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Zea Borok

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
16835
World Ranking
7400
National Ranking
3380

Zea Borok 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 Zea Borok sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 283 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zea Borok 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 Zea Borok sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 69 D-Index — 63rd percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Zea Borok is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main fields of study for Borok's work are Medicine, with 97 publications, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 50 publications. Their subfields of study include Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (48 publications), Molecular Biology (37), Surgery (13), Oncology (10), and Cancer Research (6).

Borok's principal research topics cover diverse areas such as:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications across a variety of venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 13 publications
  • Cancer Research with 7 publications
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine with 4 publications
  • iScience with 3 publications
  • Cells with 3 publications

Among the recent papers that Borok has contributed to are:

  • Epithelial Vegfa Specifies a Distinct Endothelial Population in the Mouse Lung, 2020, published in Developmental Cell
  • Categorization of lung mesenchymal cells in development and fibrosis, 2021, published in iScience
  • WNT5a-ROR Signaling Is Essential for Alveologenesis, 2020, published in Cells
  • Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Hydrocortisone in the Treatment of Sepsis: A Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, 2021, published in Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
  • Efficient Generation and Transcriptomic Profiling of Human iPSC-Derived Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells, 2020, published in iScience

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Crystal N. Marconett (26 joint publications)
  • Beiyun Zhou (24 joint publications)
  • Amy L. Ryan (20 joint publications)
  • Alessandra Castaldi (16 joint publications)
  • Ite A. Laird-Offringa (15 joint publications)

Borok is also recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • TGF-β-induced EMT: mechanisms and implications for fibrotic lung disease

    Brigham C. Willis;Zea Borok

  • Induction of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Alveolar Epithelial Cells by Transforming Growth Factor-β1 : Potential Role in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

    Brigham C. Willis;Brigham C. Willis;Brigham C. Willis;Janice M. Liebler;Katherine Luby-Phelps;Andrew G. Nicholson

  • Epithelial origin of myofibroblasts during fibrosis in the lung

    Brigham C. Willis;Roland M. duBois;Zea Borok

  • Inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin/CREB binding protein (CBP) signaling reverses pulmonary fibrosis

    William R. Henderson;Emil Y. Chi;Xin Ye;Cu Nguyen

  • Systemic deficiency of glutathione in cystic fibrosis.

    J. H. Roum;R. Buhl;N. G. McElvaney;Z. Borok

  • Wnt5a Participates in Distal Lung Morphogenesis

    Changgong Li;Jing Xiao;Khadija Hormi;Zea Borok

  • Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis (histiocytosis X). A clinicopathologic study of 48 cases.

    William D. Travis;Zea Borok;James H. Roum;Jun Zhang

  • Interactions between β-catenin and transforming growth factor-β signaling pathways mediate epithelial-mesenchymal transition and are dependent on the transcriptional co-activator cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB)-binding protein (CBP).

    Beiyun Zhou;Yixin Liu;Michael Kahn;David K. Ann

  • Keratinocyte growth factor modulates alveolar epithelial cell phenotype in vitro: expression of aquaporin 5.

    Zea Borok;Richard L. Lubman;Spencer I. Danto;Xiao Ling Zhang

  • Role of f-box factor foxj1 in differentiation of ciliated airway epithelial cells

    Yingjian You;Tao Huang;Edward J. Richer;Jens-Erik Harboe Schmidt

  • Future directions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research. An NHLBI workshop report.

    Timothy S. Blackwell;Andrew M. Tager;Zea Borok;Bethany B. Moore

  • Reversible transdifferentiation of alveolar epithelial cells.

    S I Danto;J M Shannon;Z Borok;S M Zabski

  • Epithelium-specific deletion of TGF-β receptor type II protects mice from bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis

    Min Li;Manda Sai Krishnaveni;Changgong Li;Beiyun Zhou

  • Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of alveolar epithelial cells: effects of misfolded surfactant protein.

    Qian Zhong;Beiyun Zhou;David K. Ann;Parviz Minoo

  • Effect of glutathione aerosol on oxidant-antioxidant imbalance in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

    Z Borok;R Buhl;G J Grimes;A D Bokser

  • EMT and Interstitial Lung Disease: A Mysterious Relationship

    Hidenori Kage;Zea Borok

  • Endothelin-1 Induces Alveolar Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition through Endothelin Type A Receptor–Mediated Production of TGF-β1

    Raksha Jain;Philip W. Shaul;Zea Borok;Brigham C. Willis

  • Na transport proteins are expressed by rat alveolar epithelial type I cells.

    Zea Borok;Janice M. Liebler;Richard L. Lubman;Martha J. Foster

  • Astrocytic tight junctions control inflammatory CNS lesion pathogenesis

    Sam Horng;Anthony Therattil;Sarah Moyon;Alexandra Gordon

  • Lung Edema Clearance: 20 Years of Progress. Invited review: Role of aquaporin water channels in fluid transport in lung and airways

    Zea Borok;A. S. Verkman

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward D. Crandall
Edward D. Crandall University of Southern California
Kwang-Jin Kim
Kwang-Jin Kim University of Southern California
Parviz Minoo
Parviz Minoo Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
David K. Ann
David K. Ann City Of Hope National Medical Center
Saverio Bellusci
Saverio Bellusci University of Giessen
Barry R. Stripp
Barry R. Stripp Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ronald G. Crystal
Ronald G. Crystal Cornell University
Kimberly D. Siegmund
Kimberly D. Siegmund University of Southern California
Wei-Chiang Shen
Wei-Chiang Shen National Taiwan University
Amy S. Lee
Amy S. Lee University of Southern California

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