Molecular Metabolism

Papers
(The TQCC of Molecular Metabolism is 14. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Beta-hydroxybutyrate dampens adipose progenitors’ profibrotic activation through canonical Tgfβ signaling and non-canonical ZFP36-dependent mechanisms344
10 years of Molecular Metabolism256
Acute inhibition of hunger-sensing AgRP neurons promotes context-specific learning in mice173
Nutrient control of splice site selection contributes to methionine addiction of cancer138
Genetic and sex-specific regulation of mitochondrial function in gonadal and inguinal adipose tissue121
Hepatic regulator of G protein signaling 14 ameliorates NAFLD through activating cAMP-AMPK signaling by targeting Giα1/3106
Reprogramming hormone-sensitive prostate cancer to a lethal neuroendocrine cancer lineage by mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC)106
TGF-β antagonism synergizes with PPARγ agonism to reduce fibrosis and enhance beige adipogenesis104
Genome-wide meta-analysis of 92 cardiometabolic protein serum levels99
ACAA1 knockout increases the survival rate of KPC mice by activating autophagy89
Lysine tRNA fragments and miR-194-5p co-regulate hepatic steatosis via β-Klotho and perilipin 285
Deletion of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter in adipose tissue promotes energy expenditure and alleviates diet-induced obesity83
Neuronal miR-29a protects from obesity in adult mice80
Dysregulated systemic metabolism in a Down syndrome mouse model78
GPSM1 in POMC neurons impairs brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and provokes diet-induced obesity78
Loss of GIPR in LEPR cells impairs glucose control by GIP and GIP:GLP-1 co-agonism without affecting body weight and food intake in mice76
DYRK1A inhibition restores pancreatic functions and improves glucose metabolism in a preclinical model of type 2 diabetes75
Endothelial TrkA coordinates vascularization and innervation in thermogenic adipose tissue and can be targeted to control metabolism73
Impaired hepatic metabolism in Hereditary Fructose Intolerance confers fructose-independent risk for steatosis and hypertriglyceridemia71
Physical training reduces cell senescence and associated insulin resistance in skeletal muscle69
Depletion of pyruvate kinase (PK) activity causes glycolytic intermediate imbalances and reveals a PK-TXNIP regulatory axis65
JNK1 in SF1 neurons regulates the central action of thyroid hormones on hepatic lipid metabolism62
VGluT3 BNST neurons transmit GABA and restrict sucrose consumption60
RNA binding proteins PCBP1 and PCBP2 regulate pancreatic β cell translation58
Emerging molecular technologies for light-mediated modulation of pancreatic beta-cell function57
TGR5 receptors in SF1-expressing neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamus regulate glucose homeostasis57
Peroxiredoxin 2 regulates DAF-16/FOXO mediated mitochondrial remodelling in response to exercise that is disrupted in ageing56
Declining muscle NAD+ in a hyperandrogenism PCOS mouse model: Possible role in metabolic dysregulation55
Roles for Prlhr/GPR10 and Npffr2/GPR74 in feeding responses to PrRP54
NFE2L1-mediated proteasome function protects from ferroptosis52
The liver clock modulates circadian rhythms in white adipose tissue52
Daily running enhances molecular and physiological circadian rhythms in skeletal muscle51
Ketogenic diets composed of long-chain and medium-chain fatty acids induce cardiac fibrosis in mice51
Aregs-IGFBP3-mediated SMC-like cells apoptosis impairs beige adipocytes formation in aged mice51
Bioenergetic adaptations of small intestinal epithelial cells reduce cell differentiation enhancing intestinal permeability in obese mice49
Exercise-induced specialized proresolving mediators stimulate AMPK phosphorylation to promote mitochondrial respiration in macrophages49
The mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 in liver is required to mitigate NASH and prevents the activation of the mitochondrial ISR49
GLP-1 physiology informs the pharmacotherapy of obesity49
The physiology of experimental overfeeding in animals48
Tumoral acidosis promotes adipose tissue depletion by fostering adipocyte lipolysis47
Corrigendum to “Adipocyte-specific FXR-deficiency protects adipose tissue from oxidative stress and insulin resistance and improves glucose homeostasis” [Mol Metab 69 (2023) 1–13]47
High-fat diet feeding disrupts the coupling of thermoregulation to energy homeostasis46
Survivin is essential for thermogenic program and metabolic homeostasis in mice46
Mitochondrial protein deacetylation by SIRT3 in osteoclasts promotes bone resorption with aging in female mice45
Dietary PUFAs drive diverse system-level changes in lipid metabolism44
Apolipoprotein A-IV is induced by high-fat diets and mediates positive effects on glucose and lipid metabolism43
