Tamar Pirtskhalava

18.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
27 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Tamar Pirtskhalava is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tamar Pirtskhalava has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Physiology, 16 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tamar Pirtskhalava's work include Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (14 papers), Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (13 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (13 papers). Tamar Pirtskhalava is often cited by papers focused on Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (14 papers), Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (13 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (13 papers). Tamar Pirtskhalava collaborates with scholars based in United States, Vietnam and Germany. Tamar Pirtskhalava's co-authors include James L. Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Nino Giorgadze, Kurt O. Johnson, Yi Zhu, Mikołaj Ogrodnik, Michael B. Stout, Ming Xu, Nathan K. LeBrasseur and Michael D. Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Tamar Pirtskhalava

27 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Targeting cellular senescence prevents age-related bone loss in mice

2017 819 citations Joshua N. Farr, Ming Xu et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Identification of a novel senolytic agent, navitoclax, targeting the Bcl‐2 family of anti‐apoptotic factors

2015 803 citations Yi Zhu, Tamar Tchkonia et al. Aging Cell profile →
JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age

2015 631 citations Ming Xu, Tamar Tchkonia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Chronic senolytic treatment alleviates established vasomotor dysfunction in aged or atherosclerotic mice

2016 564 citations Carolyn M Roos, Bin Zhang et al. Aging Cell profile →
New agents that target senescent cells: the flavone, fisetin, and the BCL-XL inhibitors, A1331852 and A1155463

2017 531 citations Yi Zhu, Tamar Pirtskhalava et al. Aging profile →
Targeting senescent cells enhances adipogenesis and metabolic function in old age

2015 460 citations Ming Xu, Allyson K. Palmer et al. profile →
A pilot study of senolytics to improve cognition and mobility in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease

