William P. Cawthorn

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

William P. Cawthorn is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William P. Cawthorn has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Physiology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in William P. Cawthorn's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (24 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (14 papers) and Bone and Joint Diseases (10 papers). William P. Cawthorn is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (24 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (14 papers) and Bone and Joint Diseases (10 papers). William P. Cawthorn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. William P. Cawthorn's co-authors include Jaswinder K. Sethi, Ormond A. MacDougald, Erica L. Scheller, Adam J. Bree, Yao Yao, Nahid Hemati, Baowen Du, Brian S. Learman, Gabriel Martinez-Santibañez and Karla J. Suchacki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William P. Cawthorn

48 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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TNF‐α and adipocyte biology

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William P. Cawthorn United Kingdom	33	1.7k	1.5k	1.1k	598	495	50	4.2k
Matthew S. Rodeheffer United States	33	1.8k 1.0×	2.5k 1.7×	1.9k 1.7×	343 0.6×	635 1.3×	43	5.2k
Giacomina Brunetti Italy	39	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	442 0.4×	277 0.5×	333 0.7×	116	4.3k
Atsunori Fukuhara Japan	32	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	340 0.6×	99 0.2×	88	4.1k
Xiang‐Hang Luo China	43	3.5k 2.0×	920 0.6×	955 0.9×	1.7k 2.9×	363 0.7×	127	6.2k
Mikołaj Ogrodnik United States	19	2.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.7×	659 0.6×	532 0.9×	335 0.7×	24	4.7k
Miguel Otero United States	33	1.7k 1.0×	593 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	936 1.6×	201 0.4×	86	5.8k
Dwight J. Klemm United States	40	2.4k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	853 0.8×	574 1.0×	444 0.9×	88	5.4k
Riko Kitazawa Japan	39	2.7k 1.6×	434 0.3×	811 0.7×	638 1.1×	233 0.5×	230	5.6k
Gang He China	39	1.9k 1.1×	932 0.6×	274 0.2×	532 0.9×	123 0.2×	139	4.7k
Mattia Albiero Italy	34	2.8k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	537 0.5×	526 0.9×	526 1.1×	85	5.7k

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Xu, Wei, Ines Mesa‐Eguiagaray, David M. Morris, et al.. (2025). Deep learning and genome-wide association meta-analyses of bone marrow adiposity in the UK Biobank. Nature Communications. 16(1). 99–99. 6 indexed citations

Tencerová, Michaela, Biagio Palmisano, Stéphanie Lucas, et al.. (2025). Experimental analysis of bone marrow adipose tissue and bone marrow adipocytes: An update from the bone marrow adiposity society (BMAS). Bone Reports. 26. 101861–101861. 1 indexed citations

Cawthorn, William P., et al.. (2025). Bone marrow adipose tissue expansion and bone loss in experimental chronic kidney disease is independent of altered bone marrow stromal cell lineage determination. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 16. 1666681–1666681.

Suchacki, Karla J., Richard J. Sulston, Robert Wallace, et al.. (2024). Deletion of Hsd11b1 suppresses caloric restriction-induced bone marrow adiposity in male but not female mice. Journal of Endocrinology. 262(2). 2 indexed citations

Suchacki, Karla J., Benjamin J. Thomas, Claire Fyfe, et al.. (2023). The effects of caloric restriction on adipose tissue and metabolic health are sex- and age-dependent. eLife. 12. 40 indexed citations

Suchacki, Karla J., Nicholas M. Morton, Calvin Vary, et al.. (2020). PHOSPHO1 is a skeletal regulator of insulin resistance and obesity. BMC Biology. 18(1). 149–149. 12 indexed citations

Scheller, Erica L., Shaima Khandaker, Brian S. Learman, et al.. (2018). Bone marrow adipocytes resist lipolysis and remodeling in response to β-adrenergic stimulation. Bone. 118. 32–41. 82 indexed citations

Mcilroy, George D., Karla J. Suchacki, Anke J. Roelofs, et al.. (2018). Adipose specific disruption of seipin causes early-onset generalised lipodystrophy and altered fuel utilisation without severe metabolic disease. Molecular Metabolism. 10. 55–65. 34 indexed citations

Sulston, Richard J. & William P. Cawthorn. (2016). Bone marrow adipose tissue as an endocrine organ: close to the bone?. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 28(1). 21–38. 59 indexed citations

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Suchacki, Karla J., William P. Cawthorn, & Clifford J. Rosen. (2016). Bone marrow adipose tissue: formation, function and regulation. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 28. 50–56. 57 indexed citations

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Scheller, Erica L., et al.. (2016). Inside out: Bone marrow adipose tissue as a source of circulating adiponectin. Adipocyte. 5(3). 251–269. 61 indexed citations

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Mori, Hiroyuki, Yao Yao, Brian S. Learman, et al.. (2016). Induction of WNT11 by hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α regulates cell proliferation, migration and invasion. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21520–21520. 43 indexed citations

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Scheller, Erica L., Casey R. Doucette, Brian S. Learman, et al.. (2015). Region-specific variation in the properties of skeletal adipocytes reveals regulated and constitutive marrow adipose tissues. Nature Communications. 6(1). 13775–13775. 330 indexed citations

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Ge, Chunxi, William P. Cawthorn, Yan Li, et al.. (2015). Reciprocal Control of Osteogenic and Adipogenic Differentiation by ERK/MAP Kinase Phosphorylation of Runx2 and PPARγ Transcription Factors. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 231(3). 587–596. 107 indexed citations

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Stables, Catherine L., Hassan Musa, A Mitra, et al.. (2014). Reduced Na+ current density underlies impaired propagation in the diabetic rabbit ventricle. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 69. 24–31. 30 indexed citations

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Simon, B, Sebastian D. Parlee, Brian S. Learman, et al.. (2013). Artificial Sweeteners Stimulate Adipogenesis and Suppress Lipolysis Independently of Sweet Taste Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(45). 32475–32489. 98 indexed citations

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Mori, Hiroyuki, Michael A. Reid, Kenneth Longo, et al.. (2012). Secreted frizzled-related protein 5 suppresses adipocyte mitochondrial metabolism through WNT inhibition. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(7). 2405–2416. 142 indexed citations

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Cawthorn, William P., Adam J. Bree, Yao Yao, et al.. (2011). Wnt6, Wnt10a and Wnt10b inhibit adipogenesis and stimulate osteoblastogenesis through a β-catenin-dependent mechanism. Bone. 50(2). 477–489. 357 indexed citations

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Xu, Bin, Isabelle Gerin, Hongzhi Miao, et al.. (2010). Multiple Roles for the Non-Coding RNA SRA in Regulation of Adipogenesis and Insulin Sensitivity. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e14199–e14199. 172 indexed citations

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Hadaschik, Dirk, et al.. (2009). The transcription factors Egr1 and Egr2 have opposing influences on adipocyte differentiation. Cell Death and Differentiation. 16(5). 782–789. 79 indexed citations

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