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

AMPK in Health and Disease 2006 2026 2012 2019 2009 2009 2020 2006 2013 400 800 1.2k
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. AMPK in Health and Disease
    2009 1.4k citations Gregory R. Steinberg, Bruce E. Kemp profile →
  2. Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ
    2009 1.3k citations Sandra Galić, Jonathan S. Oakhill et al. profile →
  3. Energy-stress-mediated AMPK activation inhibits ferroptosis
    2020 851 citations Gregory R. Steinberg et al. profile →
  4. 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, Bruce E. Kemp et al. Diabetes profile →
  5. 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 →
  6. The Ancient Drug Salicylate Directly Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
    2012 590 citations Simon A. Hawley, Morgan D. Fullerton et al. Science profile →
  7. New insights into activation and function of the AMPK
    2022 537 citations Gregory R. Steinberg, D. Grahame Hardie profile →
  8. AMP-activated protein kinase: the current landscape for drug development
    2019 517 citations Gregory R. Steinberg et al. profile →
  9. AMPK as a Therapeutic Target for Treating Metabolic Diseases
    2017 502 citations Emily A. Day, Rebecca J. Ford et al. profile →
  10. 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 →
  11. 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 →
  12. 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. Diabetes profile →
  13. GDF15: emerging biology and therapeutic applications for obesity and cardiometabolic disease
    2021 296 citations Emily A. Day, Logan K. Townsend et al. profile →
  14. 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 →
  15. Lipogenesis inhibitors: therapeutic opportunities and challenges
    2022 244 citations Stephen L. Pinkosky, Gregory R. Steinberg et al. profile →
  16. Integrative metabolism in MASLD and MASH: Pathophysiology and emerging mechanisms
    2025 33 citations Gregory R. Steinberg et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gregory R. Steinberg 12.3k 8.8k 6.2k 4.7k 3.3k 246 23.5k
Jason K. Kim 13.5k 1.1× 9.4k 1.1× 6.6k 1.1× 3.6k 0.8× 3.7k 1.1× 197 25.4k
Kristina Schoonjans 16.6k 1.3× 8.2k 0.9× 6.9k 1.1× 7.6k 1.6× 3.8k 1.1× 203 32.8k
Hubert Vidal 11.4k 0.9× 10.5k 1.2× 6.2k 1.0× 2.6k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 346 25.3k
José Manuel Fernández‐Real 9.0k 0.7× 8.5k 1.0× 7.3k 1.2× 3.5k 0.8× 3.9k 1.2× 501 26.6k
Kohjiro Ueki 10.0k 0.8× 6.8k 0.8× 7.2k 1.2× 3.9k 0.8× 4.8k 1.4× 240 22.6k
Fabienne Foufelle 10.8k 0.9× 6.5k 0.7× 6.7k 1.1× 5.7k 1.2× 3.5k 1.0× 135 20.9k
Clay F. Semenkovich 13.0k 1.1× 8.7k 1.0× 4.0k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 3.3k 1.0× 189 22.3k
Antonio Vidal‐Puig 12.2k 1.0× 12.8k 1.5× 7.4k 1.2× 2.6k 0.5× 2.5k 0.8× 313 26.0k
Rudolf Zechner 10.3k 0.8× 11.2k 1.3× 4.8k 0.8× 4.6k 1.0× 3.0k 0.9× 248 26.0k
David E. Moller 17.1k 1.4× 6.9k 0.8× 4.5k 0.7× 5.3k 1.1× 5.8k 1.7× 169 26.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pond, Gregory R., Elham Ahmadi, Anand Swaminath, et al.. (2024). Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) predicts relapse free and overall survival in unresected locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy. Radiation Oncology. 19(1). 155–155. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Qian, et al.. (2024). Suppression of neuronal AMPKβ2 isoform impairs recognition memory and synaptic plasticity. Neurobiology of Disease. 201. 106664–106664. 5 indexed citations
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Tsakiridis, Evangelia E., Elham Ahmadi, Jianhan Wu, et al.. (2023). Canagliflozin mediates tumor suppression alone and in combination with radiotherapy in non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) through inhibition of HIF‐1α. Molecular Oncology. 17(11). 2235–2256. 17 indexed citations
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Ahmadi, Elham, Brent E. Faught, Jean‐Claude Cutz, et al.. (2023). Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression Predicts Need for Early Treatment in Prostate Cancer Patients Managed with Active Surveillance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(22). 16022–16022. 2 indexed citations
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U-Din, Mueez, Saad A. Syed, Elizabeth Gunn, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of Abdominal Visceral Adipose Tissue, Metabolic Health and the Gut Microbiome in Adults. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(3). 680–690. 13 indexed citations
