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Biology and Biochemistry
Australia
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
120
Citations
47290
World Ranking
651
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2020 - Australian Laureate Fellow
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David E. James is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. The scientist has contributed notably to several subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Surgery, Cell Biology, and Epidemiology.

Their main research topics cover a range of biomedical and biochemical subjects, specifically:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David E. James include:

  • Kristen C. Cooke
  • Sean J. Humphrey
  • Jacqueline Stöckli
  • Søren Madsen
  • Alexis Díaz-Vegas

Common publication venues for their work consist of:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • iScience
  • Cell Reports
  • Cell Metabolism

Recent papers authored by David E. James include:

  • The aetiology and molecular landscape of insulin resistance, 2021, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

The scientist has received the Australian Laureate Fellow award in 2020 and was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Regulated transport of the glucose transporter GLUT4

    Nia J Bryant;Roland Govers;David E James

  • Berberine, a Natural Plant Product, Activates AMP-Activated Protein Kinase With Beneficial Metabolic Effects in Diabetic and Insulin-Resistant States

    Yun Sok Lee;Woo S Kim;Kang H Kim;Myung J Yoon

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of an insulin-regulatable glucose transporter.

    James De;Strube M;Mueckler M

  • Interleukin-6 Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Disposal in Humans and Glucose Uptake and Fatty Acid Oxidation In Vitro via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

    Andrew L Carey;Gregory R Steinberg;S Lance Macaulay;Walter G Thomas

  • Immuno-localization of the insulin regulatable glucose transporter in brown adipose tissue of the rat

    Jan W. Slot;Hans J. Geuze;Sander Gigengack;Gustav E. Lienhard

  • Insulin-regulatable tissues express a unique insulin-sensitive glucose transport protein.

    David E. James;Robert Brown;Javier Navarro;Paul F. Pilch

  • Fat feeding causes widespread in vivo insulin resistance, decreased energy expenditure, and obesity in rats

    L. H. Storlien;D. E. James;K. M. Burleigh;D. J. Chisholm

  • Berberine and Its More Biologically Available Derivative, Dihydroberberine, Inhibit Mitochondrial Respiratory Complex I: A Mechanism for the Action of Berberine to Activate AMP-Activated Protein Kinase and Improve Insulin Action

    Nigel Turner;Jing Ya Li;Alison Gosby;Sabrina W.C. To

  • Insulin resistance is a cellular antioxidant defense mechanism

    Kyle L Hoehn;Adam B Salmon;Cordula Hohnen-Behrens;Nigel Turner

  • Dose-response curves for in vivo insulin sensitivity in individual tissues in rats.

    E. W. Kraegen;D. E. James;A. B. Jenkins;D. J. Chisholm

  • Nomenclature of the GLUT/SLC2A family of sugar/polyol transport facilitators

    Hans Georg Joost;Graeme I. Bell;James D. Best;Morris J. Birnbaum

  • Antidiabetic activities of triterpenoids isolated from bitter melon associated with activation of the AMPK pathway.

    Min-Jia Tan;Ji-Ming Ye;Nigel Turner;Cordula Hohnen-Behrens

  • Protein Phosphorylation: A Major Switch Mechanism for Metabolic Regulation

    Sean J. Humphrey;David E. James;Matthias Mann

  • Translocation of the glucose transporter GLUT4 in cardiac myocytes of the rat.

    Jan W. Slot;Hans J. Geuze;Sander Gigengack;David E. James

  • Extracellular Vesicles Provide a Means for Tissue Crosstalk during Exercise

    Martin Whitham;Martin Whitham;Benjamin L. Parker;Martin Friedrichsen;Janne R. Hingst

  • Characterization of the Role of the Rab GTPase-activating Protein AS160 in Insulin-regulated GLUT4 Trafficking

    Mark Larance;Mark Larance;Georg Ramm;Jacqueline Stöckli;Ellen M. van Dam

  • Heterogeneity of insulin action in individual muscles in vivo: euglycemic clamp studies in rats

    D. E. James;A. B. Jenkins;E. W. Kraegen

  • Moving GLUT4: The Biogenesis and Trafficking of GLUT4 Storage Vesicles

    Shane Rea;David E. James

  • Dynamic Adipocyte Phosphoproteome Reveals that Akt Directly Regulates mTORC2

    Sean J. Humphrey;Guang Yang;Pengyi Yang;Pengyi Yang;Daniel J. Fazakerley

  • Correction: Corrigendum: 14-3-3ζ regulates the mitochondrial respiratory reserve linked to platelet phosphatidylserine exposure and procoagulant function

    Simone M. Schoenwaelder;Roxane Darbousset;Susan L. Cranmer;Hayley S. Ramshaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory J. Cooney
Gregory J. Cooney University of Sydney
Edward W. Kraegen
Edward W. Kraegen Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Donald J. Chisholm
Donald J. Chisholm Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Sally Martin
Sally Martin University of Queensland
Nigel Turner
Nigel Turner University of New South Wales
Jan W. Slot
Jan W. Slot Utrecht University
Robert C. Piper
Robert C. Piper University of Iowa
Gwyn W. Gould
Gwyn W. Gould University of Strathclyde
Trevor J. Biden
Trevor J. Biden Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Robert G. Parton
Robert G. Parton University of Queensland

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