Gregory R. Steinberg

31.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
246 papers, 23.5k citations indexed

About

Gregory R. Steinberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory R. Steinberg has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 23.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Molecular Biology, 128 papers in Physiology and 61 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Gregory R. Steinberg's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (112 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (109 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (51 papers). Gregory R. Steinberg is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (112 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (109 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (51 papers). Gregory R. Steinberg collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and United States. Gregory R. Steinberg's co-authors include Bruce E. Kemp, Sandra Galić, Rebecca J. Ford, Jonathan S. Oakhill, D. Grahame Hardie, Matthew J. Watt, Jonathan D. Schertzer, Emily A. Day, David Carling and Morgan D. Fullerton and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gregory R. Steinberg

244 papers receiving 23.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

AMPK in Health and Disease

2009 1.4k citations Gregory R. Steinberg, Bruce E. Kemp profile →
Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ

2009 1.3k citations Sandra Galić, Jonathan S. Oakhill et al. profile →
Energy-stress-mediated AMPK activation inhibits ferroptosis

2020 851 citations Gregory R. Steinberg et al. profile →
Interleukin-6 Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Disposal in Humans and Glucose Uptake and Fatty Acid Oxidation In Vitro via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

2006 679 citations Gregory R. Steinberg, Matthew J. Watt et al. profile →
Single phosphorylation sites in Acc1 and Acc2 regulate lipid homeostasis and the insulin-sensitizing effects of metformin

2013 671 citations Morgan D. Fullerton, Sandra Galić et al. profile →
The Ancient Drug Salicylate Directly Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

2012 590 citations Simon A. Hawley, Morgan D. Fullerton et al. Science profile →
New insights into activation and function of the AMPK

2022 537 citations Gregory R. Steinberg, D. Grahame Hardie profile →
AMP-activated protein kinase: the current landscape for drug development

2019 517 citations Gregory R. Steinberg et al. profile →
AMPK as a Therapeutic Target for Treating Metabolic Diseases

2017 502 citations Emily A. Day, Rebecca J. Ford et al. profile →
Treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: role of AMPK

2016 411 citations Brennan K. Smith, Eric M. Desjardins et al. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism profile →
Inhibiting peripheral serotonin synthesis reduces obesity and metabolic dysfunction by promoting brown adipose tissue thermogenesis

2014 379 citations Justin D. Crane, Rebecca J. Ford et al. profile →
The Na+/Glucose Cotransporter Inhibitor Canagliflozin Activates AMPK by Inhibiting Mitochondrial Function and Increasing Cellular AMP Levels

2016 314 citations Simon A. Hawley, Rebecca J. Ford et al. profile →
GDF15: emerging biology and therapeutic applications for obesity and cardiometabolic disease

2021 296 citations Emily A. Day, Logan K. Townsend et al. profile →
Emerging Roles for Serotonin in Regulating Metabolism: New Implications for an Ancient Molecule

2019 272 citations Justin D. Crane, Waliul I. Khan et al. profile →
Lipogenesis inhibitors: therapeutic opportunities and challenges

2022 244 citations Stephen L. Pinkosky, Gregory R. Steinberg et al. profile →
Integrative metabolism in MASLD and MASH: Pathophysiology and emerging mechanisms

