Sam Virtue

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Sam Virtue is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Virtue has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Physiology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Sam Virtue's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (41 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (19 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (8 papers). Sam Virtue is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (41 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (19 papers) and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (8 papers). Sam Virtue collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Sam Virtue's co-authors include Antonio Vidal‐Puig, Julian L. Griffin, Michèle Vacca, Michael Allison, Miguel López, Chong Yew Tan, Mark Campbell, Stephen O’Rahilly, Martin Dale and Vian Azzu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sam Virtue

62 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Adipose tissue expandability, lipotoxicity and the Metabolic Syndrome — An allostatic perspective

2010 759 citations Sam Virtue, Antonio Vidal‐Puig profile →
BMP8B Increases Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis through Both Central and Peripheral Actions

2012 471 citations Andrew J. Whittle, Marc Slawik et al. profile →
Adipose Tissue-Liver Cross Talk in the Control of Whole-Body Metabolism: Implications in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

2020 237 citations Vian Azzu, Michèle Vacca et al. Gastroenterology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Virtue

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Seeing the world through the eyes of cultured cells 2025 ·Cell Metabolism ·(unknown), (unknown), Sam Virtue, Jason R. Cantor, Daniel J. Fazakerley	0
2	Systemic analyses show that the biosynthesis and spatial distribution of fatty acids, triglycerides and lipids differed in male and female mice and humans 2025 ·Open Biology ·Samuel Furse, Sam Virtue, Isabel Huang‐Doran, Antonio Vidal‐Puig, Davide Chiarugi, Philip C. Stevenson, Stuart G. Snowden, Albert Koulman	0
3	The metabolic response of human trophoblasts derived from term placentas to metformin 2023 ·Diabetologia ·Jane L. Tarry‐Adkins, (unknown), Lucas C. Pantaleão, (unknown), Benjamin D. Thackray, (unknown), (unknown), Sam Virtue, Benjamin Jenkins, Albert Koulman, Andrew J. Murray, Susan E. Ozanne, Catherine Aiken	6
4	Combined genetic deletion of GDF15 and FGF21 has modest effects on body weight, hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in high fat fed mice 2022 ·Molecular Metabolism ·Satish Patel, Afreen Haider, Anna Álvarez-Guaita, Guillaume Bidault, Julia S. El-Sayed Moustafa, (unknown), John A. Tadross, Jamie H. Warner, J. Harrison, Sam Virtue, (unknown), Ilona Zvetkova, Matthias Blüher, Kerrin S. Small, Stephen O’Rahilly, David B. Savage	19
5	A pipeline for making 31P NMR accessible for small- and large-scale lipidomics studies 2021 ·Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry ·Samuel Furse, Huw E. L. Williams, Adam J. Watkins, Sam Virtue, Antonio Vidal‐Puig, (unknown), Marika Charalambous, Albert Koulman	8
6	Regulation of adipogenic differentiation and adipose tissue inflammation by interferon regulatory factor 3 2021 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·Peng Tang, Sam Virtue, (unknown), Chin Wen Png, Jing Guo, Ying Li, Huipeng Jiao, Yen Leong Chua, Mark Campbell, José María Moreno‐Navarrete, Asim Shabbir, José Manuel Fernández‐Real, Stephan Gasser, D.M. Kemeny, Henry Yang, Antonio Vidal‐Puig, Yongliang Zhang	34
7	Adipose Tissue-Liver Cross Talk in the Control of Whole-Body Metabolism: Implications in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease breakdown → 2020 ·Gastroenterology ·Vian Azzu, Michèle Vacca, Sam Virtue, Michael Allison, Antonio Vidal‐Puig	237
8	Dietary stearic acid regulates mitochondria in vivo in humans 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Deniz Senyilmaz, Daniel Pfaff, Sam Virtue, (unknown), Thomas Fleming, Sandro Altamura, Martina U. Muckenthaler, Jürgen G. Okun, Antonio Vidal‐Puig, Peter P. Nawroth, Aurelio A. Teleman	95
