Valentina Tremaroli

28.9k total citations · 17 hit papers
59 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

Valentina Tremaroli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentina Tremaroli has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Physiology and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Valentina Tremaroli's work include Gut microbiota and health (36 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (26 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (8 papers). Valentina Tremaroli is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (36 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (26 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (8 papers). Valentina Tremaroli collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and United States. Valentina Tremaroli's co-authors include Fredrik Bäckhed, Jens Nielsen, Fredrik Karlsson, Intawat Nookaew, Björn Fagerberg, Carl Johan Behre, Göran Bergström, Petia Kovatcheva‐Datchary, Robert Caesar and Frida Fåk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Valentina Tremaroli

59 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

Functional interactions between the gut microbiota and ho... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2012 2013 2017 2012 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Functional interactions between the gut microbiota and host metabolism
    2012 3.4k citations Valentina Tremaroli, Fredrik Bäckhed Nature profile →
  2. Gut metagenome in European women with normal, impaired and diabetic glucose control
    2013 2.2k citations Fredrik Karlsson, Valentina Tremaroli et al. Nature profile →
  3. Metformin alters the gut microbiome of individuals with treatment-naive type 2 diabetes, contributing to the therapeutic effects of the drug
    2017 1.2k citations Hao Wu, Valentina Tremaroli et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  4. Symptomatic atherosclerosis is associated with an altered gut metagenome
    2012 1.0k citations Fredrik Karlsson, Frida Fåk et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Human oral, gut, and plaque microbiota in patients with atherosclerosis
    2010 898 citations Omry Koren, Aymé Spor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Crosstalk between Gut Microbiota and Dietary Lipids Aggravates WAT Inflammation through TLR Signaling
    2015 752 citations Robert Caesar, Valentina Tremaroli et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  7. FXR is a molecular target for the effects of vertical sleeve gastrectomy
    2014 735 citations Valentina Tremaroli, Fredrik Bäckhed et al. Nature profile →
  8. Intestinal permeability, gut-bacterial dysbiosis, and behavioral markers of alcohol-dependence severity
    2014 711 citations Sophie Leclercq, Sébastien Matamoros et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. The gut microbiota regulates bone mass in mice
    2012 596 citations Valentina Tremaroli, Fredrik Bäckhed et al. profile →
  10. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Induce Long-Term Changes on the Human Gut Microbiome Contributing to Fat Mass Regulation
    2015 555 citations Valentina Tremaroli, Fredrik Karlsson et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  11. Depicting the composition of gut microbiota in a population with varied ethnic origins but shared geography
    2018 435 citations Mélanie Deschasaux, Kristien E. Bouter et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  12. Aberrant intestinal microbiota in individuals with prediabetes
    2018 339 citations Valentina Tremaroli, Robert Caesar et al. profile →
  13. The Gut Microbiota in Prediabetes and Diabetes: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study
    2020 337 citations Hao Wu, Valentina Tremaroli et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  14. Comparing bioinformatic pipelines for microbial 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing
    2020 298 citations Andrei Prodan, Valentina Tremaroli et al. PLoS ONE profile →
  15. Developmental trajectory of the healthy human gut microbiota during the first 5 years of life
    2021 275 citations Lisa Olsson, Valentina Tremaroli et al. profile →
  16. Synergy and oxygen adaptation for development of next-generation probiotics
    2023 112 citations Chinmay Dwibedi, Meenakshi Pradhan et al. Nature profile →
  17. Dynamics of the normal gut microbiota: A longitudinal one-year population study in Sweden
    2022 106 citations Lisa Olsson, Anders Gummesson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Valentina Tremaroli Sweden 35 11.6k 6.4k 2.1k 1.9k 1.7k 59 16.2k
Amandine Everard Belgium 37 12.3k 1.1× 7.6k 1.2× 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 79 16.8k
Petia Kovatcheva‐Datchary Sweden 26 8.6k 0.7× 5.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 35 12.3k
Christoph A. Thaiss United States 40 9.1k 0.8× 3.3k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 2.5k 1.4× 79 15.4k
Sudha B. Biddinger United States 31 8.0k 0.7× 4.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 47 12.6k
Muriel Derrien France 47 12.6k 1.1× 5.1k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 106 16.9k
Liping Zhao China 58 11.0k 0.9× 4.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 860 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 242 16.1k
Clara Belzer Netherlands 52 11.9k 1.0× 4.1k 0.6× 2.5k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 156 15.9k
Vincent Magrini United States 34 10.5k 0.9× 4.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 767 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 74 16.1k
Eugene B. Chang United States 82 14.9k 1.3× 5.0k 0.8× 3.1k 1.5× 3.2k 1.7× 2.3k 1.4× 325 24.8k
Ali Keshavarzian United States 82 11.3k 1.0× 5.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 2.6k 1.4× 4.5k 2.6× 388 26.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valentina Tremaroli

