Alan R. Saltiel

57.0k total citations · 20 hit papers
280 papers, 45.5k citations indexed

About

Alan R. Saltiel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan R. Saltiel has authored 280 papers receiving a total of 45.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 203 papers in Molecular Biology, 74 papers in Cell Biology and 64 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alan R. Saltiel's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (95 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (69 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (59 papers). Alan R. Saltiel is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (95 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (69 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (59 papers). Alan R. Saltiel collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Alan R. Saltiel's co-authors include Carey N. Lumeng, Jerrold M. Olefsky, David T. Dudley, Jeffrey E. Pessin, Stuart J. Decker, Long Pang, Dario R. Alessi, Ana Cuenda, Philip Cohen and Alexander J. Bridges and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alan R. Saltiel

278 papers receiving 44.5k citations

Hit Papers

Insulin signalling and the regulation of glucose and lipi... 1988 2026 2000 2013 2001 2007 1995 1995 2011 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Insulin signalling and the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism
    2001 4.0k citations Alan R. Saltiel et al. Nature profile →
  2. Obesity induces a phenotypic switch in adipose tissue macrophage polarization
    2007 3.7k citations Carey N. Lumeng, Alan R. Saltiel et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  3. PD 098059 Is a Specific Inhibitor of the Activation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Kinase in Vitro and in Vivo
    1995 3.2k citations Alan R. Saltiel et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  4. A synthetic inhibitor of the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade.
    1995 2.5k citations Alan R. Saltiel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Inflammatory links between obesity and metabolic disease
    2011 1.8k citations Carey N. Lumeng, Alan R. Saltiel Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  6. Inflammatory mechanisms linking obesity and metabolic disease
    2017 1.5k citations Alan R. Saltiel, Jerrold M. Olefsky Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  7. Adapting to obesity with adipose tissue inflammation
    2017 885 citations Shannon M. Reilly, Alan R. Saltiel profile →
  8. Thiazolidinediones in the Treatment of Insulin Resistance and Type II Diabetes
    1996 871 citations Alan R. Saltiel, Jerrold M. Olefsky profile →
  9. Inhibition of MAP Kinase Kinase Blocks the Differentiation of PC-12 Cells Induced by Nerve Growth Factor
    1995 846 citations Alan R. Saltiel et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  10. Structural and Functional Roles of Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol in Membranes
    1988 844 citations Alan R. Saltiel et al. Science profile →
  11. Blockade of the MAP kinase pathway suppresses growth of colon tumors in vivo
    1999 804 citations Alan R. Saltiel et al. profile →
  12. Increased Inflammatory Properties of Adipose Tissue Macrophages Recruited During Diet-Induced Obesity
    2006 803 citations Carey N. Lumeng, Stephanie M. DeYoung et al. profile →
  13. Phenotypic Switching of Adipose Tissue Macrophages With Obesity Is Generated by Spatiotemporal Differences in Macrophage Subtypes
    2008 714 citations Carey N. Lumeng, Alan R. Saltiel et al. profile →
  14. Signaling pathways in insulin action: molecular targets of insulin resistance
    2000 678 citations Jeffrey E. Pessin, Alan R. Saltiel Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  15. Regulation of glucose transport by insulin: traffic control of GLUT4
    2012 641 citations Alan R. Saltiel et al. profile →
  16. Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Inhibits Apoptosis Using the Phosphatidylinositol 3′-Kinase and Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathways
    1997 581 citations Alan R. Saltiel et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  17. New Perspectives into the Molecular Pathogenesis and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
    2001 560 citations Alan R. Saltiel Cell profile →
  18. CAP defines a second signalling pathway required for insulin-stimulated glucose transport
    2000 525 citations Jeffrey E. Pessin, Alan R. Saltiel et al. Nature profile →
  19. ER Stress Drives Lipogenesis and Steatohepatitis via Caspase-2 Activation of S1P
    2018 246 citations Peng Zhao, Rohit Loomba et al. Cell profile →
  20. An AMPK–caspase-6 axis controls liver damage in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
    2020 236 citations Peng Zhao, Xiaoli Sun et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan R. Saltiel United States 93 25.3k 11.2k 9.4k 6.4k 6.4k 280 45.5k
Morris J. Birnbaum United States 102 27.6k 1.1× 9.9k 0.9× 5.7k 0.6× 4.0k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 243 41.3k
Morris F. White United States 121 32.8k 1.3× 11.5k 1.0× 6.5k 0.7× 4.8k 0.7× 4.3k 0.7× 346 51.4k
Steven E. Shoelson United States 79 17.7k 0.7× 8.1k 0.7× 9.3k 1.0× 2.6k 0.4× 7.9k 1.2× 173 35.9k
Bruce E. Kemp Australia 112 31.0k 1.2× 11.1k 1.0× 5.2k 0.5× 4.7k 0.7× 2.2k 0.3× 451 44.8k
Barbara B. Kahn United States 98 23.8k 0.9× 19.7k 1.8× 12.4k 1.3× 3.4k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 251 46.7k
Benoı̂t Viollet France 98 27.2k 1.1× 9.5k 0.9× 10.8k 1.1× 2.9k 0.5× 2.9k 0.4× 344 42.4k
