Anna Secher

4.8k citations

33 papers · 2.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 19

Impact in

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 1%
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 1%
- Diabetes Treatment and Management

Papers in ⓘ

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 17
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity 16
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8
- Diabetes Treatment and Management 8

Co-authors: Jesper V. Olsen (5 shared papers)Charles Pyke (8 shared papers)Lotte Bjerre Knudsen (9 shared papers)Alicia Lundby (3 shared papers)Kasper Lage (2 shared papers)Carsten Lundby (2 shared papers)Kirsten Raun (8 shared papers)Niels Vrang (2 shared papers)
Journals: Diabetes (6 papers)Endocrinology (3 papers)Nature Metabolism (3 papers)Nature Communications (2 papers)Cell (2 papers)
Partner nations: Denmark United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Anna Secher

31 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Proteomic changes upon treatment with semaglutide in individuals with obesity 2025 · 20 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Nature Medicine
2014 Journal of Clinical Investigation

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1	The arcuate nucleus mediates GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide-dependent weight loss Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Anna Secher, Jacob Jelsing, Arian F. Baquero, Jacob Hecksher‐Sørensen, Michael A. Cowley, Louise S. Dalbøge, Gitte Hansen, Kevin L. Grove, Charles Pyke, Kirsten Raun, Lauge Schäffer, Mads Tang‐Christensen, Saurabh Verma, Brent M. Witgen, Niels Vrang, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen Hit paper breakdown →	2014	702
2	Proteomic Analysis of Lysine Acetylation Sites in Rat Tissues Reveals Organ Specificity and Subcellular Patterns Cell Reports ·Alicia Lundby, Kasper Lage, Brian T. Weinert, Dorte B. Bekker‐Jensen, Anna Secher, Tine Skovgaard, Christian D. Kelstrup, Anatoliy Dmytriyev, Chunaram Choudhary, Carsten Lundby, Jesper V. Olsen	2012	451
3	Quantitative maps of protein phosphorylation sites across 14 different rat organs and tissues Nature Communications ·Alicia Lundby, Anna Secher, Kasper Lage, Nikolai Baastrup Nordsborg, Anatoliy Dmytriyev, Carsten Lundby, Jesper V. Olsen	2012	287
4	A Major Lineage of Enteroendocrine Cells Coexpress CCK, Secretin, GIP, GLP-1, PYY, and Neurotensin but Not Somatostatin Endocrinology ·Kristoffer L. Egerod, Maja S. Engelstoft, Kaare V. Grunddal, Mark K. Nøhr, Anna Secher, Ichiro Sakata, Jens Pedersen, Johanne Agerlin Windeløv, Ernst‐Martin Füchtbauer, Jørgen Olsen, F. Sundler, Jan Pravsgaard Christensen, Nils Wierup, Jesper V. Olsen, Jens J. Holst, Jeffrey M. Zigman, Steen Seier Poulsen, Thue W. Schwartz	2012	259
5	Expression and Distribution of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor mRNA, Protein and Binding in the Male Nonhuman Primate (Macaca mulatta) Brain Endocrinology ·Kristy M. Heppner, Melissa A. Kirigiti, Anna Secher, Sarah Juel Paulsen, Rikley Buckingham, Charles Pyke, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Niels Vrang, Kevin L. Grove	2014	152
6	A genetic map of the mouse dorsal vagal complex and its role in obesity Nature Metabolism ·Mette Q. Ludwig, Wenwen Cheng, Desiree Gordian, Julie Lee, Sarah Juel Paulsen, Stine N. Hansen, Kristoffer L. Egerod, Pernille Barkholt, Christopher J. Rhodes, Anna Secher, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Charles Pyke, Martin G. Myers, Tune H. Pers	2021	109
7	Characterization of the Glucagonlike Peptide-1 Receptor in Male Mouse Brain Using a Novel Antibody and In Situ Hybridization Endocrinology ·Casper Bo Jensen, Charles Pyke, Morten G. Rasch, Anders Bjorholm Dahl, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Anna Secher	2017	101
8	Analytic framework for peptidomics applied to large-scale neuropeptide identification Nature Communications ·Anna Secher, Christian D. Kelstrup, Kilian W. Conde‐Frieboes, Charles Pyke, Kirsten Raun, Birgitte S. Wulff, Jesper V. Olsen	2016	93
9	Integrated Brain Atlas for Unbiased Mapping of Nervous System Effects Following Liraglutide Treatment Scientific Reports ·Casper Bo Gravesen Salinas, Tess Tsai-Hsiu Lu, Sanaz Gabery, Kasper Marstal, Tomas Alanentalo, Aaron J. Mercer, Anda Cornea, Knut Conradsen, Jacob Hecksher‐Sørensen, Anders Bjorholm Dahl, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Anna Secher	2018	69
10	Oncogenic Mutations Rewire Signaling Pathways by Switching Protein Recruitment to Phosphotyrosine Sites Cell ·Alicia Lundby, Giulia Franciosa, Kristina B. Emdal, Jan C. Refsgaard, Sebastian Gnosa, Dorte B. Bekker‐Jensen, Anna Secher, Svetlana Maurya, Indranil Paul, Blanca López Méndez, Christian D. Kelstrup, Chiara Francavilla, Marie Kveiborg, Guillermo Montoya, Lars Juhl Jensen, Jesper V. Olsen	2019	62