9	Adipocyte-secreted BMP8b mediates adrenergic-induced remodeling of the neuro-vascular network in adipose tissue 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Vanessa Pellegrinelli, Vivian Peirce, Laura Howard, Sam Virtue, Dénes Türei, Martina Senzacqua, Andrea Frontini, Jeffrey W. Dalley, Antony Horton, Guillaume Bidault, Ilenia Severi, Andrew J. Whittle, Kamal Rahmouni, Julio Sáez-Rodríguez, Saverio Cinti, Alun M. Davies, Antonio Vidal‐Puig	108
10	Hepatic steatosis risk is partly driven by increased de novo lipogenesis following carbohydrate consumption 2018 ·Genome biology ·(unknown), Animesh Acharjee, Celia G. Walker, Luke Marney, Lee D. Roberts, Fumiaki Imamura, Benjamin Jenkins, (unknown), Sumantra Ray, Sam Virtue, Antonio Vidal‐Puig, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy, Michael Allison, Nita G. Forouhi, Andrew J. Murray, Nicholas J. Wareham, Michèle Vacca, Albert Koulman, Julian L. Griffin	85
11	Surplus fat rapidly increases fat oxidation and insulin resistance in lipodystrophic mice 2018 ·Molecular Metabolism ·Amandine Girousse, Sam Virtue, (unknown), Antonio Vidal‐Puig, Peter R. Murgatroyd, Étienne Mouisel, Coralie Sengenès, David B. Savage	19
12	Obesity-associated gene TMEM18 has a role in the central control of appetite and body weight regulation 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rachel Larder, (unknown), Pawan Gulati, Robin Antrobus, Y.C. Loraine Tung, Debra Rimmington, Eduard Ayuso, Joseph Polex-Wolf, Brian Lam, Cristina Dias, Darren W. Logan, Sam Virtue, Fátima Bosch, Giles S.H. Yeo, Vladimı́r Saudek, Stephen O’Rahilly, Anthony P. Coll	49
13	Aberrant ribonucleotide incorporation and multiple deletions in mitochondrial DNA of the murine MPV17 disease model 2017 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Ilaria Dalla Rosa, (unknown), Takehiro Yasukawa, Robert S. Young, Aleck W.E. Jones, Kaalak Reddy, Radha Desai, Sam Virtue, Greg Elgar, Peter J. Voshol, Martin S. Taylor, Ian Holt, Martin A.M. Reijns, Antonella Spinazzola	33
14	mTORC1 in AGRP neurons integrates exteroceptive and interoceptive food-related cues in the modulation of adaptive energy expenditure in mice 2017 ·eLife ·Luke K. Burke, Tamana Darwish, (unknown), Sam Virtue, (unknown), (unknown), Shun-Mei Liu, Jing Xia, Jeffrey W. Dalley, Keith Burling, Streamson C. Chua, (unknown), Gary J. Schwartz, Clémence Blouet	35
15	Lipid zonation and phospholipid remodeling in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease 2016 ·Hepatology ·Zoe Hall, Nicholas J. Bond, Tom Ashmore, Francis Sanders, Zsuzsanna Ament, Xinzhu Wang, Andrew J. Murray, Elena Bellafante, Sam Virtue, Antonio Vidal‐Puig, Michael Allison, Susan E. Davies, Albert Koulman, Michèle Vacca, Julian L. Griffin	151
16	Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenic Capacity Is Regulated by Elovl6 2015 ·Cell Reports ·Chong Yew Tan, Sam Virtue, Guillaume Bidault, Martin Dale, (unknown), Julian L. Griffin, Antonio Vidal‐Puig	54
17	Lipocalin Prostaglandin D Synthase and PPARγ2 Coordinate to Regulate Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism In Vivo 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Sam Virtue, Mojgan Masoodi, Vidya Velagapudi, Chong Yew Tan, Martin Dale, (unknown), Marc Slawik, Margaret Blount, Keith Burling, Mark Campbell, Naomi Eguchi, Gema Medina‐Gómez, Jaswinder K. Sethi, Matej Orešič, Yoshihiro Urade, Julian L. Griffin, Antonio Vidal‐Puig	21
18	Brown adipose tissue in the treatment of obesity and diabetes: Are we hot enough? 2011 ·Journal of Diabetes Investigation ·Chong Yew Tan, Ko Ishikawa, Sam Virtue, Antonio Vidal‐Puig	14
19	It's Not How Fat You Are, It's What You Do with It That Counts 2008 ·PLoS Biology ·Sam Virtue, Antonio Vidal‐Puig	232
20	PPAR gamma 2 Prevents Lipotoxicity by Controlling Adipose Tissue Expandability and Peripheral Lipid Metabolism 2007 ·PLoS Genetics ·Gema Medina‐Gómez, Sarah L. Gray, Laxman Yetukuri, Kenju Shimomura, Sam Virtue, Mark Campbell, Ruth Curtis, Mercedes Jimenez‐Liñan, Margaret Blount, Giles S.H. Yeo, Miguel López, Tuulikki Seppänen‐Laakso, Frances M. Ashcroft, Matej Orešič, Antonio Vidal‐Puig	342

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