Kurt Højlund

15.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
214 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Kurt Højlund is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Højlund has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Physiology, 79 papers in Molecular Biology and 67 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Kurt Højlund's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (69 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (35 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (26 papers). Kurt Højlund is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (69 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (35 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (26 papers). Kurt Højlund collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Sweden and United Kingdom. Kurt Højlund's co-authors include Henning Beck‐Nielsen, Birgitte F. Vind, Pontus Boström, Saverio Cinti, Elisabeth A. Boström, Maria Cristina Zingaretti, Shingo Kajimura, Jonathan Z. Long, Kyle A. Rasbach and Mark P. Jedrychowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Højlund

204 papers receiving 11.3k citations

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A PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis

2012 3.7k citations Mark P. Jedrychowski, Jonathan Z. Long et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effect of acute exercise and exercise training on the ability of insulin to clear branched-chain amino acids from plasma in obesity and type 2 diabetes 2025 ·Diabetologia ·(unknown), Rasmus Kjøbsted, (unknown), (unknown), Andreas James Thestrup Pedersen, Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Kurt Højlund	0
2	Effects of seven days’ fasting on physical performance and metabolic adaptation during exercise in humans 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Kristoffer J. Kolnes, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Per Bendix Jeppesen, Øyvind Skattebo, (unknown), Jesper B. Birk, Kurt Højlund, Janne R. Hingst, Bjørn Steen Skålhegg, Rasmus Kjøbsted, Julian L. Griffin, Anders J. Kolnes, Stephen O’Rahilly, Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Jørgen Jensen	13
3	Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy According to Subtype of Type 2 Diabetes 2024 ·Diabetes ·(unknown), Lonny Stokholm, Nis Andersen, Jens Andresen, Toke Bek, Javad Nouri Hajari, Steffen Heegaard, Kurt Højlund, Ryo Kawasaki, Caroline Schmidt Laugesen, Sören Möller, (unknown), Jens Steen Nielsen, (unknown), Reimar W. Thomsen, (unknown), Jakob Grauslund	3
4	Once-weekly semaglutide doubles the five-year risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a Danish cohort of 424,152 persons with type 2 diabetes 2024 ·International Journal of Retina and Vitreous ·Jakob Grauslund, (unknown), (unknown), Ryo Kawasaki, Sören Möller, Kurt Højlund, Lonny Stokholm	29
5	1357-P: High Plasma Leptin Levels Are Associated with Low Birth Weight and Disease Severity in People with Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes 2024 ·Diabetes ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Charlotte Brøns, Verena Hirschberg, Torben Hansen, Niels Jessen, Peter Vestergaard, Jens Steen Nielsen, Kurt Højlund, (unknown), Reimar W. Thomsen, Allan Vaag	1
6	Rapid downregulation of DICER is a hallmark of adipose tissue upon high-fat diet feeding 2024 ·Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology ·Søren Madsen, A. Augusto Peluso, Caio Yogi Yonamine, Lars R. Ingerslev, Morten Dall, (unknown), Kaja Plucińska, Marta Pradas-Juni, (unknown), Alba González-Franquesa, Kurt Højlund, Jan‐Wilhelm Kornfeld, Brice Emanuelli, Sara G. Vienberg, Jonas T. Treebak	2
7	Lifetime and 10‐year cardiovascular risk prediction in individuals with type 1 diabetes: The LIFE‐T1D model 2024 ·Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism ·(unknown), Steven H J Hageman, Björn Eliasson, Naveed Sattar, Frank L.J. Visseren, Jannick A N Dorresteijn, Katie Harris, Sanne A. E. Peters, Mark Woodward, (unknown), Kurt Højlund, Jan Erik Henriksen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Erik H. Serné, Thomas T. van Sloten, Reimar W. Thomsen, Jan Westerink	4
