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Gary Sweeney

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1 Lipocalin-2 is an inflammatory marker closely associated with obesity, insulin resistance, and hyperglycemia in humans. Clin Chem 2006 3.44
2 Cardiac remodeling in obesity. Physiol Rev 2008 2.95
3 Adiponectin deficiency promotes endothelial activation and profoundly exacerbates sepsis-related mortality. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2008 1.79
4 Lipocalin-2 deficiency attenuates insulin resistance associated with aging and obesity. Diabetes 2010 1.71
5 APPL1 potentiates insulin-mediated inhibition of hepatic glucose production and alleviates diabetes via Akt activation in mice. Cell Metab 2009 1.36
6 A dominant-negative p38 MAPK mutant and novel selective inhibitors of p38 MAPK reduce insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in 3T3-L1 adipocytes without affecting GLUT4 translocation. J Biol Chem 2002 1.35
7 Analysis of paradoxical observations on the association between leptin and insulin resistance. FASEB J 2002 1.28
8 Adiponectin-induced ERK and Akt phosphorylation protects against pancreatic beta cell apoptosis and increases insulin gene expression and secretion. J Biol Chem 2010 1.27
9 Selective inactivation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase in adipose tissue protects against diet-induced obesity and improves insulin sensitivity in both liver and skeletal muscle in mice. Diabetes 2011 1.26
10 Globular adiponectin, acting via AdipoR1/APPL1, protects H9c2 cells from hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced apoptosis. PLoS One 2011 1.13
11 Leptin attenuates hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced activation of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis in rat H9c2 cells. J Cell Physiol 2009 1.12
12 Globular and full-length forms of adiponectin mediate specific changes in glucose and fatty acid uptake and metabolism in cardiomyocytes. Cardiovasc Res 2007 1.11
13 An APPL1-AMPK signaling axis mediates beneficial metabolic effects of adiponectin in the heart. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2010 1.08
14 Adiponectin is expressed by skeletal muscle fibers and influences muscle phenotype and function. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2008 1.08
15 Adiponectin corrects high-fat diet-induced disturbances in muscle metabolomic profile and whole-body glucose homeostasis. Diabetes 2012 1.07
16 Resistin inhibits glucose uptake in L6 cells independently of changes in insulin signaling and GLUT4 translocation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003 1.05
17 Creatine supplementation increases glucose oxidation and AMPK phosphorylation and reduces lactate production in L6 rat skeletal muscle cells. J Physiol 2004 1.05
18 Functional significance of skeletal muscle adiponectin production, changes in animal models of obesity and diabetes, and regulation by rosiglitazone treatment. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2009 1.05
19 Implications of myocardial matrix remodeling by adipokines in obesity-related heart failure. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2008 1.03
20 Total and high molecular weight but not trimeric or hexameric forms of adiponectin correlate with markers of the metabolic syndrome and liver injury in Thai subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007 1.03
21 Leptin increases cardiomyocyte hyperplasia via extracellular signal-regulated kinase- and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent signaling pathways. Endocrinology 2004 1.02
22 Correlation of circulating full-length visfatin (PBEF/NAMPT) with metabolic parameters in subjects with and without diabetes: a cross-sectional study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2008 1.02
23 Regulation of fatty acid uptake and metabolism in L6 skeletal muscle cells by resistin. FEBS Lett 2005 1.00
24 Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 plays an essential role in cardioprotection. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009 0.99
25 Regulation of MT1-MMP and MMP-2 by leptin in cardiac fibroblasts involves Rho/ROCK-dependent actin cytoskeletal reorganization and leads to enhanced cell migration. Endocrinology 2011 0.99
26 Direct effects of leptin on size and extracellular matrix components of human pediatric ventricular myocytes. Cardiovasc Res 2005 0.99
27 Activation of the glucose transporter GLUT4 by insulin. Biochem Cell Biol 2002 0.98
28 APPL1 counteracts obesity-induced vascular insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction by modulating the endothelial production of nitric oxide and endothelin-1 in mice. Diabetes 2011 0.96
29 Selective elevation of adiponectin production by the natural compounds derived from a medicinal herb alleviates insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in obese mice. Endocrinology 2008 0.95
30 Leptin protects H9c2 rat cardiomyocytes from H2O2-induced apoptosis. FEBS J 2008 0.95
31 Lipocalin-2 induces cardiomyocyte apoptosis by increasing intracellular iron accumulation. J Biol Chem 2011 0.95
32 APPL1 potentiates insulin secretion in pancreatic β cells by enhancing protein kinase Akt-dependent expression of SNARE proteins in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012 0.95
33 Adiponectin action: a combination of endocrine and autocrine/paracrine effects. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2011 0.95
34 Ischemia-reperfusion injury leads to distinct temporal cardiac remodeling in normal versus diabetic mice. PLoS One 2012 0.94
35 The role of adiponectin signaling in metabolic syndrome and cancer. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2014 0.93
36 Distinct effects of short- and long-term leptin treatment on glucose and fatty acid uptake and metabolism in HL-1 cardiomyocytes. Metabolism 2006 0.93
37 Direct effects of adipokines on the heart: focus on adiponectin. Heart Fail Rev 2013 0.92
