Carlos Diéguez

48.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
638 papers, 36.7k citations indexed

About

Carlos Diéguez is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos Diéguez has authored 638 papers receiving a total of 36.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 329 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 253 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 226 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Carlos Diéguez's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (322 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (192 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (167 papers). Carlos Diéguez is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (322 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (192 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (167 papers). Carlos Diéguez collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Carlos Diéguez's co-authors include Felipe F. Casanueva, Miguel López, Rubén Nogueiras, Manuel Tena‐Sempere, E. Aguilar, Oreste Gualillo, Francisca Lago, L. Pinilla, Sulay Tovar and Juan J. Gómez‐Reino and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Carlos Diéguez

631 papers receiving 35.9k 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.

Developmental and Hormonally Regulated Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression of KiSS-1 and Its Putative Receptor, GPR54, in Rat Hypothalamus and Potent Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Activity of KiSS-1 Peptide

2004 597 citations Juan Roa, E. Aguilar et al. Endocrinology profile →
Kisspeptins and Reproduction: Physiological Roles and Regulatory Mechanisms

2012 585 citations Leonor Pinilla, E. Aguilar et al. profile →
GLP-1 Agonism Stimulates Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Browning Through Hypothalamic AMPK

2014 476 citations Carlos Diéguez, Miguel López et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carlos Diéguez Spain	99	16.8k	12.5k	8.8k	7.0k	6.8k	638	36.7k
Felipe F. Casanueva Spain	97	11.2k 0.7×	10.7k 0.9×	15.9k 1.8×	5.4k 0.8×	5.7k 0.8×	629	35.9k
Stephen O’Rahilly United Kingdom	108	14.4k 0.9×	16.2k 1.3×	5.8k 0.7×	16.7k 2.4×	9.8k 1.5×	429	46.8k
Rexford S. Ahima United States	80	13.9k 0.8×	13.8k 1.1×	3.9k 0.4×	6.9k 1.0×	10.4k 1.5×	238	32.2k
Michael W. Schwartz United States	111	27.5k 1.6×	19.1k 1.5×	5.1k 0.6×	7.3k 1.0×	7.6k 1.1×	291	45.7k
Tamás L. Horváth United States	97	15.8k 0.9×	11.9k 1.0×	2.9k 0.3×	8.2k 1.2×	3.8k 0.6×	328	34.7k
Stephen C. Woods United States	106	23.2k 1.4×	16.9k 1.3×	5.9k 0.7×	6.3k 0.9×	4.9k 0.7×	455	41.3k
Ezio Ghigo Italy	80	11.9k 0.7×	9.4k 0.8×	12.7k 1.4×	3.6k 0.5×	2.8k 0.4×	706	27.7k
Matthias H. Tschöp United States	88	17.5k 1.0×	15.8k 1.3×	6.5k 0.7×	6.1k 0.9×	5.3k 0.8×	303	33.6k
Masayasu Kojima Japan	72	24.9k 1.5×	16.0k 1.3×	4.3k 0.5×	3.8k 0.5×	3.8k 0.6×	216	32.9k
I. Sadaf Farooqi United Kingdom	73	12.0k 0.7×	9.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.3×	4.3k 0.6×	4.6k 0.7×	235	24.4k

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Diéguez, Carlos, Miguel López, & Felipe F. Casanueva. (2025). Hypothalamic GHRH. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. 26(3). 297–303. 1 indexed citations

Vázquez, María J., Inmaculada Velasco, Francisco Ruíz-Pino, et al.. (2024). Hypothalamic SIRT1-mediated regulation of the hormonal trigger of ovulation and its repression in energy deficit. Metabolism. 164. 156125–156125. 2 indexed citations

Holleman, Cassie, Ismael González‐García, Rubén Nogueiras, et al.. (2024). SF1-specific deletion of the energy sensor AMPKγ2 induces obesity. Molecular Metabolism. 92. 102091–102091. 3 indexed citations

Ángel‐Müller, Edith, Javier Eslava‐Schmalbach, Ezequiel Lacunza, et al.. (2023). A longitudinal study of free leptin index in pre‐eclamptic pregnancies. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 27(8). 1083–1094. 4 indexed citations

Munguía, Lucero, Susana Jiménez‐Múrcia, Roser Granero, et al.. (2022). Food Addiction in Eating Disorders: A Cluster Analysis Approach and Treatment Outcome. Nutrients. 14(5). 1084–1084. 15 indexed citations

