Streamson C. Chua

17.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
139 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Streamson C. Chua is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Streamson C. Chua has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 51 papers in Physiology and 48 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Streamson C. Chua's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (92 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (48 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (47 papers). Streamson C. Chua is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (92 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (48 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (47 papers). Streamson C. Chua collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Streamson C. Chua's co-authors include Rudolph L. Leibel, Bradford B. Lowell, Shun-Mei Liu, Yiying Zhang, Wendy K. Chung, Joel K. Elmquist, Chianping Ye, Roberto Coppari, X. Sharon Wu-Peng and Young‐Hwan Jo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Streamson C. Chua

139 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Leptin Action on GABAergic Neurons Prevents Obesity and Reduces Inhibitory Tone to POMC Neurons

2011 910 citations Chianping Ye, Streamson C. Chua et al. Neuron profile →
Phenotypes of Mouse diabetes and Rat fatty Due to Mutations in the OB (Leptin) Receptor

1996 893 citations Streamson C. Chua, Rudolph L. Leibel et al. profile →
Metabolic Dysregulation and Adipose Tissue Fibrosis: Role of Collagen VI

2008 818 citations Streamson C. Chua, Philipp E. Scherer et al. profile →
Leptin Receptor Signaling in POMC Neurons Is Required for Normal Body Weight Homeostasis

2004 729 citations Nina Balthasar, Roberto Coppari et al. Neuron profile →
Leptin Directly Activates SF1 Neurons in the VMH, and This Action by Leptin Is Required for Normal Body-Weight Homeostasis

2006 629 citations Harveen Dhillon, Jeffrey M. Zigman et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Streamson C. Chua United States	56	7.1k	5.0k	3.6k	3.3k	3.0k	139	14.2k
Rubén Nogueiras Spain	62	5.3k 0.7×	5.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	3.1k 1.0×	252	12.8k
Gregory J. Morton United States	48	6.6k 0.9×	5.1k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	108	12.3k
Eleftheria Maratos–Flier United States	63	9.2k 1.3×	8.1k 1.6×	4.8k 1.3×	4.4k 1.3×	7.5k 2.5×	121	21.1k
Christian Bjørbæk United States	48	7.7k 1.1×	4.3k 0.8×	4.5k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	2.4k 0.8×	69	11.4k
Miguel López Spain	62	5.0k 0.7×	5.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	2.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.1×	253	12.3k
Yiying Zhang China	27	7.2k 1.0×	5.8k 1.2×	3.8k 1.0×	4.5k 1.3×	1.8k 0.6×	104	13.1k
Marisa Barone Italy	13	7.7k 1.1×	5.4k 1.1×	4.1k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	25	12.0k
Kiminori Hosoda Japan	62	5.9k 0.8×	6.4k 1.3×	3.7k 1.0×	3.0k 0.9×	5.1k 1.7×	217	18.2k
Heike Münzberg United States	51	5.7k 0.8×	4.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	116	10.1k
Margherita Maffei Italy	33	14.1k 2.0×	9.6k 1.9×	7.7k 2.1×	7.9k 2.4×	2.5k 0.8×	63	20.6k

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McKimpson, Wendy M., Yun Chen, James A. Irving, et al.. (2021). Conversion of the death inhibitor ARC to a killer activates pancreatic β cell death in diabetes. Developmental Cell. 56(6). 747–760.e6. 4 indexed citations

Murphy, Katherine A., Britnie R. James, Frances V. Sjaastad, et al.. (2018). Cutting Edge: Elevated Leptin during Diet-Induced Obesity Reduces the Efficacy of Tumor Immunotherapy. The Journal of Immunology. 201(7). 1837–1841. 46 indexed citations

Jeong, Jae Hoon, et al.. (2016). Single-Cell Gene Expression Analysis of Cholinergic Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162839–e0162839. 29 indexed citations

Guo, Ming, John Garza, Yuqing Li, et al.. (2012). Forebrain glutamatergic neurons mediate leptin action on depression-like behaviors and synaptic depression. Translational Psychiatry. 2(2). e83–e83. 66 indexed citations