A Cre-driver rat model for anatomical and functional analysis of glucagon (Gcg)-expressing cells in the brain and periphery43
miR-10a regulates cell death and inflammation in adipose tissue of male mice with diet-induced obesity42
Carboxylesterase 2a deletion provokes hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in mice involving impaired diacylglycerol and lysophosphatidylcholine catabolism42
Permanent neonatal diabetes-causing insulin mutations have dominant negative effects on beta cell identity42
UCP2 mediates mitochondrial dynamics to induce AgRP neuronal activity42
Selective adipocyte loss of Angiopoietin-2 prompts female-specific obesity and metabolic syndrome41
Sestrin2 maintains hepatic immune homeostasis and redox balance partially via inhibiting RIPK3-mediated necroptosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis40
Impacts of essential amino acids on energy balance40
EndoC-βH5 cells are storable and ready-to-use human pancreatic beta cells with physiological insulin secretion39
VMHdm/cSF-1 neuronal circuits regulate skeletal muscle PGC1-α via the sympathoadrenal drive39
Leveraging GPCR signaling in thermogenic fat to counteract metabolic diseases38
Skeletal muscle undergoes fiber type metabolic switch without myosin heavy chain switch in response to defective fatty acid oxidation38
Cold exposure induces the constitutively active thermogenic receptor, GPR3, via ERRα and ERRγ38
LGR4 is essential for maintaining β-cell homeostasis through suppression of RANK37
MicroRNAs in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Progress and perspectives36
Deletion of ABCB10 in beta-cells protects from high-fat diet induced insulin resistance36
Hindbrain REV-ERB nuclear receptors regulate sensitivity to diet-induced obesity and brown adipose tissue pathophysiology36
Skeletal muscle BMAL1 is necessary for transcriptional adaptation of local and peripheral tissues in response to endurance exercise training35
Genetic disruption of the Gipr in Apoe−/− mice promotes atherosclerosis35
Isoxanthohumol improves obesity and glucose metabolism via inhibiting intestinal lipid absorption with a bloom of Akkermansia muciniphila in mice35
Metabolic profiling of single cells by exploiting NADH and FAD fluorescence via flow cytometry34
Pregnane X receptor activation remodels glucose metabolism to promote NAFLD development in obese mice34
Editorial Board, cover figure description and credits34
Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone contributes to an anti-inflammatory response to lipopolysaccharide34
Validation of Mct8/Oatp1c1 dKO mice as a model organism for the Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome34
Development of a genetically encoded melanocortin sensor for high sensitivity in vivo imaging33
Dietary isoleucine content modulates the metabolic and molecular response to a Western diet in mice33
Linking metabolism and histone acetylation dynamics by integrated metabolic flux analysis of Acetyl-CoA and histone acetylation sites33
Loss of epidermal glucocorticoid receptor protects against whole body metabolic dysfunction upon chronic corticosterone treatment32
Editorial Board, cover figure description and credits32
Hypothalamic TTF-1 orchestrates the sensitivity of leptin32
Hypothalamic free fatty acid receptor-1 regulates whole-body energy balance31
Adiponectin-receptor agonism prevents right ventricular tissue pathology in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy31
Picalm, a novel regulator of GLUT4-trafficking in adipose tissue31
Hepatic ketone body regulation of renal gluconeogenesis31
NPY derived from AGRP neurons controls feeding via Y1 and energy expenditure and food foraging behaviour via Y2 signalling31
Hepatocyte-specific O-GlcNAc transferase downregulation ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by improving mitochondrial function31
Regulation of food intake by Connexin43 via adipocyte-sensory neuron electrical synapses30
Intestinal gluconeogenesis controls the neonatal development of hypothalamic feeding circuits30
Semaphorin 4B is an ADAM17-cleaved adipokine that inhibits adipocyte differentiation and thermogenesis30
Effects of curtailed sleep on cardiac stress biomarkers following high-intensity exercise30
Chronic cAMP activation induces adipocyte browning through discordant biphasic remodeling of transcriptome and chromatin accessibility29
Glycerol-3-phosphate phosphatase operates a glycerol shunt in pancreatic β-cells that controls insulin secretion and metabolic stress29
Glucagon-like peptide-2 pharmacotherapy activates hepatic Farnesoid X receptor-signaling to attenuate resection-associated bile acid loss in mice28
Increased TGF-β/Activin-Smad2 signaling is associated with pancreatic β-cell dysfunction and glucose intolerance in gestational diabetes mellitus28
