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Barbara E. Corkey

Barbara E. Corkey

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Chemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
16660
World Ranking
4547
National Ranking
1431

Biology and Biochemistry

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86
Citations
25677
World Ranking
2982
National Ranking
1526

Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
25309
World Ranking
14205
National Ranking
7189

Overview

Barbara E. Corkey is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several specific subfields including Physiology, Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their body of work encompasses a variety of main topics centered around metabolic health and disease, including:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Barbara E. Corkey has contributed to several scientific journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Cell Metabolism
  • Diabetes
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Frontiers in Physiology

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity", 2025, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Metabolic cycles and signals for insulin secretion", 2022, Cell Metabolism
  • "Obesogens: a unifying theory for the global rise in obesity", 2024, International Journal of Obesity
  • "The Redox Communication Network as a Regulator of Metabolism", 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Blocking mitochondrial pyruvate import in brown adipocytes induces energy wasting via lipid cycling", 2020, EMBO Reports

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jude T. Deeney
  • Takashi Kadowaki
  • Matthew J. Merrins
  • Jerrold J. Heindel
  • Robert H. Lustig

Best Publications

  • Fission and selective fusion govern mitochondrial segregation and elimination by autophagy

    Gilad Twig;Alvaro Elorza;Anthony J A Molina;Anthony J A Molina;Hibo Mohamed

  • [65] Assays of intermediates of the citric acid cycle and related compounds by fluorometric enzyme methods

    John R. Williamson;Barbara E. Corkey

  • Reactive Oxygen Species as a Signal in Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion

    Jingbo Pi;Yushi Bai;Qiang Zhang;Victoria Wong

  • Are the beta-cell signaling molecules malonyl-CoA and cystolic long-chain acyl-CoA implicated in multiple tissue defects of obesity and NIDDM?

    Marc Prentki;Barbara E Corkey

  • Mitochondria Bound to Lipid Droplets Have Unique Bioenergetics, Composition, and Dynamics that Support Lipid Droplet Expansion

    Ilan Y. Benador;Ilan Y. Benador;Michaela Veliova;Kiana Mahdaviani;Anton Petcherski

  • Malonyl-CoA and long chain acyl-CoA esters as metabolic coupling factors in nutrient-induced insulin secretion.

    M Prentki;S Vischer;M.C. Glennon;R Regazzi

  • Mitochondrial Networking Protects β-Cells From Nutrient-Induced Apoptosis

    Anthony J.A. Molina;Jakob D. Wikstrom;Jakob D. Wikstrom;Linsey Stiles;Linsey Stiles;Guy Las

  • ROS signaling, oxidative stress and Nrf2 in pancreatic beta-cell function

    Jingbo Pi;Qiang Zhang;Jingqi Fu;Jingqi Fu;Courtney G. Woods;Courtney G. Woods

  • The Time Is Right for a New Classification System for Diabetes: Rationale and Implications of the β-Cell–Centric Classification Schema

    Stanley S. Schwartz;Solomon Epstein;Barbara E. Corkey;Struan F.A. Grant

  • Regulation of free and bound magnesium in rat hepatocytes and isolated mitochondria.

    B E Corkey;J Duszynski;T L Rich;B Matschinsky

  • A role for malonyl-CoA in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from clonal pancreatic beta-cells.

    B E Corkey;M C Glennon;K S Chen;J T Deeney

  • Glucose-regulated anaplerosis and cataplerosis in pancreatic beta-cells: possible implication of a pyruvate/citrate shuttle in insulin secretion.

    Salah Farfari;Vera Schulz;Barbara Corkey;Marc Prentki

  • Banting Lecture 2011: Hyperinsulinemia: Cause or Consequence?

    Barbara E. Corkey

  • Dual role of proapoptotic BAD in insulin secretion and beta cell survival

    Nika N Danial;Loren D Walensky;Chen-Yu Zhang;Cheol Soo Choi

  • Fatty acid metabolism and insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells

    G. C. Yaney;B. E. Corkey

  • Beta3-adrenergic receptors on white and brown adipocytes mediate beta3-selective agonist-induced effects on energy expenditure, insulin secretion, and food intake. A study using transgenic and gene knockout mice.

    Danica Grujic;Vedrana S. Susulic;Mary-Ellen Harper;Jean Himms-Hagen

  • Oscillations in cytosolic free Ca2+, oxygen consumption, and insulin secretion in glucose-stimulated rat pancreatic islets.

    E.A. Longo;K. Tornheim;J.T. Deeney;B.A. Varnum

  • Hormone-induced mitochondrial fission is utilized by brown adipocytes as an amplification pathway for energy expenditure.

    Jakob D Wikstrom;Kiana Mahdaviani;Marc Liesa;Samuel B Sereda

  • Hyperinsulinemia: An Early Indicator of Metabolic Dysfunction

    Dylan D Thomas;Barbara E Corkey;Nawfal W Istfan;Caroline M Apovian

  • Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in children with non-ketotic hypoglycemia and low carnitine levels

    Charles A Stanley;Daniel E Hale;Paul M Coates;Carole L Hall;Carole L Hall

  • Acute Stimulation with Long Chain Acyl-CoA Enhances Exocytosis in Insulin-secreting Cells (HIT T-15 and NMRI β-Cells)

    Jude T. Deeney;Jude T. Deeney;Jesper Gromada;Marianne Høy;Hervør L. Olsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Prentki
Marc Prentki University of Montreal
Orian S. Shirihai
Orian S. Shirihai University of California, Los Angeles
James A. Hamilton
James A. Hamilton Boston University
Per-Olof Berggren
Per-Olof Berggren Karolinska Institute
John R. Williamson
John R. Williamson University of Pennsylvania
Franz M. Matschinsky
Franz M. Matschinsky University of Pennsylvania
Caroline M. Apovian
Caroline M. Apovian Brigham and Women's Hospital
Christopher J. Rhodes
Christopher J. Rhodes University of Chicago
Sheila Collins
Sheila Collins Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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