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
Prezi course - Creating modern presentations Comenius University in Bratislava - Center of information technologies (CIT) 2026
Zotero course – for managing and organizing sources when writing academic papers. Comenius University in Bratislava - Center of information technologies (CIT) 2026

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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Medical chemistry I.+II. General Medicine
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
72 (wos), 71 (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: 2033 (wos) 2264 (Scopus)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
967 (wos) 1061(Scopus)
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(JCR)=16,782; Kvartil Q:wos-jcr --Q1; Citations -166

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(JCR) =10,452; Kvartil Q:wos-jcr --Q1; Citations - 168

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 - 6

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=7.7; Kvartil Q:wos-jcr -- Q1 [Chemistry, medicinal] -- 2022; Citations - 7

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(SJR) =4,593; Kvartil Q:wos-jcr --Q2;Citations - 64

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

1. 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;Kvartil Q:wos-jcr --Q1; Ohlasy - 5

2

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) 2021=7.3; Kvartil Q:scimago-sjr -- Q1 [Biochemistry] -- 2022; Citations - 4

3

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=7.7; Kvartil Q:wos-jcr -- Q1 [Chemistry, medicinal] -- 2022; Citations - 5

4

Kollár B, Šiarnik P, Hlucháňová A, Klobučníková K, et al. Žitňanová I: The impact of sleep apnea syndrome on the altered lipid metabolism and the redox balance. In: Lipids in Health and Disease. - Roč. 20, č. 1 (2021), art. no. 175, s.[1-8]

IF (JCR) 2021= 4,321, Kvartil Q:wos-jcr --Q2; Ohlasy – 22

5

Žitňanová I, Oravec S, Janubová M, Koňariková K, Dvořáková M, Laubertová L, Králová M, Šimko M, Muchová J: Gender differences in LDL and HDL subfractions in atherogenic and nonatherogenic phenotypes. Clinical Biochemistry. - č. 79 (2020), s. 9-13. - ISSN (print) 0009-9120. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0009912019310057?token=D5381448B822DA8F6CA409F00004EB1D96093836E76024437BE930F6D82F3396C239AB3B06A057684CE319362068F195

IF (JCR) 2020=3,281, Kvartil Q:wos-jcr --Q2 ; Ohlasy – 16

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

 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;  Citations: 5 (WoS), 5 (Scopus)

The most important citation:

Kim TY, Park JY, Cho YS, Youn DH, Han SW, Jung H, Cho YJ, Jeong IC, Jeon JP, Ko K, Moon HY. Identification of stroke biomarkers using proteomic profiling of extracellular vesicles derived from human blood: a preliminary study. Front Neurol. 2025 Jul 2;16:1587389. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1587389. Erratum in: Front Neurol. 2025 Nov 24;16:1736367. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1736367. PMID: 40672462; PMCID: PMC12265495.

2

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; Citations: 4 (WoS),6 (Scopus)

The most important citation:

Niżnik, Ł.; Noga, M.; Kobylarz, D.; Frydrych, A.; Krośniak, A.; Kapka-Skrzypczak, L.; Jurowski, K. Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs)—Toxicity, Safety and Green Synthesis: A Critical Review. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 4057. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25074057

3

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; Citations: 5 (WoS), 7 (Scopus)

The most important citation:

Zheng, Z., Zhu, S., Wang, X., Wu, H., Fu, M., Hu, H., Gu, Z. and Zhang, C. (2025), Understanding the Mechanism of Cardiotoxicity Induced by Nanomaterials: A Comprehensive Review. Small Sci., 5: 2400498. https://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202400498

4

Kollár B, Šiarnik P, Hlucháňová A, Klobučníková K, et al. Žitňanová I: The impact of sleep apnea syndrome on the altered lipid metabolism and the redox balance. In: Lipids in Health and Disease. - Roč. 20, č. 1 (2021), art. no. 175, s.[1-8]

IF (JCR) 2021= 4,321, Q2; Citations: 22 (WoS), 20 (Scopus)

The most important citation:

Jerzy Mosiewicz, Klaudia Brożyna-Tkaczyk, Elżbieta Reichert, Wojciech Myśliński, Lech Panasiuk, Andrzej Jaroszyński, Barbara Mosiewicz-Madejska. Selected routine laboratory tests in the clinical assessment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2023;30(4):737-742.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.26444/aaem/177205

5

Žitňanová I, Oravec S,  Janubová M, Koňariková K, Dvořáková M, Laubertová L, Králová M, Šimko M, Muchová J: Gender differences in LDL and HDL subfractions in atherogenic andnonatherogenic phenotypes. Clinical Biochemistry. - č. 79 (2020), s. 9-13. - ISSN (print) 0009-9120. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0009912019310057?token=D5381448B822DA8F6CA409F00004EB1D96093836E76024437BE930F6D82F3396C239AB3B06A057684CE319362068F195

IF (JCR) 2020=3,281, Q2 ; Citations: 16 (WoS), 17 (Scopus)

The most important citation:

Lappegård, K.T.; Kjellmo, C.A.; Hovland, A. High-Density Lipoprotein Subfractions: Much Ado about Nothing or Clinically Important? Biomedicines 2021, 9, 836. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9070836

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
2026-05-14