Patrick Seale

29.0k total citations · 15 hit papers
97 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Patrick Seale is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Seale has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Physiology, 35 papers in Epidemiology and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Patrick Seale's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (54 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (35 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (24 papers). Patrick Seale is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (54 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (35 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (24 papers). Patrick Seale collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Patrick Seale's co-authors include Michael A. Rudnicki, Bruce M. Spiegelman, Matthew Harms, Shingo Kajimura, Adele Girgis-Gabardo, Luc A. Sabourin, Jeff Ishibashi, Wenli Yang, Wenshan Wang and Sherry Chin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Seale

93 papers receiving 20.1k citations

Hit Papers

PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch 2000 2026 2008 2017 2008 2013 2000 2010 2007 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. PRDM16 controls a brown fat/skeletal muscle switch
    2008 1.8k citations Patrick Seale, Michael A. Rudnicki et al. profile →
  2. Brown and beige fat: development, function and therapeutic potential
    2013 1.8k citations Matthew Harms, Patrick Seale profile →
  3. Pax7 Is Required for the Specification of Myogenic Satellite Cells
    2000 1.8k citations Patrick Seale, Michael A. Rudnicki et al. Cell profile →
  4. Prdm16 determines the thermogenic program of subcutaneous white adipose tissue in mice
    2010 1.0k citations Patrick Seale, Jeff Ishibashi et al. profile →
  5. Transcriptional Control of Brown Fat Determination by PRDM16
    2007 951 citations Patrick Seale et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  6. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote beiging of white adipose tissue and limit obesity
    2014 758 citations Rachel R. Stine, Patrick Seale et al. profile →
  7. Brown and Beige Fat: Physiological Roles beyond Heat Generation
    2015 726 citations Patrick Seale et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  8. Initiation of myoblast to brown fat switch by a PRDM16–C/EBP-β transcriptional complex
    2009 576 citations Patrick Seale et al. profile →
  9. Adipose-tissue plasticity in health and disease
    2022 533 citations Alexander P. Sakers, Mirian Krystel De Siqueira et al. Cell profile →
  10. Complementary action of the PGC-1 coactivators in mitochondrial biogenesis and brown fat differentiation
    2006 532 citations Patrick Seale et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  11. Myogenic specification of side population cells in skeletal muscle
    2002 529 citations Patrick Seale, Michael A. Rudnicki et al. profile →
  12. Control of brown and beige fat development
    2016 522 citations Wenshan Wang, Patrick Seale profile →
  13. Identification of a mesenchymal progenitor cell hierarchy in adipose tissue
    2019 427 citations David Merrick, Alexander P. Sakers et al. Science profile →
  14. Single-cell atlas of human infrapatellar fat pad and synovium implicates APOE signaling in osteoarthritis pathology
    2024 61 citations Su’an Tang, Lutian Yao et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  15. Antibody blockade of activin type II receptors preserves skeletal muscle mass and enhances fat loss during GLP-1 receptor agonism
    2024 56 citations Natasha Jaiswal, Kahealani Uehara et al. Molecular Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Seale United States 54 12.1k 9.1k 6.7k 2.8k 2.7k 97 20.3k
Sven Enerbäck Sweden 60 11.6k 1.0× 6.3k 0.7× 5.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.4× 3.0k 1.1× 137 18.3k
Marco Sandri Italy 76 10.5k 0.9× 19.2k 2.1× 6.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 181 27.5k
Ormond A. MacDougald United States 70 6.7k 0.6× 13.2k 1.5× 4.9k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 170 22.8k
Louis Casteilla France 63 6.3k 0.5× 5.3k 0.6× 3.5k 0.5× 4.5k 1.6× 1.2k 0.4× 227 17.1k
Stephen R. Farmer United States 59 5.3k 0.4× 7.6k 0.8× 3.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 804 0.3× 116 13.9k
Shihuan Kuang United States 53 4.0k 0.3× 6.5k 0.7× 1.8k 0.3× 1.6k 0.6× 894 0.3× 174 10.7k
Christian Dani France 58 3.9k 0.3× 7.2k 0.8× 2.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.6× 854 0.3× 160 13.5k
John M. Shelton United States 75 3.4k 0.3× 15.7k 1.7× 2.5k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 3.3k 1.2× 152 22.8k
Ikuya Nonaka Japan 68 3.0k 0.2× 18.0k 2.0× 2.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 3.3k 1.2× 529 22.0k
Ez‐Zoubir Amri France 50 4.1k 0.3× 4.3k 0.5× 2.1k 0.3× 905 0.3× 910 0.3× 134 9.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Seale

