Igor N. Zelko

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Igor N. Zelko is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor N. Zelko has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Igor N. Zelko's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (7 papers), Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (5 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (4 papers). Igor N. Zelko is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (7 papers), Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research (5 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (4 papers). Igor N. Zelko collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. Igor N. Zelko's co-authors include Rodney J. Folz, Thomas J. Mariani, Masahiko Negishi, Tatsuya Sueyoshi, Paavo Honkakoski, Takeshi Kawamoto, Rick Moore, John Q. Liu, James S.K. Sham and Michael Mueller and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Igor N. Zelko

34 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Superoxide dismutase multigene family: a comparison of the CuZn-SOD (SOD1), Mn-SOD (SOD2), and EC-SOD (SOD3) gene structures, evolution, and expression

2002 1.7k citations Igor N. Zelko, Rodney J. Folz et al. Free Radical Biology and Medicine profile →
The Nuclear Orphan Receptor CAR-Retinoid X Receptor Heterodimer Activates the Phenobarbital-Responsive Enhancer Module of the CYP2B Gene

1998 611 citations Paavo Honkakoski, Igor N. Zelko et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →
The Repressed Nuclear Receptor CAR Responds to Phenobarbital in Activating the Human CYP2B6 Gene

1999 566 citations Tatsuya Sueyoshi, Takeshi Kawamoto et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Igor N. Zelko United States	20	1.7k	1.4k	774	721	682	36	4.4k
Michael W.H. Coughtrie United Kingdom	42	2.6k 1.5×	2.1k 1.5×	701 0.9×	871 1.2×	852 1.2×	139	6.2k
Julie F. Foley United States	47	2.7k 1.5×	813 0.6×	643 0.8×	912 1.3×	944 1.4×	128	6.3k
Petr Pávek Czechia	41	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	442 0.6×	1.6k 2.2×	495 0.7×	159	5.2k
Olivier Barbier Canada	44	2.9k 1.7×	1.3k 0.9×	653 0.8×	1.7k 2.4×	862 1.3×	130	6.4k
Thierry Pineau France	38	4.3k 2.5×	1.3k 1.0×	680 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	784 1.1×	96	8.0k
Colin J. Henderson United Kingdom	45	4.6k 2.6×	2.4k 1.7×	563 0.7×	1.7k 2.3×	407 0.6×	166	8.6k
Kiyoshi Nagata Japan	44	2.5k 1.5×	2.7k 2.0×	567 0.7×	1.5k 2.1×	1.2k 1.7×	231	6.6k
Dean W. Hum Canada	41	2.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	1.5k 2.1×	91	5.9k
Fiorella Biasi Italy	47	2.5k 1.5×	565 0.4×	328 0.4×	415 0.6×	379 0.6×	136	6.5k
Jean‐Marc Pascussi France	40	1.6k 0.9×	2.8k 2.0×	1.0k 1.3×	1.8k 2.5×	1.2k 1.8×	92	5.9k

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Zelko, Igor N., Ahtesham Hussain, Marina V. Malovichko, Nalinie S. Wickramasinghe, & Sanjay Srivastava. (2025). Benzene metabolites increase vascular permeability by activating heat shock proteins and Rho GTPases. Toxicological Sciences. 206(1). 111–122.

Zelko, Igor N., Pawel Lorkiewicz, Yibing Nong, et al.. (2024). Metabolic pathways for removing reactive aldehydes are diminished in the skeletal muscle during heart failure. Skeletal Muscle. 14(1). 24–24. 1 indexed citations

Zelko, Igor N., Sujith Dassanayaka, Marina V. Malovichko, et al.. (2021). Chronic Benzene Exposure Aggravates Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction. Toxicological Sciences. 185(1). 64–76. 10 indexed citations

Zelko, Igor N., Jian‐Xin Zhu, & Jesse Roman. (2018). Maternal undernutrition during pregnancy alters the epigenetic landscape and the expression of endothelial function genes in male progeny. Nutrition Research. 61. 53–63. 9 indexed citations

