Hui‐Chen Ku

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Hui‐Chen Ku is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hui‐Chen Ku has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Epidemiology, 7 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Hui‐Chen Ku's work include Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (10 papers), Tea Polyphenols and Effects (7 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers). Hui‐Chen Ku is often cited by papers focused on Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (10 papers), Tea Polyphenols and Effects (7 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers). Hui‐Chen Ku collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan and United States. Hui‐Chen Ku's co-authors include Ching‐Feng Cheng, Heng Lin, Shi-Wei Chao, Hsu‐Wen Chao, Hsin-Huei Chang, Chi-Wei Liu, Yung-Hsi Kao, Yung‐Hsi Kao, Li‐Jane Shih and Pei-Fang Hung and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology and American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Hui‐Chen Ku

20 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

PGC-1α as a Pivotal Factor in Lipid and Metabolic Regulation

2018 338 citations Ching‐Feng Cheng, Hui‐Chen Ku et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →
Master Regulator Activating Transcription Factor 3 (ATF3) in Metabolic Homeostasis and Cancer

2020 232 citations Hui‐Chen Ku, Ching‐Feng Cheng Frontiers in Endocrinology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hui‐Chen Ku

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hui‐Chen Ku. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hui‐Chen Ku based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hui‐Chen Ku. Hui‐Chen Ku is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A body shape index (ABSI) but not body mass index (BMI) is associated with prostate cancer‐specific mortality: Evidence from the US NHANES database 2024 ·The Prostate ·Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), (unknown)	9
2	Green Tea Epigallocatechin Gallate Inhibits Preadipocyte Growth via the microRNA‐let‐7a/HMGA2 Signaling Pathway 2023 ·Molecular Nutrition & Food Research ·Wenting Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yow‐Chii Kuo, (unknown), Yi Chen, Sy‐Jou Chen, (unknown), Ching‐Feng Cheng, Hui‐Chen Ku, Yung‐Hsi Kao	5
3	Green tea epigallocatechin gallate suppresses 3T3-L1 cell growth via microRNA-143/MAPK7 pathways 2022 ·Experimental Biology and Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wenting Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Yen‐Yue Lin, Yow‐Chii Kuo, (unknown), Ching‐Feng Cheng, Hui‐Chen Ku, Yung‐Hsi Kao	8
4	Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms by Which Endothelin-3 Stimulates Preadipocyte Growth 2021 ·Frontiers in Endocrinology ·(unknown), Li‐Jane Shih, Yen‐Yue Lin, (unknown), (unknown), Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), Po-Jen Hsiao, Yung-Hsi Kao	1
5	The potential of using itaconate as treatment for inflammation-related heart diseases 2021 ·Tzu Chi Medical Journal ·Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), Ching‐Feng Cheng	4
6	The ATF3 inducer protects against diet-induced obesity via suppressing adipocyte adipogenesis and promoting lipolysis and browning 2021 ·Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy ·Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), (unknown), Yung‐Hsi Kao, Ching‐Feng Cheng	13
7	Erythrocyte degradation, metabolism, secretion, and communication with immune cells in the blood during sepsis 2021 ·Tzu Chi Medical Journal ·(unknown), Ching‐Feng Cheng, Hao‐Ai Shui, Hui‐Chen Ku, Wen‐Lin Su	7
8	Master Regulator Activating Transcription Factor 3 (ATF3) in Metabolic Homeostasis and Cancer breakdown → 2020 ·Frontiers in Endocrinology ·Hui‐Chen Ku, Ching‐Feng Cheng	232
9	Homeostasis of Glucose and Lipid in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 2019 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Hsu‐Wen Chao, Shi-Wei Chao, Heng Lin, Hui‐Chen Ku, Ching‐Feng Cheng	134
10	Adipocyte browning and resistance to obesity in mice is induced by expression of ATF3 2019 ·Communications Biology ·Ching‐Feng Cheng, Hui‐Chen Ku, Jing‐Jy Cheng, Shi-Wei Chao, Hsiao‐Fen Li, Pei‐Fang Lai, Che‐Chang Chang, Ming-Jaw Don, Hsi-Hsien Chen, Heng Lin	48
11	PGC-1α as a Pivotal Factor in Lipid and Metabolic Regulation breakdown → 2018 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Ching‐Feng Cheng, Hui‐Chen Ku, Heng Lin	338
12	Green tea (−)-epigallocatechin gallate suppresses IGF-I and IGF-II stimulation of 3T3-L1 adipocyte glucose uptake via the glucose transporter 4, but not glucose transporter 1 pathway 2014 ·General and Comparative Endocrinology ·Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Li‐Jane Shih, Hsin-Huei Chang, Chi-Wei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Yung-Hsi Kao	16
13	The forkhead transcription factor FOXO1 stimulates the expression of the adipocyte resistin gene 2013 ·General and Comparative Endocrinology ·Chi-Wei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Low‐Tone Ho, Liang-Yi Wu, (unknown), Hui‐Chen Ku, Hsin-Huei Chang, Rong Huang, Yung-Hsi Kao	9
14	Cycloheximide stimulates suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 gene expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway 2012 ·Toxicology Letters ·Hsin-Huei Chang, (unknown), Chi-Wei Liu, Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), Yung-Hsi Kao	4
15	Green tea (–)‐epigallocatechin gallate inhibits IGF‐I and IGF‐IIstimulation of 3T3‐L1 preadipocyte mitogenesis via the 67‐kDa laminin receptor, but not AMP‐activated protein kinase pathway 2012 ·Molecular Nutrition & Food Research ·Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), (unknown), Chia‐Lin Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Li‐Jane Shih, Ching‐Ling Lin, Chih‐Ming Lin, Yung‐Hsi Kao	38
16	Green Tea Epigallocatechin Gallate Inhibits Insulin Stimulation of Adipocyte Glucose Uptake via the 67-Kilodalton Laminin Receptor and AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways 2010 ·Planta Medica ·(unknown), (unknown), Chi-Wei Liu, (unknown), Li‐Jane Shih, Low‐Tone Ho, Liang-Yi Wu, (unknown), (unknown), Hsin-Huei Chang, Hui‐Chen Ku, Yung-Hsi Kao	24
17	Green tea (−)-epigallocatechin gallate inhibits insulin stimulation of 3T3-L1 preadipocyte mitogenesis via the 67-kDa laminin receptor pathway 2009 ·American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology ·Hui‐Chen Ku, Hsin-Huei Chang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pei-Fang Hung, Chi-Wei Liu, Yung-Hsi Kao	52
18	Octylphenol stimulates resistin gene expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via the estrogen receptor and extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathways 2008 ·American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology ·(unknown), Heng Lin, Chi-Wei Liu, (unknown), Wei‐Ju Liao, Hsin-Huei Chang, Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), Wang-Hsien Ding, Yung-Hsi Kao	29
19	The effects of green tea (–)‐epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate on reactive oxygen species in 3T3‐L1 preadipocytes and adipocytes depend on the glutathione and 67 kDa laminin receptor pathways 2008 ·Molecular Nutrition & Food Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), Yung‐Hsi Kao	38
20	A preprogalanin cDNA from the turtle pituitary and regulation of its gene expression 2006 ·American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Hui‐Chen Ku, (unknown), Yung-Hsi Kao	3

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