William Jou

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

William Jou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William Jou has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William Jou's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (14 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (7 papers). William Jou is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (14 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (7 papers). William Jou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belarus. William Jou's co-authors include Oksana Gavrilova, Stephanie Pack, Tatyana Chanturiya, Samuel W. Cushman, Anne E. Sumner, Junghyo Jo, Vipul Periwal, Alexandra C. McPherron, Tingqing Guo and Cuiying Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

William Jou

27 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hypertrophy and/or Hyperplasia: Dynamics of Adipose Tissue Growth

2009 612 citations Junghyo Jo, Oksana Gavrilova et al. PLoS Computational Biology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
William Jou	1.3k	1.2k	635	377	330	27	2.6k
Barbara C. Fam	954 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	539 0.8×	488 1.3×	432 1.3×	32	2.4k
Hye Lim Noh	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	839 1.3×	422 1.1×	445 1.3×	40	2.8k
Josep A. Villena	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	691 1.1×	348 0.9×	271 0.8×	42	3.3k
Stefania Carobbio	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.6×	546 1.4×	327 1.0×	46	3.1k
Heikki A. Koistinen	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	743 1.2×	402 1.1×	371 1.1×	57	2.8k
Nathan Qi	1.1k 0.9×	897 0.7×	582 0.9×	199 0.5×	277 0.8×	51	2.3k
Jonathan J. Fillmore	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	957 1.5×	477 1.3×	455 1.4×	14	2.8k
Magdalene K. Montgomery	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	956 1.5×	307 0.8×	380 1.2×	56	3.5k
WuQiang Fan	980 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	645 1.0×	507 1.3×	535 1.6×	28	3.1k
Kyle D. Copps	893 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	562 0.9×	539 1.4×	510 1.5×	25	2.9k

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Jou, William, Cuiying Xiao, Ramón A. Piñol, et al.. (2014). Biphasic Effect of Melanocortin Agonists on Metabolic Rate and Body Temperature. Cell Metabolism. 20(2). 333–345. 29 indexed citations

Xiao, Cuiying, et al.. (2014). The Chemical Uncoupler 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) Protects against Diet-induced Obesity and Improves Energy Homeostasis in Mice at Thermoneutrality. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(28). 19341–19350. 108 indexed citations

Li, Jian Hua, Shalini Jain, Sara M. McMillin, et al.. (2013). A Novel Experimental Strategy to Assess the Metabolic Effects of Selective Activation of a Gq-Coupled Receptor in Hepatocytes In Vivo. Endocrinology. 154(10). 3539–3551. 56 indexed citations

Guo, Tingqing, et al.. (2012). Myostatin Inhibition Prevents Diabetes and Hyperphagia in a Mouse Model of Lipodystrophy. Diabetes. 61(10). 2414–2423. 54 indexed citations

Azúa, Iñigo Ruı́z de, Ken‐ichiro Nakajima, Mario Rossi, et al.. (2012). Spinophilin as a novel regulator of M ₃ muscarinic receptor‐mediated insulin release in vitro and in vivo. The FASEB Journal. 26(10). 4275–4286. 18 indexed citations

Faulhaber‐Walter, Robert, William Jou, Diane Mizel, et al.. (2011). Impaired Glucose Tolerance in the Absence of Adenosine A1 Receptor Signaling. Diabetes. 60(10). 2578–2587. 62 indexed citations

Chatterjee, Raghunath, Paramita Bhattacharya, Oksana Gavrilova, et al.. (2011). Suppression of the C/EBP family of transcription factors in adipose tissue causes lipodystrophy. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 46(3). 175–192. 20 indexed citations

Xiao, Cuiying, Hyun‐Seok Kim, Tyler Lahusen, et al.. (2010). SIRT6 Deficiency Results in Severe Hypoglycemia by Enhancing Both Basal and Insulin-stimulated Glucose Uptake in Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(47). 36776–36784. 165 indexed citations

Guo, Juen, William Jou, Oksana Gavrilova, & Kevin D. Hall. (2009). Persistent Diet-Induced Obesity in Male C57BL/6 Mice Resulting from Temporary Obesigenic Diets. PLoS ONE. 4(4). e5370–e5370. 123 indexed citations

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Chen, Min, Han‐Zhong Feng, Divakar Gupta, et al.. (2009). G_sα deficiency in skeletal muscle leads to reduced muscle mass, fiber-type switching, and glucose intolerance without insulin resistance or deficiency. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 296(4). C930–C940. 50 indexed citations

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Gavrilova, Oksana, Nancy K. Dwyer, William Jou, et al.. (2009). Transduction of rat pancreatic islets with pseudotyped adeno-associated virus vectors. Virology Journal. 6(1). 61–61. 10 indexed citations

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Guo, Tingqing, et al.. (2009). Myostatin Inhibition in Muscle, but Not Adipose Tissue, Decreases Fat Mass and Improves Insulin Sensitivity. PLoS ONE. 4(3). e4937–e4937. 321 indexed citations

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Jo, Junghyo, Oksana Gavrilova, Stephanie Pack, et al.. (2009). Hypertrophy and/or Hyperplasia: Dynamics of Adipose Tissue Growth. PLoS Computational Biology. 5(3). e1000324–e1000324. 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gautam, Dinesh, Oksana Gavrilova, Jongrye Jeon, et al.. (2006). Beneficial metabolic effects of M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor deficiency. Cell Metabolism. 4(5). 363–375. 77 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyunsook, P. Pennisi, Oksana Gavrilova, et al.. (2006). Effect of adipocyte β₃-adrenergic receptor activation on the type 2 diabetic MKR mice. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 290(6). E1227–E1236. 48 indexed citations

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Xie, Tao, Antonius Plagge, Oksana Gavrilova, et al.. (2006). The Alternative Stimulatory G Protein α-Subunit XLαs Is a Critical Regulator of Energy and Glucose Metabolism and Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Adult Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(28). 18989–18999. 77 indexed citations

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Pennisi, P., Oksana Gavrilova, William Jou, et al.. (2006). Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Treatment Inhibits Gluconeogenesis in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Endocrinology. 147(6). 2619–2630. 45 indexed citations

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Gavrilova, Oksana, Weiqin Zhao, Annie Nguyen, et al.. (2005). Increased glucose tolerance and reduced adiposity in the absence of fasting hypoglycemia in mice with liver-specific Gsα deficiency. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(11). 3217–3227. 119 indexed citations

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Héron‐Milhavet, Lisa, Martin Haluzı́k, Shoshana Yakar, et al.. (2004). Muscle-Specific Overexpression of CD36 Reverses the Insulin Resistance and Diabetes of MKR Mice. Endocrinology. 145(10). 4667–4676. 56 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hong, Shoshana Yakar, Oksana Gavrilova, et al.. (2004). Phloridzin Improves Hyperglycemia But Not Hepatic Insulin Resistance in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes. 53(11). 2901–2909. 51 indexed citations

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