Logan K. Townsend

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Logan K. Townsend is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Logan K. Townsend has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Physiology, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Logan K. Townsend's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers), Exercise and Physiological Responses (9 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (9 papers). Logan K. Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers), Exercise and Physiological Responses (9 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (9 papers). Logan K. Townsend collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Denmark. Logan K. Townsend's co-authors include David C. Wright, Tom J. Hazell, Hashim Islam, Gregory R. Steinberg, Emily A. Day, Dongdong Wang, Sebastian B. Jørgensen, Djordje Djordjevic, Willem T. Peppler and Carly M. Knuth and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Endocrine Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Logan K. Townsend

46 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

GDF15: emerging biology and therapeutic applications for obesity and cardiometabolic disease

2021 296 citations Dongdong Wang, Emily A. Day et al. Nature Reviews Endocrinology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Logan K. Townsend Canada	25	924	399	268	263	248	49	1.6k
Nicholas P. Greene United States	25	1.9k 2.0×	1.8k 4.4×	143 0.5×	496 1.9×	174 0.7×	87	2.9k
Thorbjörn Åkerström Denmark	18	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 2.6×	58 0.2×	411 1.6×	247 1.0×	28	2.8k
Kate T. Murphy Australia	26	993 1.1×	1.2k 3.0×	128 0.5×	70 0.3×	322 1.3×	51	2.2k
Stine Maarbjerg Denmark	28	1.1k 1.2×	836 2.1×	113 0.4×	253 1.0×	75 0.3×	49	3.1k
Tomas Fritz Sweden	16	975 1.1×	1.2k 3.1×	32 0.1×	205 0.8×	142 0.6×	20	2.2k
Donovan L. Fogt United States	20	585 0.6×	330 0.8×	33 0.1×	71 0.3×	102 0.4×	35	1.3k
Christina Yfanti Greece	16	1.6k 1.7×	878 2.2×	32 0.1×	528 2.0×	170 0.7×	26	2.8k
Paulo R. Jannig Brazil	18	475 0.5×	588 1.5×	27 0.1×	139 0.5×	190 0.8×	27	1.3k
Donato A. Rivas United States	22	996 1.1×	706 1.8×	25 0.1×	181 0.7×	89 0.4×	50	1.6k
Jill M. Coenen-Schimke United States	10	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 2.9×	29 0.1×	194 0.7×	194 0.8×	11	2.1k

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Townsend, Logan K., et al.. (2026). AMPK at the interface of nutrient sensing, metabolic flux and energy homeostasis. Nature Metabolism. 8(1). 27–51.

Townsend, Logan K.. (2025). Peripheral adrenergic activity contributes to anxiety. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 22(3). 138–138.

Batchuluun, Battsetseg, Tinne Thoné, Julian M. Yabut, et al.. (2025). Inhibiting peripheral serotonin activates liver AMPK and reduces monocyte-derived macrophages and fibrosis. Cell Reports. 44(12). 116607–116607.

Townsend, Logan K., Greg L. McKie, Hashim Islam, et al.. (2024). Differential changes in appetite hormones post-prandially based on menstrual cycle phase and oral contraceptive use: A preliminary study. Appetite. 198. 107362–107362. 1 indexed citations

Townsend, Logan K., Dongdong Wang, David C. Wright, & Denis P. Blondin. (2023). Skeletal muscle, not adipose tissue, mediates cold-induced metabolic benefits. Nature Metabolism. 5(7). 1074–1077. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Dongdong, Junfeng Lu, Logan K. Townsend, et al.. (2023). Fatty Acids Increase GDF15 and Reduce Food Intake Through a GFRAL Signaling Axis. Diabetes. 73(1). 51–56. 11 indexed citations

Day, Emily A., Logan K. Townsend, Sonia Rehal, et al.. (2023). Macrophage AMPK β1 activation by PF-06409577 reduces the inflammatory response, cholesterol synthesis, and atherosclerosis in mice. iScience. 26(11). 108269–108269. 8 indexed citations

Desjardins, Eric M., Brennan K. Smith, Emily A. Day, et al.. (2022). The phosphorylation of AMPKβ1 is critical for increasing autophagy and maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis in response to fatty acids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(48). e2119824119–e2119824119. 29 indexed citations

Plomgaard, Peter, Jakob S. Hansen, Logan K. Townsend, et al.. (2022). GDF15 is an exercise-induced hepatokine regulated by glucagon and insulin in humans. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 1037948–1037948. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Dongdong, Emily A. Day, Logan K. Townsend, et al.. (2021). GDF15: emerging biology and therapeutic applications for obesity and cardiometabolic disease. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 17(10). 592–607. 296 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peppler, Willem T., Logan K. Townsend, & David C. Wright. (2020). Recent advances in the role of interleukin-6 in health and disease. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 52. 47–51. 14 indexed citations

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Townsend, Logan K., et al.. (2020). Epinephrine responsiveness is reduced in livers from trained mice. Physiological Reports. 8(3). e14370–e14370. 8 indexed citations

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Townsend, Logan K., Hesham Shamshoum, David M. Mutch, et al.. (2019). Exercise and Dairy Protein have Distinct Effects on Indices of Liver and Systemic Lipid Metabolism. Obesity. 28(1). 97–105. 7 indexed citations

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Medak, Kyle D., Logan K. Townsend, Margaret Hahn, & David C. Wright. (2019). Female mice are protected against acute olanzapine-induced hyperglycemia. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 110. 104413–104413. 16 indexed citations

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Townsend, Logan K., Kyle D. Medak, Willem T. Peppler, et al.. (2019). High-saturated-fat diet-induced obesity causes hepatic interleukin-6 resistance via endoplasmic reticulum stress. Journal of Lipid Research. 60(7). 1236–1249. 32 indexed citations

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Frendo‐Cumbo, Scott, Javier R. Jaldín‐Fincati, Étienne Coyaud, et al.. (2019). Deficiency of the autophagy gene ATG16L1 induces insulin resistance through KLHL9/KLHL13/CUL3-mediated IRS1 degradation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(44). 16172–16185. 31 indexed citations

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Townsend, Logan K. & David C. Wright. (2018). Looking on the “brite” side exercise-induced browning of white adipose tissue. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 471(3). 455–465. 32 indexed citations

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Townsend, Logan K., et al.. (2018). AICAR Prevents Acute Olanzapine-Induced Disturbances in Glucose Homeostasis. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 365(3). 526–535. 21 indexed citations

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Hazell, Tom J., et al.. (2017). Sex differences in the response of total PYY and GLP-1 to moderate-intensity continuous and sprint interval cycling exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 117(3). 431–440. 34 indexed citations

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Townsend, Logan K., et al.. (2017). Obesity exacerbates the acute metabolic side effects of olanzapine. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 88. 121–128. 41 indexed citations

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