Roberto Towns

13.4k total citations
25 papers, 727 citations indexed

About

Roberto Towns is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Towns has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 727 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Roberto Towns's work include Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (6 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (5 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). Roberto Towns is often cited by papers focused on Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (6 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (5 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). Roberto Towns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Argentina. Roberto Towns's co-authors include John Wiley, Massimo Pietropaolo, Myung‐Shik Lee, María I. Vaccaro, Piero Marchetti, Hirotaka Watada, Claudio González, George S. Eisenbarth, P. Landis Keyes and Jack L. Kostyo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Gastroenterology and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Towns

25 papers receiving 709 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roberto Towns United States 13 208 206 178 155 149 25 727
Kennedy Makondo Japan 13 73 0.4× 244 1.2× 82 0.5× 180 1.2× 102 0.7× 19 557
David Aguilar-Recarte Spain 17 124 0.6× 277 1.3× 92 0.5× 64 0.4× 156 1.0× 23 693
Natsuko Mori Japan 17 193 0.9× 237 1.2× 231 1.3× 205 1.3× 167 1.1× 56 1.0k
Almorris Lynch United States 16 43 0.2× 190 0.9× 173 1.0× 211 1.4× 163 1.1× 17 815
Anne Heikkinen Finland 13 140 0.7× 247 1.2× 43 0.2× 95 0.6× 104 0.7× 20 723
Madhu V. Singh United States 17 102 0.5× 702 3.4× 99 0.6× 127 0.8× 158 1.1× 43 1.3k
Nengguang Fan China 15 338 1.6× 209 1.0× 203 1.1× 147 0.9× 120 0.8× 23 751
Jean-Marie Ketelslegers Belgium 10 50 0.2× 208 1.0× 508 2.9× 98 0.6× 180 1.2× 12 887
Alejandra Duarte Argentina 14 59 0.3× 355 1.7× 107 0.6× 79 0.5× 94 0.6× 40 724
Keiichi Nakahara Japan 17 64 0.3× 217 1.1× 67 0.4× 199 1.3× 51 0.3× 44 772

Countries citing papers authored by Roberto Towns

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberto Towns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberto Towns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roberto Towns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roberto Towns 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 Roberto Towns. Roberto Towns is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Towns, Roberto, et al.. (2012). Humoral Autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes: Prediction, Significance, and Detection of Distinct Disease Subtypes. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 2(10). a012831–a012831. 68 indexed citations
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Towns, Roberto & Massimo Pietropaolo. (2010). Aire's partnerships: An answer for many questions and new questions in search of answers. Pediatric Diabetes. 11(2). 85–87. 1 indexed citations
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González, Claudio, Myung‐Shik Lee, Piero Marchetti, et al.. (2010). The emerging role of autophagy in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus. Autophagy. 7(1). 2–11. 249 indexed citations
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Fisseha, Senait, Roberto Towns, Miyuki Harada, Helle Peegel, & K.M.J. Menon. (2009). Inhibitory effect of valproic acid on ovarian androgen biosynthesis in rat theca-interstitial cells. Endocrine. 37(1). 187–193. 4 indexed citations
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Towns, Roberto, Chunfang Guo, Yu Shangguan, Shuangsong Hong, & John Wiley. (2008). Type 2 diabetes with neuropathy: autoantibody stimulation of autophagy via Fas. Neuroreport. 19(3). 265–269. 10 indexed citations
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Towns, Roberto, Massimo Pietropaolo, & John Wiley. (2008). Stimulation of autophagy by autoantibody-mediated activation of death receptor cascades. Autophagy. 4(5). 715–716. 7 indexed citations
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Giorgio, Roberto De, Umberto Volta, Vincenzo Stanghellini, et al.. (2008). Neurogenic Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction: Antineuronal Antibody-Mediated Activation of Autophagy Via Fas. Gastroenterology. 135(2). 601–609. 18 indexed citations
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Giorgio, Roberto De, Rosanna Cogliandro, Giovanni Barbara, et al.. (2006). Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: evidence for autoimmune activation of Fas and autophagy.. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 2 indexed citations
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Peegel, Helle, et al.. (2005). A novel mechanism for the modulation of luteinizing hormone receptor mRNA expression in the rat ovary. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 233(1-2). 65–72. 23 indexed citations
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Towns, Roberto, Yukiko Kabeya, Tamotsu Yoshimori, et al.. (2005). Sera from patients with type 2 Diabetes and Neuropathy Induce Autophagy and Colocalization with Mitochondria in SY5Y cells. Autophagy. 1(3). 163–170. 54 indexed citations
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Nakashima, Eitaro, Rodica Pop‐Busui, Roberto Towns, et al.. (2005). Regulation of the Human Taurine Transporter by Oxidative Stress in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Stably Transformed to Overexpress Aldose Reductase. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 7(11-12). 1530–1542. 26 indexed citations
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Pop‐Busui, Rodica, Kelli A. Sullivan, Carol Van Huysen, et al.. (2001). Depletion of Taurine in Experimental Diabetic Neuropathy: Implications for Nerve Metabolic, Vascular, and Functional Deficits. Experimental Neurology. 168(2). 259–272. 71 indexed citations
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Bowen, James M., et al.. (2000). Downregulation of long-form prolactin receptor mRNA during prolactin-induced luteal regression. European Journal of Endocrinology. 143(2). 285–292. 16 indexed citations
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Bowen, Jennifer M., Roberto Towns, Jeffrey S. Warren, & P. Landis Keyes. (1999). Luteal Regression in the Normally Cycling Rat: Apoptosis, Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1, and Inflammatory Cell Involvement1. Biology of Reproduction. 60(3). 740–746. 54 indexed citations
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Towns, Roberto, K.M.J. Menon, R. Kaye Brabec, et al.. (1999). Glucocorticoids Stimulate the Accumulation of Lipids in the Rat Corpus Luteum1. Biology of Reproduction. 61(2). 416–421. 13 indexed citations
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Keyes, P. Landis, Jack L. Kostyo, & Roberto Towns. (1994). The autonomy of the rabbit corpus luteum. Journal of Endocrinology. 143(3). 423–431. 12 indexed citations
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Suttie, James M., Jack L. Kostyo, Francis J. P. Ebling, et al.. (1991). Metabolic Interfaces between Growth and Reproduction. IV. Chronic Pulsatile Administration of Growth Hormone and the Timing of Puberty in the Female Sheep*. Endocrinology. 129(4). 2024–2032. 20 indexed citations
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Roupas, Peter, Roberto Towns, & Jack L. Kostyo. (1990). Isolated adipocytes from growth hormone-treated obese (ob/ob) mice exhibit insulin resistance. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1052(2). 341–344. 7 indexed citations

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