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Eddie Weitzberg

Eddie Weitzberg

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Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
32237
World Ranking
14925
National Ranking
276

Overview

Eddie Weitzberg is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the biological and physiological aspects of nitric oxide and its role in health and disease, particularly within cardiovascular and molecular biology frameworks.

Weitzberg's main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific investigations into Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Nephrology. The scientist's work spans several relevant topics:

  • Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nitric Oxide (7 publications)
  • Redox Biology (5 publications)
  • Pharmacological Reviews (2 publications)
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine (2 publications)
  • Acta Physiologica (2 publications)

Among Weitzberg's recent published papers are:

  • "Nitric oxide signaling in health and disease" (2022, Cell)
  • "Red Blood Cell and Endothelial eNOS Independently Regulate Circulating Nitric Oxide Metabolites and Blood Pressure" (2021, Circulation)
  • "Nitric Oxide Signaling and Regulation in the Cardiovascular System: Recent Advances" (2024, Pharmacological Reviews)
  • "A randomized clinical trial of the effects of leafy green vegetables and inorganic nitrate on blood pressure" (2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • "Microbiota, diet and the generation of reactive nitrogen compounds" (2020, Free Radical Biology and Medicine)

Weitzberg collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jon O. Lundberg
  • Mattias Carlström
  • Zhengbing Zhuge
  • Tomas A. Schiffer
  • Carina Nihlén

The scientist's research emphasizes molecular mechanisms underlying nitric oxide signaling and cardiovascular regulation, integrating aspects of diet, microbiota, and blood pressure control. This multidisciplinary approach spans several key components of physiology and biochemistry with an emphasis on clinical and translational outcomes.

Best Publications

  • The nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway in physiology and therapeutics

    Jon O. Lundberg;Eddie Weitzberg;Mark T. Gladwin

  • Increased amount of nitric oxide in exhaled air of asthmatics

    K Alving;E Weitzberg;JM Lundberg

  • Nitrate, bacteria and human health.

    Jon O. Lundberg;Eddie Weitzberg;Jeff A. Cole;Nigel Benjamin

  • Dietary inorganic nitrate improves mitochondrial efficiency in humans.

    Filip J. Larsen;Tomas A. Schiffer;Sara Borniquel;Kent Sahlin

  • High nitric oxide production in human paranasal sinuses

    J.O.N. Lundberg;T. Farkas-Szallasi;E. Weitzberg;J. Rinder

  • Effects of dietary nitrate on oxygen cost during exercise

    F. J. Larsen;E. Weitzberg;J. O. Lundberg;B. Ekblom

  • Nitrate and nitrite in biology, nutrition and therapeutics

    Jon O Lundberg;Mark T Gladwin;Amrita Ahluwalia;Nigel Benjamin

  • Intragastric nitric oxide production in humans: measurements in expelled air

    J O Lundberg;E Weitzberg;J M Lundberg;K Alving

  • Effects of dietary nitrate on blood pressure in healthy volunteers.

    Filip J Larsen;Björn Ekblom;Kent Sahlin;Jon O Lundberg

  • The increase in plasma nitrite after a dietary nitrate load is markedly attenuated by an antibacterial mouthwash

    Mirco Govoni;Emmelie Å. Jansson;Eddie Weitzberg;Jon O. Lundberg

  • Strategies to increase nitric oxide signalling in cardiovascular disease

    Jon O. Lundberg;Mark T. Gladwin;Eddie Weitzberg

  • Primarily nasal origin of exhaled nitric oxide and absence in Kartagener's syndrome

    J. O. N. Lundberg;E. Weitzberg;S. L. Nordvall;R. Kuylenstierna

  • Nitrite as regulator of hypoxic signaling in mammalian physiology

    Ernst E. van Faassen;Soheyl Bahrami;Martin Feelisch;Neil Hogg

  • NO Generation From Nitrite and Its Role in Vascular Control

    Jon O. Lundberg;Eddie Weitzberg

  • Roles of dietary inorganic nitrate in cardiovascular health and disease

    Jon O. Lundberg;Mattias Carlström;Mattias Carlström;Filip J. Larsen;Eddie Weitzberg

  • Nitrite‐derived nitric oxide: a possible mediator of ‘acidic–metabolic’ vasodilation

    A. Modin;H. Björne;M. Herulf;K. Alving

  • Dietary inorganic nitrate reverses features of metabolic syndrome in endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice

    Mattias Carlström;Filip J. Larsen;Thomas Nyström;Michael Hezel

  • Dietary nitrate reduces maximal oxygen consumption while maintaining work performance in maximal exercise.

    Filip J. Larsen;Eddie Weitzberg;Jon O. Lundberg;Björn Ekblom

  • Nonenzymatic Nitric Oxide Production in Humans

    E. Weitzberg;J.O.N. Lundberg

  • Physiological role for nitrate-reducing oral bacteria in blood pressure control.

    Vikas Kapil;Syed M.A. Haydar;Vanessa Pearl;Jon O. Lundberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon O. Lundberg
Jon O. Lundberg Karolinska Institute
Jan M. Lundberg
Jan M. Lundberg Karolinska Institute
Per M. Hellström
Per M. Hellström Uppsala University
John Pernow
John Pernow Karolinska University Hospital
Håkan Westerblad
Håkan Westerblad Karolinska Institute
Malte Kelm
Malte Kelm Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Johan Sundberg
Johan Sundberg Royal Institute of Technology
Björn Ekblom
Björn Ekblom Karolinska Institute
Erik G. Larsson
Erik G. Larsson Linköping University
Heiko Herwald
Heiko Herwald Lund University

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