2026 Valerian E. Kagan: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	132	378	340	249	219	809	79176

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Valerian E. Kagan is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and has a substantial body of research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on medicine. Their work spans various subfields including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology, cancer research, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several research topics, notably:

Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
RNA modifications and cancer
Mitochondrial function and pathology
Immune cells in cancer
Cancer, lipids, and metabolism
Trace elements in health
ATP synthase and ATPases research

Kagan's recent published papers include:

"Guidelines for measuring reactive oxygen species and oxidative damage in cells and in vivo," 2022, Nature Metabolism
"Redox lipid reprogramming commands susceptibility of macrophages and microglia to ferroptotic death," 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
"Ferroptosis of tumour neutrophils causes immune suppression in cancer," 2022, Nature
"Phospholipase iPLA2β averts ferroptosis by eliminating a redox lipid death signal," 2021, Nature Chemical Biology
"Achieving Life through Death: Redox Biology of Lipid Peroxidation in Ferroptosis," 2020, Cell Chemical Biology

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

Yulia Y. Tyurina
Hülya Bayır
Vladimir A. Tyurin
Alexandr A. Kapralov
Tamil S. Anthonymuthu

Kagan has published frequently in notable scientific venues such as:

Redox Biology
Nature Communications
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
JCI Insight
Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Awards include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

Ferroptosis: A Regulated Cell Death Nexus Linking Metabolism, Redox Biology, and Disease

Brent R. Stockwell;José Pedro Friedmann Angeli;Hülya Bayir;Ashley I. Bush

7001
Citations
Inactivation of the ferroptosis regulator Gpx4 triggers acute renal failure in mice

Jose Pedro Friedmann Angeli;Manuela Schneider;Bettina Proneth;Yulia Y. Tyurina

2943
Citations
ACSL4 dictates ferroptosis sensitivity by shaping cellular lipid composition

Sebastian Doll;Bettina Proneth;Yulia Y Tyurina;Elena Panzilius

2885
Citations
Oxidized arachidonic and adrenic PEs navigate cells to ferroptosis

Valerian E Kagan;Gaowei Mao;Feng Qu;Jose Pedro Friedmann Angeli

2692
Citations
Unusual inflammatory and fibrogenic pulmonary responses to single-walled carbon nanotubes in mice

Anna A. Shvedova;Elena R. Kisin;Robert Mercer;Ashley R. Murray

1616
Citations
Cytochrome c acts as a cardiolipin oxygenase required for release of proapoptotic factors

Valerian E Kagan;Vladimir A Tyurin;Jianfei Jiang;Yulia Y Tyurina

1448
Citations
Cardiolipin externalization to the outer mitochondrial membrane acts as an elimination signal for mitophagy in neuronal cells

Charleen T. Chu;Jing Ji;Ruben K. Dagda;Jian Fei Jiang

1115
Citations
PEBP1 Wardens Ferroptosis by Enabling Lipoxygenase Generation of Lipid Death Signals

Sally E. Wenzel;Yulia Y. Tyurina;Jinming Zhao;Claudette M. St. Croix

875
Citations
Carbon nanotubes degraded by neutrophil myeloperoxidase induce less pulmonary inflammation

Valerian E. Kagan;Nagarjun V. Konduru;Weihong Feng;Brett L. Allen

872
Citations
Free radical recycling and intramembrane mobility in the antioxidant properties of alpha-tocopherol and alpha-tocotrienol.

Elena Serbinova;Valerian Kagan;Derick Han;Lester Packer

835
Citations
The role of lipid peroxidation in pathogenesis of ischemic damage and the antioxidant protection of the heart.

Meerson Fz;Meerson Fz;Kagan Ve;Kagan Ve;Kozlov YuP;Kozlov YuP;Belkina Lm;Belkina Lm

765
Citations
Inhalation vs. aspiration of single-walled carbon nanotubes in C57BL/6 mice: inflammation, fibrosis, oxidative stress, and mutagenesis

Anna A. Shvedova;Elena R. Kisin;Ashley R. Murray;Victor J Johnson

742
Citations
Lipid accumulation and dendritic cell dysfunction in cancer

Donna L. Herber;Wei Cao;Yulia Nefedova;Sergey V. Novitskiy

731
Citations
FINO2 initiates ferroptosis through GPX4 inactivation and iron oxidation.

Michael M. Gaschler;Alexander A. Andia;Hengrui Liu;Joleen M. Csuka

702
Citations
Direct and indirect effects of single walled carbon nanotubes on RAW 264.7 macrophages: role of iron.

V.E. Kagan;Y.Y. Tyurina;V.A. Tyurin;N.V. Konduru

684
Citations
The multiple functions of cytochrome c and their regulation in life and death decisions of the mammalian cell: From respiration to apoptosis.

Maik Hüttemann;Petr Pecina;Matthew Rainbolt;Thomas H. Sanderson

587
Citations
Dihydrolipoic acid--a universal antioxidant both in the membrane and in the aqueous phase. Reduction of peroxyl, ascorbyl and chromanoxyl radicals.

Valerian E. Kagan;Anna Shvedova;Elena Serbinova;Shabi Khan

542
Citations
Fatty acid transport protein 2 reprograms neutrophils in cancer

Filippo Veglia;Vladimir A. Tyurin;Maria Blasi;Alessandra De Leo

539
Citations
Mechanisms of carbon nanotube-induced toxicity: Focus on oxidative stress

Anna A. Shvedova;Antonio Pietroiusti;Bengt Fadeel;Bengt Fadeel;Valerian E. Kagan

527
Citations
Antioxidant effects of ubiquinones in microsomes and mitochondria are mediated by tocopherol recycling.

Valerian Kagan;Elena Serbinova;Elena Serbinova;Lester Packer;Lester Packer

504
Citations