Carl de Luca

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Carl de Luca is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl de Luca has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 3 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Carl de Luca's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (3 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (3 papers). Carl de Luca is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (3 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (3 papers). Carl de Luca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Carl de Luca's co-authors include Jerrold M. Olefsky, Streamson C. Chua, Joel K. Elmquist, Inder M. Verma, Niels-Bjarne Woods, Maziyar Saberi, Simon Schenk, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, Manfred W. Kilimann and Thomas Ludwig and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Medicine and Cell Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Carl de Luca

9 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Inflammation and insulin resistance 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Inflammation and insulin resistance
    2007 882 citations Carl de Luca, Jerrold M. Olefsky FEBS Letters profile →

Peers

Carl de Luca
John P. Chamberland United States
Nobuhiko Takahashi Japan
Robert L. Judd United States
Rima Boyadjian United States
Mikael Bjursell Sweden
Heikki A. Koistinen Finland
Heidi K. Ortmeyer United States
Maria Isabel Cardoso Alonso‐Vale Brazil
WuQiang Fan United States
Tsuyoshi Monden Japan
John P. Chamberland United States
Carl de Luca
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Countries citing papers authored by Carl de Luca

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carl de Luca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carl de Luca

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carl de Luca. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carl de Luca based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carl de Luca. Carl de Luca is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Israel, Davelene D., Carl de Luca, Young‐Hwan Jo, et al.. (2012). Effects of Leptin and Melanocortin Signaling Interactions on Pubertal Development and Reproduction. Endocrinology. 153(5). 2408–2419. 84 indexed citations
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Saberi, Maziyar, Niels-Bjarne Woods, Carl de Luca, et al.. (2009). Hematopoietic Cell-Specific Deletion of Toll-like Receptor 4 Ameliorates Hepatic and Adipose Tissue Insulin Resistance in High-Fat-Fed Mice. Cell Metabolism. 10(5). 419–429. 366 indexed citations
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Lesniewski, Lisa A., Jaap G. Neels, Carl de Luca, et al.. (2007). Bone marrow–specific Cap gene deletion protects against high-fat diet–induced insulin resistance. Nature Medicine. 13(4). 455–462. 101 indexed citations
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Luca, Carl de & Jerrold M. Olefsky. (2007). Inflammation and insulin resistance. FEBS Letters. 582(1). 97–105. 882 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leshan, Rebecca L., Allison Xu, Nina Balthasar, et al.. (2007). Collective and Individual Functions of Leptin Receptor Modulated Neurons Controlling Metabolism and Ingestion. Endocrinology. 149(4). 1773–1785. 269 indexed citations
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Luca, Carl de & Jerrold M. Olefsky. (2006). Stressed out about obesity and insulin resistance. Nature Medicine. 12(1). 41–42. 68 indexed citations
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Luca, Carl de, Timothy J. Kowalski, Yiying Zhang, et al.. (2005). Complete rescue of obesity, diabetes, and infertility in db/db mice by neuron-specific LEPR-B transgenes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(12). 3484–3493. 306 indexed citations
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Seidelmann, Sara B., Carl de Luca, Rudolph L. Leibel, et al.. (2004). Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Genetic Modifiers of Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Deficient Mice. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 25(1). 204–210. 32 indexed citations
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Seman, Leo, Carl de Luca, & J L Jenner. (2003). Isolation and Purification of Serum Lipoprotein (a) Using Lectin Affinity. Humana Press eBooks. 110. 131–136. 8 indexed citations

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