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jaiswal, Natasha, Kahealani Uehara, Karima Drareni, et al.. (2024). Antibody blockade of activin type II receptors preserves skeletal muscle mass and enhances fat loss during GLP-1 receptor agonism. Molecular Metabolism. 80. 101880–101880. 56 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holman, Corey D., Alexander P. Sakers, Lan Cheng, et al.. (2024). Aging impairs cold-induced beige adipogenesis and adipocyte metabolic reprogramming. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations
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Tang, Su’an, Lutian Yao, Jingliang Kang, et al.. (2024). Single-cell atlas of human infrapatellar fat pad and synovium implicates APOE signaling in osteoarthritis pathology. Science Translational Medicine. 16(731). eadf4590–eadf4590. 61 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holman, Corey D., Alexander P. Sakers, Lan Cheng, et al.. (2023). Aging impairs cold-induced beige adipogenesis and adipocyte metabolic reprogramming. eLife. 12. 18 indexed citations
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Sakers, Alexander P., Mirian Krystel De Siqueira, Patrick Seale, & Claudio J. Villanueva. (2022). Adipose-tissue plasticity in health and disease. Cell. 185(3). 419–446. 533 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhong, Leilei, Lutian Yao, Nicholas Holdreith, et al.. (2022). Transient expansion and myofibroblast conversion of adipogenic lineage precursors mediate bone marrow repair after radiation. JCI Insight. 7(7). 9 indexed citations
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Shao, Mengle, Qianbin Zhang, Bo Shan, et al.. (2021). ZFP423 controls EBF2 coactivator recruitment and PPARγ occupancy to determine the thermogenic plasticity of adipocytes. Genes & Development. 35(21-22). 1461–1474. 20 indexed citations
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Zhong, Leilei, Lutian Yao, Patrick Seale, & Ling Qin. (2021). Marrow adipogenic lineage precursor: A new cellular component of marrow adipose tissue. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 35(4). 101518–101518. 22 indexed citations
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Angueira, Anthony R., Suzanne N. Shapira, Jeff Ishibashi, et al.. (2020). Early B Cell Factor Activity Controls Developmental and Adaptive Thermogenic Gene Programming in Adipocytes. Cell Reports. 30(9). 2869–2878.e4. 46 indexed citations
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Merrick, David, Alexander P. Sakers, Zhazira Irgebay, et al.. (2019). Identification of a mesenchymal progenitor cell hierarchy in adipose tissue. Science. 364(6438). 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kissig, Megan, Jeff Ishibashi, Matthew Harms, et al.. (2017). PRDM16 represses the type I interferon response in adipocytes to promote mitochondrial and thermogenic programing. The EMBO Journal. 36(11). 1528–1542. 53 indexed citations
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Shao, Mengle, Jeff Ishibashi, Christine M. Kusminski, et al.. (2016). Zfp423 Maintains White Adipocyte Identity through Suppression of the Beige Cell Thermogenic Gene Program. Cell Metabolism. 23(6). 1167–1184. 174 indexed citations
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Wada, Shogo, Michael D. Neinast, Cholsoon Jang, et al.. (2016). The tumor suppressor FLCN mediates an alternate mTOR pathway to regulate browning of adipose tissue. Genes & Development. 30(22). 2551–2564. 91 indexed citations
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Kissig, Megan, Suzanne N. Shapira, & Patrick Seale. (2016). SnapShot: Brown and Beige Adipose Thermogenesis. Cell. 166(1). 258–258.e1. 35 indexed citations
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Seale, Patrick. (2015). Transcriptional Regulatory Circuits Controlling Brown Fat Development and Activation. Diabetes. 64(7). 2369–2375. 120 indexed citations
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Wang, Wenshan, Megan Kissig, Sona Rajakumari, et al.. (2014). Ebf2 is a selective marker of brown and beige adipogenic precursor cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(40). 14466–14471. 176 indexed citations
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Rajakumari, Sona, Jun Wu, Jeff Ishibashi, et al.. (2013). EBF2 Determines and Maintains Brown Adipocyte Identity. Cell Metabolism. 17(4). 562–574. 279 indexed citations
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Seale, Patrick, Jeff Ishibashi, Chet E. Holterman, & Michael A. Rudnicki. (2004). Muscle satellite cell-specific genes identified by genetic profiling of MyoD-deficient myogenic cell. Developmental Biology. 275(2). 287–300. 63 indexed citations
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Walsh, Gregory S., Patrick Seale, Michael A. Rudnicki, et al.. (2001). Activation of JNK1 contributes to dystrophic muscle pathogenesis. Current Biology. 11(16). 1278–1282. 69 indexed citations
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Seale, Patrick, et al.. (1968). Drapeaux rouges sur la France.

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