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Alan D. Cherrington

Alan D. Cherrington

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Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
24955
World Ranking
13281
National Ranking
6761

Overview

Alan D. Cherrington is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a strong emphasis on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Within these domains, their work spans subfields such as surgery, physiology, molecular biology, and genetics.

The scientist's research covers various topics related to pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes management and research, diabetes treatment and management, metabolism associated with diabetes and cancer, diet and metabolism studies, diabetes and associated disorders, as well as broader connections between diet, metabolism, and disease.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alan D. Cherrington include:

  • 100 years of glucagon and 100 more, 2023, Diabetologia
  • The Peripheral Peril: Injected Insulin Induces Insulin Insensitivity in Type 1 Diabetes, 2020, Diabetes
  • Molecular engineering of safe and efficacious oral basal insulin, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Importance of the route of insulin delivery to its control of glucose metabolism, 2021, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Efficacy and safety of Tregopil, a novel, ultra-rapid acting oral prandial insulin analog, as part of a basal-bolus regimen in type 2 diabetes: a randomized, active-controlled phase 2/3 study, 2022, Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including Dale S. Edgerton, Ben Farmer, Guillaume Kraft, Marta S. Smith, and Melanie Scott, reflecting an active involvement in collaborative research projects.

Alan D. Cherrington has published in several prominent scientific journals. The venues with the highest number of their publications include:

  • Diabetes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Nature Communications
  • Diabetes Care

Best Publications

  • Dual roles for glucokinase in glucose homeostasis as determined by liver and pancreatic beta cell-specific gene knock-outs using Cre recombinase.

    C. Postic;M. Shiota;K. D. Niswender;T. L. Jetton

  • Glucagonocentric restructuring of diabetes: a pathophysiologic and therapeutic makeover.

    Roger H. Unger;Alan D. Cherrington

  • Animal models of obesity and diabetes mellitus

    Maximilian Kleinert;Christoffer Clemmensen;Susanna M Hofmann;Mary C Moore

  • Banting Lecture 1997. Control of glucose uptake and release by the liver in vivo.

    Alan D. Cherrington

  • Nutrition and Physical Activity Program to Attenuate Obesity and Promote Physical and Metabolic Fitness in Elementary School Children

    Joseph E. Donnelly;Dennis J. Jacobsen;Janet E. Whatley;James O. Hill

  • Regulation of Hepatic Glucose Uptake and Storage In Vivo

    Mary Courtney Moore;Katie C. Coate;Katie C. Coate;Jason J. Winnick;Zhibo An;Zhibo An

  • The role of insulin and glucagon in the regulation of basal glucose production in the postabsorptive dog.

    A D Cherrington;J L Chiasson;J E Liljenquist;A S Jennings

  • Physiologic action of glucagon on liver glucose metabolism.

    C. J. Ramnanan;D. S. Edgerton;G. Kraft;A. D. Cherrington

  • Effect of glucagon on glucose production during insulin deficiency in the dog.

    A D Cherrington;W W Lacy;J L Chiasson

  • Studies on the alpha-andrenergic activation of hepatic glucose output. II. Investigation of the roles of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate and adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase in the actions of phenylephrine in isolated hepatocytes.

    A D Cherrington;F D Assimacopoulos;S C Harper;J D Corbin

  • Role of brain in counterregulation of insulin-induced hypoglycemia in dogs.

    D. W. Biggers;S. R. Myers;D. Neal;R. Stinson

  • Importance of the route of intravenous glucose delivery to hepatic glucose balance in the conscious dog.

    B A Adkins;S R Myers;G K Hendrick;R W Stevenson

  • The Role of Fatty Acids in Mediating the Effects of Peripheral Insulin on Hepatic Glucose Production in the Conscious Dog

    Dana K Sindelar;Chang A Chu;Michelle Rohlie;Doss W Neal

  • Insulin's direct effects on the liver dominate the control of hepatic glucose production.

    Dale S. Edgerton;Margaret Lautz;Melanie Scott;Carrie A. Everett

  • Glucagon is a primary controller of hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis during muscular work.

    D. H. Wasserman;J. A. Spalding;D. B. Lacy;C. A. Colburn

  • Evidence for an important role of glucagon in the regulation of hepatic glucose production in normal man.

    J E Liljenquist;G L Mueller;A D Cherrington;U Keller

  • Effects of Increased Glucokinase Gene Copy Number on Glucose Homeostasis and Hepatic Glucose Metabolism

    Kevin D. Niswender;Masakazu Shiota;Catherine Postic;Alan D. Cherrington

  • Differential Time Course of Glucagon's Effect on Glycogenolysis and Gluconeogenesis in the Conscious Dog

    A D Cherrington;P E Williams;G I Shulman;W W Lacy

  • A Comparison of the Effects of Selective Increases in Peripheral or Portal insulin on Hepatic Glucose Production in the Conscious Dog

    Dana K Sindelar;James H Balcom;Chang A Chu;Doss W Neal

  • Intraportal glucose delivery alters the relationship between net hepatic glucose uptake and the insulin concentration.

    S R Myers;O P McGuinness;D W Neal;A D Cherrington

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Wasserman
David H. Wasserman Vanderbilt University
Michael P. Diamond
Michael P. Diamond Augusta University
Peter J. Roach
Peter J. Roach Indiana University
Gerald I. Shulman
Gerald I. Shulman Yale University
John H. Exton
John H. Exton Vanderbilt University
George W. Reed
George W. Reed University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Mark A. Magnuson
Mark A. Magnuson Vanderbilt University
Luciano Rossetti
Luciano Rossetti Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Catherine Postic
Catherine Postic Institut Cochin
Claes B. Wollheim
Claes B. Wollheim University of Geneva

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