Cara L. Green

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Cara L. Green is a scholar working on Physiology, Aging and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Cara L. Green has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Physiology, 15 papers in Aging and 10 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Cara L. Green's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (22 papers), Dietary Effects on Health (16 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (15 papers). Cara L. Green is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (22 papers), Dietary Effects on Health (16 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (15 papers). Cara L. Green collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Cara L. Green's co-authors include Dudley W. Lamming, Luigi Fontana, Sharon E. Mitchell, John R. Speakman, Alex Douglas, Daniel Promislow, Davina Derous, David Lusseau, Luonan Chen and Yingchun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cara L. Green

32 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Molecular mechanisms of dietary restriction promoting health and longevity

2021 410 citations Cara L. Green, Dudley W. Lamming et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cara L. Green United States	18	825	413	397	262	123	37	1.3k
Toshimitsu Komatsu Japan	20	616 0.7×	379 0.9×	387 1.0×	196 0.7×	92 0.7×	38	1.1k
Hamed Mirzaei Italy	11	531 0.6×	190 0.5×	249 0.6×	132 0.5×	70 0.6×	14	872
Kevork Hagopian United States	23	1.2k 1.5×	439 1.1×	892 2.2×	146 0.6×	179 1.5×	46	1.9k
Susan M. Krzysik-Walker United States	16	489 0.6×	181 0.4×	337 0.8×	202 0.8×	242 2.0×	19	1.3k
Devin Wahl United States	17	531 0.6×	138 0.3×	433 1.1×	95 0.4×	92 0.7×	35	1.2k
José Gómez Spain	21	598 0.7×	378 0.9×	706 1.8×	62 0.2×	82 0.7×	31	1.3k
Brian Onken United States	9	426 0.5×	788 1.9×	683 1.7×	248 0.9×	287 2.3×	10	1.4k
Thomas Laeger Germany	16	575 0.7×	77 0.2×	746 1.9×	180 0.7×	188 1.5×	23	1.5k
Lisa Bevilacqua Canada	12	835 1.0×	247 0.6×	536 1.4×	69 0.3×	232 1.9×	15	1.3k
H. A. Bertrand United States	21	663 0.8×	233 0.6×	280 0.7×	142 0.5×	160 1.3×	39	1.2k

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Mitchell, Sharon E., et al.. (2025). Effects of graded calorie restriction: XXII. Impact of long-term graded calorie restriction on tissue partitioning, digestive efficiency, bone health, and coordination in male C57BL/6J mice. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 80(11).

Green, Cara L., Michael R. MacArthur, Reji Babygirija, et al.. (2025). Dietary isoleucine content modulates the metabolic and molecular response to a Western diet in mice. Molecular Metabolism. 101. 102248–102248.

Babygirija, Reji, Michelle M. Sonsalla, Mariah F. Calubag, et al.. (2025). Fasting is required for many of the benefits of calorie restriction in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7147–7147.

Haws, Spencer A., Cara L. Green, Reji Babygirija, et al.. (2025). Depletion of individual dietary amino acids induce distinct metabolic and chromatin states. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 302(2). 111074–111074.

Garcia, Gonzalo G., Mariah F. Calubag, Allison C. Rodgers, et al.. (2024). Late-life protein or isoleucine restriction impacts physiological and molecular signatures of aging. Nature Aging. 4(12). 1760–1771. 6 indexed citations

Sonsalla, Michelle M., Reji Babygirija, Madeline Johnson, et al.. (2024). Acarbose ameliorates Western diet-induced metabolic and cognitive impairments in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. GeroScience. 47(2). 1569–1591. 4 indexed citations

Green, Cara L., Reji Babygirija, Heidi H. Pak, et al.. (2023). Dietary restriction of isoleucine increases healthspan and lifespan of genetically heterogeneous mice. Cell Metabolism. 35(11). 1976–1995.e6. 58 indexed citations

Green, Cara L., Heidi H. Pak, Nicole E. Richardson, et al.. (2022). Sex and genetic background define the metabolic, physiologic, and molecular response to protein restriction. Cell Metabolism. 34(2). 209–226.e5. 60 indexed citations

Dhillon, Rashpal S., Paul R. van Ginkel, Vivian Fu, et al.. (2022). SIRT3 deficiency decreases oxidative metabolism capacity but increases lifespan in male mice under caloric restriction. Aging Cell. 21(12). e13721–e13721. 17 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingga, Cara L. Green, Guanlin Wang, et al.. (2022). Effects of dietary macronutrients on the hepatic transcriptome and serum metabolome in mice. Aging Cell. 21(4). e13585–e13585. 8 indexed citations

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Pak, Heidi H., Spencer A. Haws, Cara L. Green, et al.. (2021). Fasting drives the metabolic, molecular and geroprotective effects of a calorie-restricted diet in mice. Nature Metabolism. 3(10). 1327–1341. 107 indexed citations

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Wu, Yingga, Baoguo Li, Li Li, et al.. (2021). Very-low-protein diets lead to reduced food intake and weight loss, linked to inhibition of hypothalamic mTOR signaling, in mice. Cell Metabolism. 33(5). 888–904.e6. 45 indexed citations

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Li, Zhonggang, Gregory J. M. Zajac, Jacqueline A. Brinkman, et al.. (2020). Integrating Mouse and Human Genetic Data to Move beyond GWAS and Identify Causal Genes in Cholesterol Metabolism. Cell Metabolism. 31(4). 741–754.e5. 30 indexed citations

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Schaid, Michael D., Cara L. Green, Kathryn A. Carbajal, et al.. (2020). Agonist-independent Gαz activity negatively regulates beta-cell compensation in a diet-induced obesity model of type 2 diabetes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100056–100056. 13 indexed citations

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Pak, Heidi H., Nicole E. Cummings, Cara L. Green, et al.. (2019). The Metabolic Response to a Low Amino Acid Diet is Independent of Diet-Induced Shifts in the Composition of the Gut Microbiome. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 67–67. 17 indexed citations

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Green, Cara L., Sharon E. Mitchell, Davina Derous, et al.. (2019). The Effects of Graded Levels of Calorie Restriction: XIV. Global Metabolomics Screen Reveals Brown Adipose Tissue Changes in Amino Acids, Catecholamines, and Antioxidants After Short-Term Restriction in C57BL/6 Mice. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 75(2). 218–229. 15 indexed citations

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Green, Cara L. & Dudley W. Lamming. (2018). Regulation of metabolic health by essential dietary amino acids. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 177. 186–200. 71 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sharon E., Davina Derous, Cara L. Green, et al.. (2017). The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: VIII. Impact of short term calorie and protein restriction on basal metabolic rate in the C57BL/6 mouse. Oncotarget. 8(11). 17453–17474. 33 indexed citations

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Derous, Davina, Sharon E. Mitchell, Cara L. Green, et al.. (2016). The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: VI. Impact of short-term graded calorie restriction on transcriptomic responses of the hypothalamic hunger and circadian signaling pathways. Aging. 8(4). 642–661. 27 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Jessica M., ViLinh Tran, Lynn M. Wachtman, et al.. (2016). A longitudinal analysis of the effects of age on the blood plasma metabolome in the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus. Experimental Gerontology. 76. 17–24. 24 indexed citations

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