Sarah J. Lessard

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Sarah J. Lessard is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah J. Lessard has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Physiology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sarah J. Lessard's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (16 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (10 papers). Sarah J. Lessard is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (16 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (10 papers). Sarah J. Lessard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Sarah J. Lessard's co-authors include John A. Hawley, Donato A. Rivas, Tara MacDonald, Ben B. Yaspelkis, Laurie J. Goodyear, Roger A. Fielding, Theodore A. Chavkin, Jacob M. Luber, Angela Tung and Sukanya Punthambaker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sarah J. Lessard

46 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Meta-omics analysis of elite athletes identifies a performance-enhancing microbe that functions via lactate metabolism

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah J. Lessard United States	24	1.2k	1.1k	549	310	205	48	2.3k
May Chen United States	18	1.8k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	559 1.0×	307 1.0×	301 1.5×	36	2.8k
Terry E. Jones Australia	24	2.0k 1.6×	1.6k 1.4×	600 1.1×	405 1.3×	315 1.5×	65	3.1k
Maurício Krause Brazil	31	1.0k 0.9×	760 0.7×	326 0.6×	489 1.6×	172 0.8×	68	2.3k
María J. Cuevas Spain	29	722 0.6×	684 0.6×	278 0.5×	517 1.7×	390 1.9×	57	2.1k
Everson Araújo Nunes Brazil	25	997 0.8×	429 0.4×	409 0.7×	161 0.5×	127 0.6×	83	1.9k
Peter W. Emery United Kingdom	31	1.7k 1.4×	942 0.8×	484 0.9×	147 0.5×	184 0.9×	103	3.7k
Rafael Deminice Brazil	27	1.0k 0.8×	588 0.5×	704 1.3×	639 2.1×	258 1.3×	112	2.6k
David A. Essig United States	21	595 0.5×	570 0.5×	502 0.9×	347 1.1×	208 1.0×	79	1.9k
Matthew R. Jackman United States	31	1.6k 1.3×	778 0.7×	389 0.7×	86 0.3×	591 2.9×	56	3.0k
Stéphanie Chevalier Canada	29	1.9k 1.6×	773 0.7×	872 1.6×	90 0.3×	169 0.8×	93	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah J. Lessard

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Álvares, Thiago Silveira, et al.. (2024). Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Impaired in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 56(9). 1553–1562. 4 indexed citations

West, Daniel W. D., Thomas M. Doering, Sarah J. Lessard, et al.. (2022). Effect of short-term hindlimb immobilization on skeletal muscle atrophy and the transcriptome in a low compared with high responder to endurance training model. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0261723–e0261723. 7 indexed citations

Queiroz, André L., Sarah J. Lessard, Amanda Tomie Ouchida, et al.. (2021). The MicroRNA miR-696 is regulated by SNARK and reduces mitochondrial activity in mouse skeletal muscle through Pgc1α inhibition. Molecular Metabolism. 51. 101226–101226. 16 indexed citations

Sun, Xianglan, Sarah J. Lessard, An Ding, et al.. (2018). Sucrose nonfermenting AMPK‐related kinase (SNARK) regulates exercise‐stimulated and ischemia‐stimulated glucose transport in the heart. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 120(1). 685–696. 4 indexed citations

Lessard, Sarah J., Tara MacDonald, Myoung Sook Han, et al.. (2018). JNK regulates muscle remodeling via myostatin/SMAD inhibition. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3030–3030. 80 indexed citations

Margolis, Lee M., et al.. (2016). Circulating MicroRNA Are Predictive of Aging and Acute Adaptive Response to Resistance Exercise in Men. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 72(10). glw243–glw243. 69 indexed citations

Lessard, Sarah J., Vera Caine, & D. Jean Clandinin. (2014). A narrative inquiry into familial and school curriculum making: attending to multiple worlds of Aboriginal youth and families. Journal of Youth Studies. 18(2). 197–214. 23 indexed citations

Chue, Pierre, Ashok Malla, Roch-Hugo Bouchard, et al.. (2013). The long-term clinical benefit and effectiveness of switching to once-daily quetiapine extended release in patients with schizophrenia. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 29(3). 227–239. 8 indexed citations

Lessard, Sarah J., Donato A. Rivas, Ana Bárbara Alves-Wagner, et al.. (2013). Resistance to Aerobic Exercise Training Causes Metabolic Dysfunction and Reveals Novel Exercise-Regulated Signaling Networks. Diabetes. 62(8). 2717–2727. 68 indexed citations

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Yaspelkis, Ben B., et al.. (2010). Aerobic training reverses high-fat diet-induced pro-inflammatory signalling in rat skeletal muscle. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 110(4). 779–788. 5 indexed citations

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Rivas, Donato A., Ben B. Yaspelkis, John A. Hawley, & Sarah J. Lessard. (2009). Lipid-induced mTOR activation in rat skeletal muscle reversed by exercise and 5′-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-d-ribofuranoside. Journal of Endocrinology. 202(3). 441–451. 50 indexed citations

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Rivas, Donato A., Sarah J. Lessard, & Vernon G. Coffey. (2009). mTOR function in skeletal muscle: a focal point for overnutrition and exercise. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 34(5). 807–816. 29 indexed citations

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Katzman, Martin A., et al.. (2008). Quetiapine as an adjunctive pharmacotherapy for the treatment of non-remitting generalized anxiety disorder: A flexible-dose, open-label pilot trial. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 22(8). 1480–1486. 40 indexed citations

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Hawley, John A., David J. Pedersen, Sarah J. Lessard, et al.. (2008). High Rates Of Muscle Glycogen Resynthesis After Exhaustive Exercise When Carbohydrate Is Co-ingested With Caffeine. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 40(5). S36–S36. 2 indexed citations

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Pedersen, David J., Sarah J. Lessard, Vernon G. Coffey, et al.. (2008). High rates of muscle glycogen resynthesis after exhaustive exercise when carbohydrate is coingested with caffeine. Journal of Applied Physiology. 105(1). 7–13. 78 indexed citations

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Yeo, Wee Kian, Sarah J. Lessard, Zhiping Chen, et al.. (2008). Fat adaptation followed by carbohydrate restoration increases AMPK activity in skeletal muscle from trained humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. 105(5). 1519–1526. 54 indexed citations

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Hawley, John A. & Sarah J. Lessard. (2007). Mitochondrial function: use it or lose it. Diabetologia. 50(4). 699–702. 25 indexed citations

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Lessard, Sarah J., Donato A. Rivas, Arend Bonen, et al.. (2007). Tissue-Specific Effects of Rosiglitazone and Exercise in the Treatment of Lipid-Induced Insulin Resistance. Diabetes. 56(7). 1856–1864. 80 indexed citations

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Lessard, Sarah J., et al.. (2005). Failure to Repeatedly Supercompensate Muscle Glycogen Stores in Highly Trained Men. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 37(3). 404–411. 38 indexed citations

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Lessard, Sarah J., Winnie Lau, Julianne J. Reid, et al.. (2004). Rosiglitazone Enhances Glucose Tolerance by Mechanisms Other than Reduction of Fatty Acid Accumulation within Skeletal Muscle. Endocrinology. 145(12). 5665–5670. 53 indexed citations

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