Sylvie Dufour

19.0k citations

66 papers · 15.0k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 48

Physiology top 0.1%
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 30
- Diet and metabolism studies 18
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 0.2%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins 9
Physiology top 0.2%
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 30
- Diet and metabolism studies 18
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.5%
Epidemiology top 0.2%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment 18
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases 9
Molecular Biology
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 14
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer 7
Cell Biology
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition 9

Co-authors: Gerald I. Shulman Kitt Falk Petersen Douglas E. Befroy Gary W. Cline Douglas L. Rothman James Dziura Charlotte E. Ariyan Vincent Lebon
Cited by: Physiology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Partner nations: United States France Denmark

In The Last Decade

Sylvie Dufour

65 papers receiving 14.6k citations

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2009 Control of puberty in farmed fish
2007 The role of skeletal muscle insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome
2005 Reversal of Nonalcoholic Hepatic Steatosis, Hepatic Insulin Resistance, and Hyperglycemia by Moderate Weight Reduction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
2004 Impaired Mitochondrial Activity in the Insulin-Resistant Offspring of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
2003 Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Elderly: Possible Role in Insulin Resistance
2002 Leptin reverses insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in patients with severe lipodystrophy
2002 The Effects of Rosiglitazone on Insulin Sensitivity, Lipolysis, and Hepatic and Skeletal Muscle Triglyceride Content in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
2002 Leptin reverses insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in patients with severe lipodystrophy
2000 Mechanism by which metformin reduces glucose production in type 2 diabetes.
1999 Effects of free fatty acids on glucose transport and IRS-1–associated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity

