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Exercise and Physiological Responses

Last updated July 15, 2026

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Fresh ink, massive impact

Papers

Parallel control of cold-triggered adipocyte thermogenesis by UCP1 and CKB

Cell Metabolism|2024

77 cit.

Publication in Antioxidants (2024) [72 citations, W4396694848]

Antioxidants|2024

72 cit.

Molecular insights of exercise therapy in disease prevention and treatment

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy|2024

61 cit.

Publication in Cell (2025) [47 citations, W4411626298]

Cell|2025

47 cit.

Publication in Skeletal Muscle (2024) [27 citations, W4399129725]

Skeletal Muscle|2024

27 cit.

Publication in Nature Materials (2025) [25 citations, W4409152492]

Nature Materials|2025

25 cit.

Publication in Cell (2025) [23 citations, W4413115232]

Cell|2025

23 cit.

Publication in Cell Reports (2025) [20 citations, W4412460926]

Cell Reports|2025

20 cit.

Publication in Frontiers in Immunology (2024) [16 citations, W4399984413]

Frontiers in Immunology|2024

16 cit.

Acute exercise boosts NAD+ metabolism of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Brain Behavior and Immunity|2024

14 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Papers

SNX27–Retromer directly binds ESCPE-1 to transfer cargo proteins during endosomal recycling

PLoS Biology|2022

51 cit.

Celecoxib alleviates denervation-induced muscle atrophy by suppressing inflammation and oxidative stress and improving microcirculation

Biochemical Pharmacology|2022

49 cit.

MuSCs and IPCs: roles in skeletal muscle homeostasis, aging and injury

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences|2024

39 cit.

LRG1 is an adipokine that promotes insulin sensitivity and suppresses inflammation

eLife|2022

37 cit.

Celecoxib attenuates hindlimb unloading-induced muscle atrophy via suppressing inflammation, oxidative stress and ER stress by inhibiting STAT3

Inflammopharmacology|2024

33 cit.

Macrophage polarization: molecular mechanisms, disease implications, and targeted therapeutic strategies

Frontiers in Immunology|2025

33 cit.

Identification of Regulatory Factors and Prognostic Markers in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Antioxidants|2022

27 cit.

ESCPE-1 mediates retrograde endosomal sorting of the SARS-CoV-2 host factor Neuropilin-1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022

25 cit.

OAS1 suppresses African swine fever virus replication by recruiting TRIM21 to degrade viral major capsid protein

Journal of Virology|2023

25 cit.

Brown adipose tissue is not associated with cachexia or increased mortality in a retrospective study of patients with cancer

American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism|2022

24 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

Bente Klarlund Pedersen

University of Copenhagen

Bruce M. Spiegelman

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mark A. Tarnopolsky

McMaster University

Mark A. Febbraio

Molecular Research Institute

Edith Cowan University

Diane Mathis

Harvard University

Malcolm J. Jackson

University of Liverpool

James G. Tidball

University of California, Los Angeles

Papers

Adipose Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α: Direct Role in Obesity-Linked Insulin Resistance

Science|1993

7.5k cit.

A PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis

Nature|2012

4.7k cit.

Mechanisms Controlling Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Respiration through the Thermogenic Coactivator PGC-1

Cell|1999

4.1k cit.

A Cold-Inducible Coactivator of Nuclear Receptors Linked to Adaptive Thermogenesis

Cell|1998

3.8k cit.

Stimulation of adipogenesis in fibroblasts by PPARγ2, a lipid-activated transcription factor

Cell|1994

3.5k cit.

Increased adipose tissue expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in human obesity and insulin resistance.

Journal of Clinical Investigation|1995

3.5k cit.

Beige Adipocytes Are a Distinct Type of Thermogenic Fat Cell in Mouse and Human

Cell|2012

3.3k cit.

IRS-1-Mediated Inhibition of Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Activity in TNF-α- and Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance

Science|1996

2.6k cit.

Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1α drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibres

Nature|2002

2.5k cit.

Projection of an Immunological Self Shadow Within the Thymus by the Aire Protein

Science|2002

2.5k cit.

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