Tanowitz, Herbert B., Linda A. Jelicks, Fabiana S. Machado, et al.. (2011). Adipose Tissue, Diabetes and Chagas Disease. Advances in Parasitology. 76. 235–250. 24 indexed citations

Duggal, Priya, Xiaoti Guo, Rashidul Haque, et al.. (2011). A mutation in the leptin receptor is associated with Entamoeba histolytica infection in children. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(3). 1191–1198. 112 indexed citations

Park, Jiyoung, Christine M. Kusminski, Streamson C. Chua, & Philipp E. Scherer. (2010). Leptin Receptor Signaling Supports Cancer Cell Metabolism through Suppression of Mitochondrial Respiration in Vivo. American Journal Of Pathology. 177(6). 3133–3144. 66 indexed citations

Donato, José, Roberta M. Cravo, Renata Frazão, et al.. (2010). Leptin’s effect on puberty in mice is relayed by the ventral premammillary nucleus and does not require signaling in Kiss1 neurons. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(1). 355–368. 261 indexed citations

Nagajyothi, Fnu, Mahalia S. Desruisseaux, Louis M. Weiss, et al.. (2009). Chagas disease, adipose tissue and the metabolic syndrome. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 104(suppl 1). 219–225. 31 indexed citations

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Jo, Young‐Hwan, Ya Su, Roger Gutiérrez‐Juárez, & Streamson C. Chua. (2009). Oleic Acid Directly Regulates POMC Neuron Excitability in the Hypothalamus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 101(5). 2305–2316. 89 indexed citations

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Hsing, Ann W., Lori C. Sakoda, & Streamson C. Chua. (2007). Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and prostate cancer. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 86(3). 843S–857S. 267 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zongyu, Paul Pavlidis, Streamson C. Chua, Vivette D. D’Agati, & Ali G. Gharavi. (2006). An Ancestral Haplotype Defines Susceptibility to Doxorubicin Nephropathy in the Laboratory Mouse. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17(7). 1796–1800. 37 indexed citations

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Dhillon, Harveen, Jeffrey M. Zigman, Chianping Ye, et al.. (2006). Leptin Directly Activates SF1 Neurons in the VMH, and This Action by Leptin Is Required for Normal Body-Weight Homeostasis. Neuron. 49(2). 191–203. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Levin, Barry E., Ambrose A. Dunn-Meynell, Julie McMinn, et al.. (2003). A new obesity-prone, glucose-intolerant rat strain (F.DIO). American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 285(5). R1184–R1191. 51 indexed citations

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Chua, Streamson C., et al.. (2002). Differential beta cell responses to hyperglycaemia and insulin resistance in two novel congenic strains of diabetes (FVB-Lepr db ) and obese (DBA-Lep ob ) mice. Diabetologia. 45(7). 976–990. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, et al.. (2001). Two novel quantitative trait loci on mouse chromosomes 6 and 4 independently and synergistically regulate plasma apoB levels. Journal of Lipid Research. 42(5). 844–855. 10 indexed citations

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Hsing, Ann W., Streamson C. Chua, Yu‐Tang Gao, et al.. (2001). Prostate Cancer Risk and Serum Levels of Insulin and Leptin: a Population-Based Study. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 93(10). 783–789. 242 indexed citations

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Kowalski, Timothy J., et al.. (1999). Neuropeptide Y Overexpression in the Preweanling Zucker (fa/fa) Rat. Physiology & Behavior. 67(4). 521–525. 22 indexed citations

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Butz, Kenneth G., Streamson C. Chua, Erin E. Kershaw, et al.. (1997). The Rat Corpulent (cp) Mutation Maps to the Same Interval on (Pgm1‐Glut1) Rat Chromosome 5 as the Fatty (fa) Mutation. Obesity Research. 5(2). 142–145. 10 indexed citations

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Wajnrajch, Michael P., Joseph M. Gertner, Madeleine D. Harbison, Streamson C. Chua, & Rudolph L. Leibel. (1996). Nonsense mutation in the human growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor causes growth failure analogous to the little (lit) mouse. Nature Genetics. 12(1). 88–90. 229 indexed citations

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