Luke Norton

4.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
54 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Luke Norton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Luke Norton has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 20 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Luke Norton's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (23 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (15 papers). Luke Norton is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (23 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (15 papers). Luke Norton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Finland. Luke Norton's co-authors include Muhammad Abdul‐Ghani, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Giuseppe Daniele, Carolina Solis‐Herrera, Devjit Tripathy, Chris E. Shannon, Aurora Merovci, Juan Xiong and Roy Eldor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Luke Norton

52 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Dapagliflozin improves muscle insulin sensitivity but enhances endogenous glucose production

2014 635 citations Aurora Merovci, Roy Eldor et al. profile →
Renal, metabolic and cardiovascular considerations of SGLT2 inhibition

2016 414 citations Ralph A. DeFronzo, Luke Norton et al. profile →
Role of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT 2) Inhibitors in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

2011 352 citations Muhammad Abdul‐Ghani, Luke Norton et al. profile →
Insulin: The master regulator of glucose metabolism

2022 184 citations Luke Norton, Chris E. Shannon et al. Metabolism profile →

Peers

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Giuseppe Daniele Italy

Kazunori Utsunomiya Japan

Steven C. Griffen United States

Tomoatsu Mune Japan

Shimpei Fujimoto Japan

Monika Kellerer Germany

Giulio Ceolotto Italy

Carola Saloranta Finland

Aurélie Nguyen Dinh Cat United Kingdom

Tomoya Mita Japan

Giuseppe Daniele Italy

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365 ×1.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Luke Norton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luke Norton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luke Norton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luke Norton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luke Norton based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Luke Norton. Luke Norton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Norton, Luke, et al.. (2025). Are we giving too much weight to lean mass loss?. Molecular Metabolism. 101. 102253–102253. 2 indexed citations

Biju, K.C., et al.. (2025). Metabolic dysregulation and resistance to high-fat diet-induced weight gain in mice overexpressing human wild-type α-synuclein. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 90–90.

Shannon, Chris E., et al.. (2024). The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier regulates adipose glucose partitioning in female mice. Molecular Metabolism. 88. 102005–102005. 1 indexed citations

Blangero, John, et al.. (2024). 478 Magnetic Resonance Biomarkers of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 8(s1). 141–141.

Abu‐Farha, Mohamed, Jehad Abubaker, Irina Al‐Khairi, et al.. (2023). Plasma insulin is required for the increase in plasma angiopoietin‐like protein 8 in response to nutrient ingestion. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 39(6). e3643–e3643. 3 indexed citations

Shannon, Chris E., Aurora Merovci, Marcel Fourcaudot, et al.. (2022). Effects of Sustained Hyperglycemia on Skeletal Muscle Lipids in Healthy Subjects. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 107(8). e3177–e3185. 3 indexed citations

Norton, Luke, Chris E. Shannon, Amalia Gastaldelli, & Ralph A. DeFronzo. (2022). Insulin: The master regulator of glucose metabolism. Metabolism. 129. 155142–155142. 184 indexed citations breakdown →

Lee, Hak Joo, Meenalakshmi M. Mariappan, Luke Norton, et al.. (2021). Proximal tubular epithelial insulin receptor mediates high-fat diet–induced kidney injury. JCI Insight. 6(3). 12 indexed citations

Palavicini, Juan Pablo, Marcel Fourcaudot, Devjit Tripathy, et al.. (2021). The Insulin-Sensitizer Pioglitazone Remodels Adipose Tissue Phospholipids in Humans. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 784391–784391. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lu, et al.. (2020). Regulation of ANGPTL8 in liver and adipose tissue by nutritional and hormonal signals and its effect on glucose homeostasis in mice. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 318(5). E613–E624. 18 indexed citations

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Shannon, Chris E., Mukundan Ragavan, Juan Pablo Palavicini, et al.. (2020). Insulin resistance is mechanistically linked to hepatic mitochondrial remodeling in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Molecular Metabolism. 45. 101154–101154. 45 indexed citations

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Eldor, Roy, et al.. (2017). Increased lipid availability for three days reduces whole body glucose uptake, impairs muscle mitochondrial function and initiates opposing effects on PGC-1α promoter methylation in healthy subjects. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0188208–e0188208. 5 indexed citations

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Norton, Luke, Xi Chen, Marcel Fourcaudot, et al.. (2014). The mechanisms of genome-wide target gene regulation by TCF7L2 in liver cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(22). 13646–13661. 35 indexed citations

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Kanat, Mustafa, Andrea Mari, Luke Norton, et al.. (2012). Distinct β-Cell Defects in Impaired Fasting Glucose and Impaired Glucose Tolerance. Diabetes. 61(2). 447–453. 97 indexed citations

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Kanat, Mustafa, et al.. (2011). Impaired early- but not late-phase insulin secretion in subjects with impaired fasting glucose. Acta Diabetologica. 48(3). 209–217. 48 indexed citations

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Norton, Luke, Marcel Fourcaudot, Muhammad Abdul-Ghani, et al.. (2011). Chromatin occupancy of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) and its role in hepatic glucose metabolism. Diabetologia. 54(12). 3132–3142. 70 indexed citations

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Stephens, Francis B., Luke Norton, Kirsty Jewell, et al.. (2010). Basal and insulin‐stimulated pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activation, glycogen synthesis and metabolic gene expression in human skeletal muscle the day after a single bout of exercise. Experimental Physiology. 95(7). 808–818. 12 indexed citations

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Pelsers, Maurice M. A. L., Kostas Tsintzas, Hanneke Boon, et al.. (2007). Skeletal muscle fatty acid transporter protein expression in type 2 diabetes patients compared with overweight, sedentary men and age‐matched, endurance‐trained cyclists. Acta Physiologica. 190(3). 209–219. 20 indexed citations

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Chokkalingam, Kamal, Kostas Tsintzas, J.E.M. Snaar, et al.. (2007). Hyperinsulinaemia during exercise does not suppress hepatic glycogen concentrations in patients with type 1 diabetes: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. Diabetologia. 50(9). 1921–1929. 15 indexed citations

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Chokkalingam, Kamal, Kostas Tsintzas, Luke Norton, et al.. (2006). Exercise under hyperinsulinaemic conditions increases whole-body glucose disposal without affecting muscle glycogen utilisation in type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 50(2). 414–421. 35 indexed citations

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