Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Ing. Ingrid Žitňanová, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Žitňanová
I.2 - Name
Ingrid
I.3 - Degrees
prof. Ing., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1965
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Dean´s office LF UK, Špitálska 24, 813 72 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
professor - university teacher
I.8 - E-mail address
ingrid.zitnanova@fmed.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3466
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Medical chemistry, biochemistry and clinical biochemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-0291-3375

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1987
II.c - Study field and programme
Fermentation Chemistry and Bioengineering
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochemistry
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Martin
II.b - Year
2023
II.c - Study field and programme
Medical, Clinical, and Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Study Stay Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava 1987-1990
University Teacher - Assistant Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava 1999 -2002
Senior Lecturer Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava 2002-2009
Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava 2009-2023
professor Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava 2023 - till now

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
University-wide Lectures "Free Radicals and Antioxidants in Medicine" Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava 2000

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Medical chemistry General medicine I.and II. General medicine
Medical Chemistry for Dentistry Dentistry I.and II. Dentistry
Medical Biochemistry 1 General medicine I.and II. General medicine
Medical Biochemistry for Dentistry 1 Dentistry I.and II. Dentistry
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
9
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
New Trends in Medical, Clinical, and Pharmaceutical Biochemistry Accredited Programs in General Medicine and Dentistry III. General medicine
Fundamentals of Chemistry of Living Systems Biomedical Physics I. Physics
Fundamentals of Biochemistry Biomedical Physics I. Physics

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
322 (publication activity database of Comenius University)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
80
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
73 (wos), 69 (Scopus)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21 (wos) 26 (Scopus)
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
Citations: 2135 (Scopus) ; 2016 (wos)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
932 (Scopus); 955 (wos)
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2135 (scopus); 2016 (wos),
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
932 (Scopus); 955 (wos)
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Žitňan, Dušan, Ross, L.S., Žitňanová, Ingrid, Hermesman, J.L., Gill, S.S., Adams, M. E.: Steroid induction of a peptide hormone gene leads to orchestration of a defined behavioral sequence

In: Neuron. - Vol. 23, No. 3 (1999), s. 523-535. - ISSN 0896-6273 (IF=16,782; Q1; Citations -156)

2

Kim, Young-Joon, Valachová, Ivana, Cho, Kook-Ho, Žitňanová, Ingrid, Park, Yoonseong, Adams, E. Michael, Žitňan, Dušan: Corazonin receptor signaling in ecdysis initiation

In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. - Vol. 101, No. 17 (2004), s. 6704-6709. - ISSN 0027-8424

(IF =10,452; Q1; Citations - 153)

3

Dvořáková, Monika; Kuračka, Ľubomír ; Žitňanová, Ingrid; Scsuková, Soňa; Kollár, Branislav; Koňariková, Katarína; Laubertová,Lucia: Assessment of the potential health risk of gold nanoparticles used in nanomedicine. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. roč. 2022 (2022), s. [1-14], art. no. 4685642. - ISSN (print) 1942-0900

(IF (JCR) 2021=7.3; Kvartil Q:scimago-sjr -- Q1 [Biochemistry] -- 2022; Citations - 3)

4

Laubertová, Lucia; Dvořáková, Monika; Bališ, Peter; Púzserová, Angelika; Žitňanová, Ingrid; Bernatová, Iveta: Preliminaryfindings on the effect of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and acute stress on selected markers of oxidative stress in normotensive and hypertensive rat. Antioxidants. - Roč. 11, č. 4 (2022), s. [1-16], art. no. 751. - ISSN (online) 2076-3921

(IF (JCR) 2022=7.0; Kvartil Q:wos-jcr -- Q1 [Chemistry, medicinal] -- 2022; Citations - 6)

5

Žitňanová, Ingrid, Šiarnik, Pavel, Kollár, Branislav, Chomová, Mária, Pazderová, Petra, Andrezálová, Lucia, Ježovičová, Miriama, Koňariková, Katarína, Laubertová, Lucia, Krivošíková, Zuzana, Slezáková, Laura, Turčáni, Peter: Oxidative stress markers and their dynamic changes in patients after acute ischaemic stroke. In: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity [elektronický zdroj]. - Vol. 2016 (2016), Art. No. 9761697 [7 s.] [online]. - ISSN 1942-099 (IF =4,593; Q2;Citations - 64)

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Dvořáková, M., Kuračka, Ľ., Žitňanová, I., Scsuková, S., Kollár, J., Koňariková, K., & Laubertová, L. (2022).

