Johan Ruud

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Johan Ruud is a scholar working on Physiology, Immunology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Ruud has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Physiology, 6 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Johan Ruud's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (4 papers). Johan Ruud is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (4 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (4 papers). Johan Ruud collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and United States. Johan Ruud's co-authors include Jens C. Brüning, Sophie M. Steculorum, Anders Blomqvist, A. Christine Hausen, Hella S. Brönneke, Andrea Mesaros, Tamara L. Allen, Sebastian Theurich, Joel Schmitz and F. Thomas Wunderlich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Johan Ruud

19 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Signaling by IL-6 promotes alternative activation of macrophages to limit endotoxemia and obesity-associated resistance to insulin

2014 573 citations Jan Mauer, Bhagirath Chaurasia et al. Nature Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johan Ruud Sweden	14	440	338	327	249	206	21	1.4k
Tsuyoshi Inoue Japan	25	193 0.4×	924 2.7×	321 1.0×	206 0.8×	258 1.3×	76	2.4k
Enrique Leo Portiansky Argentina	25	256 0.6×	731 2.2×	171 0.5×	78 0.3×	183 0.9×	132	1.9k
Mark Bryant United States	16	617 1.4×	443 1.3×	132 0.4×	144 0.6×	142 0.7×	26	1.6k
Xinxia Zhu United States	28	1.0k 2.3×	879 2.6×	398 1.2×	354 1.4×	533 2.6×	73	2.5k
Hironori Ueda Japan	22	319 0.7×	384 1.1×	197 0.6×	122 0.5×	102 0.5×	86	1.6k
Philippe Le Rouzic France	23	157 0.4×	370 1.1×	228 0.7×	78 0.3×	197 1.0×	28	1.4k
Fang Hu China	25	571 1.3×	531 1.6×	95 0.3×	314 1.3×	110 0.5×	72	1.8k
Charlie S. Thompson Canada	28	190 0.4×	1.1k 3.1×	175 0.5×	198 0.8×	148 0.7×	45	2.4k
Ching‐Wei Luo Taiwan	18	526 1.2×	656 1.9×	158 0.5×	127 0.5×	714 3.5×	37	2.1k
Andrea Mesaros Germany	11	470 1.1×	371 1.1×	256 0.8×	293 1.2×	325 1.6×	17	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johan Ruud

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Fritz, Michael, Priscila B. Rosa, Daniel Wilhelms, et al.. (2025). Nicotinic α7 receptors on cholinergic neurons in the striatum mediate cocaine-reinforcement, but not food reward. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 17. 1418686–1418686.

Cansby, Emmelie, Jingjing Zhang, Sheri Booten, et al.. (2025). Inhibition of GCKIII kinases STK25 and MST3 mitigates organ lipotoxicity and enhances metabolic resilience under nutritional stress. BMC Medicine. 23(1). 518–518.

Ruud, Johan, et al.. (2025). Semaglutide effects on energy balance are mediated by Adcyap1+ neurons in the dorsal vagal complex. Cell Metabolism. 37(7). 1530–1546.e6. 3 indexed citations

Engström, Linda, Lara Kern, Louise Mannerås-Holm, et al.. (2024). Activation of GFRAL+ neurons induces hypothermia and glucoregulatory responses associated with nausea and torpor. Cell Reports. 43(4). 113960–113960. 13 indexed citations

Hägg, Daniel, Björn Meister, Vilborg Pálsdóttir, et al.. (2023). Reduction of body weight by increased loading is associated with activation of norepinephrine neurones in the medial nucleus of the solitary tract. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 35(12). e13352–e13352. 4 indexed citations

Ruud, Johan, Jens Alber, Anna Tokarska, et al.. (2019). The Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Protein (FTO) Regulates Locomotor Responses to Novelty via D2R Medium Spiny Neurons. Cell Reports. 27(11). 3182–3198.e9. 25 indexed citations

Ruud, Johan, Sophie M. Steculorum, & Jens C. Brüning. (2017). Neuronal control of peripheral insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15259–15259. 160 indexed citations

Borner, Tito, Myrtha Arnold, Johan Ruud, et al.. (2016). Anorexia‐cachexia syndrome in hepatoma tumour‐bearing rats requires the area postrema but not vagal afferents and is paralleled by increased MIC‐1/GDF15. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 8(3). 417–427. 36 indexed citations

Hausen, A. Christine, Johan Ruud, Hong Jiang, et al.. (2016). Insulin-Dependent Activation of MCH Neurons Impairs Locomotor Activity and Insulin Sensitivity in Obesity. Cell Reports. 17(10). 2512–2521. 51 indexed citations

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Mauer, Jan, Bhagirath Chaurasia, Merly C. Vogt, et al.. (2014). Signaling by IL-6 promotes alternative activation of macrophages to limit endotoxemia and obesity-associated resistance to insulin. Nature Immunology. 15(5). 423–430. 573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ruud, Johan, Anna Nilsson, Linda Engström, et al.. (2013). Cancer-induced anorexia in tumor-bearing mice is dependent on cyclooxygenase-1. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 29. 124–135. 21 indexed citations

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Eskilsson, Anna, Unn Kugelberg, Johan Ruud, et al.. (2013). Interleukin-6 primarily produced by non-hematopoietic cells mediates the lipopolysaccharide-induced febrile response. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 33. 123–130. 16 indexed citations

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Engström, Linda, Johan Ruud, Anna Eskilsson, et al.. (2012). Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Fever Depends on Prostaglandin E2 Production Specifically in Brain Endothelial Cells. Endocrinology. 153(10). 4849–4861. 90 indexed citations

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Ruud, Johan, Fredrik Bäckhed, David Engblom, & Anders Blomqvist. (2010). Deletion of the gene encoding MyD88 protects from anorexia in a mouse tumor model. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 24(4). 554–557. 12 indexed citations

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Alkhori, Liza, et al.. (2010). Long-term treatment with antidepressants, but not environmental stimulation, induces expression of NP2 mRNA in hippocampus and medial habenula. Brain Research. 1328. 25–33. 9 indexed citations

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Elander, Louise, Linda Engström, Johan Ruud, et al.. (2009). Inducible Prostaglandin E₂Synthesis Interacts in a Temporally Supplementary Sequence with Constitutive Prostaglandin-Synthesizing Enzymes in Creating the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Response to Immune Challenge. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(5). 1404–1413. 41 indexed citations

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Ruud, Johan, et al.. (2009). Neuron survival in vitro is more influenced by the developmental age of the cells than by glucose condition. Cytotechnology. 61(1-2). 73–79. 4 indexed citations

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Elander, Louise, Johan Ruud, Marina Korotkova, Per‐Johan Jakobsson, & Anders Blomqvist. (2009). Cyclooxygenase-1 mediates the immediate corticosterone response to peripheral immune challenge induced by lipopolysaccharide. Neuroscience Letters. 470(1). 10–12. 17 indexed citations

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Ruud, Johan & Anders Blomqvist. (2007). Identification of rat brainstem neuronal structures activated during cancer‐induced anorexia. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 504(3). 275–286. 32 indexed citations

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Ruud, Johan. (1954). Vertebrates without Erythrocytes and Blood Pigment. Nature. 173(4410). 848–850. 284 indexed citations

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