Melanie Penke

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Melanie Penke is a scholar working on Geriatrics and Gerontology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Penke has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology, 10 papers in Epidemiology and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Melanie Penke's work include Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (10 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers). Melanie Penke is often cited by papers focused on Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (10 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers). Melanie Penke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Denmark. Melanie Penke's co-authors include Wieland Kieß, Antje Garten, Susanne Schuster, Theresa Gorski, Tommaso de Giorgis, Antje Körner, Mandy Vogel, Gunter Flemming, Rolf Gebhardt and Gareth G. Lavery and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Penke

22 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Physiological and pathophysiological roles of NAMPT and NAD metabolism

2015 533 citations Antje Garten, Susanne Schuster et al. Nature Reviews Endocrinology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Penke Germany	14	383	301	297	210	208	23	1.1k
Mélanie Gressette France	14	409 1.1×	217 0.7×	188 0.6×	151 0.7×	132 0.6×	17	928
Takanobu Yamamoto Japan	15	476 1.2×	249 0.8×	163 0.5×	167 0.8×	131 0.6×	42	1.1k
Emanuela Morgante Italy	18	461 1.2×	144 0.5×	503 1.7×	453 2.2×	94 0.5×	30	2.2k
Gina M. Warner United States	23	576 1.5×	501 1.7×	209 0.7×	339 1.6×	299 1.4×	29	1.8k
Sivakama S. Bharathi United States	14	467 1.2×	270 0.9×	218 0.7×	251 1.2×	51 0.2×	26	854
Kathryn E. Seweryniak United States	7	474 1.2×	178 0.6×	148 0.5×	231 1.1×	99 0.5×	8	1.1k
C. Koehl France	16	396 1.0×	197 0.7×	141 0.5×	233 1.1×	247 1.2×	35	1.2k
Naijin Zhang China	22	730 1.9×	77 0.3×	233 0.8×	141 0.7×	177 0.9×	71	1.3k
Craig Doig United Kingdom	16	269 0.7×	90 0.3×	105 0.4×	156 0.7×	105 0.5×	32	704
Peter Mirtschink Germany	16	299 0.8×	114 0.4×	203 0.7×	268 1.3×	65 0.3×	34	877

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Meyer, Jeffrey H., Ana Teixeira, Sandy Richter, et al.. (2025). Sex differences in diet-induced MASLD – are female mice naturally protected?. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 16. 1567573–1567573. 5 indexed citations

Garten, Antje, Melanie Penke, Susanne Gaul, et al.. (2022). Pediatric percentiles for transient elastography measurements - effects of age, sex, weight status and pubertal stage. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 1030809–1030809. 4 indexed citations

Kehr, Stephanie, Melanie Penke, Jana Breitfeld, et al.. (2021). PTEN regulates adipose progenitor cell growth, differentiation, and replicative aging. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(2). 100968–100968. 15 indexed citations

Garten, Antje, et al.. (2020). How Reliable are Commercially Available Glypican4 ELISA Kits?. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 130(2). 110–114.

Penke, Melanie, et al.. (2019). The novel phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase (PI3K) inhibitor alpelisib effectively inhibits growth of PTEN-haploinsufficient lipoma cells. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 16 indexed citations

Garten, Antje, et al.. (2019). Sorafenib-Induced Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Reversed by SIRT1. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(16). 4048–4048. 70 indexed citations

Penke, Melanie, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of NAMPT sensitizes MOLT4 leukemia cells for etoposide treatment through the SIRT2-p53 pathway. Leukemia Research. 69. 39–46. 19 indexed citations

Penke, Melanie, et al.. (2018). Reduced PTEN levels enhance the proliferation as well as differentiation of preadipocytes. Endocrine Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

Dall, Morten, Melanie Penke, Karolina Sulek, et al.. (2018). Hepatic NAD+ levels and NAMPT abundance are unaffected during prolonged high-fat diet consumption in C57BL/6JBomTac mice. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 473. 245–256. 32 indexed citations

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Penke, Melanie, et al.. (2018). Simvastatin induces apoptosis in PTEN‑haploinsufficient lipoma cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 41(6). 3691–3698. 12 indexed citations

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Vogel, Mandy, Diana Pietzner, Kristian Harms, et al.. (2017). New pediatric percentiles of liver enzyme serum levels (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, γ‐glutamyltransferase): Effects of age, sex, body mass index, and pubertal stage. Hepatology. 68(4). 1319–1330. 94 indexed citations

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Lede, Vera, Antje Garten, Yulia Popkova, et al.. (2017). Altered hepatic lipid metabolism in mice lacking both the melanocortin type 4 receptor and low density lipoprotein receptor. PLoS ONE. 12(2). e0172000–e0172000. 14 indexed citations

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Penke, Melanie, Susanne Schuster, Theresa Gorski, et al.. (2017). Oleate ameliorates palmitate-induced reduction of NAMPT activity and NAD levels in primary human hepatocytes and hepatocarcinoma cells. Lipids in Health and Disease. 16(1). 191–191. 19 indexed citations

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Penke, Melanie, Gunter Flemming, Yasir Elhassan, et al.. (2017). Novel Insights in the Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood and Adolescence. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 88(3-4). 181–193. 90 indexed citations

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Penke, Melanie & Wieland Kieß. (2017). Can niacin supplementation protect against congenital malformations?. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 13(11). 630–631. 1 indexed citations

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Garten, Antje, Susanne Schuster, Melanie Penke, et al.. (2015). Physiological and pathophysiological roles of NAMPT and NAD metabolism. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 11(9). 535–546. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schuster, Susanne, Melanie Penke, Theresa Gorski, et al.. (2015). FK866-induced NAMPT inhibition activates AMPK and downregulates mTOR signaling in hepatocarcinoma cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 458(2). 334–340. 56 indexed citations

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Penke, Melanie, Susanne Schuster, Morten Dall, et al.. (2015). Hepatic NAD salvage pathway is enhanced in mice on a high-fat diet. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 412. 65–72. 29 indexed citations

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Schuster, Susanne, Melanie Penke, Theresa Gorski, et al.. (2014). Resveratrol Differentially Regulates NAMPT and SIRT1 in Hepatocarcinoma Cells and Primary Human Hepatocytes. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91045–e91045. 36 indexed citations

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Schuster, Susanne, et al.. (2014). Resveratrol differentially regulates NAMPT and SIRT1 in hepatocarcinoma cells and primary human hepatocytes. Cancer & Metabolism. 2(S1). 1 indexed citations

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