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Overview

Erik A. Richter is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Surgery. The scientist's main topics of research explore adipose tissue and metabolism, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, muscle metabolism and nutrition, diet and metabolism studies, muscle physiology and disorders, mitochondrial function and pathology, and GDF15 and related biomarkers.

Richter has contributed to numerous scientific papers published in a variety of journals. Some recent examples include:

  • The many actions of insulin in skeletal muscle, the paramount tissue determining glycemia, 2021, Cell Metabolism
  • An exercise-inducible metabolite that suppresses feeding and obesity, 2022, Nature
  • pH-Gated Succinate Secretion Regulates Muscle Remodeling in Response to Exercise, 2020, Cell
  • Deep muscle-proteomic analysis of freeze-dried human muscle biopsies reveals fiber type-specific adaptations to exercise training, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Pharmacological but not physiological GDF15 suppresses feeding and the motivation to exercise, 2021, Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including Bente Kiens, Lykke Sylow, Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski, Finland, and Thomas E. Jensen. Their most frequent publication venues include the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Metabolism, Nature Communications, and Diabetes.

Richter's research contributions reflect a consistent focus on metabolism, muscle biology, and molecular mechanisms related to exercise and disease. Their interdisciplinary approach covers both molecular interactions and physiological functions, contributing to the understanding of metabolic regulation and muscle adaptation.

Best Publications

  • Exercise, GLUT4, and Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake

    Erik A. Richter;Mark Hargreaves

  • Timing of postexercise protein intake is important for muscle hypertrophy with resistance training in elderly humans

    B. Esmarck;J.L. Andersen;S. Olsen;Erik A. Richter

  • Knockout of the α2 but Not α1 5′-AMP-activated Protein Kinase Isoform Abolishes 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-4-ribofuranosidebut Not Contraction-induced Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle

    Sebastian B. Jørgensen;Benoit Viollet;Fabrizio Andreelli;Christian Frøsig

  • Muscle Glucose Metabolism following Exercise in the Rat: INCREASED SENSITIVITY TO INSULIN

    Erik A. Richter;Lawrence P. Garetto;Michael N. Goodman;Neil B. Ruderman

  • The AMP-activated protein kinase α2 catalytic subunit controls whole-body insulin sensitivity

    Benoit Viollet;Fabrizio Andreelli;Sebastian B. Jørgensen;Christophe Perrin

  • Isoform-specific and exercise intensity-dependent activation of 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase in human skeletal muscle.

    Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski;Pernille Nielsen;Bo F. Hansen;Erik A. Richter

  • AMPK and the biochemistry of exercise: Implications for human health and disease

    Erik A. Richter;Neil B. Ruderman

  • Extracellular Vesicles Provide a Means for Tissue Crosstalk during Exercise

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

  • Oral creatine supplementation facilitates the rehabilitation of disuse atrophy and alters the expression of muscle myogenic factors in humans.

    Peter Hespel;Bert Op't Eijnde;Marc Van Leemputte;Birgitte Ursø

  • Skeletal muscle glucose uptake during exercise : How is it regulated?

    Adam J. Rose;Erik A. Richter

  • Insulin signaling and insulin sensitivity after exercise in human skeletal muscle.

    J F Wojtaszewski;B F Hansen;Gade;B Kiens

  • AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) β1β2 muscle null mice reveal an essential role for AMPK in maintaining mitochondrial content and glucose uptake during exercise

    Hayley M. O'Neill;Stine J. Maarbjerg;Justin D. Crane;Jacob Jeppesen

  • Effect of exercise on insulin action in human skeletal muscle

    E. A. Richter;K. J. Mikines;H. Galbo;B. Kiens

  • Exercise-stimulated glucose uptake - regulation and implications for glycaemic control.

    Lykke Sylow;Maximilian Kleinert;Erik Richter;Thomas Elbenhardt Jensen

  • Regulation of 5′AMP-activated protein kinase activity and substrate utilization in exercising human skeletal muscle

    Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski;Christopher MacDonald;Jakob N. Nielsen;Ylva Hellsten

  • Utilization of skeletal muscle triacylglycerol during postexercise recovery in humans

    Bente Kiens;Erik A. Richter

  • Global Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Human Skeletal Muscle Reveals a Network of Exercise-Regulated Kinases and AMPK Substrates

    Nolan J Hoffman;Benjamin L Parker;Rima Chaudhuri;Kelsey H. Fisher-Wellman

  • Glycogen-dependent effects of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide (AICA)-riboside on AMP-activated protein kinase and glycogen synthase activities in rat skeletal muscle.

    Jørgen F.P. Wojtaszewski;Sebastian B. Jørgensen;Ylva Hellsten;D. Grahame Hardie

  • Increased plasma FFA uptake and oxidation during prolonged exercise in trained vs. untrained humans.

    L. P. Turcotte;E. A. Richter;B. Kiens

  • Effect of muscle acidity on muscle metabolism and fatigue during intense exercise in man.

    Jens Bangsbo;K. Madsen;Bente Kiens;Erik Richter

Frequent Co-Authors

Bente Kiens
Bente Kiens University of Copenhagen
Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski
Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski University of Copenhagen
Peter Schjerling
Peter Schjerling University of Copenhagen
Mark Hargreaves
Mark Hargreaves University of Melbourne
Ylva Hellsten
Ylva Hellsten University of Copenhagen
Jakob Nielsen
Jakob Nielsen UX Tigers
Jens Bangsbo
Jens Bangsbo University of Copenhagen
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Sten Madsbad
Sten Madsbad University of Copenhagen
Bente Klarlund Pedersen
Bente Klarlund Pedersen University of Copenhagen

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