Christa Broholm

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Christa Broholm is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Christa Broholm has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Physiology and 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Christa Broholm's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (16 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (7 papers). Christa Broholm is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (16 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (7 papers). Christa Broholm collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Sweden and United States. Christa Broholm's co-authors include Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Ole Hartvig Mortensen, Camilla Schéele, Thorbjörn Åkerström, Rikke Krogh‐Madsen, Peter Plomgaard, Pernille Højman, Milena Penkowa, Allan Vaag and Rémi Mounier and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christa Broholm

33 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase

2009 556 citations Stanley M. H. Chan, Clinton R. Bruce et al. Diabetologia profile →
Cagrilintide–Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

2025 19 citations Christa Broholm et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christa Broholm Denmark	22	1.1k	880	427	357	226	33	2.2k
Rhianna C. Laker United States	21	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	156 0.4×	697 2.0×	230 1.0×	35	2.4k
Maria Pedersen Denmark	22	975 0.9×	840 1.0×	242 0.6×	497 1.4×	128 0.6×	32	2.8k
Kristi D. Silver United States	23	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	192 0.4×	308 0.9×	174 0.8×	52	3.2k
Luísa M. Seoane Spain	37	2.2k 1.9×	855 1.0×	190 0.4×	813 2.3×	225 1.0×	86	4.3k
Tomas Fritz Sweden	16	975 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	137 0.3×	205 0.6×	196 0.9×	20	2.2k
Paul A. Della Gatta Australia	25	998 0.9×	708 0.8×	985 2.3×	246 0.7×	625 2.8×	62	2.6k
Anders R. Nielsen Denmark	31	1.9k 1.7×	1.9k 2.1×	1.1k 2.6×	783 2.2×	449 2.0×	45	4.5k
Thorbjörn Åkerström Denmark	18	1.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	966 2.3×	411 1.2×	399 1.8×	28	2.8k
Rod J. Snow Australia	23	803 0.7×	541 0.6×	402 0.9×	83 0.2×	752 3.3×	54	2.0k
Joy C. Bunt United States	24	1.0k 0.9×	250 0.3×	148 0.3×	484 1.4×	281 1.2×	42	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christa Broholm

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Bornholdt, Jette, Yun Chen, Anja Wellejus, et al.. (2023). Detecting host responses to microbial stimulation using primary epithelial organoids. Gut Microbes. 15(2). 2281012–2281012. 5 indexed citations

Davegårdh, Cajsa, Anna Benrick, Christa Broholm, et al.. (2021). VPS39-deficiency observed in type 2 diabetes impairs muscle stem cell differentiation via altered autophagy and epigenetics. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2431–2431. 25 indexed citations

Bornholdt, Jette, Christa Broholm, Yun Chen, et al.. (2020). Personalized B cell response to the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG probiotic in healthy human subjects: a randomized trial. Gut Microbes. 12(1). 1854639–1854639. 14 indexed citations

Broholm, Christa, Rasmus Ribel‐Madsen, Line Hjort, et al.. (2019). Epigenome- and Transcriptome-wide Changes in Muscle Stem Cells from Low Birth Weight Men. Endocrine Research. 45(1). 58–71. 6 indexed citations

Lenoir‐Wijnkoop, Irene, et al.. (2019). Probiotics Reduce Health Care Cost and Societal Impact of Flu-Like Respiratory Tract Infections in the USA: An Economic Modeling Study. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 10. 1182–1182. 21 indexed citations

Houshmand‐Oeregaard, Azadeh, Ninna S. Hansen, Line Hjort, et al.. (2017). Differential adipokine DNA methylation and gene expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue from adult offspring of women with diabetes in pregnancy. Clinical Epigenetics. 9(1). 37–37. 50 indexed citations

Houshmand‐Oeregaard, Azadeh, Line Hjort, Louise Kelstrup, et al.. (2017). DNA methylation and gene expression of TXNIP in adult offspring of women with diabetes in pregnancy. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0187038–e0187038. 22 indexed citations

Davegårdh, Cajsa, Christa Broholm, Alexander Perfilyev, et al.. (2017). Abnormal epigenetic changes during differentiation of human skeletal muscle stem cells from obese subjects. BMC Medicine. 15(1). 39–39. 45 indexed citations

Broholm, Christa, Anders H. Olsson, Alexander Perfilyev, et al.. (2016). Epigenetic programming of adipose-derived stem cells in low birthweight individuals. Diabetologia. 59(12). 2664–2673. 32 indexed citations

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Hansen, Ninna S., Line Hjort, Christa Broholm, et al.. (2016). Metabolic and Transcriptional Changes in Cultured Muscle Stem Cells from Low Birth Weight Subjects. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 101(5). 2254–2264. 10 indexed citations

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Väremo, Leif, Camilla Schéele, Christa Broholm, et al.. (2015). Proteome- and Transcriptome-Driven Reconstruction of the Human Myocyte Metabolic Network and Its Use for Identification of Markers for Diabetes. Cell Reports. 11(6). 921–933. 96 indexed citations

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Broholm, Christa, et al.. (2013). Insulin signaling in skeletal muscle of HIV-infected patients in response to endurance and strength training. Physiological Reports. 1(3). e00060–e00060. 6 indexed citations

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Schéele, Camilla, Søren Nielsen, Meghan Kelly, et al.. (2012). Satellite Cells Derived from Obese Humans with Type 2 Diabetes and Differentiated into Myocytes In Vitro Exhibit Abnormal Response to IL-6. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39657–e39657. 52 indexed citations

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Broholm, Christa, et al.. (2012). Deficient leukemia inhibitory factor signaling in muscle precursor cells from patients with type 2 diabetes. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 303(2). E283–E292. 30 indexed citations

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Broholm, Christa, Matthew J. Laye, Claus Brandt, et al.. (2011). LIF is a contraction-induced myokine stimulating human myocyte proliferation. Journal of Applied Physiology. 111(1). 251–259. 128 indexed citations

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Chan, Stanley M. H., Clinton R. Bruce, K. S. Krabbe, et al.. (2009). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase. Diabetologia. 52(7). 1409–1418. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nielsen, Anders R., Pernille Højman, Christian Erikstrup, et al.. (2008). Association between Interleukin-15 and Obesity: Interleukin-15 as a Potential Regulator of Fat Mass. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 93(11). 4486–4493. 159 indexed citations

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Broholm, Christa, Ole Hartvig Mortensen, Søren Nielsen, et al.. (2008). Exercise induces expression of leukaemia inhibitory factor in human skeletal muscle. The Journal of Physiology. 586(8). 2195–2201. 111 indexed citations

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Plomgaard, Peter, Anders R. Nielsen, Christian P. Fischer, et al.. (2007). Associations between insulin resistance and TNF-α in plasma, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue in humans with and without type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia. 50(12). 2562–2571. 125 indexed citations

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Rose, Adam J., Christa Broholm, Stephen G. FINN, et al.. (2005). Exercise rapidly increases eukaryotic elongation factor 2 phosphorylation in skeletal muscle of men. The Journal of Physiology. 569(1). 223–228. 76 indexed citations

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