2025 33 citations Gregory R. Steinberg, Matthew J. Watt et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Food supply toxicants and additives alter the gut microbiota and risk of metabolic disease 2025 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Nicole G. Barra, Han Fang, (unknown), André Schmidt, Saad A. Syed, Gregory R. Steinberg, Katherine M. Morrison, Michael G. Surette, Michael G. Wade, Alison C. Holloway, Jonathan D. Schertzer	2
2	Suppression of neuronal AMPKβ2 isoform impairs recognition memory and synaptic plasticity 2024 ·Neurobiology of Disease ·(unknown), Qian Yang, (unknown), Xueyan Zhou, (unknown), Bruce E. Kemp, Gregory R. Steinberg, Tao Ma	5
3	Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) predicts relapse free and overall survival in unresected locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy 2024 ·Radiation Oncology ·(unknown), Gregory R. Pond, (unknown), (unknown), Elham Ahmadi, (unknown), (unknown), Anand Swaminath, Gordon Okawara, Peter Ellis, Bassam Abdulkarim, (unknown), Andrew Robinson, Wilson Roa, Mario J. Valdés, Peter A. Kavsak, Marcin Wierzbicki, James Wright, Gregory R. Steinberg, Theodoros Tsakiridis	3
4	Canagliflozin mediates tumor suppression alone and in combination with radiotherapy in non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) through inhibition of HIF‐1α 2023 ·Molecular Oncology ·(unknown), Evangelia E. Tsakiridis, (unknown), Elham Ahmadi, Jianhan Wu, Simon Wang, (unknown), Kanwaldeep Singh, (unknown), Thomas J. Farrell, Bassam Abdulkarim, Ranjan Sur, Aruz Mesci, Peter Ellis, Tobias Berg, Jonathan L. Bramson, Paola Muti, Gregory R. Steinberg, Theodoros Tsakiridis	17
5	Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression Predicts Need for Early Treatment in Prostate Cancer Patients Managed with Active Surveillance 2023 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Elham Ahmadi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Brent E. Faught, Jean‐Claude Cutz, Monalisa Sur, (unknown), Gregory R. Pond, Gregory R. Steinberg, Ian H. Brown, Theodoros Tsakiridis	2
6	Characteristics of Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue, Metabolic Health and the Gut Microbiome in Adults 2023 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Mueez U-Din, (unknown), Saad A. Syed, (unknown), (unknown), Elizabeth Gunn, Michael G. Surette, Zubin Punthakee, Gregory R. Steinberg, Katherine M. Morrison	13
7	The phosphorylation of AMPKβ1 is critical for increasing autophagy and maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis in response to fatty acids 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Eric M. Desjardins, Brennan K. Smith, Emily A. Day, Serge Ducommun, Matthew J. Sanders, Joshua P. Nederveen, Rebecca J. Ford, Stephen L. Pinkosky, Logan K. Townsend, Robert M. Gutgesell, (unknown), Kei Sakamoto, Gregory R. Steinberg	29
8	Chronic exposure to synthetic food colorant Allura Red AC promotes susceptibility to experimental colitis via intestinal serotonin in mice 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Yun Han Kwon, Suhrid Banskota, Huaqing Wang, Laura Rossi, Jensine A. Grondin, Saad A. Syed, (unknown), Jonathan D. Schertzer, Katherine M. Morrison, Michael G. Wade, Alison C. Holloway, Michael G. Surette, Gregory R. Steinberg, Waliul I. Khan	48
9	Caffeine blocks SREBP2-induced hepatic PCSK9 expression to enhance LDLR-mediated cholesterol clearance 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Paul Lebeau, Jae Hyun Byun, Khrystyna Platko, (unknown), (unknown), Melissa E. MacDonald, Guillaume Paré, Gregory R. Steinberg, Luke J. Janssen, Suleiman A. Igdoura, Mark A. Tarnopolsky, (unknown), Nabil G. Seidah, Jakob Magolan, Richard C. Austin	64
10	Increased gut serotonin production in response to bisphenol A structural analogs may contribute to their obesogenic effects 2022 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Nicole G. Barra, Yun Han Kwon, Katherine M. Morrison, Gregory R. Steinberg, Michael G. Wade, Waliul I. Khan, Mathilakath M. Vijayan, Jonathan D. Schertzer, Alison C. Holloway	8