Assessment of the potential health risk of gold nanoparticles used in nanomedicine .Oxidative Medicine and

Cellular Longevity, 2022, Article ID 4685642, 14 pp. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4685642

(IF(JCR)2022 = 7,31; Q1; Ohlasy - 4)

2

Laubertova, L.; Dvorakova, M.; Balis, P.; Puzserova, A.; Zitnanova, I.; Bernatova, I. Preliminary Findings on

the Effect of Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Acute Stress on Selected Markers

of Oxidative Stress in Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats. Antioxidants 2022, 11, 751.

https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11040751

(IF(JCR)2022 = 7,675; Q1 ; Ohlasy – 6)

3

Miroslava Hardonova Pavel Siarnik, Monika Sivakova, Bianka Sucha, Adela Penesova, Zofia Radikova,

Andrea Havranova, Richard Imrich, Miroslav Vlcek, Ingrid Zitnanova, Georgi Krastev, Maria

Kiacikova,Branislav Kollar, Peter Turcani. Endothelial Function in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: The Role

of GLP-1 Agonists, Lipoprotein Subfractions, and Redox Balance. International journal of molecular

sciences 2023, 24, 11162. https: //doi.org/10.3390/ijms241311162 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms

(IF(JCR) 2023 =4,9; Q1; Ohlasy - 9)

4

Hluchanova, A.; Kollar, B.; Klobucnikova, K.; Hardonova,M.; Poddany,M.; Zitnanova, I.; Dvorakova,M.;

Konarikova, K.; Tedla,M.; Urik,M.; et al. Lipoprotein Subfractions Associated with Endothelial Function in

Previously Healthy Subjects with Newly Diagnosed Sleep Apnea—A Pilot Study. Life 2023, 13, 441.

https://doi.org/10.3390/life13020441

(IF (JCR) 2023=3,2; Q1; Ohlasy – 3)

5

Kollár, B., Šiarnik, P., Koňariková, K., Oravec, S., Klobucká, S., Klobučníková, K., Poddaný, M., Rádiková,

Ž., Janubová, M., Turčáni, P., Gajdošová, L., & Žitňanová, I. (2024). The interplay of dyslipidemia, oxidative

stress, and clinical outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients with and without coronary artery disease.

Biomedicines, 12(2), 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines1202033

(IF (JCR) = 6,7; Q1; Ohlasy -10)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Kim, Young-Joon et al, Žitňanová, Ingrid et al: Corazonin receptor signaling in ecdysis initiation

In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. - Vol. 101, No. 17 (2004), s. 6704-6709. - ISSN 0027-8424


Most important citation:

2010 ~ Zhao, Y. - Bretz, C.A. - Hawksworth, S.A. - Hirsh, J. - Johnson, E.C.: PLoS ONE, vol. 5, no. 2, art. no. e9141, 2010, s. [nn] -- SCI ; SCOPUS

2

Kmeťová Sivoňová, Monika, Žitňanová, Ingrid et al: Oxidative stress in university students during examinations

In: Stress. - Vol. 7, No. 3 (2004), s. 183-188. - ISSN 1025-3890


Most important citation:

[n1] 2022 zz ~ Mukamana, J.I. - Machakanja, P. - Zeeb, H. - Yaya, S. - Adjei, N.K.: PLoS ONE, vol. 17, no. 7, 2022, art. no. e0272038 -- SCI ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2016 ~ Lewis, N.A. - Newell, J. - Burden, R. - Howatson, G. - Pediar, C.R.: PLoS ONE, vol. 11, no. 3, 2016, art. no. e0149927 -- SCI ; SCOPUS

3

Janubová, Mária, Žitňanová, Ingrid: Effects of bioactive compounds on senescence and components of senescence associated secretory phenotypes in vitro

In: Food & Function. - Vol. 8, No. 7 (2017), s. 2394-2418. - ISSN 2042-6496


Most important citation:

[o1] 2018 ~ Weimann, E. - Silva, M.B.B. - Murata, G.M. - Bortolon, J.R. - Dermargos, A. - Curi, R. - Hatanaka, E.: Plos One, vol. 13, no. 10, 2018, art. no. e0205338 -- SCI ; SCOPUS



