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Ellen E. Blaak is a researcher affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their work spans multiple fields including medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on physiology and metabolism.

Their research topics cover a broad spectrum related to diet, metabolism, and health. Key areas include:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adipose tissue and metabolism
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases
  • Diet, metabolism, and disease
  • Liver disease diagnosis and treatment

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Ellen E. Blaak are:

  • "Short chain fatty acids in human gut and metabolic health," 2020, Beneficial Microbes
  • "Gut microbiome stability and resilience: elucidating the response to perturbations in order to modulate gut health," 2020, Gut
  • "Daily energy expenditure through the human life course," 2021, Science
  • "Sexual dimorphism in cardiometabolic health: the role of adipose tissue, muscle and liver," 2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "An integrated single cell and spatial transcriptomic map of human white adipose tissue," 2023, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Blaak include:

  • Gijs H. Goossens
  • Emanuel E. Canfora
  • Johan W. E. Jocken
  • Lydia A. Afman
  • Kirsi H. Pietiläinen

Blaak's work has been published repeatedly in several scientific journals, including:

  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Gut Microbes
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Obesity

In addition to journal articles, Blaak has contributed to book publications, such as a chapter in "Insights in Nutrition and Metabolism" published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Short-chain Fatty Acids in Control of Body Weight and Insulin Sensitivity

    Emanuel E. Canfora;Johan W. Jocken;Ellen E. Blaak

  • Calorie Restriction-like Effects of 30 Days of Resveratrol Supplementation on Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Profile in Obese Humans

    Silvie Timmers;Ellen Konings;Lena Bilet;Riekelt H. Houtkooper

  • Gut microbial metabolites in obesity, NAFLD and T2DM.

    Emanuel E Canfora;Ruth C R Meex;Koen Venema;Ellen E Blaak

  • Improvement of Insulin Sensitivity after Lean Donor Feces in Metabolic Syndrome Is Driven by Baseline Intestinal Microbiota Composition

    Ruud S. Kootte;Evgeni Levin;Jarkko Salojärvi;Loek P. Smits

  • Low-grade inflammation, diet composition and health: current research evidence and its translation

    Anne-Marie Minihane;Sophie Vinoy;Wendy R. Russell;Athanasia Baka

  • Gender differences in fat metabolism.

    Ellen Blaak

  • Short chain fatty acids in human gut and metabolic health.

    E E Blaak;E E Canfora;S Theis;G Frost

  • Gut microbiome stability and resilience : Elucidating the response to perturbations in order to modulate gut health

    Marina Fassarella;Ellen E Blaak;John Penders;Arjen Nauta

  • Impact of oral vancomycin on gut microbiota, bile acid metabolism, and insulin sensitivity

    Anne Vrieze;Carolien Out;Susana Fuentes;Lisanne Jonker

  • Impact of postprandial glycaemia on health and prevention of disease

    E. E. Blaak;J. M. Antoine;D. Benton;I. Björck

  • Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

    Herman Pontzer;Yosuke Yamada;Hiroyuki Sagayama;Philip N. Ainslie

  • Effects of the once-daily GLP-1 analog liraglutide on gastric emptying, glycemic parameters, appetite and energy metabolism in obese, non-diabetic adults

    J van Can;B Sloth;C B Jensen;A Flint

  • The Short-Chain Fatty Acid Acetate in Body Weight Control and Insulin Sensitivity

    Manuel A González Hernández;Emanuel E Canfora;Johan W E Jocken;Ellen E Blaak

  • Do nutrient-gut-microbiota interactions play a role in human obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes?

    M. Diamant;E. E. Blaak;W. M. de Vos

  • Obesity and the lung: 5 · Obesity and COPD

    F M E Franssen;D E O'Donnell;G H Goossens;E E Blaak

  • Effects of Gut Microbiota Manipulation by Antibiotics on Host Metabolism in Obese Humans: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial.

    Dorien Reijnders;Gijs H Goossens;Gerben D A Hermes;Evelien P J G Neis

  • Increased Adipose Tissue Oxygen Tension in Obese Compared With Lean Men Is Accompanied by Insulin Resistance, Impaired Adipose Tissue Capillarization, and Inflammation

    Gijs H. Goossens;Alessandro Bizzarri;Nicolas Venteclef;Yvonne Essers

  • Adipose triglyceride lipase and hormone-sensitive lipase protein expression is decreased in the obese insulin-resistant state.

    Johan W. E. Jocken;Dominique Langin;Dominique Langin;Egbert Smit;Wim H. M. Saris

  • Metabolic flexibility in the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: effects of lifestyle

    Eva Corpeleijn;W. H. M. Saris;E. E. Blaak

  • Possible involvement of the adipose tissue renin-angiotensin system in the pathophysiology of obesity and obesity-related disorders.

    G. H. Goossens;E. E. Blaak;M. A. van Baak

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim H. M. Saris
Wim H. M. Saris Maastricht University
Helen M. Roche
Helen M. Roche University College Dublin
Christian A. Drevon
Christian A. Drevon University of Oslo
Jose Lopez-Miranda
Jose Lopez-Miranda Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Coen D.A. Stehouwer
Coen D.A. Stehouwer Maastricht University
Edith J. M. Feskens
Edith J. M. Feskens Wageningen University & Research
Ulf Risérus
Ulf Risérus Uppsala University
Arne Astrup
Arne Astrup Novo Nordisk Foundation
Marleen M. J. van Greevenbroek
Marleen M. J. van Greevenbroek Maastricht University

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