May-Yun Wang

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

May-Yun Wang is a scholar working on Surgery, Physiology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, May-Yun Wang has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Surgery, 17 papers in Physiology and 11 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in May-Yun Wang's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (19 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (17 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (11 papers). May-Yun Wang is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (19 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (17 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (11 papers). May-Yun Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Switzerland. May-Yun Wang's co-authors include Roger H. Unger, Christopher B. Newgard, Michio Shimabukuro, Yan-Ting Zhou, Kazunori Koyama, Young Lee, Young Lee, Xinxin Yu, Maureen Charron and Moritake Higa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

May-Yun Wang

32 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Direct antidiabetic effect of leptin through triglyceride depletion of tissues

1997 567 citations Michio Shimabukuro, Kazunori Koyama et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
May-Yun Wang United States	26	2.1k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	32	4.3k
James L. Trevaskis United States	30	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	702 0.5×	933 0.7×	886 0.7×	60	3.2k
Hiraku Ono Japan	36	1.1k 0.5×	580 0.4×	766 0.5×	776 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	79	3.8k
Rolando B. Ceddia Canada	31	2.0k 1.0×	677 0.4×	408 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	72	3.4k
Rima Boyadjian United States	16	816 0.4×	907 0.6×	768 0.5×	534 0.4×	766 0.6×	16	2.5k
Maria Sörhede Winzell Sweden	28	956 0.5×	410 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	343 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	54	3.0k
Noboru Furukawa Japan	21	994 0.5×	935 0.6×	704 0.5×	409 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	67	2.7k
Ke Ma United States	25	1.1k 0.5×	768 0.5×	787 0.6×	884 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	60	3.4k
Heikki A. Koistinen Finland	29	1.3k 0.6×	560 0.4×	402 0.3×	743 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	57	2.8k
Françoise Assimacopoulos‐Jeannet Switzerland	22	1.1k 0.5×	419 0.3×	736 0.5×	480 0.3×	775 0.6×	28	2.2k
WuQiang Fan United States	17	980 0.5×	244 0.2×	507 0.4×	645 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	28	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of May-Yun Wang

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Zhao, Shangang, Qingzhang Zhu, Jan‐Bernd Funcke, et al.. (2025). The adiponectin-PPARγ axis in hepatic stellate cells regulates liver fibrosis. Cell Reports. 44(1). 115165–115165. 6 indexed citations

Wang, May-Yun, Zhuzhen Zhang, Shangang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Downregulation of the kidney glucagon receptor, essential for renal function and systemic homeostasis, contributes to chronic kidney disease. Cell Metabolism. 36(3). 575–597.e7. 21 indexed citations

An, Yu, Vivian A. Paschoal, Camila Oliveira de Souza, et al.. (2023). GPR84-mediated signal transduction affects metabolic function by promoting brown adipocyte activity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(24). 7 indexed citations

Onodera, Toshiharu, Dae-Seok Kim, Risheng Ye, et al.. (2023). Protective roles of adiponectin and molecular signatures of HNF4α and PPARα as downstream targets of adiponectin in pancreatic β cells. Molecular Metabolism. 78. 101821–101821. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhuzhen, Ilja L. Kruglikov, Shangang Zhao, et al.. (2020). Dermal adipocytes contribute to the metabolic regulation of dermal fibroblasts. Experimental Dermatology. 30(1). 102–111. 25 indexed citations

Lee, Young Ho, May-Yun Wang, Xinxin Yu, & Roger H. Unger. (2016). Glucagon is the key factor in the development of diabetes. Diabetologia. 59(7). 1372–1375. 125 indexed citations

Wang, May-Yun, Xinxin Yu, Young Lee, et al.. (2012). Iatrogenic hyperinsulinemia in type 1 diabetes: Its effect on atherogenic risk markers. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 27(1). 70–74. 29 indexed citations

Wang, May-Yun, Lijun Chen, Gregory O. Clark, et al.. (2010). Leptin therapy in insulin-deficient type I diabetes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(11). 4813–4819. 262 indexed citations

Yu, Xinxin, Byung‐Hyun Park, May-Yun Wang, Zhao V. Wang, & Roger H. Unger. (2008). Making insulin-deficient type 1 diabetic rodents thrive without insulin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(37). 14070–14075. 180 indexed citations

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Park, Byung‐Hyun, May-Yun Wang, Young Lee, et al.. (2006). Combined Leptin Actions on Adipose Tissue and Hypothalamus Are Required to Deplete Adipocyte Fat in Lean Rats. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(52). 40283–40291. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, May-Yun, Lelio Orci, Mariella Ravazzola, & Roger H. Unger. (2005). Fat storage in adipocytes requires inactivation of leptin's paracrine activity: Implications for treatment of human obesity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(50). 18011–18016. 114 indexed citations

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Wang, May-Yun & Roger H. Unger. (2004). Role of PP2C in cardiac lipid accumulation in obese rodents and its prevention by troglitazone. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 288(1). E216–E221. 79 indexed citations

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Orci, Lelio, William S. Cook, Mariella Ravazzola, et al.. (2004). Rapid transformation of white adipocytes into fat-oxidizing machines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(7). 2058–2063. 192 indexed citations

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Duplomb, Laurence, Young Lee, May-Yun Wang, et al.. (2003). Increased expression and activity of 11β-HSD-1 in diabetic islets and prevention with troglitazone. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 313(3). 594–599. 29 indexed citations

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Yu, Xinxin, Frank Gonzales, David J. Mangelsdorf, et al.. (2002). PPARα is necessary for the lipopenic action of hyperleptinemia on white adipose and liver tissue. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(18). 11848–11853. 157 indexed citations

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Wang, May-Yun, Young Lee, & Roger H. Unger. (1999). Novel Form of Lipolysis Induced by Leptin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(25). 17541–17544. 289 indexed citations

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Wang, May-Yun, Kazunori Koyama, Michio Shimabukuro, Christopher B. Newgard, & Roger H. Unger. (1998). OB-Rb gene transfer to leptin-resistant islets reverses diabetogenic phenotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(2). 714–718. 86 indexed citations

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Shimabukuro, Michio, Moritake Higa, Yan-Ting Zhou, et al.. (1998). Lipoapoptosis in Beta-cells of Obese Prediabeticfa/fa Rats. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(49). 32487–32490. 333 indexed citations

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Shimabukuro, Michio, May-Yun Wang, Yan-Ting Zhou, Christopher B. Newgard, & Roger H. Unger. (1998). Protection against lipoapoptosis of β cells through leptin-dependent maintenance of Bcl-2 expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(16). 9558–9561. 186 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yan-Ting, Michio Shimabukuro, Kazunori Koyama, et al.. (1997). Induction by leptin of uncoupling protein-2 and enzymes of fatty acid oxidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(12). 6386–6390. 340 indexed citations

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