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Blondin, Denis P., Elizabeth Gunn, Norman B. Konyer, et al.. (2022). Impaired Cold-Stimulated Supraclavicular Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Young Boys With Obesity. Diabetes. 71(6). 1193–1204. 7 indexed citations
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Lebeau, Paul, Jae Hyun Byun, Khrystyna Platko, et al.. (2022). Caffeine blocks SREBP2-induced hepatic PCSK9 expression to enhance LDLR-mediated cholesterol clearance. Nature Communications. 13(1). 770–770. 64 indexed citations
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Kwon, Yun Han, Suhrid Banskota, Huaqing Wang, et al.. (2022). Chronic exposure to synthetic food colorant Allura Red AC promotes susceptibility to experimental colitis via intestinal serotonin in mice. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7617–7617. 48 indexed citations
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Barra, Nicole G., Yun Han Kwon, Katherine M. Morrison, et al.. (2022). Increased gut serotonin production in response to bisphenol A structural analogs may contribute to their obesogenic effects. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 323(1). E80–E091. 8 indexed citations
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Desjardins, Eric M., Brennan K. Smith, Emily A. Day, et al.. (2022). The phosphorylation of AMPKβ1 is critical for increasing autophagy and maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis in response to fatty acids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(48). e2119824119–e2119824119. 29 indexed citations
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Day, Emily A., Rebecca J. Ford, Brennan K. Smith, et al.. (2021). Salsalate reduces atherosclerosis through AMPKβ1 in mice. Molecular Metabolism. 53. 101321–101321. 13 indexed citations
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Burke, Amy C., Andrew Wang, Dawn E. Telford, et al.. (2020). The citrus flavonoid nobiletin confers protection from metabolic dysregulation in high-fat-fed mice independent of AMPK. Journal of Lipid Research. 61(3). 387–402. 50 indexed citations
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Pinkosky, Stephen L., John W. Scott, Eric M. Desjardins, et al.. (2020). Long-chain fatty acyl-CoA esters regulate metabolism via allosteric control of AMPK β1 isoforms. Nature Metabolism. 2(9). 873–881. 101 indexed citations
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Konyer, Norman B., Denis P. Blondin, Elizabeth Gunn, et al.. (2019). MRI Reveals Human Brown Adipose Tissue Is Rapidly Activated in Response to Cold. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 3(12). 2374–2384. 26 indexed citations
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Connor, Timothy, Kylie Venardos, Darren C. Henstridge, et al.. (2017). Scriptaid enhances skeletal muscle insulin action and cardiac function in obese mice. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 19(7). 936–943. 17 indexed citations
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Miotto, Paula M., Gregory R. Steinberg, & Graham P. Holloway. (2016). Controlling skeletal muscle CPT-I malonyl-CoA sensitivity: the importance of AMPK-independent regulation of intermediate filaments during exercise. Biochemical Journal. 474(4). 557–569. 18 indexed citations
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Hawley, Simon A., Morgan D. Fullerton, Fiona A. Ross, et al.. (2012). The Ancient Drug Salicylate Directly Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. Science. 336(6083). 918–922. 590 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Neill, Hayley M., Stine Maarbjerg, Justin D. Crane, et al.. (2011). AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) β1β2 muscle null mice reveal an essential role for AMPK in maintaining mitochondrial content and glucose uptake during exercise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(38). 16092–16097. 333 indexed citations
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Brown, Kristy A., Kerry J. McInnes, Nicole I. Hunger, et al.. (2009). Subcellular Localization of Cyclic AMP-Responsive Element Binding Protein-Regulated Transcription Coactivator 2 Provides a Link between Obesity and Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Research. 69(13). 5392–5399. 93 indexed citations
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Merry, Troy L., Gregory R. Steinberg, Gordon S. Lynch, & Glenn K. McConell. (2009). Skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction is regulated by nitric oxide and ROS independently of AMPK. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 298(3). E577–E585. 103 indexed citations

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