Alexander A. Soukas

6.3k citations

37 papers · 4.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 22

Aging top 0.2%
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms 16
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.5%
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin 7
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity 7
Biochemistry top 1%
Physiology top 2%
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 8
Nutrition and Dietetics top 2%
Molecular Biology
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer 8
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 7
- Nuclear Structure and Function 3
Surgery
- Pancreatic function and diabetes 6

Co-authors: Jeffrey M. Friedman Paul Cohen Nicholas D. Socci Christopher E. Carr Gary Ruvkun Armen Yerevanian Makoto Miyazaki James M. Ntambi
Cited by: Aging Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Biochemistry
Partner nations: United States China Poland

In The Last Decade

Alexander A. Soukas

37 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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2023 Identity, structure, and function of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: controversies, consensus, recent advances, and future directions
2019 Metformin: Mechanisms in Human Obesity and Weight Loss
2009 C. elegans Major Fats Are Stored in Vesicles Distinct from Lysosome-Related Organelles
2009 Rictor/TORC2 regulates fat metabolism, feeding, growth, and life span in Caenorhabditis elegans
2002 Role for Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 in Leptin-Mediated Weight Loss

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1	The nuclear pore complex connects energy sensing to transcriptional plasticity in longevity Yifei Zhou,Fasih M. Ahsan,Sinclair Emans,Alexander A. Soukas	2025	1
2	Identity, structure, and function of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: controversies, consensus, recent advances, and future directionsbreakdown → Paolo Bernardi,Christoph Gerle,Andrew P. Halestrap,Elizabeth A. Jonas,Jason Karch,Nelli Mnatsakanyan,Evgeny V. Pavlov,Shey‐Shing Sheu,Alexander A. Soukas	2023	195
3	Roles of Activin A and Gpnmb in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) Huan Liu,Armen Yerevanian,Maria Westerhoff,Margaret H. Hastings,Justin Ralph Baldovino Guerra,Meng Zhao,Katrin J. Svensson,Bishuang Cai,Alexander A. Soukas,Anthony Rosenzweig	2023	8
4	Ether lipid biosynthesis promotes lifespan extension and enables diverse pro-longevity paradigms in Caenorhabditis elegans Lucydalila Cedillo,Fasih M. Ahsan,Sainan Li,Nicole L. Stuhr,Yifei Zhou,Yuyao Zhang,Adebanjo Adedoja,Luke M. Murphy,Armen Yerevanian,Sinclair Emans,Khoi Dao,Zhaozhi Li,Nicholas Peterson,Jeramie D. Watrous,Mohit Jain,Sudeshna Das,Read Pukkila-Worley,Sean P. Curran,Alexander A. Soukas	2023	19
5	Riboflavin depletion promotes longevity and metabolic hormesis in Caenorhabditis elegans Armen Yerevanian,Luke M. Murphy,Sinclair Emans,Yifei Zhou,Fasih M. Ahsan,Daniel Baker,Sainan Li,Adebanjo Adedoja,Lucydalila Cedillo,Nicole L. Stuhr,Einstein Gnanatheepam,Khoi Dao,Mohit Jain,Sean P. Curran,Irene Georgakoudi,Alexander A. Soukas	2022	7
6	A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of 8-week intranasal oxytocin administration in adults with obesity: Rationale, study design, and methods Marie‐Louis Wronski,Franziska Plessow,Liya Kerem,Elisa Asanza,Michelle L. O’Donoghue,Fatima Cody Stanford,Miriam A. Bredella,Martin Torriani,Alexander A. Soukas,Arvin Kheterpal,Kamryn T. Eddy,Tara M. Holmes,Thilo Deckersbach,Mark Vangel,Laura M. Holsen,Elizabeth A. Lawson	2022	8
7	Serum- and glucocorticoid-induced kinase drives hepatic insulin resistance by directly inhibiting AMP-activated protein kinase Ben Zhou,Yuyao Zhang,Sainan Li,Lianfeng Wu,Géza Fejes‐Tóth,Anikó Náray‐Fejes‐Tóth,Alexander A. Soukas	2021	18
8	Quantitative Profiling of Lipid Species in Caenorhabditis elegans with Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Elizabeth C. Pino,Alexander A. Soukas	2020	3
