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Bernhard H. Breier

Bernhard H. Breier

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
15008
World Ranking
8262
National Ranking
18

Overview

Bernhard H. Breier is affiliated with Massey University in New Zealand and has focused their research primarily in the field of Medicine, with particular attention to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Food Science, and Pharmacy.

Their work revolves around key topics including:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Gut Microbiota and Health
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Bernhard H. Breier has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Rozanne Kruger (6 joint publications)
  • Jeroen Douwes (4 joint publications)
  • Marine Corbin (4 joint publications)
  • Nikki Renall (3 joint publications)
  • Benedikt Merz (3 joint publications)

Research dissemination has occurred through multiple publication venues, with the most frequent contributions appearing in:

  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society (2 papers)
  • Gut Microbes (1 paper)
  • Frontiers in Physiology (1 paper)
  • BMC Nutrition (1 paper)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1 paper)

Some of the recent scientific papers authored by Bernhard H. Breier include:

  • The fecal microbiotas of women of Pacific and New Zealand European ethnicities are characterized by distinctive enterotypes that reflect dietary intakes and fecal water content, 2023, published in Gut Microbes
  • Objectively Measured Physical Activity Is Associated With Body Composition and Metabolic Profiles of Pacific and New Zealand European Women With Different Metabolic Disease Risks, 2021, published in Frontiers in Physiology
  • Dietary fibre intake, adiposity, and metabolic disease risk in Pacific and New Zealand European women, 2024, published in Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • Outcomes of a culturally informed weight-loss competition for New Zealand Indigenous and Pacific peoples: a quasi-experimental trial, 2021, published in BMC Nutrition
  • Replacing Sedentary Time with Physically Active Behaviour Predicts Improved Body Composition and Metabolic Health Outcomes, 2022, published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Fetal origins of hyperphagia, obesity, and hypertension and postnatal amplification by hypercaloric nutrition

    Mark H. Vickers;Bernhard H. Breier;Wayne S. Cutfield;Paul L. Hofman

  • Neonatal Leptin Treatment Reverses Developmental Programming

    M. H. Vickers;P. D. Gluckman;A. H. Coveny;P. L. Hofman

  • Radioimmunoassay for insulin-like growth factor-I: solutions to some potential problems and pitfalls

    B. H. Breier;B. W. Gallaher;P. D. Gluckman

  • Chronic Maternal Undernutrition in the Rat Leads to Delayed Postnatal Growth and Elevated Blood Pressure of Offspring

    S M Woodall;B M Johnston;B H Breier;P D Gluckman

  • Radioimmunoassays for IGFs and IGFBPs.

    Blum Wf;Breier Bh

  • Sedentary behavior during postnatal life is determined by the prenatal environment and exacerbated by postnatal hypercaloric nutrition

    M. H. Vickers;B. H. Breier;D. McCarthy;P. D. Gluckman

  • Physiology of the somatotropic axis with particular reference to the ruminant.

    P.D. Gluckman;B.H. Breier;S.R. Davis

  • The somatotrophic axis in young steers: influence of nutritional status on pulsatile release of growth hormone and circulating concentrations of insulin-like growth factor 1.

    B. H. Breier;J. J. Bass;J. H. Butler;P. D. Gluckman

  • A model of intrauterine growth retardation caused by chronic maternal undernutrition in the rat: effects on the somatotrophic axis and postnatal growth.

    S M Woodall;B H Breier;B M Johnston;P D Gluckman

  • Fetal programming of appetite and obesity.

    B.H Breier;M.H Vickers;B.A Ikenasio;K.Y Chan

  • Fetal growth and placental function

    M.K Bauer;J.E Harding;N.S Bassett;B.H Breier

  • Growth hormone as a neuronal rescue factor during recovery from CNS injury

    A Scheepens;E.S Sirimanne;B.H Breier;R.G Clark

  • Regulation of protein and energy metabolism by the somatotropic axis.

    B.H Breier

  • Influence of nutritional status and oestradiol-17β on plasma growth hormone, insulin-like growth factors-I and -II and the response to exogenous growth hormone in young steers

    B. H. Breier;P. D. Gluckman;J. J. Bass

  • The somatotrophic axis in young steers: influence of nutritional status and oestradiol-17β on hepatic high-and low-affinity somatotrophic binding sites

    B. H. Breier;P. D. Gluckman;J. J. Bass

  • Glucose but Not a Mixed Amino Acid Infusion Regulates Plasma Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Concentrations in Fetal Sheep

    M H Oliver;J E Harding;B H Breier;P C Evans

  • The effects of infusion of insulinlike growth factor (IGF) I, IGF-II, and insulin on glucose and protein metabolism in fasted lambs.

    R. G. Douglas;P. D. Gluckman;K. Ball;B. Breier

  • IGF-I treatment reduces hyperphagia, obesity, and hypertension in metabolic disorders induced by fetal programming.

    Mark H. Vickers;Bettina A. Ikenasio;Bernhard H. Breier

  • The Effect of Neonatal Leptin Treatment on Postnatal Weight Gain in Male Rats Is Dependent on Maternal Nutritional Status during Pregnancy

    Mark H. Vickers;Peter D. Gluckman;Alice H. Coveny;Paul L. Hofman

  • Cloned Cattle Fetuses with the Same Nuclear Genetics Are More Variable Than Contemporary Half-Siblings Resulting from Artificial Insemination and Exhibit Fetal and Placental Growth Deregulation Even in the First Trimester

    Rita S.F. Lee;A. James Peterson;Martyn J. Donnison;Susan Ravelich

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Gluckman
Peter D. Gluckman University of Auckland
Jane E. Harding
Jane E. Harding University of Auckland
Michael Davison
Michael Davison University of Auckland
Christian U. Krägeloh
Christian U. Krägeloh Auckland University of Technology
Werner F. Blum
Werner F. Blum University of Giessen
Alistair J. Gunn
Alistair J. Gunn University of Auckland
Arieh Gertler
Arieh Gertler Hebrew University of Jerusalem
P. R. Kenyon
P. R. Kenyon Massey University
Michael J. Waters
Michael J. Waters University of Queensland
Patrick C. H. Morel
Patrick C. H. Morel Massey University

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