Tune H. Pers

51.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Tune H. Pers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tune H. Pers has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tune H. Pers's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (13 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (11 papers). Tune H. Pers is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (13 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (11 papers). Tune H. Pers collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and United Kingdom. Tune H. Pers's co-authors include Joel N. Hirschhorn, Pascal Timshel, Lude Franke, John N. Campbell, Linus Tsai, Evan Z. Macosko, Bradford B. Lowell, Anna Lyubetskaya, Anne M.J. Verstegen and Melissa Goldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Tune H. Pers

58 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A molecular census of arcuate hypothalamus and median eminence cell types

2017 560 citations John N. Campbell, Tune H. Pers et al. profile →
Biological interpretation of genome-wide association studies using predicted gene functions

2015 359 citations Tune H. Pers, Juha Karjalainen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tune H. Pers Denmark	27	1.5k	716	574	499	287	58	3.2k
Sara Wells United Kingdom	29	1.7k 1.1×	920 1.3×	676 1.2×	240 0.5×	344 1.2×	94	3.6k
Linda Koch United States	16	1.5k 1.0×	461 0.6×	536 0.9×	385 0.8×	212 0.7×	189	2.7k
Pascale Cervera France	26	1.4k 0.9×	285 0.4×	1.1k 1.9×	319 0.6×	237 0.8×	69	3.8k
Jyoti J. Watters United States	38	1.1k 0.7×	955 1.3×	600 1.0×	1.2k 2.5×	134 0.5×	100	5.1k
Weiwei Fan United States	33	3.2k 2.1×	521 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	153 0.3×	209 0.7×	73	4.5k
Joseph M. Devaney United States	31	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	536 0.9×	137 0.3×	281 1.0×	95	3.5k
Valérie Gailus‐Durner Germany	31	1.2k 0.8×	469 0.7×	353 0.6×	133 0.3×	134 0.5×	109	2.6k
Laurie Erb United States	43	1.8k 1.1×	264 0.4×	818 1.4×	499 1.0×	267 0.9×	69	4.4k
Maija Wessman Finland	32	742 0.5×	539 0.8×	333 0.6×	296 0.6×	196 0.7×	83	2.8k
Gonzalo Martı́nez de la Escalera Mexico	37	1.3k 0.9×	480 0.7×	245 0.4×	351 0.7×	282 1.0×	152	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tune H. Pers

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Hassan, S. A., Sofia Lundh, Tune H. Pers, et al.. (2025). Cagrilintide lowers bodyweight through brain amylin receptors 1 and 3. EBioMedicine. 118. 105836–105836. 4 indexed citations

Li, Chia, Damien Kerspern, Dylan M. Rausch, et al.. (2024). Molecular connectomics reveals a glucagon-like peptide 1-sensitive neural circuit for satiety. Nature Metabolism. 6(12). 2354–2373. 20 indexed citations

Ranea‐Robles, Pablo, Sarah Falk, Dylan M. Rausch, et al.. (2024). Protection against overfeeding-induced weight gain is preserved in obesity but does not require FGF21 or MC4R. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1192–1192. 8 indexed citations

Horváth, Carla, Pascal Timshel, Tora Henriksen, et al.. (2023). Adipogenic and SWAT cells separate from a common progenitor in human brown and white adipose depots. Nature Metabolism. 5(6). 996–1013. 31 indexed citations

Egerod, Kristoffer L., et al.. (2023). Molecular consequences of peripheral Influenza A infection on cell populations in the murine hypothalamus. eLife. 12. 4 indexed citations

Kotzbeck, Petra, Søren H. Christiansen, Cecilia Ratner, et al.. (2021). Hypothalamic hormone-sensitive lipase regulates appetite and energy homeostasis. Molecular Metabolism. 47. 101174–101174. 13 indexed citations

Brown, Jenny M., Dylan M. Rausch, Bao Anh Phan, et al.. (2021). Role of hypothalamic MAPK/ERK signaling and central action of FGF1 in diabetes remission. iScience. 24(9). 102944–102944. 18 indexed citations

Merino, Jordi, Hassan S. Dashti, Chloé Sarnowski, et al.. (2021). Genetic analysis of dietary intake identifies new loci and functional links with metabolic traits. Nature Human Behaviour. 6(1). 155–163. 27 indexed citations

Nyquist, Sarah K., Alveera Singh, Ian Mbano, et al.. (2021). HIV infection drives interferon signaling within intestinal SARS-CoV-2 target cells. JCI Insight. 6(16). 5 indexed citations

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Timshel, Pascal, et al.. (2020). scVAE: variational auto-encoders for single-cell gene expression data. Bioinformatics. 36(16). 4415–4422. 138 indexed citations

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Pfisterer, Ulrich, Viktor Petukhov, Samuel Demharter, et al.. (2020). Identification of epilepsy-associated neuronal subtypes and gene expression underlying epileptogenesis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5038–5038. 115 indexed citations

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Skov, Louise J., Cecilia Ratner, Jonatan J. Thompson, et al.. (2019). RhoA in tyrosine hydroxylase neurones regulates food intake and body weight via altered sensitivity to peripheral hormones. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 31(7). e12761–e12761. 10 indexed citations

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Linscheid, Nora, Sunil Jit R. J. Logantha, Shanzhuo Zhang, et al.. (2019). Quantitative proteomics and single-nucleus transcriptomics of the sinus node elucidates the foundation of cardiac pacemaking. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2889–2889. 74 indexed citations

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Fehrmann, Rudolf S.N., Juha Karjalainen, Małgorzata Krajewska, et al.. (2015). Gene expression analysis identifies global gene dosage sensitivity in cancer. Nature Genetics. 47(2). 115–125. 209 indexed citations

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Mukamal, Kenneth J., Majken K. Jensen, Tune H. Pers, et al.. (2015). Multilocus Heterozygosity and Coronary Heart Disease: Nested Case-Control Studies in Men and Women. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0124847–e0124847. 2 indexed citations

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Pers, Tune H., Juha Karjalainen, Yingleong Chan, et al.. (2015). Biological interpretation of genome-wide association studies using predicted gene functions. Nature Communications. 6(1). 5890–5890. 359 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pers, Tune H., Henrik Bangsø Nielsen, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, et al.. (2015). Predicting facial characteristics from complex polygenic variations. Forensic Science International Genetics. 19. 263–268. 12 indexed citations

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Börnigen, Daniela, Tune H. Pers, Lieven Thorrez, et al.. (2013). Concordance of gene expression in human protein complexes reveals tissue specificity and pathology. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(18). e171–e171. 19 indexed citations

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Mutch, David M., Tune H. Pers, Véronique Pelloux, et al.. (2011). A distinct adipose tissue gene expression response to caloric restriction predicts 6-mo weight maintenance in obese subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 94(6). 1399–1409. 45 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Esther, Sofia I. Iqbal Kring, Tina Landsvig Berentzen, et al.. (2009). Fatness-Associated FTO Gene Variant Increases Mortality Independent of Fatness – in Cohorts of Danish Men. PLoS ONE. 4(2). e4428–e4428. 41 indexed citations

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