Systemic metabolic changes in acute and chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection28
Chronic hyperinsulinemia promotes human hepatocyte senescence28
Cardiovascular protection by SGLT2 inhibitors – Do anti-inflammatory mechanisms play a role?28
Maresin 1 activates brown adipose tissue and promotes browning of white adipose tissue in mice27
Nutritional regulation of metabolism-dependent and-independent glucosensing in the mammalian taste system27
Adaptive gene expression of alternative splicing variants of PGC-1α regulates whole-body energy metabolism27
Reversing Pdgfrβ signaling restores metabolically active beige adipocytes by alleviating ILC2 suppression in aged and obese mice26
Free fatty acid receptor 1 stimulates cAMP production and gut hormone secretion through Gq-mediated activation of adenylate cyclase 226
Dietary Advanced Glycation End products interacting with the intestinal epithelium: What do we really know?25
Deficiency of the mitochondrial transporter SLC25A47 minimally impacts hepatic lipid metabolism in fasted and diet-induced obese mice25
Dissecting a disynaptic central amygdala-parasubthalamic nucleus neural circuit that mediates cholecystokinin-induced eating suppression25
Exercise-induced methylation of the Serhl2 promoter and implication for lipid metabolism in rat skeletal muscle24
Decoding the immune dance: Unraveling the interplay between beta cells and type 1 diabetes24
Corrigendum to “Kynurenic acid derived from mesentery regulates mesenteritis and colitis via inducing white adipose browning in Crohn's disease” [Mol Metab 99 (2025 Sep) 102203]24
Comparative analysis of oral and intraperitoneal glucose tolerance tests in mice24
Crosstalk between TM4SF5 and GLUT8 regulates fructose metabolism in hepatic steatosis24
Weight loss reverses obesity-associated impairments in acute gastrointestinal stretch-induced suppression of food intake and glucose homeostasis23
TMEM135 deficiency improves hepatic steatosis by suppressing CD36 in a SIRT1-dependent manner23
RNA editing deficiency models differential immunogenicity of pancreatic α- and β-cells23
ROCK1 regulates insulin secretion from β-cells23
Insulin regulates human pancreatic endocrine cell differentiation in vitro23
A novel long non-coding RNA connects obesity to impaired adipocyte function22
Arginine deprivation/citrulline augmentation with ADI-PEG20 as novel therapy for complications in type 2 diabetes22
NLRP3 inhibition by VTX3232 tempers inflammation resulting in reduced body weight, hyperglycemia, and hepatic steatosis in obese male mice22
The transcription factor CUX1 exerts opposing roles in human and mouse adipocyte differentiation22
Transient juvenile hypoglycemia in GH insensitive Laron syndrome pigs is associated with insulin hypersensitivity22
Protein kinase D deficiency induces a senescence-like phenotype in β-cells and improves glucose and insulin tolerance under high-fat diet conditions22
Hepatic glucokinase regulatory protein and carbohydrate response element binding protein attenuation reduce de novo lipogenesis but do not mitigate intrahepatic triglyceride accumulation in Aldob defi22
Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase is important in mice for beta-cell cilia formation and insulin secretion but promotes diabetes risk through beta-cell independent mechanisms22
The homeodomain transcription factor Six3 regulates hypothalamic Pomc expression and its absence from POMC neurons induces hyperphagia and mild obesity in male mice22
New dawn for cancer cell death: Emerging role of lipid metabolism22
Targeting hepatic oxidative stress rescues bone loss in liver fibrosis21
Insulin resistance per se drives early and reversible dysbiosis-mediated gut barrier impairment and bactericidal dysfunction21
Krüppel-like factor 5 remodels lipid metabolism in exercised skeletal muscle21
Oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei bidirectionally modulate food intake21
Cannabinoid type-1 receptors in CaMKII neurons drive impulsivity in pathological eating behavior21
A low-carbohydrate diet induces hepatic insulin resistance and metabolic associated fatty liver disease in mice21
Ablation of ORMDL3 impairs adipose tissue thermogenesis and insulin sensitivity by increasing ceramide generation21
A key role for parabrachial nucleus CGRP neurons in FGF1-Induced anorexia21
Effects of chronic high fat diet on mediobasal hypothalamic satiety neuron function in POMC-Cre mice20
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is characterised by a reduced polyunsaturated fatty acid transport via free fatty acids and high-density lipoproteins (HDL)20
Hepatic ChREBP orchestrates intrahepatic carbohydrate metabolism to limit hepatic glucose 6-phosphate and glycogen accumulation in a mouse model for acute Glycogen Storage Disease type Ib20
