Kathleen G. Mountjoy

8.8k citations

69 papers · 7.0k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 31

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.05%
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity 45
Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.05%
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques 42
Cell Biology top 0.5%
- melanin and skin pigmentation 23
Behavioral Neuroscience top 2%
Physiology top 1%
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 11
Epidemiology
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases 6
Molecular Biology
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer 5
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling 4
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors 4

Co-authors: Roger D. Cone Marty Mortrud Linda S. Robbins Malcolm J. Low Richard B. Simerly Joel K. Elmquist Carl Aschkenasi Toshiro Kishi
Cited by: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Nutrition and Dietetics Cell Biology
Journals: Science (1 paper)Cell (1 paper)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 paper)
Partner nations: New Zealand United States Australia

In The Last Decade

Kathleen G. Mountjoy

67 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

2005 Cell
1994 Molecular Endocrinology
1994 Molecular Endocrinology
1993 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 Science

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1	Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone contributes to an anti-inflammatory response to lipopolysaccharide Molecular Metabolism ·Robert P. Reynolds,Ran Fan,Aurora Tinajero,Xin Luo,Sarah C. Huen,Teppei Fujikawa,Seunghyung Lee,Andrew Lemoff,Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Joel K. Elmquist	2024	2
2	Central administration of β-MSH reduces body weight in obese male Pomctm1/tm1 mice Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects ·Avik Shome,Ailsa L. McGregor,Alana Cavadino,Kathleen G. Mountjoy	2020	1
3	Desacetyl-α-melanocyte stimulating hormone and α-melanocyte stimulating hormone are required to regulate energy balance Molecular Metabolism ·Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Alexandre Caron,Kristina Hubbard,Avik Shome,Angus C. Grey,Bo Sun,Sarah Bould,Martin Middleditch,Beau Pontré,Ailsa L. McGregor,Paul W. R. Harris,Renata Kowalczyk,Margaret A. Brimble,Rikus Botha,Karen Tan,Sarah Piper,Christina M. Buchanan,Syann Lee,Anthony P. Coll,Joel K. Elmquist	2017	20
4	hMRAPα, but Not hMRAP2, Enhances hMC4R Constitutive Activity in HEK293 Cells and This Is Not Dependent on hMRAPα Induced Changes in hMC4R Complex N-linked Glycosylation PLoS ONE ·Emma Kay,Rikus Botha,Johanna M. Montgomery,Kathleen G. Mountjoy	2015	9
5	Weight loss effects of quaternary salts of 5-amino-1-(chloromethyl)-1,2-dihydro-3H-benz[e]indoles; structure–activity relationships Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·Moana Tercel,Ralph J. Stevenson,Guo‐Liang Lu,Stephen M. Stribbling,William R. Wilson,Michele A. Tatnell,Rebecca Marnane,Kathleen G. Mountjoy,William A. Denny	2011	3
6	Distribution and Function of Melanocortin Receptors within the Brain Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Kathleen G. Mountjoy	2010	92
7	Peripherally administered desacetyl α-MSH and α-MSH both influence postnatal rat growth and associated rat hypothalamic protein expression American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Chia‐Shan Wu,David Greenwood,Janine M. Cooney,Dwayne J. Jensen,Michele A. Tatnell,Garth J. S. Cooper,Kathleen G. Mountjoy	2006	2
8	Divergence of Melanocortin Pathways in the Control of Food Intake and Energy Expenditurebreakdown → Cell ·Nina Balthasar,Louise T. Dalgaard,Charlotte E. Lee,Jia Yu,Hisayuki Funahashi,Todd Williams,Manuel A. R. Ferreira,Vinsee Tang,Robert A. McGovern,Christopher D. Kenny,Lauryn M. Christiansen,E. Edelstein,Brian Choi,Olivier Boss,Carl Aschkenasi,Chen-Yu Zhang,Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Toshiro Kishi,Joel K. Elmquist,Bradford B. Lowell	2005	868
9	Evidence for direct actions of melanocortin peptides on bone metabolism Peptides ·Laurence M. Dumont,Chia‐Shan Wu,Michele A. Tatnell,Jillian Cornish,Kathleen G. Mountjoy	2005	23
10	Expression of melanocortin 4 receptor mRNA in the central nervous system of the rat The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Toshiro Kishi,Carl Aschkenasi,Charlotte E. Lee,Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Clifford B. Saper,Joel K. Elmquist	2003	469
11	α‐MSH and Desacetyl‐α‐MSH Signaling through Melanocortin Receptors Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Chia‐Shan Wu,Jillian Cornish,Karen E. Callon	2003	22
12	Melanocortin-3 receptor gene variants in a Maori kindred with obesity and early onset type 2 diabetes Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice ·Jencia Wong,Donald R. Love,Cam Kyle,A. Daniels,Marie White,Alistair W. Stewart,Audrey H. Schnell,Robert C. Elston,I. M. Holdaway,Kathleen G. Mountjoy	2002	32
13	Long-term alterations in body weight do not affect the expression of melanocortin receptor-3 and -4 mRNA in the ovine hypothalamus Neuroscience ·Jahangir Iqbal,S. Pompolo,Laurence M. Dumont,Chia‐Shan Wu,Kathleen G. Mountjoy,B.A Henry,Iain J. Clarke	2001	24
14	Agouti Antagonism of Melanocortin-4 Receptor: Greater Effect with Desacetyl- -Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone (MSH) than with -MSH Endocrinology ·Kathleen G. Mountjoy	1999	11
15	Thalidomide increases both intra-tumoural tumour necrosis factor-α production and anti-tumour activity in response to 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid British Journal of Cancer ·Zhiyun Cao,Wayne R. Joseph,Walter Browne,Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Brian D. Palmer,Bruce C. Baguley,L‐M Ching	1999	38
16	Obesity, Diabetes and Functions for Proopiomelanocortin-derived Peptides Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology ·Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Jencia Wong	1997	122
17	ACTH induces up-regulation of ACTH receptor mRNA in mouse and human adrenocortical cell lines Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology ·Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Ian M. Bird,William E. Rainey,Roger D. Cone	1994	139
18	Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Family of Receptors for the Melanotropic Peptides Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Roger D. Cone,Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Linda S. Robbins,Joseph H. Nadeau,Kenneth R. Johnson,Linda Roselli-Rehfuss,Marty Mortrud	1993	112
19	Loss of insulin binding and insulin receptor mRNA in a transformed human fetal fibroblast cell line Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Kathleen G. Mountjoy,David E. Moller,J S Flier,I. M. Holdaway	1990	4
20	Effects of metformin and glibenclamide on insulin receptors in fibroblasts and tumor cells in vitro Journal of Endocrinological Investigation ·Kathleen G. Mountjoy,Graeme J. Finlay,I.M. Holdaway	1987	2

About Kathleen G. Mountjoy

Kathleen G. Mountjoy is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics and Cell Biology, having authored 69 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (45 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (42 papers), melanin and skin pigmentation (23 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (6 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (4 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (4.9k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (4.1k citations) and Cell Biology (1.9k citations). Kathleen G. Mountjoy has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Roger D. Cone, Marty Mortrud, Linda S. Robbins, Malcolm J. Low, Richard B. Simerly, Joel K. Elmquist, Carl Aschkenasi, Toshiro Kishi, Charlotte E. Lee and Jeffrey B. Tatro. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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