11	Long-chain fatty acyl-CoA esters regulate metabolism via allosteric control of AMPK β1 isoforms 2020 ·Nature Metabolism ·Stephen L. Pinkosky, John W. Scott, Eric M. Desjardins, Brennan K. Smith, Emily A. Day, Rebecca J. Ford, Christopher G. Langendorf, Naomi X.Y. Ling, Tracy L. Nero, Kim Loh, Sandra Galić, Ashfaqul Hoque, William J. Smiles, Kevin R. W. Ngoei, Michael W. Parker, Yan Yan, Karsten Melcher, Bruce E. Kemp, Jonathan S. Oakhill, Gregory R. Steinberg	101
12	The citrus flavonoid nobiletin confers protection from metabolic dysregulation in high-fat-fed mice independent of AMPK 2020 ·Journal of Lipid Research ·(unknown), Amy C. Burke, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Wang, Dawn E. Telford, Brian G. Sutherland, Conor O’Dwyer, Gregory R. Steinberg, Morgan D. Fullerton, Murray W. Huff	50
13	MRI Reveals Human Brown Adipose Tissue Is Rapidly Activated in Response to Cold 2019 ·Journal of the Endocrine Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Norman B. Konyer, Denis P. Blondin, Elizabeth Gunn, Nina Singh, Michael D. Noseworthy, François Haman, André C. Carpentier, Zubin Punthakee, Gregory R. Steinberg, Katherine M. Morrison	26
14	Scriptaid enhances skeletal muscle insulin action and cardiac function in obese mice 2017 ·Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism ·(unknown), Timothy Connor, Kylie Venardos, Darren C. Henstridge, Sheree D. Martin, (unknown), Shona Morrison, Kathryn Aston‐Mourney, Stefan M. Gehrig, (unknown), Gordon S. Lynch, Mark A. Febbraio, Gregory R. Steinberg, Mark Hargreaves, Ken Walder, Sean L. McGee	17
15	Controlling skeletal muscle CPT-I malonyl-CoA sensitivity: the importance of AMPK-independent regulation of intermediate filaments during exercise 2016 ·Biochemical Journal ·Paula M. Miotto, Gregory R. Steinberg, Graham P. Holloway	18
16	The Ancient Drug Salicylate Directly Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase breakdown → 2012 ·Science ·Simon A. Hawley, Morgan D. Fullerton, Fiona A. Ross, Jonathan D. Schertzer, Cyrille Chevtzoff, (unknown), Mark Peggie, Darya Zibrova, Kevin A. Green, Kirsty J. Mustard, Bruce E. Kemp, Kei Sakamoto, Gregory R. Steinberg, D. Grahame Hardie	590
17	AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) β1β2 muscle null mice reveal an essential role for AMPK in maintaining mitochondrial content and glucose uptake during exercise 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hayley M. O’Neill, Stine Maarbjerg, Justin D. Crane, Jacob Jeppesen, Sebastian B. Jørgensen, Jonathan D. Schertzer, (unknown), Bente Kiens, Bryce J. van Denderen, Mark A. Tarnopolsky, Bruce E. Kemp, Erik A. Richter, Gregory R. Steinberg	333
18	Whole Body Deletion of AMP-activated Protein Kinase β2 Reduces Muscle AMPK Activity and Exercise Capacity 2010 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Gregory R. Steinberg, Hayley M. O’Neill, Nicolas Dzamko, Sandra Galić, Timur Naim, René Koopman, Sebastian B. Jørgensen, Jane Honeyman, Kimberly Hewitt, Zhiping Chen, Jonathan D. Schertzer, John W. Scott, Frank Köentgen, Gordon S. Lynch, Matthew J. Watt, Bryce J. W. van Denderen, Duncan J. Campbell, Bruce E. Kemp	138
19	Skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction is regulated by nitric oxide and ROS independently of AMPK 2009 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Troy L. Merry, Gregory R. Steinberg, Gordon S. Lynch, Glenn K. McConell	103
20	Subcellular Localization of Cyclic AMP-Responsive Element Binding Protein-Regulated Transcription Coactivator 2 Provides a Link between Obesity and Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women 2009 ·Cancer Research ·Kristy A. Brown, Kerry J. McInnes, Nicole I. Hunger, Jonathan S. Oakhill, Gregory R. Steinberg, Evan R. Simpson	93

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