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bergentall, Mattias, Valentina Tremaroli, Chuqing Sun, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota mediates SREBP-1c-driven hepatic lipogenesis and steatosis in response to zero-fat high-sucrose diet. Molecular Metabolism. 97. 102162–102162. 1 indexed citations
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Dwibedi, Chinmay, A. Axelsson, Jed W. Fahey, et al.. (2025). Effect of broccoli sprout extract and baseline gut microbiota on fasting blood glucose in prediabetes: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Nature Microbiology. 10(3). 681–693. 8 indexed citations
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Wu, Hao, Xinyan Liu, Rima Chakaroun, et al.. (2025). Microbiome–metabolome dynamics associated with impaired glucose control and responses to lifestyle changes. Nature Medicine. 31(7). 2222–2231. 5 indexed citations
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Byndloss, Mariana X., Suzanne Devkota, Frank A. Duca, et al.. (2024). The Gut Microbiota and Diabetes: Research, Translation, and Clinical Applications—2023 Diabetes, Diabetes Care, and Diabetologia Expert Forum. Diabetes Care. 47(9). 1491–1508. 7 indexed citations
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Massier, Lucas, Niculina Musat, Michael Stümvoll, et al.. (2024). Tissue-resident bacteria in metabolic diseases: emerging evidence and challenges. Nature Metabolism. 6(7). 1209–1224. 6 indexed citations
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Angelini, Giulia, Manoel Galvão Neto, Ivo Boškoski, et al.. (2023). ForePass endoscopic bypass device for obesity and insulin resistance—metabolic treatment in a swine model. Gut. 73(4). 568–572. 4 indexed citations
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Angelini, Giulia, Lidia Castagneto‐Gissey, Serenella Salinari, et al.. (2022). Upper gut heat shock proteins HSP70 and GRP78 promote insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7715–7715. 15 indexed citations
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Davids, Mark, Louise E. Olofsson, Valentina Tremaroli, et al.. (2022). Gut microbial characteristics in poor appetite and undernutrition: a cohort of older adults and microbiota transfer in germ‐free mice. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 13(4). 2188–2201. 19 indexed citations
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Ratner, Cecilia, Jae Hoon Shin, Chinmay Dwibedi, et al.. (2021). Anorexia and Fat Aversion Induced by Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Is Attenuated in Neurotensin Receptor 1–Deficient Mice. Endocrinology. 162(9). 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Hao, Valentina Tremaroli, Caroline Schmidt, et al.. (2020). The Gut Microbiota in Prediabetes and Diabetes: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Cell Metabolism. 32(3). 379–390.e3. 337 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prodan, Andrei, Valentina Tremaroli, Harald Brolin, et al.. (2020). Comparing bioinformatic pipelines for microbial 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227434–e0227434. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deschasaux, Mélanie, Kristien E. Bouter, Andrei Prodan, et al.. (2018). Depicting the composition of gut microbiota in a population with varied ethnic origins but shared geography. Nature Medicine. 24(10). 1526–1531. 435 indexed citations breakdown →
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Molinaro, Antonio, Robert Caesar, Louise Mannerås Holm, et al.. (2017). Host–microbiota interaction induces bi-phasic inflammation and glucose intolerance in mice. Molecular Metabolism. 6(11). 1371–1380. 23 indexed citations
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Arora, Tulika, Florian Seyfried, Neil G. Docherty, et al.. (2017). Diabetes-associated microbiota in fa/fa rats is modified by Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. The ISME Journal. 11(9). 2035–2046. 51 indexed citations
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Leclercq, Sophie, Sébastien Matamoros, Patrice D. Cani, et al.. (2014). Intestinal permeability, gut-bacterial dysbiosis, and behavioral markers of alcohol-dependence severity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(42). E4485–93. 711 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aidy, Sahar El, Guido Hooiveld, Valentina Tremaroli, Fredrik Bäckhed, & Michiel Kleerebezem. (2013). The gut microbiota and mucosal homeostasis. Gut Microbes. 4(2). 118–124. 103 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Fredrik, Valentina Tremaroli, Intawat Nookaew, et al.. (2013). Gut metagenome in European women with normal, impaired and diabetic glucose control. Nature. 498(7452). 99–103. 2239 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tremaroli, Valentina & Fredrik Bäckhed. (2012). Functional interactions between the gut microbiota and host metabolism. Nature. 489(7415). 242–249. 3359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Larsson, Erik, Valentina Tremaroli, Ying Shiuan Lee, et al.. (2011). Analysis of gut microbial regulation of host gene expression along the length of the gut and regulation of gut microbial ecology through MyD88. Gut. 61(8). 1124–1131. 302 indexed citations
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Koren, Omry, Aymé Spor, Frida Fåk, et al.. (2010). Human oral, gut, and plaque microbiota in patients with atherosclerosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(supplement_1). 4592–4598. 898 indexed citations breakdown →

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