Birgitte S. Wulff

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Birgitte S. Wulff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgitte S. Wulff has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Birgitte S. Wulff's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (22 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (19 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (18 papers). Birgitte S. Wulff is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (22 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (19 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (18 papers). Birgitte S. Wulff collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Switzerland. Birgitte S. Wulff's co-authors include Lars Thim, Jes Thorn Clausen, Philip J. Larsen, Sven Hastrup, Per Bo Jensen, Niels Vrang, Martin E. Judge, Ole Madsen, Ulla Ribel and Peter Lommer Kristensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Birgitte S. Wulff

43 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hypothalamic CART is a new anorectic peptide regulated by leptin

1998 1.0k citations Lars Thim, Birgitte S. Wulff et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgitte S. Wulff Denmark	24	1.4k	879	815	732	632	43	2.7k
Oksana Palyha United States	16	1.8k 1.3×	981 1.1×	509 0.6×	1.2k 1.7×	413 0.7×	23	2.5k
Corinne Leloup France	31	799 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	978 1.2×	364 0.5×	327 0.5×	71	2.9k
Ravi P. Nargund United States	24	1.9k 1.3×	949 1.1×	744 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	339 0.5×	72	3.1k
Grant Miura United States	12	840 0.6×	545 0.6×	451 0.6×	451 0.6×	488 0.8×	45	2.2k
Dennis P. Smith United States	17	1.8k 1.2×	913 1.0×	775 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	470 0.7×	23	3.0k
Isabelle Cusin Switzerland	31	2.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.8×	850 1.0×	974 1.3×	481 0.8×	48	3.5k
Shirly Pinto United States	16	1.3k 0.9×	939 1.1×	548 0.7×	770 1.1×	272 0.4×	25	2.5k
Youssef Anouar France	35	678 0.5×	426 0.5×	1.4k 1.7×	709 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	120	3.7k
Daniel D. Lam United States	21	760 0.5×	757 0.9×	813 1.0×	397 0.5×	289 0.5×	38	2.2k
Masayasu Kojima Japan	7	1.0k 0.7×	801 0.9×	1.7k 2.1×	591 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	11	3.0k

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Østergaard, Søren, Carsten Jessen, Johan F. Paulsson, et al.. (2025). Variant screening of PYY _3–36 leads to potent long-acting PYY analogs with superior Y ₂ receptor selectivity. Science Translational Medicine. 17(791). eadq6392–eadq6392. 3 indexed citations

Petersen, Natalia, Søren Østergaard, Birgitte S. Wulff, et al.. (2024). Housing mice near vs. below thermoneutrality affects drug-induced weight loss but does not improve prediction of efficacy in humans. Cell Reports. 43(8). 114501–114501. 5 indexed citations

Wulff, Birgitte S., Rune E. Kuhre, Jens F. Rehfeld, et al.. (2024). Improved leptin sensitivity and increased soluble leptin receptor concentrations may underlie the additive effects of combining PYY(3–36) and exendin-4 on body weight lowering in diet-induced obese mice. Heliyon. 10(12). e32009–e32009. 1 indexed citations

Østergaard, Søren, Johan F. Paulsson, Jacob Kofoed, et al.. (2021). The effect of fatty diacid acylation of human PYY3-36 on Y2 receptor potency and half-life in minipigs. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 21179–21179. 33 indexed citations

Nyborg, Niels C. Berg, Rikke Kaae Kirk, Anne Sietske de Boer, et al.. (2020). Cholecystokinin-1 receptor agonist induced pathological findings in the exocrine pancreas of non-human primates. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 399. 115035–115035. 11 indexed citations

Rehfeld, Jens F., et al.. (2018). PYY(3-36) and exendin-4 reduce food intake and activate neuronal circuits in a synergistic manner in mice. Neuropeptides. 73. 89–95. 43 indexed citations

Xu, Bo, Søren Østergaard, Johan F. Paulsson, et al.. (2018). Elucidation of the Binding Mode of the Carboxyterminal Region of Peptide YY to the Human Y2 Receptor. Molecular Pharmacology. 93(4). 323–334. 28 indexed citations

Kjøbsted, Rasmus, Pablo J. Enriori, Thomas E. Jensen, et al.. (2016). α-MSH Stimulates Glucose Uptake in Mouse Muscle and Phosphorylates Rab-GTPase-Activating Protein TBC1D1 Independently of AMPK. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0157027–e0157027. 9 indexed citations

Pedersen, Steen B., Bjørn Richelsen, Kilian W. Conde‐Frieboes, et al.. (2015). Melanocortin agonists stimulate lipolysis in human adipose tissue explants but not in adipocytes. BMC Research Notes. 8(1). 559–559. 20 indexed citations

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Jørgensen, Nils B., Søren Jacobsen, Carsten Dirksen, et al.. (2012). Acute and long-term effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on glucose metabolism in subjects with Type 2 diabetes and normal glucose tolerance. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 303(1). E122–E131. 252 indexed citations

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Knudsen, Lotte Bjerre, Sven Hastrup, Christina Rye Underwood, Birgitte S. Wulff, & Jan Fleckner. (2012). Functional importance of GLP-1 receptor species and expression levels in cell lines. Regulatory Peptides. 175(1-3). 21–29. 27 indexed citations

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Eliasen, Rasmus, Norelle L. Daly, Birgitte S. Wulff, et al.. (2012). Design, Synthesis, Structural and Functional Characterization of Novel Melanocortin Agonists Based on the Cyclotide Kalata B1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(48). 40493–40501. 79 indexed citations

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Conde‐Frieboes, Kilian W., Michael Ankersen, Jens Breinholt, et al.. (2011). Serendipitous discovery of a new class of agonists for the melanocortin 1 and 4 receptors and a new class of cyclophanes. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(5). 1459–1463. 6 indexed citations

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Raun, Kirsten, et al.. (2011). Characterization of murine melanocortin receptors mediating adipocyte lipolysis and examination of signalling pathways involved. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 341(1-2). 9–17. 30 indexed citations

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Thim, Lars, Jes Thorn Clausen, Peter Lund Kristensen, Per F. Nielsen, & Birgitte S. Wulff. (2000). Tissue-specific processing of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptides in the rat. Regulatory Peptides. 94(1-3). 75–75. 3 indexed citations

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Thim, Lars, Peter Kristensen, Philip J. Larsen, & Birgitte S. Wulff. (1998). CART, a new anorectic peptide. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 30(12). 1281–1284. 64 indexed citations

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Wulff, Birgitte S., et al.. (1997). The C‐terminal part of VIP is important for receptor binding and activation, as evidenced by chimeric constructs of VIP/secretin. FEBS Letters. 413(3). 405–408. 18 indexed citations

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Gromada, Jesper, Patrik Rorsman, Steen Dissing, & Birgitte S. Wulff. (1996). Stimulation of cloned human glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor expressed in HEK 293 cells induces cAMP-dependent activation of calcium-induced calcium release (vol 373, pg 182, 1995). FEBS Letters. 381. 272–272. 2 indexed citations

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Frödin, Morten, Jens Hannibal, Birgitte S. Wulff, Steen Gammeltoft, & Jan Fahrenkrug. (1995). Neuronal localization of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide 38 in the adrenal medulla and growth-inhibitory effect on chromaffin cells. Neuroscience. 65(2). 599–608. 57 indexed citations

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Wulff, Birgitte S., M.M.T. O’Hare, Esper Boel, Lars E. Theill, & Thue W. Schwartz. (1990). Partial processing of the neuropeptide Y precursor in transfected CHO cells. FEBS Letters. 261(1). 101–105. 26 indexed citations

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