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1	Robustness of gametogenesis in the scleractinian coral, Tubastraea aurea, in the shallow-water hydrothermal vent field off Kueishan Island, northeastern Taiwan Emily Corrigan,Chieh‐Jhen Chen,Baoyi Wang,Sylvie Dufour,Ching‐Fong Chang	2025	0
2	Effect of Burosumab on Muscle Function and Strength, and Rates of ATP Synthesis in Skeletal Muscle in Adults With XLH Karl Insogna,Rebecca Sullivan,Stephen Parziale,Yanhong Deng,Diana Carrano,Christine Simpson,Sylvie Dufour,Thomas O. Carpenter,Kitt Falk Petersen	2023	3
3	Ethnic and sex differences in hepatic lipid content and related cardiometabolic parameters in lean individuals Kitt Falk Petersen,Sylvie Dufour,Fangyong Li,Douglas L. Rothman,Gerald I. Shulman	2022	18
4	Effect of a ketogenic diet on hepatic steatosis and hepatic mitochondrial metabolism in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Panu K. Luukkonen,Sylvie Dufour,Kun Lyu,Xian-Man Zhang,Antti Hakkarainen,Tiina E. Lehtimäki,Gary W. Cline,Kitt Falk Petersen,Gerald I. Shulman,Hannele Yki‐Järvinen	2020	178
5	Glucagon stimulates gluconeogenesis by INSP3R1-mediated hepatic lipolysis Rachel J. Perry,Dongyan Zhang,Mateus T. Guerra,Allison L. Brill,Leigh Goedeke,Ali Nasiri,Aviva Rabin-Court,Yongliang Wang,Liang Peng,Sylvie Dufour,Ye Zhang,Xian‐Man Zhang,Gina M. Butrico,Keshia Toussaint,Yuichi Nozaki,Gary W. Cline,Kitt Falk Petersen,Michael H. Nathanson,Barbara E. Ehrlich,Gerald I. Shulman	2020	124
6	Leptin Mediates a Glucose-Fatty Acid Cycle to Maintain Glucose Homeostasis in Starvation Rachel J. Perry,Yongliang Wang,Gary W. Cline,Aviva Rabin-Court,Joongyu D. Song,Sylvie Dufour,Xian Man Zhang,Kitt Falk Petersen,Gerald I. Shulman	2018	126
7	Reversal of muscle insulin resistance by weight reduction in young, lean, insulin-resistant offspring of parents with type 2 diabetes Kitt Falk Petersen,Sylvie Dufour,Katsutaro Morino,Peter S. Yoo,Gary W. Cline,Gerald I. Shulman	2012	65
8	Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance Promotes Increased Hepatic De Novo Lipogenesis, Hyperlipidemia, and Hepatic Steatosis in the Elderly Clare A. Flannery,Sylvie Dufour,Rasmus Rabøl,Gerald I. Shulman,Kitt Falk Petersen	2012	128
9	Disassociation of Liver and Muscle Insulin Resistance from Ectopic Lipid Accumulation in Low-Birth-Weight Individuals Sylvie Dufour,Kitt Falk Petersen	2011	14
10	Resistance to thyroid hormone is associated with raised energy expenditure, muscle mitochondrial uncoupling, and hyperphagia Catherine S. Mitchell,David B. Savage,Sylvie Dufour,Nadia Schoenmakers,Peter R. Murgatroyd,Douglas E. Befroy,David Halsall,Samantha Northcott,Philippa Raymond‐Barker,Suzanne Curran,Elana Henning,Julia M. Keogh,Penny Owen,John H. Lazarus,Douglas L. Rothman,I. Sadaf Farooqi,Gerald I. Shulman,Krishna Chatterjee,Kitt Falk Petersen	2010	90
11	Control of puberty in farmed fishbreakdown → Geir Lasse Taranger,Manuel Carrillo,Rüdiger Schulz,Pascal Fontaine,Silvia Zanuy,Alicia Felip,Finn‐Arne Weltzien,Sylvie Dufour,Ørjan Karlsen,Birgitta Norberg,Eva Andersson,Tom Hansen	2009	515
12	Increased substrate oxidation and mitochondrial uncoupling in skeletal muscle of endurance-trained individuals Douglas E. Befroy,Kitt Falk Petersen,Sylvie Dufour,Graeme F. Mason,Douglas L. Rothman,Gerald I. Shulman	2008	80
13	The role of skeletal muscle insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndromebreakdown → Kitt Falk Petersen,Sylvie Dufour,David B. Savage,Stefan Bilz,Gina Solomon,Shin Yonemitsu,Gary W. Cline,Douglas E. Befroy,Laura Zemany,Barbara B. Kahn,Xenophon Papademetris,Douglas L. Rothman,Gerald I. Shulman	2007	558
14	Low Adiponectin Levels in Adolescent Obesity: A Marker of Increased Intramyocellular Lipid Accumulation Ram Weiss,Sylvie Dufour,Aida Groszmann,Kitt Falk Petersen,James Dziura,Sara E. Taksali,Gerald I. Shulman,Sonia Caprio	2003	156
15	Leptin reverses insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in patients with severe lipodystrophybreakdown → Kitt Falk Petersen,Elif A Oral,Sylvie Dufour,Douglas E. Befroy,Charlotte E. Ariyan,Chunli Yu,Gary W. Cline,Alex M. DePaoli,Simeon I. Taylor,Phillip Görden,Gerald I. Shulman	2002	503
16	Effect of triiodothyronine on mitochondrial energy coupling in human skeletal muscle Vincent Lebon,Sylvie Dufour,Kitt Falk Petersen,Jianming Ren,Beat M. Jucker,Lori A. Slezak,Gary W. Cline,Douglas L. Rothman,Gerald I. Shulman	2001	124
17	Effect of triiodothyronine on mitochondrial energy coupling in human skeletal muscle Vincent Lebon,Sylvie Dufour,Kitt Falk Petersen,Jianming Ren,Beat M. Jucker,Lori A. Slezak,Gary W. Cline,Douglas L. Rothman,Gerald I. Shulman	2001	133
18	Effects of free fatty acids on glucose transport and IRS-1–associated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activitybreakdown → Alan Dresner,Didier Laurent,Melissa Marcucci,Margaret E. Griffin,Sylvie Dufour,Gary W. Cline,Lori A. Slezak,Dana K. Andersen,Ripudaman S. Hundal,Douglas L. Rothman,Kitt Falk Petersen,Gerald I. Shulman	1999	974
19	NMR Studies of Inorganic Phosphate Compartmentation in the Isolated Rat Liver during Acidic Perfusion Giovanni Vidal,Jean‐Louis Gallis,Sylvie Dufour,Paul Canioni	1997	8
20	Temperature Dependence of NMR Relaxation Times of Nucleoside Triphosphates and Inorganic Phosphate in the Isolated Perfused Rat Liver. Effect on Pi Compartmentation Sylvie Dufour,Eric Thiaudière,Giovanni Vidal,Jean‐Louis Gallis,Nicole Rousse,Paul Canioni	1996	13

About Sylvie Dufour

Sylvie Dufour is a scholar working on Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Epidemiology, having authored 66 papers that have together received 15.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (30 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (18 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (18 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (9 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (9 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (9 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (7.0k citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (3.8k citations) and Physiology (639 citations). Sylvie Dufour has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Gerald I. Shulman, Kitt Falk Petersen, Douglas E. Befroy, Gary W. Cline, Douglas L. Rothman, James Dziura, Charlotte E. Ariyan, Vincent Lebon, Ripudaman S. Hundal and Sonia Caprio.

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