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Vassilis I. Zannis

Vassilis I. Zannis

Boston University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
15243
World Ranking
7858
National Ranking
3571

Vassilis I. Zannis publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 236 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vassilis I. Zannis 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 Vassilis I. Zannis 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: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vassilis I. Zannis is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields of their work primarily focus on Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The main topics of research covered by this scientist include:

  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Apelin-related biomedical research
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research

Among the recent publications by Vassilis I. Zannis are two notable papers. The first, published in 2021 in Metabolism, is titled "Reconstituted HDL-apoE3 promotes endothelial cell migration through ID1 and its downstream kinases ERK1/2, AKT and p38 MAPK." The second paper, appearing in 2022 in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, is titled "Using adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to study the effect of myeloperoxidase on plasma lipid levels, HDL structure and functionality in mice expressing human apoA-I forms."

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Metabolism
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

They have collaborated repeatedly with several researchers, including:

  • Katerina Dalakoura-Karagkouni
  • Dimitris Kardassis
  • Eftaxia-Konstantina Valanti
  • Panagiotis Fotakis
  • Elizabeth Vafiadaki

Best Publications

  • Human very low density lipoprotein apolipoprotein E isoprotein polymorphism is explained by genetic variation and posttranslational modification.

    Vassilis I. Zannis;Jan L. Breslow

  • Proposed nomenclature of apoE isoproteins, apoE genotypes, and phenotypes.

    Vassilis I. Zannis;Jan L. Breslow;Gerd Utermann;Robert W. Mahley

  • Role of apoA-I, ABCA1, LCAT, and SR-BI in the biogenesis of HDL.

    Vassilis I. Zannis;Vassilis I. Zannis;Angeliki Chroni;Monty Krieger

  • Human apolipoprotein E isoprotein subclasses are genetically determined.

    V I Zannis;P W Just;J L Breslow

  • Transcriptional regulation of human apolipoprotein genes ApoB, ApoCIII, and ApoAII by members of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily HNF-4, ARP-1, EAR-2, and EAR-3.

    J. A. A. Ladias;M. Hadzopoulou-Cladaras;D. Kardassis;P. Cardot

  • MicroRNA-370 controls the expression of MicroRNA-122 and Cpt1α and affects lipid metabolism

    Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Konstantinos Drosatos;Konstantinos Drosatos;Konstantinos Drosatos;Yaeko Hiyama;Ira J. Goldberg

  • The complete sequence and structural analysis of human apolipoprotein B-100: relationship between apoB-100 and apoB-48 forms.

    C Cladaras;M Hadzopoulou-Cladaras;R T Nolte;D Atkinson

  • Isolation and characterization of the human apolipoprotein A-I gene.

    Sotirios K. Karathanasis;Vassilis I. Zannis;Jan L. Breslow

  • Characterization of the major apolipoproteins secreted by two human hepatoma cell lines.

    V. I. Zannis;J. L. Breslow;T. R. SanGiacomo;D. P. Aden

  • Apolipoproteins of HDL can directly mediate binding to the scavenger receptor SR-BI, an HDL receptor that mediates selective lipid uptake.

    S Xu;M Laccotripe;X Huang;A Rigotti

  • Distribution of apolipoprotein A-I, C-II, C-III, and E mRNA in fetal human tissues. Time-dependent induction of apolipoprotein E mRNA by cultures of human monocyte-macrophages.

    Vassilis I. Zannis;F. Session Cole;Cynthia L. Jackson;David M. Kurnit

  • Synthesis, intracellular processing, and signal peptide of human apolipoprotein E.

    V I Zannis;J McPherson;G Goldberger;S K Karathanasis

  • Studies of familial type III hyperlipoproteinemia using as a genetic marker the apoE phenotype E2/2.

    Jan L. Breslow;Vassilis I. Zannis;Thomas R. SanGiacomo;Jane L. H. C. Third

  • Hepatic apo-A-I and apo-E and intestinal apo-A-I are synthesized in precursor isoprotein forms by organ cultures of human fetal tissues.

    V I Zannis;D M Kurnit;J L Breslow

  • Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones for human apolipoprotein A-I

    J L Breslow;D Ross;J McPherson;H Williams

  • Linkage of human apolipoproteins A-I and C-III genes

    Sotirios K. Karathanasis;Joseph McPherson;Vassilis I. Zannis;Jan L. Breslow

  • Binding of high density lipoprotein (HDL) and discoidal reconstituted HDL to the HDL receptor scavenger receptor class B type I. Effect of lipid association and APOA-I mutations on receptor binding.

    Kalliopi N. Liadaki;Tong Liu;Shangzhe Xu;Brian Y. Ishida

  • Intracellular and extracellular processing of human apolipoprotein A-I: secreted apolipoprotein A-I isoprotein 2 is a propeptide

    V I Zannis;S K Karathanasis;H T Keutmann;G Goldberger

  • Interaction of nascent ApoE2, ApoE3, and ApoE4 isoforms expressed in mammalian cells with amyloid peptide beta (1-40). Relevance to Alzheimer's disease.

    Sergei Aleshkov;Carmela R. Abraham;Vassilis I. Zannis

  • Structure and function of apolipoprotein A-I and high-density lipoprotein.

    Jere P. Segrest;Ling Li;G. M. Anantharamaiah;G. M. Anantharamaiah;Stephen C. Harvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan L. Breslow
Jan L. Breslow Rockefeller University
Louis M. Havekes
Louis M. Havekes Leiden University Medical Center
Ko Willems van Dijk
Ko Willems van Dijk Leiden University Medical Center
Donald Small
Donald Small Johns Hopkins University
Monty Krieger
Monty Krieger MIT
Haralambos Gavras
Haralambos Gavras Boston University
Jere P. Segrest
Jere P. Segrest Vanderbilt University
John S. Parks
John S. Parks Wake Forest University
G. M. Anantharamaiah
G. M. Anantharamaiah University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mikael Skurnik
Mikael Skurnik University of Helsinki

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