Nuclear functional role of metabolic enzymes and related metabolites: Focus on gene expression regulation20
ACC1 is a dual metabolic-epigenetic regulator of Treg stability and immune tolerance20
Epigenetic regulation of IPF fibroblast phenotype by glutaminolysis20
Corrigendum to “Sema7A protects against high-fat diet-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis by regulating adipo/lipogenesis” [Mol Metab. 70 (2023) 101698]∗20
An epigenome atlas of mouse adipocytes20
Adropin expression reflects circadian, lipoprotein, and mitochondrial processes in human tissues20
Are we giving too much weight to lean mass loss?20
Corrigendum to “Results from three phase 1 trials of NNC9204-1177, a glucagon/GLP-1 receptor co-agonist: effects on weight loss and safety in adults with overweight or obesity” [Mol Metab 78 (2023) 1020
Osmoadaptive GLP-1R signalling in hypothalamic neurones inhibits antidiuretic hormone synthesis and release20
The minor allele of the CREBRF rs373863828 p.R457Q coding variant is associated with reduced levels of myostatin in males: Implications for body composition19
Exercise training remodels inter-organ endocrine networks19
An efficient AAV vector system of Rec2 serotype for intravenous injection to study metabolism in brown adipocytes in vivo19
The role of intestinal microbiota in physiologic and body compositional changes that accompany CLA-mediated weight loss in obese mice19
Median eminence myelin continuously turns over in adult mice19
Spatially diffuse cAMP signalling with oppositely biased GLP-1 receptor agonists in β-cells despite differences in receptor localisation18
Neuropeptide Y1 receptor antagonism protects β-cells and improves glycemic control in type 2 diabetes18
Adipocyte Septin-7 attenuates obesogenic adipogenesis and promotes lipolysis to prevent obesity18
Toward modeling metabolic state from single-cell transcriptomics18
Glycolysis maintains AMPK activation in sorafenib-induced Warburg effect18
Hypoxia inducible factor-dependent upregulation of Agrp in glomus type I cells of the carotid body18
Macrophages on the run: Exercise balances macrophage polarization for improved health18
Anorectic and aversive effects of GLP-1 receptor agonism are mediated by brainstem cholecystokinin neurons, and modulated by GIP receptor activation18
Pharmacological FGF21 signals to glutamatergic neurons to enhance leptin action and lower body weight during obesity18
Ube4A maintains metabolic homeostasis and facilitates insulin signaling in vivo18
Dysfunction of Akt/FoxO3a/Atg7 regulatory loop magnifies obesity-regulated muscular mass decline18
Loss of GLP-2R signaling in Glp2r/- mice increases the long-term severity of graft versus host disease18
Disrupted liver oxidative metabolism in glycine N-methyltransferase-deficient mice is mitigated by dietary methionine restriction18
Mutations in DNAJC19 cause altered mitochondrial structure and increased mitochondrial respiration in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes18
Genetic depletion of adipose-derived Isthmin-1 causes hepatic steatosis18
Elevation of hypothalamic ketone bodies induces a decrease in energy expenditures and an increase risk of metabolic disorder17
The novel adrenergic agonist ATR-127 targets skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue to tackle diabesity and steatohepatitis17
Editorial Board, cover figure description and credits17
Editorial Board, cover figure description and credits17
Intrinsic cardiorespiratory fitness modulates clinical and molecular response to caloric restriction17
Next generation GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triple agonists normalize body weight in obese mice16
Editorial Board, cover figure description and credits16
Autophagic signaling promotes systems-wide remodeling in skeletal muscle upon oncometabolic stress by D2-HG16
Spatiotemporal regulation of GIPR signaling impacts glucose homeostasis as revealed in studies of a common GIPR variant16
Functional regulation of macrophages by Ces1d-mediated lipid signaling in immunometabolism16
Intestinal SEC16B modulates obesity by regulating chylomicron metabolism16
Human ACVR1C missense variants that correlate with altered body fat distribution produce metabolic alterations of graded severity in knock-in mutant mice16
Semaglutide and bariatric surgery induce distinct changes in the composition of mouse white adipose tissue16
Microbiota and body weight control: Weight watchers within?16
Corrigendum to “Beta cell specific cannabinoid 1 receptor deletion counteracts progression to hyperglycemia in non-obese diabetic mice” [Mol Metab 82 (2024 April) 101906]16
Dietary protein defends lean mass and maintains the metabolic benefits of glucagon receptor agonism in mice16
