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Saverio Bellusci

Saverio Bellusci

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
21213
World Ranking
4783
National Ranking
353

Saverio Bellusci 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 Saverio Bellusci sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 335 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Saverio Bellusci 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 Saverio Bellusci sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Saverio Bellusci is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany and has a broad research portfolio primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their academic contributions span several prominent fields and specialized subfields, with emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and surgery.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas related to respiratory health and developmental biology. Key topics include:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Renal and related cancers

Recent publications by Bellusci illustrate the focus on lung and respiratory system development and disease. Notable papers include:

  • MSC Based Therapies-New Perspectives for the Injured Lung (2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • The Multifunctional Contribution of FGF Signaling to Cardiac Development, Homeostasis, Disease and Repair (2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)
  • Multilineage murine stem cells generate complex organoids to model distal lung development and disease (2020, The EMBO Journal)
  • When inflammation meets lung development-an update on the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (2022, Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics)
  • Positioning of nucleosomes containing γ-H2AX precedes active DNA demethylation and transcription initiation (2021, Nature Communications)

Bellusci has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, indicating active research partnerships. Among these are:

  • Jin-San Zhang
  • Arun Lingampally
  • Susanne Herold
  • Cho-Ming Chao
  • Elie El Agha

The scientist's work is published in multiple recurring venues, suggesting established research dissemination channels. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Cells
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Best Publications

  • Fibroblast growth factor 10 (FGF10) and branching morphogenesis in the embryonic mouse lung

    Savério Bellusci;Justin Grindley;Hisayo Emoto;Nobuyuki Itoh

  • Involvement of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) in mouse embryonic lung growth and morphogenesis

    Savério Bellusci;Yasuhide Furuta;Margaret G. Rush;Randall Henderson

  • Protein interaction mapping: A Drosophila case study

    Etienne Formstecher;Sandra Aresta;Vincent Collura;Alexandre Hamburger

  • Evidence from normal expression and targeted misexpression that bone morphogenetic protein (Bmp-4) plays a role in mouse embryonic lung morphogenesis.

    Savério Bellusci;Randall Henderson;Glenn Winnier;Tsuyoshi Oikawa

  • Fgf10 is essential for maintaining the proliferative capacity of epithelial progenitor cells during early pancreatic organogenesis

    Anil Bhushan;Nobuyuki Itoh;Shigeaki Kato;Jean P. Thiery

  • Chapter Three – Lung Organogenesis

    David Warburton;Ahmed El-Hashash;Gianni Carraro;Caterina Tiozzo

  • Bmp signaling regulates proximal-distal differentiation of endoderm in mouse lung development.

    M. Weaver;J. M. Yingling;N. R. Dunn;S. Bellusci

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Fibrotic Disease

    Elie El Agha;Elie El Agha;Rafael Kramann;Rebekka K. Schneider;Rebekka K. Schneider;Xiaokun Li

  • Tube or not tube : remodeling epithelial tissues by branching morphogenesis

    Markus Affolter;Savério Bellusci;Nobuyuki Itoh;Benny Shilo

  • Role of FGF10/FGFR2b signaling during mammary gland development in the mouse embryo

    Arnaud André Mailleux;Bradley Spencer-Dene;Christian Dillon;Delphine Ndiaye

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Early Lung Specification and Branching Morphogenesis

    David Warburton;Saverio Bellusci;Stijn De Langhe;Pierre-Marie Del Moral

  • Two-Way Conversion between Lipogenic and Myogenic Fibroblastic Phenotypes Marks the Progression and Resolution of Lung Fibrosis

    Elie El Agha;Alena Moiseenko;Vahid Kheirollahi;Stijn De Langhe

  • Human amniotic fluid stem cells can integrate and differentiate into epithelial lung lineages.

    Gianni Carraro;Laura Perin;Sargis Sedrakyan;Stefano Giuliani

  • Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) reveals that fibronectin is a major target of Wnt signaling in branching morphogenesis of the mouse embryonic lung.

    Stijn P. De Langhe;Frédéric G. Sala;Pierre Marie Del Moral;Timothy J. Fairbanks

  • Mouse embryonic mammogenesis as a model for the molecular regulation of pattern formation.

    Jacqueline M. Veltmaat;Arnaud A. Mailleux;Jean Paul Thiery;Saverio Bellusci

  • Evidence that SPROUTY2 functions as an inhibitor of mouse embryonic lung growth and morphogenesis.

    Arnaud André Mailleux;Denise Tefft;Delphine Ndiaye;Nobuyuki Itoh

  • Parabronchial smooth muscle constitutes an airway epithelial stem cell niche in the mouse lung after injury.

    Thomas Volckaert;Erik Dill;Alice Campbell;Caterina Tiozzo

  • Fgf10-Expressing Tanycytes Add New Neurons to the Appetite/Energy-Balance Regulating Centers of the Postnatal and Adult Hypothalamus

    Niels Haan;Timothy Goodman;Alaleh Najdi-Samiei;Christina M. Stratford

  • Evidence for the involvement of the Gli gene family in embryonic mouse lung development.

    Justin C. Grindley;Savério Bellusci;Douglas Perkins;Brigid L.M. Hogan

  • Cloning and expression pattern of a mouse homologue of Drosophila sprouty in the mouse embryo

    Alice Anne de Maximy;Yuhki Nakatake;Stephane Moncada;Nobuyuki Itoh

Frequent Co-Authors

David Warburton
David Warburton University of Southern California
Werner Seeger
Werner Seeger University of Giessen
Parviz Minoo
Parviz Minoo Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Susanne Herold
Susanne Herold University of Giessen
Rory E. Morty
Rory E. Morty Max Planck Society
Thomas Braun
Thomas Braun Max Planck Society
Wei Shi
Wei Shi University of Southern California
Zea Borok
Zea Borok University of Southern California
Ralph T. Schermuly
Ralph T. Schermuly University of Giessen
Xiaokun Li
Xiaokun Li Wenzhou Medical University

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