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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David H. Wasserman is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in Physiology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Surgery.

Their scientific output covers several key topics, including:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Wasserman's publication record includes a number of recent papers, illustrating their focus on metabolism and physiological regulation:

  • "Cyclooxygenase-2 in adipose tissue macrophages limits adipose tissue dysfunction in obese mice," 2022, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Extracellular matrix remodelling in obesity and metabolic disorders," 2023, Life Metabolism
  • "Exercise and Adipose Tissue Immunity: Outrunning Inflammation," 2021, Obesity
  • "Insulin, Muscle Glucose Uptake, and Hexokinase: Revisiting the Road Not Taken," 2021, Physiology
  • "Multitissue 2H/13C flux analysis reveals reciprocal upregulation of renal gluconeogenesis in hepatic PEPCK-C-knockout mice," 2021, JCI Insight

Wasserman has published extensively in several scientific venues, including:

  • Diabetes
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • JCI Insight
  • Molecular Metabolism

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include Louise Lantier, Deanna P. Bracy, Nathan C. Winn, Ian M. Williams, and Owen P. McGuinness.

Recognition for their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Physical Activity/Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes A consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association

    Ronald J. Sigal;Glen P. Kenny;David H. Wasserman;Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa

  • Physical Activity/Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes

    Ronald J. Sigal;Glen P. Kenny;David H. Wasserman;Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa

  • Mitochondrial H2O2 emission and cellular redox state link excess fat intake to insulin resistance in both rodents and humans

    Ethan J. Anderson;Mary E. Lustig;Kristen E. Boyle;Tracey L. Woodlief

  • Standard operating procedures for describing and performing metabolic tests of glucose homeostasis in mice

    Julio E. Ayala;Varman T. Samuel;Gregory J. Morton;Silvana Obici

  • Prevention of Obesity and Insulin Resistance in Mice Lacking Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1

    Li Jun Ma;Su Li Mao;Kevin L. Taylor;Talerngsak Kanjanabuch

  • Circadian Disruption Leads to Insulin Resistance and Obesity

    Shu-qun Shi;Tasneem S. Ansari;Owen P. McGuinness;David H. Wasserman

  • Considerations in the design of hyperinsulinemic- euglycemic clamps in the conscious mouse

    Julio E. Ayala;Deanna P. Bracy;Owen P. McGuinness;David H. Wasserman

  • Four grams of glucose

    David H. Wasserman

  • Impact of Medical Student Research in the Development of Physician-Scientists

    Solomon S. Solomon;Stephen C. Tom;James Pichert;David Wasserman

  • Fibroblast growth factor 21 controls glycemia via regulation of hepatic glucose flux and insulin sensitivity.

    Eric D. Berglund;Candice Y. Li;Holly A. Bina;Sara E. Lynes

  • Exercise in individuals with IDDM.

    David H Wasserman;Bernard Zinman

  • Glucose Metabolism In Vivo in Four Commonly Used Inbred Mouse Strains

    Eric D. Berglund;Candice Y. Li;Greg Poffenberger;Julio E. Ayala

  • Chronic treatment with sildenafil improves energy balance and insulin action in high fat-fed conscious mice

    Julio E. Ayala;Deanna P. Bracy;Brianna M. Julien;Jeffrey N. Rottman

  • Metformin reduces liver glucose production by inhibition of fructose-1-6-bisphosphatase

    Roger W. Hunter;Roger W. Hunter;Curtis C. Hughey;Louise Lantier;Elias I. Sundelin

  • Glucagon is a primary controller of hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis during muscular work.

    D. H. Wasserman;J. A. Spalding;D. B. Lacy;C. A. Colburn

  • VEGFB/VEGFR1-Induced Expansion of Adipose Vasculature Counteracts Obesity and Related Metabolic Complications

    Marius R. Robciuc;Riikka Kivela;Ian M. Williams;Jan Freark de Boer

  • FGF19 action in the brain induces insulin-independent glucose lowering

    Gregory J. Morton;Miles E. Matsen;Deanna P. Bracy;Thomas H. Meek

  • NIH experiment in centralized mouse phenotyping: the Vanderbilt experience and recommendations for evaluating glucose homeostasis in the mouse

    Owen P. McGuinness;Julio Enrique Ayala;Maren R. Laughlin;David H. Wasserman

  • Activation of invariant natural killer T cells by lipid excess promotes tissue inflammation, insulin resistance, and hepatic steatosis in obese mice

    Lan Wu;Vrajesh V. Parekh;Curtis L. Gabriel;Deanna P. Bracy

  • Article Circadian Disruption Leads to Insulin Resistance and Obesity

    Shu-qun Shi;Tasneem S. Ansari;Owen P. McGuinness;David H. Wasserman

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan D. Cherrington
Alan D. Cherrington Vanderbilt University
Ambra Pozzi
Ambra Pozzi Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Marc Foretz
Marc Foretz Université Paris Cité
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Alvin C. Powers
Alvin C. Powers Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Roy Zent
Roy Zent Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Daryl K. Granner
Daryl K. Granner Vanderbilt University
P. Darrell Neufer
P. Darrell Neufer East Carolina University
Alyssa H. Hasty
Alyssa H. Hasty Vanderbilt University
Kei Sakamoto
Kei Sakamoto University of Copenhagen

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