9	Metformin: Mechanisms in Human Obesity and Weight Lossbreakdown → Armen Yerevanian,Alexander A. Soukas	2019	249
10	GPR146 Deficiency Protects against Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis Haojie Yu,Antoine Rimbert,Alice Palmer,Takafumi Toyohara,Yulei Xia,Fang Xia,Leonardo M. R. Ferreira,Zhifen Chen,Tao Chen,Natalia Loaiza,Nathaniel Brooks Horwitz,Michael C. Kacergis,Liping Zhao,Alexander A. Soukas,Jan Albert Kuivenhoven,Sekar Kathiresan,Chad A. Cowan	2019	62
11	Mitochondrial Permeability Uncouples Elevated Autophagy and Lifespan Extension Ben Zhou,Johannes Kreuzer,Caroline Kumsta,Lianfeng Wu,Kimberli J. Kamer,Lucydalila Cedillo,Yuyao Zhang,Sainan Li,Michael C. Kacergis,Christopher M. Webster,Géza Fejes‐Tóth,Anikó Náray‐Fejes‐Tóth,Sudeshna Das,Malene Hansen,Wilhelm Haas,Alexander A. Soukas	2019	148
12	The fatty acid oleate is required for innate immune activation and pathogen defense in Caenorhabditis elegans Sarah M. Anderson,Hilary K. Cheesman,Nicholas Peterson,J. Elizabeth Salisbury,Alexander A. Soukas,Read Pukkila-Worley	2019	49
13	Genome-wide RNAi Screen for Fat Regulatory Genes in C. elegans Identifies a Proteostasis-AMPK Axis Critical for Starvation Survival Christopher M. Webster,Elizabeth C. Pino,Christopher E. Carr,Lianfeng Wu,Ben Zhou,Lucydalila Cedillo,Michael C. Kacergis,Sean P. Curran,Alexander A. Soukas	2017	26
14	Omega-3 and -6 fatty acids allocate somatic and germline lipids to ensure fitness during nutrient and oxidative stress in Caenorhabditis elegans Dana A. Lynn,Hans M. Dalton,Jessica N. Sowa,Meng C. Wang,Alexander A. Soukas,Sean P. Curran	2015	70
15	Biochemical and High Throughput Microscopic Assessment of Fat Mass in <em>Caenorhabditis Elegans</em> Elizabeth C. Pino,Christopher M. Webster,Christopher E. Carr,Alexander A. Soukas	2013	60
16	Genetic Regulation of Caenorhabditis elegans Lysosome Related Organelle Function Alexander A. Soukas,Christopher E. Carr,Gary Ruvkun	2013	27
17	Identification of Akt-independent Regulation of Hepatic Lipogenesis by Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Complex 2 Minsheng Yuan,Elizabeth C. Pino,Lianfeng Wu,Michael C. Kacergis,Alexander A. Soukas	2012	137
18	C. elegans Major Fats Are Stored in Vesicles Distinct from Lysosome-Related Organellesbreakdown → Eyleen J. O’Rourke,Alexander A. Soukas,Christopher E. Carr,Gary Ruvkun	2009	368
19	Rictor/TORC2 regulates fat metabolism, feeding, growth, and life span in Caenorhabditis elegansbreakdown → Alexander A. Soukas,Elizabeth A. Kane,Christopher E. Carr,Justine A. Melo,Gary Ruvkun	2009	318
20	Site and mechanism of leptin action in a rodent form of congenital lipodystrophy Esra Asilmaz,Paul Cohen,Makoto Miyazaki,Paweł Dobrzyń,Kohjiro Ueki,Gulnorakhon Fayzikhodjaeva,Alexander A. Soukas,C. Ronald Kahn,James M. Ntambi,Nicholas D. Socci,Jeffrey M. Friedman	2004	150

About Alexander A. Soukas

Alexander A. Soukas is a scholar working on Aging, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Biochemistry, having authored 37 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (16 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (8 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (7 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (7 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (7 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers) and Nuclear Structure and Function (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (863 citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (774 citations) and Biochemistry (425 citations). Alexander A. Soukas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Poland. Frequent co-authors include Jeffrey M. Friedman, Paul Cohen, Nicholas D. Socci, Christopher E. Carr, Gary Ruvkun, Armen Yerevanian, Makoto Miyazaki, James M. Ntambi, Lianfeng Wu and Eyleen J. O’Rourke.

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