11	Insulin signalling in tanycytes gates hypothalamic insulin uptake and regulation of AgRP neuron activity Nature Metabolism ·Marta Porniece, Anna Lena Cremer, Paul Klemm, Lukas Steuernagel, Sivaraj Mohana Sundaram, Alexander Jaïs, A. Christine Hausen, Jenkang Tao, Anna Secher, Thomas Åskov Pedersen, Markus Schwaninger, F. Thomas Wunderlich, Bradford B. Lowell, Heiko Backes, Jens C. Brüning	2021	59
12	PYY(3-36) and exendin-4 reduce food intake and activate neuronal circuits in a synergistic manner in mice Neuropeptides ·Marina Kjærgaard Gerstenberg, Casper Bo Gravesen Salinas, Jens F. Rehfeld, Anna Secher, Kirsten Raun, Birgitte S. Wulff	2018	43
13	Peripheral Mechanisms Mediating the Sustained Antidiabetic Action of FGF1 in the Brain Diabetes ·Jarrad M. Scarlett, Kenjiro Muta, Jenny M. Brown, Jennifer M. Rojas, Miles E. Matsen, Nikhil Acharya, Anna Secher, Camilla Ingvorsen, Rasmus Jørgensen, Thomas Høeg-Jensen, Darko Stefanovski, Richard N. Bergman, Francesca Piccinini, Karl J. Kaiyala, Masakazu Shiota, Gregory J. Morton, Michael W. Schwartz	2018	37
14	Long‐acting glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists have direct access to and effects on pro‐opiomelanocortin/cocaine‐ and amphetamine‐stimulated transcript neurons in the mouse hypothalamus Journal of Diabetes Investigation ·Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Anna Secher, Jacob Hecksher‐Sørensen, Charles Pyke	2016	34
15	Salmon calcitonin distributes into the arcuate nucleus to a subset of NPY neurons in mice Neuropharmacology ·Hannah Louise Zakariassen, Linu M. John, Jens Lykkesfeldt, Kirsten Raun, Tine Glendorf, Lauge Schäffer, Sofia Lundh, Anna Secher, Thomas A. Lutz, Christelle Le Foll	2020	27
16	The Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus–Median Eminence Is a Target for Sustained Diabetes Remission Induced by Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 Diabetes ·Jenny M. Brown, Jarrad M. Scarlett, Miles E. Matsen, Nguyễn Thị Hồng, Anna Secher, Rasmus Jørgensen, Gregory J. Morton, Michael W. Schwartz	2019	26
17	Antidepressive-drug-induced bodyweight gain is associated with polymorphisms in genes coding for COMT and TPH1 International Clinical Psychopharmacology ·Anna Secher, Jens Drachmann Bukh, Camilla Bock, Pernille Koefoed, Henrik Berg Rasmussen, Thomas Werge, Lars Vedel Kessing, Erling T. Mellerup	2009	23
18	Proteomic changes upon treatment with semaglutide in individuals with obesity Nature Medicine ·Lasse Maretty, Dipender Gill, Lotte Simonsen, Keng Lin Soh, Loukas Zagkos, Michael Galanakis, Jonas A. Sibbesen, Miquel Triana, Anna Secher, Dirk Valkenborg, Jonathan Q. Purnell, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Abd A. Tahrani, Milan Geybels Hit paper breakdown →	2025	20
19	Risperidone Treatment Increases CB<sub>1</sub> Receptor Binding in Rat Brain Neuroendocrinology ·Anna Secher, Henriette Husum, Birgitte Holst, Kristoffer L. Egerod, Erling T. Mellerup	2009	19
20	Role of hypothalamic MAPK/ERK signaling and central action of FGF1 in diabetes remission iScience ·Jenny M. Brown, Marie A. Bentsen, Dylan M. Rausch, Bao Anh Phan, Danielle Wieck, Huzaifa Wasanwala, Miles E. Matsen, Nikhil Acharya, Nicole E. Richardson, Xin Zhao, Peng Zhai, Anna Secher, Gregory J. Morton, Tune H. Pers, Michael W. Schwartz, Jarrad M. Scarlett	2021	18

About Anna Secher

Anna Secher is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 33 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (16 papers), Diabetes Treatment and Management (8 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (7 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (5 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (4 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers), Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (4 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (652 citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (849 citations), Geriatrics and Gerontology (108 citations), Physiology (625 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (400 citations). Anna Secher has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Jesper V. Olsen, Charles Pyke, Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Alicia Lundby, Kasper Lage, Carsten Lundby, Kirsten Raun, Niels Vrang, Kevin L. Grove and Jacob Hecksher‐Sørensen. Their work appears in journals such as Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nature Metabolism, Nature Communications and Cell.

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