagiotis A. Tsonis

  • Conservation of fibroblast growth factor function in lens regeneration

    Katia Del Rio-Tsonis;Jae Chang Jung;Ing-Ming Chiu;Panagiotis A. Tsonis

  • Lens and retina regeneration: new perspectives from model organisms.

    Karla Barbosa-Sabanero;Andrea Hoffmann;Chelsey Judge;Nicole Lightcap

  • Molecular and cellular aspects of amphibian lens regeneration.

    Jonathan J. Henry;Panagiotis A. Tsonis

  • Complement anaphylatoxin C3a is a potent inducer of embryonic chick retina regeneration

    Tracy Haynes;Agustin Luz-Madrigal;Agustin Luz-Madrigal;Edimara S. Reis;Nancy P. Echeverri Ruiz

  • A de novo assembly of the newt transcriptome combined with proteomic validation identifies new protein families expressed during tissue regeneration.

    Mario Looso;Jens Preussner;Konstantinos Sousounis;Marc Bruckskotten

Frequent Co-Authors

Anastasios A. Tsonis
Anastasios A. Tsonis University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
John D. Lambris
John D. Lambris University of Pennsylvania
José Luis Millán
José Luis Millán Discovery Institute
Khalid Lafdi
Khalid Lafdi Northumbria University
James B. Elsner
James B. Elsner Florida State University
Thomas Braun
Thomas Braun Max Planck Society
Kiyokazu Agata
Kiyokazu Agata National Institute for Basic Biology
Paul F. Goetinck
Paul F. Goetinck Harvard University
Zeta Papadopoulou-Daifoti
Zeta Papadopoulou-Daifoti National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
J. Joshua Smith
J. Joshua Smith Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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