Sara Becerril

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Sara Becerril is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Becerril has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Physiology, 43 papers in Epidemiology and 28 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Sara Becerril's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (42 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (34 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (28 papers). Sara Becerril is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (42 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (34 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (28 papers). Sara Becerril collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Portugal. Sara Becerril's co-authors include Gema Frühbeck, Amaia Rodrı́guez, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Victoria Catalán, Beatriz Ramírez, Leire Méndez-Giménez, Xabier Unamuno, Javier Salvador, Neira Sáinź and Silvia Ezquerro and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Sara Becerril

88 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Adipokine dysregulation and adipose tissue inflammation in human obesity

2018 460 citations Xabier Unamuno, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Sara Becerril	2.0k	1.6k	839	688	547	90	3.7k
Beatriz Ramírez	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	911 1.1×	410 0.6×	971 1.8×	97	4.4k
Camilo Silva	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	518 0.8×	1.0k 1.8×	104	4.8k
Susan Kralisch	2.4k 1.2×	2.6k 1.7×	1.3k 1.6×	789 1.1×	822 1.5×	73	5.0k
Alison L. Harte	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	400 0.6×	816 1.5×	36	3.9k
Vanessa van Harmelen	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	349 0.5×	704 1.3×	73	4.7k
Hidehiko Kondo	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	700 1.0×	702 1.3×	28	4.4k
Pamela Fischer‐Posovszky	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	1.9k 2.2×	654 1.0×	549 1.0×	121	4.9k
Thomas Skurk	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	354 0.5×	831 1.5×	125	5.2k
Vladimír Štich	2.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	898 1.1×	443 0.6×	971 1.8×	108	4.7k
Raffaella Cancello	2.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	356 0.5×	867 1.6×	66	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Becerril

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Tuero, Carlota, Sara Becerril, Beatriz Ramírez, et al.. (2025). Changes in ghrelin isoforms after sleeve gastrectomy or gastric plication and their association with adiposity and metabolic profile. PubMed. 55(7). e70031–e70031. 1 indexed citations

Gómez‐Ambrosi, Javier, Victoria Catalán, Beatriz Ramírez, et al.. (2024). Cardiometabolic risk stratification using a novel obesity phenotyping system based on body adiposity and waist circumference. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 124. 54–60. 4 indexed citations

Becerril, Sara, Beatriz Ramírez, Víctor Valentí, et al.. (2024). Differential mitochondrial adaptation and FNDC5 production in brown and white adipose tissue in response to cold and obesity. Obesity. 32(11). 2120–2134. 6 indexed citations

Becerril, Sara, Víctor Valentí, Rafael Moncada, et al.. (2023). Uroguanylin prevents hepatic steatosis, mitochondrial dysfunction and fibrosis in obesity-associated NAFLD. Metabolism. 147. 155663–155663. 15 indexed citations

Ezquerro, Silvia, Carlota Tuero, Sara Becerril, et al.. (2023). Antagonic effect of ghrelin and LEAP-2 on hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis in obesity-associated nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. European Journal of Endocrinology. 189(1). 1–14. 18 indexed citations

Frühbeck, Gema, Victoria Catalán, Beatriz Ramírez, et al.. (2022). Serum Levels of IL-1 RA Increase with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and are Reduced After Bariatric Surgery in Parallel to Adiposity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20 indexed citations

Unamuno, Xabier, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Sara Becerril, et al.. (2022). Changes in mechanical properties of adipose tissue after bariatric surgery driven by extracellular matrix remodelling and neovascularization are associated with metabolic improvements. Acta Biomaterialia. 141. 264–279. 13 indexed citations

Frühbeck, Gema, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Beatriz Ramírez, et al.. (2021). The Differential Expression of the Inflammasomes in Adipose Tissue and Colon Influences the Development of Colon Cancer in a Context of Obesity by Regulating Intestinal Inflammation. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 14. 6431–6446. 17 indexed citations

Frühbeck, Gema, Victoria Catalán, Víctor Valentí, et al.. (2021). FNDC4 and FNDC5 reduce SARS-CoV-2 entry points and spike glycoprotein S1-induced pyroptosis, apoptosis, and necroptosis in human adipocytes. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 18(10). 2457–2459. 43 indexed citations

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Perdomo, Carolina M., Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Sara Becerril, et al.. (2021). Role of ANGPTL8 in NAFLD Improvement after Bariatric Surgery in Experimental and Human Obesity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23). 12945–12945. 10 indexed citations

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Unamuno, Xabier, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Beatriz Ramírez, et al.. (2020). Dermatopontin, A Novel Adipokine Promoting Adipose Tissue Extracellular Matrix Remodelling and Inflammation in Obesity. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(4). 1069–1069. 30 indexed citations

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Unamuno, Xabier, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Amaia Rodrı́guez, et al.. (2019). Increase of the Adiponectin/Leptin Ratio in Patients with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Nutrients. 11(9). 2069–2069. 31 indexed citations

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Unamuno, Xabier, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Beatriz Ramírez, et al.. (2019). NLRP3 inflammasome blockade reduces adipose tissue inflammation and extracellular matrix remodeling. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 18(4). 1045–1057. 140 indexed citations

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Becerril, Sara, Amaia Rodrı́guez, Victoria Catalán, et al.. (2019). iNOS Gene Ablation Prevents Liver Fibrosis in Leptin-Deficient ob/ob Mice. Genes. 10(3). 184–184. 15 indexed citations

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Becerril, Sara, Amaia Rodrı́guez, Victoria Catalán, et al.. (2019). Functional Relationship between Leptin and Nitric Oxide in Metabolism. Nutrients. 11(9). 2129–2129. 46 indexed citations

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Frühbeck, Gema, Victoria Catalán, Amaia Rodrı́guez, et al.. (2019). Adiponectin-leptin Ratio is a Functional Biomarker of Adipose Tissue Inflammation. Nutrients. 11(2). 454–454. 180 indexed citations

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Moreno‐Navarrete, José María, Amaia Rodrı́guez, Francisco Ortega, et al.. (2017). Increased adipose tissue heme levels and exportation are associated with altered systemic glucose metabolism. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5305–5305. 12 indexed citations

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Frühbeck, Gema, Victoria Catalán, Amaia Rodrı́guez, et al.. (2017). Normalization of adiponectin concentrations by leptin replacement in ob/ob mice is accompanied by reductions in systemic oxidative stress and inflammation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2752–2752. 51 indexed citations

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Méndez-Giménez, Leire, Sara Becerril, Rafael Moncada, et al.. (2017). Gastric Plication Improves Glycemia Partly by Restoring the Altered Expression of Aquaglyceroporins in Adipose Tissue and the Liver in Obese Rats. Obesity Surgery. 27(7). 1763–1774. 6 indexed citations

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Moreno‐Navarrete, José María, Amaia Rodrı́guez, Francisco Ortega, et al.. (2017). Heme Biosynthetic Pathway is Functionally Linked to Adipogenesis via Mitochondrial Respiratory Activity. Obesity. 25(10). 1723–1733. 16 indexed citations

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