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David G. Le Couteur

David G. Le Couteur

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Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
36653
World Ranking
12068
National Ranking
386

Overview

David G. Le Couteur is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and specializes in research within the field of Medicine. Their work predominantly focuses on subfields such as Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Molecular Biology, and Economics and Econometrics.

The primary topics addressed in their research include Nutrition and Health in Aging, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Frailty in Older Adults, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life.

Recent notable publications by David G. Le Couteur include:

  • The Conceptual Definition of Sarcopenia: Delphi Consensus from the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS) (2024), Age and Ageing
  • NAD+ Repletion Rescues Female Fertility during Reproductive Aging (2020), Cell Reports
  • Branched chain amino acids, aging and age-related health (2020), Ageing Research Reviews
  • Animal and translational models of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 (2020), Mucosal Immunology
  • Frailty, a multisystem ageing syndrome (2020), Age and Ageing

Frequent co-authors with whom David G. Le Couteur has collaborated include:

  • Fiona Blyth
  • Vasi Naganathan
  • Louise M. Waite
  • David J. Handelsman
  • Stephen J. Simpson

David G. Le Couteur has published extensively in several academic journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A (13 publications)
  • The Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging (5 publications)
  • Aging Cell (5 publications)
  • Australasian Journal on Ageing (5 publications)
  • Innovation in Aging (5 publications)

Their research output includes over 200 publications in Medicine, with a substantial focus on aging-related health issues. Their work incorporates multiple disciplines, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the biology and health outcomes of aging populations.

Best Publications

  • Resveratrol improves health and survival of mice on a high-calorie diet

    Joseph A. Baur;Kevin J. Pearson;Nathaniel O Price;Hamish A. Jamieson

  • Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy: The Process of Deprescribing

    Ian A. Scott;Ian A. Scott;Sarah N. Hilmer;Sarah N. Hilmer;Emily Reeve;Emily Reeve;Kathleen Potter

  • Resveratrol delays age-related deterioration and mimics transcriptional aspects of dietary restriction without extending life span.

    Kevin J. Pearson;Joseph A. Baur;Kaitlyn N. Lewis;Leonid Peshkin

  • Polypharmacy cutoff and outcomes: five or more medicines were used to identify community-dwelling older men at risk of different adverse outcomes.

    Danijela Gnjidic;Sarah N. Hilmer;Sarah N. Hilmer;Fiona M. Blyth;Fiona M. Blyth;Vasi Naganathan;Vasi Naganathan

  • The Ratio of Macronutrients, Not Caloric Intake, Dictates Cardiometabolic Health, Aging, and Longevity in Ad Libitum-Fed Mice.

    Samantha M. Solon-Biet;Aisling C. McMahon;J. William O. Ballard;Kari Ruohonen

  • Aging Biology and Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology

    Allan J. McLean;David G. Le Couteur

  • Loss of muscle strength, mass (sarcopenia), and quality (specific force) and its relationship with functional limitation and physical disability: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project.

    Noran N. Hairi;Robert G. Cumming;Vasi Naganathan;David J. Handelsman

  • Are sirtuins viable targets for improving healthspan and lifespan

    Joseph A. Baur;Zoltan Ungvari;Robin K. Minor;David G. Le Couteur

  • Parkinson's disease, pesticides, and glutathione transferase polymorphisms

    Alessandra Menegon;Alessandra Menegon;Philip G Board;Anneke C Blackburn;George D Mellick

  • Medication withdrawal trials in people aged 65 years and older: a systematic review.

    Shoba Iyer;Vasi Naganathan;Andrew J McLachlan;David G Le Couteur

  • Benzodiazepines and risk of hip fractures in older people: a review of the evidence.

    Robert G Cumming;David G Le Couteur

  • A High-Fat Diet and NAD+ Activate Sirt1 to Rescue Premature Aging in Cockayne Syndrome

    Morten Scheibye-Knudsen;Sarah J. Mitchell;Sarah J. Mitchell;Evandro F. Fang;Teruaki Iyama

  • Clinical pharmacology in the geriatric patient.

    Sarah N. Hilmer;Andrew J. McLachlan;David G. Le Couteur

  • High-Risk Prescribing and Incidence of Frailty Among Older Community-Dwelling Men

    Donijela Gnjidic;Sarah Hilmer;Sarah Hilmer;Fiona Blyth;Fiona Blyth;Vasin Naganathan;Vasin Naganathan

  • T lymphocytes interact with hepatocytes through fenestrations in murine liver sinusoidal endothelial cells

    Alessandra Warren;David G. Le Couteur;Robin Fraser;David G. Bowen

  • Political drive to screen for pre-dementia: not evidence based and ignores the harms of diagnosis

    David G Le Couteur;Jenny Doust;Helen Creasey;Carol Brayne

  • Branched chain amino acids impact health and lifespan indirectly via amino acid balance and appetite control.

    Samantha M Solon-Biet;Victoria C Cogger;Tamara Pulpitel;Devin Wahl;Devin Wahl

  • Deprescribing trials: methods to reduce polypharmacy and the impact on prescribing and clinical outcomes.

    Danijela Gnjidic;David G. Le Couteur;David G. Le Couteur;Lisa Kouladjian;Sarah N. Hilmer;Sarah N. Hilmer

  • Clinical pharmacology of analgesic medicines in older people: impact of frailty and cognitive impairment

    Andrew J. McLachlan;Andrew J. McLachlan;Sally Bath;Vasi Naganathan;Vasi Naganathan;Sarah N. Hilmer;Sarah N. Hilmer

  • The scavenger endothelial cell: a new player in homeostasis and immunity

    Karen Kristine Sorensen;Peter McCourt;Trond Berg;Clive Crossley

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah N. Hilmer
Sarah N. Hilmer University of Sydney
Robert G. Cumming
Robert G. Cumming University of Sydney
Fiona M. Blyth
Fiona M. Blyth University of Sydney
David J. Handelsman
David J. Handelsman University of Sydney
Markus J. Seibel
Markus J. Seibel University of Sydney
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
Rafael de Cabo
Rafael de Cabo National Institutes of Health
David Raubenheimer
David Raubenheimer University of Sydney
Andrew J. McLachlan
Andrew J. McLachlan University of Sydney
David Scott
David Scott Ascension Health

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