Watson, Walter H., et al.. (2016). Differential Regulation of the Extracellular Cysteine/Cystine Redox State (E_hCySS) by Lung Fibroblasts from Young and Old Mice. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2016(1). 1561305–1561305. 12 indexed citations

Zelko, Igor N. & Rodney J. Folz. (2015). Regulation of Oxidative Stress in Pulmonary Artery Endothelium. Modulation of Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase and NOX4 Expression Using Histone Deacetylase Class I Inhibitors. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 53(4). 513–524. 27 indexed citations

Haberzettl, Petra, James McCracken, Rodney J. Folz, et al.. (2014). Abstract 16056: Pulmonary Oxidative Stress Contributes to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)-Induced Vascular VEGF Resistance and Endothelial Progenitor Cell Retention. Circulation. 130. 1 indexed citations

Folz, Rodney J., et al.. (2014). The c10orf10 gene product is a new link between oxidative stress and autophagy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1843(6). 1076–1088. 27 indexed citations

Zelko, Igor N., et al.. (2011). Histone Acetylation Regulates the Cell-Specific and Interferon-γ–Inducible Expression of Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase in Human Pulmonary Arteries. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 45(5). 953–961. 33 indexed citations

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Zelko, Igor N. & Rodney J. Folz. (2010). Extracellular superoxide dismutase attenuates release of pulmonary hyaluronan from the extracellular matrix following bleomycin exposure. FEBS Letters. 584(13). 2947–2952. 10 indexed citations

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Zelko, Igor N., Michael Mueller, & Rodney J. Folz. (2010). CpG methylation attenuates Sp1 and Sp3 binding to the human extracellular superoxide dismutase promoter and regulates its cell-specific expression. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 48(7). 895–904. 60 indexed citations

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Itoh, Shinichi, Kiyoshi Ozumi, Ha Won Kim, et al.. (2008). Novel mechanism for regulation of extracellular SOD transcription and activity by copper: Role of antioxidant-1. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 46(1). 95–104. 103 indexed citations

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Zelko, Igor N., Michael Mueller, & Rodney J. Folz. (2008). Transcription Factors Sp1 and Sp3 Regulate Expression of Human Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase in Lung Fibroblasts. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 39(2). 243–251. 30 indexed citations

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Liu, John Q., Igor N. Zelko, & Rodney J. Folz. (2004). Reoxygenation-induced Constriction in Murine Coronary Arteries. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(23). 24493–24497. 26 indexed citations

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Zelko, Igor N. & Rodney J. Folz. (2003). Myeloid zinc finger (MZF)-like, Kruppel-like and Ets families of transcription factors determine the cell-specific expression of mouse extracellular superoxide dismutase. Biochemical Journal. 369(2). 375–386. 24 indexed citations

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Zelko, Igor N. & Masahiko Negishi. (2000). Phenobarbital-Elicited Activation of Nuclear Receptor CAR in Induction of Cytochrome P450 Genes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 277(1). 1–6. 95 indexed citations

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Zelko, Igor N., Ryoki Kobayashi, & Masahiko Negishi. (2000). Repression of phenobarbital-responsive enhancer module in the Cyp2b10 gene by estrogen receptor-related receptor ERR. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 1 indexed citations

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Sueyoshi, Tatsuya, Takeshi Kawamoto, Igor N. Zelko, Paavo Honkakoski, & Masahiko Negishi. (1999). The Repressed Nuclear Receptor CAR Responds to Phenobarbital in Activating the Human CYP2B6 Gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(10). 6043–6046. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kawamoto, Takeshi, et al.. (1999). Phenobarbital-Responsive Nuclear Translocation of the Receptor CAR in Induction of theCYP2BGene. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(9). 6318–6322. 462 indexed citations

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Zelko, Igor N., Ryûji Kobayashi, Paavo Honkakoski, & Masahiko Negishi. (1998). Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Nuclear Protein Kinase in Mice. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 352(1). 31–36. 19 indexed citations

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