Bruce E. Kemp

54.5k total citations · 17 hit papers
451 papers, 44.8k citations indexed

About

Bruce E. Kemp is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce E. Kemp has authored 451 papers receiving a total of 44.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 350 papers in Molecular Biology, 106 papers in Surgery and 103 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Bruce E. Kemp's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (168 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (99 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (68 papers). Bruce E. Kemp is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (168 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (99 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (68 papers). Bruce E. Kemp collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Bruce E. Kemp's co-authors include Richard B. Pearson, Gregory R. Steinberg, Lee A. Witters, David Stapleton, Belinda J. Michell, Colin M. House, Anthony R. Means, Ken I. Mitchelhill, David A. Power and Richard E.H. Wettenhall and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bruce E. Kemp

449 papers receiving 43.8k citations

Hit Papers

AMPK in Health and Disease 1977 2026 1993 2009 2009 1987 1991 1990 1987 400 800 1.2k
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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. AMPK in Health and Disease
    2009 1.4k citations Gregory R. Steinberg, Bruce E. Kemp profile →
  2. A Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein Implicated in Malignant Hypercalcemia: Cloning and Expression
    1987 1.0k citations H. Diefenbach-Jagger, Bruce E. Kemp et al. Science profile →
  3. [3] Protein kinase phosphorylation site sequences and consensus specificity motifs: Tabulations
    1991 942 citations Richard B. Pearson, Bruce E. Kemp profile →
  4. Protein kinase recognition sequence motifs
    1990 910 citations Bruce E. Kemp, Richard B. Pearson profile →
  5. Protein Kinase C Contains a Pseudosubstrate Prototope in Its Regulatory Domain
    1987 901 citations Bruce E. Kemp et al. Science profile →
  6. The Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase Kinases Are AMP-activated Protein Kinase Kinases
    2005 840 citations Bruce E. Kemp et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  7. Role of multiple basic residues in determining the substrate specificity of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.
    1977 761 citations Bruce E. Kemp et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  8. Metformin, Independent of AMPK, Inhibits mTORC1 in a Rag GTPase-Dependent Manner
    2010 718 citations Bruce E. Kemp et al. profile →
  9. AMP‐activated protein kinase phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase
    1999 711 citations David A. Power, Bruce E. Kemp et al. profile →
  10. Interleukin-6 Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Disposal in Humans and Glucose Uptake and Fatty Acid Oxidation In Vitro via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
    2006 679 citations Gregory R. Steinberg, Matthew J. Watt et al. Diabetes profile →
  11. Single phosphorylation sites in Acc1 and Acc2 regulate lipid homeostasis and the insulin-sensitizing effects of metformin
    2013 671 citations Morgan D. Fullerton, Sandra Galić et al. profile →
  12. Phosphorylation of Thr 495 Regulates Ca 2+ /Calmodulin-Dependent Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity
    2001 646 citations Bruce E. Kemp et al. profile →
  13. Parathyroid hormone-related protein purified from a human lung cancer cell line.
    1987 605 citations Jane M. Moseley, H. Diefenbach-Jagger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  14. The Ancient Drug Salicylate Directly Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
    2012 590 citations Simon A. Hawley, Morgan D. Fullerton et al. Science profile →
  15. A potent synthetic peptide inhibitor of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
    1986 558 citations Bruce E. Kemp, Richard B. Pearson et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  16. Mammalian AMP-activated Protein Kinase Subfamily
    1996 556 citations Bruce E. Kemp et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  17. AMPK Is a Direct Adenylate Charge-Regulated Protein Kinase
    2011 475 citations Jonathan S. Oakhill, Rohan Steel et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bruce E. Kemp 31.0k 11.1k 8.7k 5.2k 4.7k 451 44.8k
Morris J. Birnbaum 27.6k 0.9× 9.9k 0.9× 8.3k 1.0× 5.7k 1.1× 5.0k 1.1× 243 41.3k
Alan R. Saltiel 25.3k 0.8× 11.2k 1.0× 5.8k 0.7× 9.4k 1.8× 4.9k 1.0× 280 45.5k
Morris F. White 32.8k 1.1× 11.5k 1.0× 12.4k 1.4× 6.5k 1.3× 10.6k 2.2× 346 51.4k
Masato Kasuga 18.3k 0.6× 6.8k 0.6× 7.8k 0.9× 4.0k 0.8× 5.5k 1.2× 555 35.0k
Kenneth Walsh 28.3k 0.9× 13.1k 1.2× 7.2k 0.8× 11.2k 2.2× 2.7k 0.6× 462 54.0k
Benoı̂t Viollet 27.2k 0.9× 9.5k 0.9× 9.7k 1.1× 10.8k 2.1× 5.3k 1.1× 344 42.4k
William C. Sessa 21.5k 0.7× 16.0k 1.4× 5.4k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 336 46.8k
Walter Wahli 28.5k 0.9× 11.9k 1.1× 3.7k 0.4× 6.2k 1.2× 3.2k 0.7× 325 42.0k
Peter Tontonoz 27.4k 0.9× 10.6k 1.0× 13.3k 1.5× 7.8k 1.5× 3.3k 0.7× 228 45.0k
Michael Czech 16.9k 0.5× 8.0k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 4.8k 0.9× 4.3k 0.9× 299 28.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, Xuzhu, et al.. (2025). Metformin suppresses atherosclerosis by dampening extramedullary myelopoiesis. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 329(3). E420–E432.
