Joan Villarroya

12.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Joan Villarroya is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan Villarroya has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Physiology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Joan Villarroya's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (32 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (12 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (12 papers). Joan Villarroya is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (32 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (12 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (12 papers). Joan Villarroya collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Belgium. Joan Villarroya's co-authors include Francesc Villarroya, Marta Giralt, Rubén Cereijo, Aleix Gavaldà‐Navarro, Montserrat Cairó, Marion Peyrou, José M. Gallego‐Escuredo, Peré Domingo, Tania Quesada‐López and Joan Carles Domingo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Cell Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Joan Villarroya

65 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Brown adipose tissue as a secretory organ

2016 508 citations Francesc Villarroya, Rubén Cereijo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joan Villarroya Spain	25	1.7k	1.2k	718	487	320	65	2.8k
Sun Young Park South Korea	8	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	623 0.9×	366 0.8×	80 0.3×	14	2.7k
Marie‐Noëlle Dieudonné France	26	774 0.5×	922 0.8×	511 0.7×	138 0.3×	23 0.1×	56	2.7k
Sandrine Javorschi France	12	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	574 0.8×	486 1.0×	91 0.3×	16	2.6k
Bolormaa Vandanmagsar United States	20	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 2.4×	315 0.6×	79 0.2×	30	3.7k
Fabienne Burger Switzerland	28	333 0.2×	530 0.4×	773 1.1×	361 0.7×	21 0.1×	54	3.0k
Rubén Cereijo Spain	21	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	507 0.7×	481 1.0×	328 1.0×	44	2.3k
Huaizhu Wu United States	27	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	653 0.9×	383 0.8×	94 0.3×	54	3.1k
Kosaku Okubo Japan	6	2.0k 1.1×	3.1k 2.5×	705 1.0×	986 2.0×	120 0.4×	6	4.2k
Ulrike Lössner Germany	37	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	565 1.2×	101 0.3×	81	3.7k
Kenji Matsubara Japan	14	2.0k 1.2×	3.1k 2.6×	964 1.3×	1.0k 2.1×	123 0.4×	24	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joan Villarroya

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Rodríguez‐Rodríguez, Rosalía, David Aguilar-Recarte, Joan Villarroya, et al.. (2024). SIRT1 regulates hepatic vldlr levels. Cell Communication and Signaling. 22(1). 297–297. 4 indexed citations

Cairó, Montserrat, et al.. (2023). Parkin depletion prevents the age-related alterations in the FGF21 system and the decline in white adipose tissue thermogenic function in mice. Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry. 80(1). 41–51. 2 indexed citations

Peyrou, Marion, Aleix Gavaldà‐Navarro, Joan Villarroya, et al.. (2023). Adipose tissue plasticity in pheochromocytoma patients suggests a role of the splicing machinery in human adipose browning. iScience. 26(6). 106847–106847. 3 indexed citations

Domingo, Peré, Marta Giralt, Aleix Gavaldà‐Navarro, et al.. (2022). Adipose tissue aging partially accounts for fat alterations in HIV lipodystrophy. Adipocyte. 11(1). 143–152. 2 indexed citations

Domingo, Peré, María Gracia Mateo, Joan Villarroya, et al.. (2022). Increased Circulating Levels of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Association with Metabolic Disorders in People Living with HIV Receiving Combined Antiretroviral Therapy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(3). 549–549. 5 indexed citations

González-Sánchez, Laura, Alberto López‐Lera, Emilia Arjona, et al.. (2021). Complement Factor D (adipsin) Levels Are Elevated in Acquired Partial Lipodystrophy (Barraquer–Simons syndrome). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(12). 6608–6608. 12 indexed citations

Zegher, Francis de, Marta Díaz, Joan Villarroya, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: The relative deficit of GDF15 in adolescent girls with PCOS can be changed into an abundance that reduces liver fat. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 20412–20412. 1 indexed citations

Díaz, Marta, et al.. (2021). Circulating diazepam‐binding inhibitor in infancy: Relation to markers of adiposity and metabolic health. Pediatric Obesity. 16(11). e12802–e12802. 3 indexed citations

Cairó, Montserrat, Laura Campderrós, Aleix Gavaldà‐Navarro, et al.. (2019). Parkin controls brown adipose tissue plasticity in response to adaptive thermogenesis. EMBO Reports. 20(5). 27 indexed citations

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Moure, Ricardo, Peré Domingo, Joan Villarroya, et al.. (2018). Reciprocal Effects of Antiretroviral Drugs Used To Treat HIV Infection on the Fibroblast Growth Factor 21/β-Klotho System. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 62(6). 10 indexed citations

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Cereijo, Rubén, Aleix Gavaldà‐Navarro, Montserrat Cairó, et al.. (2018). CXCL14, a Brown Adipokine that Mediates Brown-Fat-to-Macrophage Communication in Thermogenic Adaptation. Cell Metabolism. 28(5). 750–763.e6. 179 indexed citations

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Rupérez, Celia, Carles Lerín, Montserrat Cairó, et al.. (2018). Autophagic control of cardiac steatosis through FGF21 in obesity-associated cardiomyopathy. International Journal of Cardiology. 260. 163–170. 38 indexed citations

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Villarroya, Francesc, Aleix Gavaldà‐Navarro, Marion Peyrou, Joan Villarroya, & Marta Giralt. (2018). Brown Adipokines. Handbook of experimental pharmacology. 251. 239–256. 13 indexed citations

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Malpique, Rita, José M. Gallego‐Escuredo, Giorgia Sebastiani, et al.. (2018). Brown adipose tissue in prepubertal children: associations with sex, birthweight, and metabolic profile. International Journal of Obesity. 43(2). 384–391. 26 indexed citations

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Gallego‐Escuredo, José M., Joan Villarroya, Joan Carles Domingo, et al.. (2017). High FGF21 levels are associated with altered bone homeostasis in HIV-1-infected patients. Metabolism. 71. 163–170. 14 indexed citations

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Moure, Ricardo, Peré Domingo, José M. Gallego‐Escuredo, et al.. (2016). Impact of elvitegravir on human adipocytes: Alterations in differentiation, gene expression and release of adipokines and cytokines. Antiviral Research. 132. 59–65. 46 indexed citations

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Villarroya, Joan, Ibon Redondo‐Angulo, Roser Iglesias, et al.. (2015). Sirt1 mediates the effects of a short-term high-fat diet on the heart. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 26(11). 1328–1337. 12 indexed citations

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Domingo, Peré, María del Mar Gutiérrez, José M. Gallego‐Escuredo, et al.. (2014). A 48-Week Study of Fat Molecular Alterations in HIV Naive Patients Starting Tenofovir/Emtricitabine With Lopinavir/Ritonavir or Efavirenz. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 66(5). 457–465. 14 indexed citations

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Villarroya, Joan, Marta Giralt, & Francesc Villarroya. (2009). Mitochondrial DNA: An Up‐and‐coming Actor in White Adipose Tissue Pathophysiology. Obesity. 17(10). 1814–1820. 30 indexed citations

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Vilà, Maya R., Joan Villarroya, Elena García‐Arumí, et al.. (2007). Selective muscle fiber loss and molecular compensation in mitochondrial myopathy due to TK2 deficiency. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 267(1-2). 137–141. 16 indexed citations

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