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Christiaan Leeuwenburgh

Christiaan Leeuwenburgh

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Medicine

D-Index
110
Citations
61317
World Ranking
5446
National Ranking
2934

Overview

Christiaan Leeuwenburgh is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Surgery, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research spans several key topics, including:

  • Peripheral Artery Disease Management
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Lymphatic System and Diseases
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Leeuwenburgh has published numerous papers, with recent notable works such as:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and physical activity, 2020, Sports Medicine and Health Science
  • Effect of Low-Intensity vs High-Intensity Home-Based Walking Exercise on Walk Distance in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease, 2021, JAMA
  • Temporal dynamics of the multi-omic response to endurance exercise training, 2024, Nature
  • Skeletal Muscle Pathology in Peripheral Artery Disease, 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Iron homeostasis and organismal aging, 2021, Ageing Research Reviews

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Mary Mcdermott
  • Robert T. Mankowski
  • Stephen D. Anton
  • Robert Sufit
  • Luigi Ferrucci

Leeuwenburgh's work is published often in journals such as:

  • Experimental Gerontology
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • GeroScience
  • Cells
  • European Journal of Translational Myology

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Mitochondrial DNA Mutations, Oxidative Stress, and Apoptosis in Mammalian Aging

    G. C. Kujoth;A. Hiona;T. D. Pugh;S. Someya

  • Molecular inflammation: underpinnings of aging and age-related diseases.

    Hae Young Chung;Matteo Cesari;Stephen Anton;Emanuele Marzetti

  • Sirt3 Mediates Reduction of Oxidative Damage and Prevention of Age-Related Hearing Loss under Caloric Restriction

    Shinichi Someya;Shinichi Someya;Wei Yu;William C. Hallows;Jinze Xu

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A Low Dose of Dietary Resveratrol Partially Mimics Caloric Restriction and Retards Aging Parameters in Mice

    Jamie L. Barger;Tsuyoshi Kayo;James M. Vann;Edward B. Arias

  • Exercise training-induced alterations in skeletal muscle antioxidant capacity: a brief review.

    Scott K. Powers;Li Li Ji;Christiaan Leeuwenburgh

  • Flipping the Metabolic Switch: Understanding and Applying the Health Benefits of Fasting

    Stephen D. Anton;Keelin Moehl;William T. Donahoo;Krisztina Marosi

  • The COVID-19 Pandemic and Physical Activity

    Jeffrey A. Woods;Noah T. Hutchinson;Scott K. Powers;William O. Roberts

  • Doxorubicin treatment in vivo causes cytochrome C release and cardiomyocyte apoptosis, as well as increased mitochondrial efficiency, superoxide dismutase activity, and Bcl-2:Bax ratio.

    April C. Childs;Sharon L. Phaneuf;Amie J. Dirks;Tracey Phillips

  • Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants in Exercise

    C. Leeuwenburgh;J. W. Heinecke

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction and sarcopenia of aging: From signaling pathways to clinical trials

    Emanuele Marzetti;Riccardo Calvani;Matteo Cesari;Thomas W. Buford

  • Supplementation with vitamin C and N-acetyl-cysteine increases oxidative stress in humans after an acute muscle injury induced by eccentric exercise.

    A Childs;C Jacobs;T Kaminski;B Halliwell

  • Long-Term Ascorbic Acid Administration Reverses Endothelial Vasomotor Dysfunction in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

    Noyan Gokce;John F. Keaney;Balz Frei;Monika Holbrook

  • Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates Promote Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation in Human Atherosclerotic Intima

    Christiaan Leeuwenburgh;Medora M. Hardy;Stanley L. Hazen;Peter Wagner

  • Apoptosis in skeletal muscle with aging

    Amie J Dirks;Christiaan Leeuwenburgh

  • Frailty syndrome and skeletal muscle: results from the Invecchiare in Chianti study.

    Matteo Cesari;Christiaan Leeuwenburgh;Fulvio Lauretani;Graziano Onder

  • Skeletal muscle autophagy and apoptosis during aging: effects of calorie restriction and life-long exercise

    Stephanie Eva Wohlgemuth;Arnold Young Seo;Emanuele Marzetti;Emanuele Marzetti;Hazel Anne Lees

  • Aging and exercise training in skeletal muscle: responses of glutathione and antioxidant enzyme systems

    C. Leeuwenburgh;R. Fiebig;R. Chandwaney;Li Ji Li Li Ji

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuele Marzetti
Emanuele Marzetti Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic
Lyle L. Moldawer
Lyle L. Moldawer University of Florida
Marco Pahor
Marco Pahor University of Florida
Frederick A. Moore
Frederick A. Moore University of Florida
Mary M. McDermott
Mary M. McDermott Northwestern University
Roberto Bernabei
Roberto Bernabei Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Luigi Ferrucci
Luigi Ferrucci National Institutes of Health
Li Li Ji
Li Li Ji University of Minnesota
Michael H. Criqui
Michael H. Criqui University of California, San Diego
Jack M. Guralnik
Jack M. Guralnik University of Maryland, Baltimore

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