Gina Z. Lu

2.4k citations

7 papers · 1.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 7

Co-authors: Mark P. Jedrychowski Lawrence Kazak Bruce M. Spiegelman Dina Laznik-Bogoslavski Brian K. Erickson Steve P. Gygi Ramalingam Vetrivelan Shingo Kajimura
Topics: Muscle metabolism and nutrition (7 papers)Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (6 papers)Exercise and Physiological Responses (3 papers)
Cited by: Physiology Rehabilitation Biochemistry
Journals: Nature Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Gina Z. Lu

7 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Creatine-Driven Substrate Cycle Enhances Energy Expenditure and Thermogenesis in Beige Fat

2015 571 citations Lawrence Kazak, Edward T. Chouchani et al. Cell profile →
Accumulation of succinate controls activation of adipose tissue thermogenesis

2018 376 citations Evanna L. Mills, Kerry A. Pierce et al. Nature profile →
Mitochondrial ROS regulate thermogenic energy expenditure and sulfenylation of UCP1

2016 364 citations Edward T. Chouchani, Lawrence Kazak et al. Nature profile →

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7 of 7 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Facultative protein selenation regulates redox sensitivity, adipose tissue thermogenesis, and obesity 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mark P. Jedrychowski,Gina Z. Lu,John Szpyt,Marco Mariotti,Ryan Garrity,João A. Paulo,Devin K. Schweppe,Dina Laznik-Bogoslavski,Lawrence Kazak,Michael P. Murphy,Vadim N. Gladyshev,Steven P. Gygi,Edward T. Chouchani,Bruce M. Spiegelman	31
2	Ablation of adipocyte creatine transport impairs thermogenesis and causes diet-induced obesity 2019 ·Nature Metabolism ·Lawrence Kazak,Janane F. Rahbani,Bożena Samborska,Gina Z. Lu,Mark P. Jedrychowski,Mathieu Lajoie,Song Zhang,LeeAnn Ramsay,Florence Y. Dou,Danielle Tenen,Edward T. Chouchani,Petras P. Dzeja,Ian R. Watson,Linus Tsai,Evan D. Rosen,Bruce M. Spiegelman	106
3	Accumulation of succinate controls activation of adipose tissue thermogenesisbreakdown → 2018 ·Nature ·Evanna L. Mills,Kerry A. Pierce,Mark P. Jedrychowski,Ryan Garrity,Sally Winther,Sara Vidoni,Takeshi Yoneshiro,Jessica B. Spinelli,Gina Z. Lu,Lawrence Kazak,Alexander S. Banks,Marcia C. Haigis,Shingo Kajimura,Michael P. Murphy,Steven P. Gygi,Clary B. Clish,Edward T. Chouchani	376
4	Genetic Depletion of Adipocyte Creatine Metabolism Inhibits Diet-Induced Thermogenesis and Drives Obesity 2017 ·Cell Metabolism ·Lawrence Kazak,Edward T. Chouchani,Gina Z. Lu,Mark P. Jedrychowski,Curtis J. Bare,Amir I. Mina,Manju Kumari,Song Zhang,Ivan Vučković,Dina Laznik-Bogoslavski,Petras P. Dzeja,Alexander S. Banks,Evan D. Rosen,Bruce M. Spiegelman	201
5	UCP1 deficiency causes brown fat respiratory chain depletion and sensitizes mitochondria to calcium overload-induced dysfunction 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lawrence Kazak,Edward T. Chouchani,Irina G. Stavrovskaya,Gina Z. Lu,Mark P. Jedrychowski,(unknown),Manju Kumari,Xingxing Kong,Brian K. Erickson,John Szpyt,Evan D. Rosen,Michael P. Murphy,Bruce S. Kristal,Steven P. Gygi,Bruce M. Spiegelman	131
6	Mitochondrial ROS regulate thermogenic energy expenditure and sulfenylation of UCP1breakdown → 2016 ·Nature ·Edward T. Chouchani,Lawrence Kazak,Mark P. Jedrychowski,Gina Z. Lu,Brian K. Erickson,John Szpyt,Kerry A. Pierce,Dina Laznik-Bogoslavski,Ramalingam Vetrivelan,Clary B. Clish,Alan J. Robinson,Steve P. Gygi,Bruce M. Spiegelman	364
7	A Creatine-Driven Substrate Cycle Enhances Energy Expenditure and Thermogenesis in Beige Fatbreakdown → 2015 ·Cell ·Lawrence Kazak,Edward T. Chouchani,Mark P. Jedrychowski,Brian K. Erickson,Kosaku Shinoda,Paul Cohen,Ramalingam Vetrivelan,Gina Z. Lu,Dina Laznik-Bogoslavski,Sebastian C. Hasenfuss,Shingo Kajimura,Steve P. Gygi,Bruce M. Spiegelman	571

About Gina Z. Lu

Gina Z. Lu is a scholar working on Rehabilitation, Cell Biology and Physiology, having authored 7 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Muscle metabolism and nutrition (7 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (6 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (1.4k citations), Rehabilitation (326 citations) and Biochemistry (200 citations). Gina Z. Lu has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Mark P. Jedrychowski, Lawrence Kazak, Bruce M. Spiegelman, Dina Laznik-Bogoslavski, Brian K. Erickson, Steve P. Gygi, Ramalingam Vetrivelan, Shingo Kajimura, Edward T. Chouchani and Edward T. Chouchani. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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