SF1-specific deletion of the energy sensor AMPKγ2 induces obesity16
Corrigendum to single cell transcriptomic profiling of large intestinal enteroendocrine cells in mice - Identification of selective stimuli for insulin-like peptide-5 and glucagon-like peptide-1 co-ex16
Canagliflozin synergises with serine restriction mediating anti-leukaemic effects in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia16
Gemigliptin, a DPP4 inhibitor, ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis through AMP-activated protein kinase-independent and ULK1-mediated autophagy16
Serum amyloid A1 exacerbates hepatic steatosis via TLR4-mediated NF-κB signaling pathway16
Mapping the transcriptional landscape of human white and brown adipogenesis using single-nuclei RNA-seq16
Endurance training promotes chromatin closure and timely repression of the post-exercise immediate early stress response16
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy increases duodenal Lactobacillus spp. richness associated with the activation of intestinal HIF2α signaling and metabolic benefits16
Deletion of PPARα in mouse brown adipocytes increases their De Novo Lipogenesis16
Beta cell secreted GABA sets appropriate insulin secretion by modulating islet calcium oscillations16
Tubular mitochondrial pyruvate carrier disruption elicits redox adaptations that protect from acute kidney injury16
Reprogramming of cholesterol sensing in epithelial cells supports pancreatic inflammation16
Mesenchymal-specific Alms1 knockout in mice recapitulates metabolic features of Alström syndrome15
Sex hormone-binding globulin controls sex-specific lipolytic activity in human abdominal subcutaneous adipocytes15
Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 regulates hepatic fuel metabolism15
Nipsnap1—A regulatory factor required for long-term maintenance of non-shivering thermogenesis15
Additive effects of GLY-200 (oral pharmacologic duodenal exclusion therapy) and GLP-1R agonist in obesity management15
Uncovering the role of Gpr45 in obesity regulation15
Loss of lysosomal acid lipase results in mitochondrial dysfunction and fiber switch in skeletal muscles of mice15
Complete loss of PAX4 causes transient neonatal diabetes in humans15
The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier regulates adipose glucose partitioning in female mice15
Regulation of HDL dysfunctionality by phosphatidylethanolamine links poly-unsaturated fatty acids with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases15
Fatty Acid Synthase regulates glucose and energy homeostasis via POMC neurons and adrenergic signals15
A caveolin-1 dependent glucose-6-phosphatase trafficking contributes to hepatic glucose production15
Dorsolateral septum GLP-1R neurons regulate feeding via lateral hypothalamic projections15
Common and distinct roles of AMPKγ isoforms in small-molecule activator-stimulated glucose uptake in mouse skeletal muscle15
Hepatic retinol dehydrogenase 11 dampens stress associated with the maintenance of cellular cholesterol levels15
Hepatic Activin E mediates liver-adipose inter-organ communication, suppressing adipose lipolysis in response to elevated serum fatty acids14
Regulation of body weight: Lessons learned from bariatric surgery14
Brain insulin signaling suppresses lipolysis in the absence of peripheral insulin receptors and requires the MAPK pathway14
The gut-brain axis mediates bacterial driven modulation of reward signaling14
Hmgcs2-mediated ketogenesis modulates high-fat diet-induced hepatosteatosis14
The neglected PCK1/glucagon (inter)action in nutrient homeostasis beyond gluconeogenesis: Disease pathogenesis and treatment14
Neuronal loss of TRPM8 leads to obesity and glucose intolerance in male mice14
Increased susceptibility to diet-induced obesity in female mice impairs ovarian steroidogenesis: The role of elevated leptin signalling on nodal activity inhibition in theca cells14
De novo labeling and trafficking of individual lipid species in live cells14
NIK/MAP3K14 in hepatocytes orchestrates NASH to hepatocellular carcinoma progression via JAK2/STAT5 inhibition14
Discovery of ecnoglutide – A novel, long-acting, cAMP-biased glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog14
Roles and therapeutic targeting of ceramide metabolism in cancer14
Calponin 2 harnesses metabolic reprogramming to determine kidney fibrosis14
Exercise-induced hypothalamic neuroplasticity: Implications for energy and glucose metabolism14
Effects of metformin on the gut microbiota: A systematic review14
LRP1 in GABAergic neurons is a key link between obesity and memory function14
Deletion of miPEP in adipocytes protects against obesity and insulin resistance by boosting muscle metabolism14
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