38 Need for GLUT4 activation to reach maximum effect of insulin-mediated glucose uptake in brown adipocytes isolated from GLUT4myc-expressing mice. Diabetes 2002 0.91
39 Palmitate induces ER stress and autophagy in H9c2 cells: implications for apoptosis and adiponectin resistance. J Cell Physiol 2015 0.90
40 Circulating adiponectin and adiponectin receptor expression in skeletal muscle: effects of exercise. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2007 0.89
41 Adiponectin increases LPL activity via RhoA/ROCK-mediated actin remodelling in adult rat cardiomyocytes. Endocrinology 2010 0.88
42 Increased expression and cell surface localization of MT1-MMP plays a role in stimulation of MMP-2 activity by leptin in neonatal rat cardiac myofibroblasts. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008 0.88
43 Diabetes influences cardiac extracellular matrix remodelling after myocardial infarction and subsequent development of cardiac dysfunction. J Cell Mol Med 2012 0.87
44 Differential impact of adipokines derived from primary adipocytes of wild-type versus streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats on glucose and fatty acid metabolism in cardiomyocytes. J Endocrinol 2008 0.87
45 Leptin regulates MMP-2, TIMP-1 and collagen synthesis via p38 MAPK in HL-1 murine cardiomyocytes. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2010 0.87
46 Acute and chronic leptin treatment mediate contrasting effects on signaling, glucose uptake, and GLUT4 translocation in L6-GLUT4myc myotubes. J Cell Physiol 2003 0.87
47 Transport characteristics of HL-1 cells: a new model for the study of adenosine physiology in cardiomyocytes. Biochem Cell Biol 2002 0.86
48 Functional and mechanistic integration of infection and the metabolic syndrome. Korean Diabetes J 2010 0.85
49 Absence of equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 in ENT1 knockout mice leads to altered nucleoside levels following hypoxic challenge. Life Sci 2011 0.85
50 Biomarkers of insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance: Past, present and future. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2015 0.84
51 Coculture with primary visceral rat adipocytes from control but not streptozotocin-induced diabetic animals increases glucose uptake in rat skeletal muscle cells: role of adiponectin. Endocrinology 2007 0.84
52 Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A prevents fatty acid-induced adipocyte dysfunction through suppression of c-Jun N-terminal kinase. Biochem J 2011 0.84
53 Insulin stimulates glucose metabolism via the pentose phosphate pathway in Drosophila Kc cells. FEBS Lett 2003 0.84
54 Modulation of the cardiovascular system by leptin. Biochimie 2012 0.83
55 Regulation of SOCS-3 expression by leptin and its co-localization with insulin receptor in rat skeletal muscle cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2007 0.83
56 Association of Lp-PLA(2) activity and LDL size with interleukin-6, an inflammatory cytokine and oxidized LDL, a marker of oxidative stress, in women with metabolic syndrome. Atherosclerosis 2011 0.83
57 APPL1 transgenic mice are protected from high-fat diet-induced cardiac dysfunction. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013 0.83
58 Insulin mimetics in Urtica dioica: structural and computational analyses of Urtica dioica extracts. Phytother Res 2010 0.82
59 Improved functional recovery to I/R injury in hearts from lipocalin-2 deficiency mice: restoration of mitochondrial function and phospholipids remodeling. Am J Transl Res 2012 0.82
60 Leptin increases expression and activity of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and does not alter collagen production in rat glomerular mesangial cells. Endocr Res 2005 0.82
61 Adiponectin mediated APPL1-AMPK signaling induces cell migration, MMP activation, and collagen remodeling in cardiac fibroblasts. J Cell Biochem 2014 0.81
62 Circulating and PBMC Lp-PLA2 associate differently with oxidative stress and subclinical inflammation in nonobese women (menopausal status). PLoS One 2012 0.81
63 Metabolomic profiling as a useful tool for diagnosis and treatment of chronic disease: focus on obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2013 0.80
64 Inhibition of glucose uptake in murine cardiomyocyte cell line HL-1 by cardioprotective drugs dilazep and dipyridamole. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003 0.80
65 Globular adiponectin induces LKB1/AMPK-dependent glucose uptake via actin cytoskeleton remodeling. J Mol Endocrinol 2013 0.80
66 Effects of moderate electrical stimulation on reactive species production by primary rat skeletal muscle cells: cross talk between superoxide and nitric oxide production. J Cell Physiol 2012 0.80
67 Skeletal muscle glucose metabolism and inflammation in the development of the metabolic syndrome. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2014 0.78
68 Emerging clinical and experimental evidence for the role of lipocalin-2 in metabolic syndrome. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2012 0.78
69 TRAF6-mediated ubiquitination of APPL1 enhances hepatic actions of insulin by promoting the membrane translocation of Akt. Biochem J 2013 0.78
70 Delivery of adiponectin gene to skeletal muscle using ultrasound targeted microbubbles improves insulin sensitivity and whole body glucose homeostasis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012 0.77
71 Emerging role of autophagy in mediating widespread actions of ADIPOQ/adiponectin. Autophagy 2015 0.76
72 Erratum. APPL1 Counteracts Obesity-Induced Vascular Insulin Resistance and Endothelial Dysfunction by Modulating the Endothelial Production of Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 in Mice. Diabetes 2011;60:3044-3054. Diabetes 2016 0.75
73 Distinct metabolic and vascular effects of dietary triglycerides and cholesterol in atherosclerotic and diabetic mouse models. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013 0.75
74 Serum ferritin is linked with aortic stiffness in apparently healthy Korean women. Crit Pathw Cardiol 2010 0.75