Milena Penkowa

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Milena Penkowa is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Milena Penkowa has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 34 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Milena Penkowa's work include Trace Elements in Health (56 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (34 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers). Milena Penkowa is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (56 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (34 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers). Milena Penkowa collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Spain and United States. Milena Penkowa's co-authors include Juan Hidalgo, Javier Carrasco, Mercedes Giralt, Amalia Molinero, Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Torben Moos, Mie Østergaard Pedersen, Peter Plomgaard, Hanne Hadberg and Iain L. Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Milena Penkowa

92 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase

2009 556 citations Stanley M. H. Chan, Clinton R. Bruce et al. Diabetologia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Milena Penkowa Denmark	44	2.0k	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	819	92	5.5k
Javier Carrasco Spain	38	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	525 0.4×	822 0.7×	493 0.6×	111	3.7k
John X. Wilson Canada	45	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	700 0.5×	198 0.2×	537 0.7×	144	6.1k
Abdülkerim Kasım Baltacı Türkiye	28	1.0k 0.5×	473 0.3×	610 0.4×	427 0.4×	113 0.1×	187	3.1k
Rita C. Tostes Brazil	52	781 0.4×	2.7k 1.6×	2.4k 1.7×	122 0.1×	214 0.3×	311	9.2k
Nobuo Yanagisawa Japan	34	497 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	600 0.4×	146 0.1×	562 0.7×	155	3.9k
Catherine M. Cahill United States	25	561 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	198 0.2×	335 0.4×	59	3.2k
Isao Hozumi Japan	33	746 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	706 0.5×	446 0.4×	575 0.7×	142	4.1k
Stefano Tarantini United States	54	278 0.1×	2.0k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	186 0.2×	2.3k 2.9×	175	8.8k
Deborah J. Burks Spain	36	476 0.2×	3.9k 2.2×	1.8k 1.3×	373 0.3×	178 0.2×	82	8.0k
Carolyn M. Sue Australia	55	464 0.2×	5.3k 3.1×	1.5k 1.1×	112 0.1×	1.0k 1.2×	199	9.7k

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Hempel, Casper, et al.. (2010). Plasmodium berghei ANKA: Erythropoietin activates neural stem cells in an experimental cerebral malaria model. Experimental Parasitology. 127(2). 500–505. 8 indexed citations

Doering, Peter, Meredin Stoltenberg, Milena Penkowa, et al.. (2010). Chemical Blocking of Zinc Ions in CNS Increases Neuronal Damage Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Mice. PLoS ONE. 5(4). e10131–e10131. 36 indexed citations

Chan, Stanley M. H., Clinton R. Bruce, K. S. Krabbe, et al.. (2009). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase. Diabetologia. 52(7). 1409–1418. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

Penkowa, Milena, et al.. (2009). Intraneuronal signaling pathways of metallothionein. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 87(13). 2926–2936. 21 indexed citations

Penkowa, Milena, et al.. (2009). Metallothionein as a useful marker in Hodgkin lymphoma subclassification. Leukemia & lymphoma. 50(2). 200–210. 7 indexed citations

Pedersen, Martin V., et al.. (2008). The synthetic NCAM-derived peptide, FGL, modulates the transcriptional response to traumatic brain injury. Neuroscience Letters. 437(2). 148–153. 8 indexed citations

Plomgaard, Peter, Anders R. Nielsen, Christian P. Fischer, et al.. (2007). Associations between insulin resistance and TNF-α in plasma, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue in humans with and without type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia. 50(12). 2562–2571. 125 indexed citations

Petersen, Andreas Munk, Milena Penkowa, Martin Iversen, et al.. (2007). Elevated Levels of IL-18 in Plasma and Skeletal Muscle in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Lung. 185(3). 161–171. 66 indexed citations

Nielsen, Anders R., Rémi Mounier, Peter Plomgaard, et al.. (2007). Expression of interleukin‐15 in human skeletal muscle – effect of exercise and muscle fibre type composition. The Journal of Physiology. 584(1). 305–312. 209 indexed citations

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Penkowa, Milena, Laura Tío, Mercedes Giralt, et al.. (2006). Specificity and divergence in the neurobiologic effects of different metallothioneins after brain injury. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 83(6). 974–984. 36 indexed citations

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Molinero, Amalia, Milena Penkowa, Joaquim Hernández, et al.. (2003). Metallothionein-I Overexpression Decreases Brain Pathology in Transgenic Mice with Astrocyte-Targeted Expression of Interleukin-6. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 62(3). 315–328. 36 indexed citations

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Ceballos, Dolores, Natalia Lago, Enrique Verdú, et al.. (2003). Role of metallothioneins in peripheral nerve function and regeneration. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 60(6). 1209–1216. 32 indexed citations

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Giralt, Mercedes, Milena Penkowa, Joaquim Hernández, et al.. (2002). Metallothionein-1+2 Deficiency Increases Brain Pathology in Transgenic Mice with Astrocyte-Targeted Expression of Interleukin 6. Neurobiology of Disease. 9(3). 319–338. 51 indexed citations

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Espejo, Carmen, et al.. (2002). Interferon-γ Regulates Oxidative Stress during Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Experimental Neurology. 177(1). 21–31. 20 indexed citations

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Hartlage‐Rübsamen, Maike, Ulrike Zeitschel, Jenny Apelt, et al.. (2002). Astrocytic expression of the Alzheimer's disease β‐secretase (BACE1) is stimulus‐dependent. Glia. 41(2). 169–179. 134 indexed citations

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Penkowa, Milena, Amalia Molinero, Javier Carrasco, & Juan Hidalgo. (2001). Interleukin-6 deficiency reduces the brain inflammatory response and increases oxidative stress and neurodegeneration after kainic acid-induced seizures. Neuroscience. 102(4). 805–818. 123 indexed citations

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Penkowa, Milena, Mercedes Giralt, Javier Carrasco, Hanne Hadberg, & Juan Hidalgo. (2000). Impaired inflammatory response and increased oxidative stress and neurodegeneration after brain injury in interleukin-6-deficient mice. Glia. 32(3). 271–285. 130 indexed citations

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Penkowa, Milena & Juan Hidalgo. (2000). IL-6 Deficiency Leads to Reduced Metallothionein-I+II Expression and Increased Oxidative Stress in the Brain Stem after 6-Aminonicotinamide Treatment. Experimental Neurology. 163(1). 72–84. 43 indexed citations

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Hansen, Per Boye, Milena Penkowa, Ole Kirk, et al.. (2000). Human immunodeficiency virus‐associated malignant lymphoma in eastern Denmark diagnosed from 1990 to 1996: clinical features, histopathology, and association with Epstein‐Barr virus and human herpesvirus‐8. European Journal Of Haematology. 64(6). 368–375. 19 indexed citations

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Penkowa, Milena, Javier Carrasco, Mercedes Giralt, Torben Moos, & Juan Hidalgo. (1999). CNS Wound Healing Is Severely Depressed in Metallothionein I- and II-Deficient Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 19(7). 2535–2545. 133 indexed citations

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