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Yang, Qian, et al.. (2024). Suppression of neuronal AMPKβ2 isoform impairs recognition memory and synaptic plasticity. Neurobiology of Disease. 201. 106664–106664. 5 indexed citations
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Day, Emily A., Rebecca J. Ford, Brennan K. Smith, et al.. (2021). Salsalate reduces atherosclerosis through AMPKβ1 in mice. Molecular Metabolism. 53. 101321–101321. 13 indexed citations
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Ovens, Ashley J., John W. Scott, Christopher G. Langendorf, et al.. (2021). Post-Translational Modifications of the Energy Guardian AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(3). 1229–1229. 24 indexed citations
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LeBlond, Nicholas D., Conor O’Dwyer, Sabrina Robichaud, et al.. (2020). Foam Cell Induction Activates AMPK But Uncouples Its Regulation of Autophagy and Lysosomal Homeostasis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(23). 9033–9033. 6 indexed citations
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Pinkosky, Stephen L., John W. Scott, Eric M. Desjardins, et al.. (2020). Long-chain fatty acyl-CoA esters regulate metabolism via allosteric control of AMPK β1 isoforms. Nature Metabolism. 2(9). 873–881. 101 indexed citations
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O’Neill, Hayley M., James Lally, Sandra Galić, et al.. (2015). Skeletal muscle ACC2 S212 phosphorylation is not required for the control of fatty acid oxidation during exercise. Physiological Reports. 3(7). e12444–e12444. 28 indexed citations
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Fraser, Scott A., Matthew Davies, Marina Katerelos, et al.. (2014). Activation of AMPK reduces the co-transporter activity of NKCC1. Molecular Membrane Biology. 31(2-3). 95–102. 10 indexed citations
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Hawley, Simon A., Morgan D. Fullerton, Fiona A. Ross, et al.. (2012). The Ancient Drug Salicylate Directly Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. Science. 336(6083). 918–922. 590 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Neill, Hayley M., Stine Maarbjerg, Justin D. Crane, et al.. (2011). AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) β1β2 muscle null mice reveal an essential role for AMPK in maintaining mitochondrial content and glucose uptake during exercise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(38). 16092–16097. 333 indexed citations
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Sopjani, Mentor, Shefalee K. Bhavsar, Scott A. Fraser, et al.. (2010). Regulation of Na+-coupled glucose carrier SGLT1 by AMP-activated protein kinase. Molecular Membrane Biology. 27(2-3). 137–144. 58 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Gregory R., Hayley M. O’Neill, Nicolas Dzamko, et al.. (2010). Whole Body Deletion of AMP-activated Protein Kinase β2 Reduces Muscle AMPK Activity and Exercise Capacity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(48). 37198–37209. 138 indexed citations
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McGee, Sean L., Bryce J. W. van Denderen, Kirsten F. Howlett, et al.. (2008). AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Regulates GLUT4 Transcription by Phosphorylating Histone Deacetylase 5. Diabetes. 57(4). 860–867. 352 indexed citations
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Kemp, Bruce E., et al.. (1998). EDF: a simple format for graphical analysis results from polygraphic Siesta recordings. Journal of Sleep Research. 7. 3 indexed citations
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Diefenbach-Jagger, H., Charles Brenner, Bruce E. Kemp, et al.. (1995). Arg21 is the Preferred Kexin Cleavage Site in Parathyroid‐Hormone‐Related Protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 229(1). 91–98. 20 indexed citations
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Brenner, Charles, et al.. (1995). Arg21 is the Preferred Kexin Cleavage Site in Parathyroid-Hormone-Related Protein. European Journal of Biochemistry. 229(1). 91–98. 1 indexed citations
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Poumbourios, Pantelis, Dale A. McPhee, & Bruce E. Kemp. (1992). Antibody Epitopes Sensitive to the State of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp41 Oligomerization Map to a Putative α-Helical Region. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(12). 2055–2062. 22 indexed citations
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Poumbourios, Pantelis, et al.. (1991). N-Terminal Residues 105–117 of HIV-1 gp120 Are Not Involved in CD4 Binding. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 7(10). 855–858. 4 indexed citations
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Kemp, Bruce E., Richard B. Pearson, James R. Woodgett, & Pinchas Cohen. (1985). SUBSTRATE-SPECIFICITY OF A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN-KINASE. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 44(3). 1718. 20 indexed citations
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Kemp, Bruce E. & Hugh D. Niall. (1984). Relaxin. Vitamins and hormones. 41. 79–115. 19 indexed citations

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