8	Acute Exercise Increases GDF15 and Unfolded Protein Response/Integrated Stress Response in Muscle in Type 2 Diabetes 2024 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Rugivan Sabaratnam, Jonas M. Kristensen, Andreas James Thestrup Pedersen, Rikke Kruse, Aase Handberg, Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Kurt Højlund	8
9	A six-month low-carbohydrate diet high in fat does not adversely affect endothelial function or markers of low-grade inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes: an open-label randomized controlled trial 2023 ·Cardiovascular Diabetology ·Eva-Marie Gram-Kampmann, Thomas Bastholm Olesen, Camilla Dalby Hansen, (unknown), Jane Møller Jensen, Aase Handberg, Henning Beck‐Nielsen, Aleksander Krag, Michael Hecht Olsen, Kurt Højlund	10
10	The Rho guanine dissociation inhibitor α inhibits skeletal muscle Rac1 activity and insulin action 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lisbeth L. V. Møller, (unknown), Jonathan R. Davey, Steffen H. Raun, Nicoline R. Andersen, Jonathan Z. Long, Hongwei Qian, Jacob Jeppesen, Carlos Henríquez‐Olguín, (unknown), Thomas E. Jensen, Kurt Højlund, Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Joachim Nielsen, Tim Chiu, Mark P. Jedrychowski, Paul Gregorevic, Amira Klip, Erik A. Richter, Lykke Sylow	5
11	Gene–environment interactions in the associations of PFAS exposure with insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in a Faroese cohort followed from birth to adulthood 2023 ·Environmental Research ·Damaskini Valvi, David C. Christiani, Brent A. Coull, Kurt Højlund, Flemming Nielsen, Karine Audouze, Li Su, Pál Weihe, Philippe Grandjean	15
12	Low Bone Turnover Associates With Lower Insulin Sensitivity in Newly Diagnosed Drug-Naïve Persons With Type 2 Diabetes 2023 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·(unknown), (unknown), Kurt Højlund, Jens Steen Nielsen, Richard Eastell, Morten Frost	7
13	Long-Term Metabolic Outcomes after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM): Results from the Odense GDM Follow-Up Study (OGFUS) 2022 ·Journal of Diabetes Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marianne Andersen, (unknown), (unknown), Christina Anne Vinter, Kurt Højlund, Dorte Møller Jensen	5
14	Attendance in a national screening program for diabetic retinopathy: a population-based study of 205,970 patients 2022 ·Acta Diabetologica ·(unknown), Nis Andersen, Toke Bek, Steffen Heegaard, Javad Nouri Hajari, Caroline Schmidt Laugesen, Sören Möller, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ryo Kawasaki, Kurt Højlund, Katrine Hass Rubin, Lonny Stokholm, Jakob Grauslund	13
15	Life-course Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Relation to Markers of Glucose Homeostasis in Early Adulthood 2021 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Damaskini Valvi, Kurt Højlund, Brent A. Coull, Flemming Nielsen, Pál Weihe, Philippe Grandjean	27
16	Impact of Lean Body Mass and Insulin Sensitivity on the IGF-1–Bone Mass Axis in Adolescence: the EPICOM Study 2020 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Rikke Beck Jensen, (unknown), (unknown), Sine Knorr, Morten Frost Nielsen, Peter Oturai, Kurt Højlund, Peter Damm, Tine D. Clausen, Dorte Møller Jensen	5
17	Changes in Retinal Microvasculature Parameters after Low-Carbohydrate, High-Fat Diet in Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized-Controlled Trial of Danish Type 2 Diabetic Patients 2020 ·European Journal of Ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), Eva-Marie Gram-Kampmann, Michael Hecht Olsen, Kurt Højlund, Jakob Grauslund	1
18	Serum sclerostin and glucose homeostasis: No association in healthy men. Cross-sectional and prospective data from the EGIR-RISC study 2020 ·Bone ·(unknown), Anne Pernille Hermann, Thomas R. Konrad, Peter Wolf, Peter Nilsson, Rafael Gabriel Sánchez, Ele Ferrannini, Beverley Balkau, Kurt Højlund, Morten Frost	4
19	Acute Exercise Increases Plasma Levels of Muscle-Derived Microvesicles Carrying Fatty Acid Transport Proteins 2019 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Morten Hjuler Nielsen, Rugivan Sabaratnam, Andreas James Thestrup Pedersen, Kurt Højlund, Aase Handberg	25
20	Renal function markers and insulin sensitivity after 3 years in a healthy cohort, the EGIR-RISC study 2018 ·BMC Nephrology ·S. Siméon, Ziad A. Massy, Kurt Højlund, Katarina Lalić, Francesca Porcellati, (unknown), John R. Petrie, Gemma Currie, Beverley Balkau	1

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