2025 16 citations Courtney Millar, Afroditi Boulougoura et al. EBioMedicine profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A pilot study of senolytics to improve cognition and mobility in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s disease breakdown → 2025 ·EBioMedicine ·Courtney Millar, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Afroditi Boulougoura, (unknown), Tamar Tchkonia, (unknown), Tamar Pirtskhalava, James L. Kirkland, Thomas G. Travison, Lewis A. Lipsitz	16
2	Transplanting old organs promotes senescence in young recipients 2023 ·American Journal of Transplantation ·Jasper Iske, (unknown), (unknown), Andreas Schroeter, Tomohisa Matsunaga, Ryoichi Maenosono, Utkarsh Tripathi, Yao Xiao, Yeqi Nian, Barbara J. Caldarone, Florian W. R. Vondran, Peter T. Sage, Haruhito Azuma, Reza Abdi, Abdallah Elkhal, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Tamar Tchkonia, James L. Kirkland, Hao Zhou, Stefan G. Tullius	15
3	A chronic wound model to investigate skin cellular senescence 2023 ·Aging ·Saranya P. Wyles, (unknown), Tamar Pirtskhalava, Burak Tekin, Christina L. Inman, Lilian Sales Gomez, Anthony B. Lagnado, Larissa Prata, Diana Jurk, João F. Passos, Tamar Tchkonia, James L. Kirkland	9
4	Senescence markers in subcutaneous preadipocytes differ in childhood‐ versus adult‐onset obesity before and after weight loss 2023 ·Obesity ·Jessica Murphy, Bjorn T. Tam, James L. Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Nino Giorgadze, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Michael A. Tsoukas, José A. Morais, Sylvia Santosa	8
5	Effect of Combined Dasatinib and Fisetin Treatment on Senescent Cell Clearance in Monkeys 2020 ·Innovation in Aging ·Ricki J. Colman, Tamar Tchkonia, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Nino Giorgadze, Larissa Prata, Kalli K. Schaefer, James L. Kirkland	1
6	Targeting cellular senescence prevents age-related bone loss in mice breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Medicine ·Joshua N. Farr, Ming Xu, Megan Weivoda, David G. Monroe, Daniel G. Fraser, Jennifer L Onken, (unknown), Jad Sfeir, Mikołaj Ogrodnik, Christine Hachfeld, Nathan K. LeBrasseur, Matthew T. Drake, Robert J. Pignolo, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Tamar Tchkonia, Merry Jo Oursler, James L. Kirkland, Sundeep Khosla	819
7	New agents that target senescent cells: the flavone, fisetin, and the BCL-XL inhibitors, A1331852 and A1155463 breakdown → 2017 ·Aging ·Yi Zhu, (unknown), Tamar Pirtskhalava, Nino Giorgadze, Mark Wentworth, Heike Fuhrmann‐Stroissnigg, Laura J. Niedernhofer, Paul D. Robbins, Tamar Tchkonia, James L. Kirkland	531
8	Transplanted Senescent Cells Induce an Osteoarthritis-Like Condition in Mice 2016 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Ming Xu, Elizabeth W. Bradley, Megan Weivoda, Soyun M. Hwang, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Teresa Decklever, Geoffry L. Curran, Mikołaj Ogrodnik, Diana Jurk, Kurt O. Johnson, Val J. Lowe, Tamar Tchkonia, Jennifer J. Westendorf, James L. Kirkland	287
9	Chronic senolytic treatment alleviates established vasomotor dysfunction in aged or atherosclerotic mice breakdown → 2016 ·Aging Cell ·Carolyn M Roos, Bin Zhang, Allyson K. Palmer, Mikołaj Ogrodnik, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Nassir M Thalji, Michael A Hagler, Diana Jurk, Leslie Smith, Grace Casaclang‐Verzosa, Yi Zhu, Marissa J. Schafer, Tamar Tchkonia, James L. Kirkland, Jordan D. Miller	564
10	JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age breakdown → 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ming Xu, Tamar Tchkonia, Husheng Ding, Mikołaj Ogrodnik, Ellen R. Lubbers, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Thomas A. White, Kurt O. Johnson, Michael B. Stout, Vojtěch Mezera, Nino Giorgadze, Michael D. Jensen, Nathan K. LeBrasseur, James L. Kirkland	631
11	TRAIL receptor deletion in mice suppresses the inflammation of nutrient excess 2014 ·Journal of Hepatology ·(unknown), Harmeet Malhi, Nathan W. Werneburg, Nathan K. LeBrasseur, Steven F. Bronk, Christian D. Fingas, Tamar Tchkonia, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Thomas A. White, Michael B. Stout, Petra Hirsova, Anuradha Krishnan, Christian Liedtke, Christian Trautwein, Niklas K. Finnberg, Wafik S. El‐Deiry, James L. Kirkland, Gregory J. Gores	68
12	Deleted in Breast Cancer 1 Limits Adipose Tissue Fat Accumulation and Plays a Key Role in the Development of Metabolic Syndrome Phenotype 2014 ·Diabetes ·Carlos Escande, Verónica Nin, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Claudia C.S. Chini, Tamar Tchkonia, James L. Kirkland, Eduardo N. Chini	19
13	Aging, Depot Origin, and Preadipocyte Gene Expression 2010 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Mark Cartwright, Karen Schlauch, Marc E. Lenburg, Tamar Tchkonia, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Andrew Cartwright, Thomas Thomou, James L. Kirkland	80
14	Increased TNFα and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein with aging predispose preadipocytes to resist adipogenesis 2007 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Tamar Tchkonia, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Thomas Thomou, Mark Cartwright, Burton L. Wise, Ιορδάνης Καραγιαννίδης, (unknown), Timothy L. Lash, J. David Becherer, James L. Kirkland	59
15	Aging results in paradoxical susceptibility of fat cell progenitors to lipotoxicity 2006 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Wen Guo, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Tamar Tchkonia, Weisheng Xie, Thomas Thomou, Jianrong Han, Tong Wang, Siu Ling Wong, Andrew Cartwright, Fausto G. Hegardt, Barbara E. Corkey, James L. Kirkland	63
16	Identification of depot-specific human fat cell progenitors through distinct expression profiles and developmental gene patterns 2006 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Tamar Tchkonia, Marc E. Lenburg, Thomas Thomou, Nino Giorgadze, Garrett M. Frampton, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Andrew Cartwright, Mark Cartwright, John N. Flanagan, Ιορδάνης Καραγιαννίδης, Norman P. Gerry, R. Armour Forse, Yourka D. Tchoukalova, Michael D. Jensen, Charalabos Pothoulakis, James L. Kirkland	276
17	Abundance of two human preadipocyte subtypes with distinct capacities for replication, adipogenesis, and apoptosis varies among fat depots 2004 ·American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Tamar Tchkonia, Yourka D. Tchoukalova, Nino Giorgadze, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Ιορδάνης Καραγιαννίδης, R. Armour Forse, Ada Koo, Michael Stevenson, Dharmaraj Chinnappan, Andrew Cartwright, Michael D. Jensen, James L. Kirkland	189
18	Octanoate Attenuates Adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes 2002 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Jianrong Han, Stephen R. Farmer, James L. Kirkland, Barbara E. Corkey, (unknown), Tamar Pirtskhalava, Yasuo Ido, Wen Guo	46
19	Adipogenesis and aging: does aging make fat go MAD? 2002 ·Experimental Gerontology ·James L. Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Jianrong Han, Ιορδάνης Καραγιαννίδης	274
20	Fat depot origin affects adipogenesis in primary cultured and cloned human preadipocytes 2002 ·American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology ·Tamar Tchkonia, Nino Giorgadze, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Yourka D. Tchoukalova, Ιορδάνης Καραγιαννίδης, R. Armour Forse, (unknown), Michael Stevenson, Wen Guo, Jianrong Han, (unknown), Timothy L. Lash, Michael D. Jensen, James L. Kirkland	214

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