4

Žitňanová, Ingrid et al: Oxidative stress markers and their dynamic changes in patients after acute ischaemic stroke

In: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity [elektronický zdroj]. - Vol. 2016 (2016), Art. No. 9761697 [7 s.] [online]. - ISSN 1942-0994


Most important citation:

[o1] 2017 ~ Zhang, Q. - Fu, X. - Wang, J. - Yang, M. - Kong, L.: Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, vol. 2017, 2017, art. no. 9848594 -- SCI ; SCOPUS


5

Žitňanová, Ingrid et al: Oxidative stress in women with perimenopausal symptoms. In: Menopause. - Vol. 18, No. 11 (2011), s. 1249-1255. - ISSN 1072-3714


Most important citation:

[o1] 2018 ~ Azman, N.H.E.N. - Goon, J.A. - Ghani, S.M.A. - Hamid, Z. - Ngah, W.Z.W.: Comparing palm oil, tocotrienol-rich fraction and alpha-tocopherol supplementation on the antioxidant levels of older adults. In: Antioxidants, vol. 7, no. 6,2018, art. no. 74 -- SCI ; SCOPUS



VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Principal Investigator of the Grant - Prof. Ing. Ingrid Žitňanová, PhD: VEGA No. 1/0235/24

Title: Metal nanoparticles used in medicine, mechanisms of their cytotoxicity, and prevention of potential risks of their use;

2024 - 2027


2

Principal Investigator of the Grant - Prof. Ing. Ingrid Žitňanová, PhD: Zitnan__Promega_05/2022

Research and development in medical sciences – the path to personalized treatment of severe neurological, cardiovascular, and oncological diseases (ITMS code: 313011t431), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

Title: Study of the safety of using metal and metal oxide nanoparticles for biomedical purposes;

2022 - 2023



3

Deputy Principal Investigator for Slovakia, Prof. Ing. Ingrid Žitňanová, PhD., of the EU grant from the CBC program, Interreg SK‑AT – Brainhealth, number 404401DZW1, 2024–2028;

4

Principal Investigator for the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University (LF UK) - Prof. Ing. Ingrid Žitňanová, PhD: APVV-16-0263 (Principal Investigator of the entire grant: RNDr. Iveta Bernátová, DrSc.)

Title: Research on magnetic forms of iron in the development of cardiovascular diseases and behavioral disorders;

2017-2021

5

Deputy Principal Investigator for Slovakia - Prof. Ing. Ingrid Žitňanová, PhD - Cross-border Cooperation Program SK-AT.

Project from the EU Cross-border Cooperation Program SR-AT - Interreg, Nutriaging V-014 (Principal Investigator for Slovakia: Prof. RNDr. Jana Muchová, PhD)

Title: Nutrition and healthy aging;

2017-2021

6

Deputy Principal Investigator: Prof. Ing. Ingrid Žitňanová, PhD - VEGA 1/0314/19 (Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Ing. Mária Chomová)

Title: The Contribution of Diabetes Mellitus to Brain Neurodegeneration; 2019 - 2022

7

Member of the Research Team - Prof. Ing. Ingrid Žitňanová, PhD - VEGA 1/0022/23 (Principal Investigator: Doc. MUDr. Pavol Šiarnik, PhD.)

Title: Potential risk factors of accelerated atherogenesis in patients with obstructive sleep apnea;

2023 - 2027

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Course guarantor for Fundamentals of Chemistry of Living Systems in the Interdisciplinary Study of Biomedical Physics Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava 2009-2022

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Department of Neurobiology, University of Vermont Burlington, VT, USA, 1990-1991 research contract
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California in Riverside Riverside, California, USA 1997-1999 research contract
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California in Riverside Riverside, California, USA 2003-2004 research contract
Department für Ernährungswissenschaften, Universität Wien Wien, Austria 2010 (1 week) ERASMUS teaching mobility - contact person - Prof. Karl-Heinz Wagner

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

. Member of the Doctoral Studies Committee

· Member of the Admissions Committee for Doctoral Studies Applicants at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University

· Member of the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine

· Member of the Slovak Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

· Guest editor of the journal Antioxidants (IF=7.07) - 2022-2023

Date of last update
2026-02-21