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Alan D. Attie publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan D. Attie sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 243 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alan D. Attie D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan D. Attie sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alan D. Attie is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. They have published extensively in areas including molecular biology, genetics, surgery, physiology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their main research topics focus on pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes and associated disorders, adipose tissue and metabolism, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, gut microbiota and health, and diet, metabolism, and disease.

Frequent coauthors of Alan D. Attie include Mark P. Keller, Kathryn L. Schueler, Donnie S. Stapleton, Gary A. Churchill, and Shane P. Simonett.

They have published numerous papers in notable scientific venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Lipid Research, Diabetes, Nature Communications, and eLife.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • A large-scale genome-lipid association map guides lipid identification, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Sorting through the extensive and confusing roles of sortilin in metabolic disease, 2022, Journal of Lipid Research
  • Secretion of Recombinant Interleukin-22 by Engineered Lactobacillus reuteri Reduces Fatty Liver Disease in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity, 2020, mSphere
  • Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut, 2023, Nature Microbiology
  • Sample multiplexing-based targeted pathway proteomics with real-time analytics reveals the impact of genetic variation on protein expression, 2023, Nature Communications

Alan D. Attie was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Loss of stearoyl–CoA desaturase-1 function protects mice against adiposity

    James M. Ntambi;Makoto Miyazaki;Jonathan P. Stoehr;Hong Lan

  • The Collaborative Cross, a community resource for the genetic analysis of complex traits

    Gary A. Churchill;David C. Airey;Hooman Allayee;Joe M. Angel

  • Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α induces fibrosis and insulin resistance in white adipose tissue

    Nils Halberg;Tayeba Khan;Maria E. Trujillo;Maria E. Trujillo;Ingrid Wernstedt-Asterholm

  • NARC-1/PCSK9 and Its Natural Mutants ZYMOGEN CLEAVAGE AND EFFECTS ON THE LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL) RECEPTOR AND LDL CHOLESTEROL

    Suzanne Benjannet;David Rhainds;Rachid Essalmani;Janice Mayne

  • The Republican War on Science

    Alan D. Attie

  • Diet-Microbiota Interactions Mediate Global Epigenetic Programming in Multiple Host Tissues

    Kimberly A. Krautkramer;Julia H. Kreznar;Kymberleigh A. Romano;Eugenio I. Vivas

  • The Biosynthesis of Hepatic Cholesterol Esters and Triglycerides Is Impaired in Mice with a Disruption of the Gene for Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1

    Makoto Miyazaki;Young-Cheul Kim;Mark P. Gray-Keller;Alan D. Attie

  • The expression of adipogenic genes is decreased in obesity and diabetes mellitus

    Samuel T. Nadler;Jonathan P. Stoehr;Kathryn L. Schueler;Gene Tanimoto

  • Relationship between stearoyl-CoA desaturase activity and plasma triglycerides in human and mouse hypertriglyceridemia

    Alan D. Attie;Ronald M. Krauss;Mark P. Gray-Keller;Alison Brownlie

  • A radioiodinated, intracellularly trapped ligand for determining the sites of plasma protein degradation in vivo.

    R C Pittman;T E Carew;C K Glass;S R Green

  • Metabolic syndrome: from epidemiology to systems biology

    Aldons J. Lusis;Alan D. Attie;Karen Reue

  • Pivotal role of ABCA1 in reverse cholesterol transport influencing HDL levels and susceptibility to atherosclerosis

    Alan D. Attie;John P. Kastelein;Michael R. Hayden

  • A gene expression network model of type 2 diabetes links cell cycle regulation in islets with diabetes susceptibility

    Mark P Keller;YounJeong Choi;Ping Wang;Dawn Belt Davis

  • The role of the LDL receptor in apolipoprotein B secretion.

    Jaap Twisk;Donald L. Gillian-Daniel;Angie Tebon;Lin Wang

  • The efficiency of pooling mRNA in microarray experiments.

    C. M. Kendziorski;Y. Zhang;H. Lan;A. D. Attie

  • The cellular trafficking of the secretory proprotein convertase PCSK9 and its dependence on the LDLR.

    Nasha Nassoury;Daniel A. Blasiole;Angie Tebon Oler;Suzanne Benjannet

  • The genetic landscape of type 2 diabetes in mice.

    Susanne M. Clee;Alan D. Attie

  • Energy Metabolic Reprogramming in the Hypertrophied and Early Stage Failing Heart A Multisystems Approach

    Ling Lai;Teresa C. Leone;Mark P. Keller;Ola J. Martin

  • Adipocyte metabolism and obesity.

    Alan D. Attie;Philipp E. Scherer

  • ZYMOGEN CLEAVAGE AND EFFECTS ON THE LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL) RECEPTOR AND LDL CHOLESTEROL

    Suzanne Benjannet;David Rhainds;Rachid Essalmani;Janice Mayne

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian S. Yandell
Brian S. Yandell University of Wisconsin–Madison
Christina Kendziorski
Christina Kendziorski University of Wisconsin–Madison
Karl W. Broman
Karl W. Broman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eric E. Schadt
Eric E. Schadt Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James M. Ntambi
James M. Ntambi University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joshua J. Coon
Joshua J. Coon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gary A. Churchill
Gary A. Churchill The Jackson Laboratory
Stephen L. Sturley
Stephen L. Sturley Columbia University Medical Center
Michael R. Hayden
Michael R. Hayden University of British Columbia
Aldons J. Lusis
Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles

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