Mitchell A. Lazar United States 125 30.0k 1.2× 16.7k 1.5× 12.7k 1.3× 1.9k 0.3× 4.6k 0.7× 325 56.1k
Ira Tabas United States 116 20.0k 0.8× 5.0k 0.4× 10.7k 1.1× 8.3k 1.3× 15.8k 2.5× 278 46.3k
William C. Sessa United States 112 21.5k 0.8× 16.0k 1.4× 3.2k 0.3× 7.2k 1.1× 5.2k 0.8× 336 46.8k
Dario R. Alessi United Kingdom 124 50.6k 2.0× 6.8k 0.6× 5.1k 0.5× 10.1k 1.6× 4.9k 0.8× 313 65.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan R. Saltiel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Svensson, Kristoffer, Chao‐Wei Hung, Omer Keinan, et al.. (2021). p300 or CBP is required for insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and adipocytes. JCI Insight. 7(1). 9 indexed citations
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Ashcroft, Frances M., Claes B. Wollheim, Timothy J. Kieffer, et al.. (2021). Voices: Insulin and beyond. Cell Metabolism. 33(4). 692–699. 4 indexed citations
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Yong, Jing, Vishal S. Parekh, Shannon M. Reilly, et al.. (2021). Chop / Ddit3 depletion in β cells alleviates ER stress and corrects hepatic steatosis in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 13(604). 49 indexed citations
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Keinan, Omer, Joseph M. Valentine, Haopeng Xiao, et al.. (2021). Glycogen metabolism links glucose homeostasis to thermogenesis in adipocytes. Nature. 599(7884). 296–301. 51 indexed citations
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Zhao, Peng, Xiaoli Sun, Zhongji Liao, et al.. (2020). An AMPK–caspase-6 axis controls liver damage in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Science. 367(6478). 652–660. 236 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Lirui, Magdalena Mazagova, Chuyue Pan, et al.. (2019). YIPF6 controls sorting of FGF21 into COPII vesicles and promotes obesity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(30). 15184–15193. 29 indexed citations
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Uhm, Maeran, Merlijn Bazuine, Peng Zhao, et al.. (2017). Phosphorylation of the exocyst protein Exo84 by TBK1 promotes insulin-stimulated GLUT4 trafficking. Science Signaling. 10(471). 607–652. 31 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Takafumi, Tsubasa S. Matsui, Shian-Huey Chiang, et al.. (2017). Vinexin family (SORBS) proteins play different roles in stiffness-sensing and contractile force generation. Journal of Cell Science. 130(20). 3517–3531. 32 indexed citations
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Alipour, Mohsen, et al.. (2014). The Lipid Kinase PI4KIIIβ Is Highly Expressed in Breast Tumors and Activates Akt in Cooperation with Rab11a. Molecular Cancer Research. 12(10). 1492–1508. 35 indexed citations
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Baeza-Raja, Bernat, Pingping Li, Natacha Le Moan, et al.. (2012). p75 neurotrophin receptor regulates glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(15). 5838–5843. 39 indexed citations
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Lumeng, Carey N. & Alan R. Saltiel. (2011). Inflammatory links between obesity and metabolic disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(6). 2111–2117. 1783 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xiao, Junyu, Xiaowei Chen, Brian A. Davies, et al.. (2009). Structural Basis of Ist1 Function and Ist1–Did2 Interaction in the Multivesicular Body Pathway and Cytokinesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(15). 3514–3524. 76 indexed citations
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Zhang, Mei, Jun Liu, Alan Cheng, et al.. (2006). CAP interacts with cytoskeletal proteins and regulates adhesion‐mediated ERK activation and motility. The EMBO Journal. 25(22). 5284–5293. 45 indexed citations
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Saltiel, Alan R.. (2003). Muscle or Fat? Rho Bridges the GAP. Cell. 113(2). 144–145. 5 indexed citations
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Crosson, Sean M., Ahmir H. Khan, John A. Printen, Jeffrey E. Pessin, & Alan R. Saltiel. (2003). PTG gene deletion causes impaired glycogen synthesis and developmental insulin resistance. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 111(9). 1423–1432. 90 indexed citations
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Pessin, Jeffrey E., et al.. (1999). Spatial Compartmentalization in the Regulation of Glucose Metabolism by Insulin. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 10(10). 408–413. 14 indexed citations
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Downey, Gregory P., Jeffrey Butler, Hans Tapper, et al.. (1998). Importance of MEK in Neutrophil Microbicidal Responsiveness. The Journal of Immunology. 160(1). 434–443. 140 indexed citations
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Brady, Matthew, Angus C. Nairn, & Alan R. Saltiel. (1997). The Regulation of Glycogen Synthase by Protein Phosphatase 1 in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(47). 29698–29703. 49 indexed citations
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Seely, B L, Donna Reichart, Byung H. Jhun, et al.. (1995). Localization of the Insulin-like Growth Factor I Receptor Binding Sites for the SH2 Domain Proteins p85, Syp, and GTPase Activating Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(32). 19151–19157. 59 indexed citations
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Rani, Sheela, Akira Abe, Nitsa Rosenzweig, et al.. (1995). Cell Cycle Arrest Induced by an Inhibitor of Glucosylceramide Synthase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(6). 2859–2867. 147 indexed citations

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