Ángel‐Müller, Edith, Franklin Escobar-Córdoba, Ezequiel Lacunza, et al.. (2022). Study of the Ghrelin/LEAP-2 Ratio in Humans and Rats during Different Phases of Pregnancy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(17). 9514–9514. 8 indexed citations

Acosta, Luis, Elizabeth Sánchez, Ezequiel Lacunza, et al.. (2021). Maternal Serum Angiopoietin-Like 3 Levels in Healthy and Mild Preeclamptic Pregnant Women. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12. 670357–670357. 4 indexed citations

Gesmundo, Iacopo, Giuseppina Granato, Antonio C. Fuentes-Fayos, et al.. (2021). Antagonists of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Inhibit the Growth of Pituitary Adenoma Cells by Hampering Oncogenic Pathways and Promoting Apoptotic Signaling. Cancers. 13(16). 3950–3950. 11 indexed citations

Jiménez‐Múrcia, Susana, Zaida Agüera, Georgios Paslakis, et al.. (2019). Food Addiction in Eating Disorders and Obesity: Analysis of Clusters and Implications for Treatment. Nutrients. 11(11). 2633–2633. 57 indexed citations

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Méndez-Giménez, Leire, Sara Becerril, Rafael Moncada, et al.. (2017). Gastric Plication Improves Glycemia Partly by Restoring the Altered Expression of Aquaglyceroporins in Adipose Tissue and the Liver in Obese Rats. Obesity Surgery. 27(7). 1763–1774. 6 indexed citations

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Díaz‐Ruiz, Alberto, Rocío Guzmán‐Ruiz, Natalia Moreno‐Castellanos, et al.. (2015). Proteasome Dysfunction Associated to Oxidative Stress and Proteotoxicity in Adipocytes Compromises Insulin Sensitivity in Human Obesity. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 23(7). 597–612. 53 indexed citations

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Díaz‐Rodriguez, Esther, Alejandro Ibáñez‐Costa, Montserrat García-Lavandeira, et al.. (2014). Somatotropinomas, But Not Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas, Maintain a Functional Apoptotic RET/Pit1/ARF/p53 Pathway That Is Blocked by Excess GDNF. Endocrinology. 155(11). 4329–4340. 11 indexed citations

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Gómez, Rodolfo, Francisca Lago, Juan J. Gómez‐Reino, Carlos Diéguez, & Oreste Gualillo. (2009). Expression and modulation of ghrelin O‐acyltransferase in cultured chondrocytes. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 60(6). 1704–1709. 39 indexed citations

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Gualillo, Oreste, Jorge Eduardo Caminos, Rubén Nogueiras, et al.. (2002). Effect of Food Restriction on Ghrelin in Normal‐Cycling Female Rats and in Pregnancy. Obesity Research. 10(7). 682–687. 89 indexed citations

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Pekić, Sandra, Svetlana Vujović, Мilan Petakov, et al.. (2001). Loss of gender difference in serum leptin levels and its slow recovery after successful surgery for Leydig cell tumours in two virilized females. Clinical Endocrinology. 54(5). 693–697. 4 indexed citations

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Tena‐Sempere, Manuel, Leonor Pinilla, Fuping Zhang, et al.. (2001). Developmental and Hormonal Regulation of Leptin Receptor (Ob-R) Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in Rat Testis1. Biology of Reproduction. 64(2). 634–643. 65 indexed citations

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Peñalva, A, Sonia Gaztambide, Federico Vázquez, Carlos Diéguez, & Felipe F. Casanueva. (1990). ROLE OF CHOLINERGIC MUSCARINIC PATHWAYS ON THE FREE FATTY ACID INHIBITION OF GH RESPONSES TO GHRH IN NORMAL MEN. Clinical Endocrinology. 33(2). 171–176. 14 indexed citations

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Cacabelos, Ramón, et al.. (1990). GRF-induced GH response in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.. PubMed. 12(1). 79–85. 3 indexed citations

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Casanueva, Felipe F., Luis Villanueva, Fernando Cordido, et al.. (1989). Differential Effects of Direct and Indirectly Acting Cholinergic Agonists on Growth Hormone Release in Man, and Lack of Effect on Cortisol Secretion. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 1(5). 379–382. 9 indexed citations

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Diéguez, Carlos, M. D. Page, John R. Peters, & MF Scanlon. (1988). Growth Hormone and Its Modulation. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 22(2). 84–91. 6 indexed citations

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