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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Eugene J. Barrett is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Physiology.

The scientist's work has addressed key topics including:

  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Frequent publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Diabetes
  • UNC Libraries
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Recent scholarly papers authored or coauthored by Eugene J. Barrett illustrate the range of their research interests. Selected recent publications are:

  • Microvascular Dysfunction in Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiometabolic Disease, 2020, Endocrine Reviews
  • Brain Endothelial Cells Regulate Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Entry Into the Brain via a Receptor-Mediated Process, 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Diabetes pathogenesis and management: the endothelium comes of age, 2021, Journal of Molecular Cell Biology
  • Metformin improves skeletal muscle microvascular insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome, 2021, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Early Microvascular Dysfunction: Is the Vasa Vasorum a "Missing Link" in Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Collaborations form a significant part of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Linda A. Jahn
  • Zhenqi Liu
  • LEE HARTLINE
  • William B. Horton
  • Kevin W. Aylor

Eugene J. Barrett has published extensively on topics at the nexus of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, with a particular focus on microvascular function and insulin resistance. The range of journals and topics highlights a multidisciplinary approach across clinical and molecular levels.

Barrett's recognition includes membership in the Association of American Physicians, indicating engagement with the broader medical research community.

Best Publications

  • Effect of fatty acids on glucose production and utilization in man.

    Eleuterio Ferrannini;Eugene J. Barrett;Stefano Bevilacqua;Ralph A. Defronzo

  • Detection of silent myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic diabetic subjects: the DIAD study.

    Frans J Th Wackers;Lawrence H Young;Silvio E Inzucchi;Deborah A Chyun

  • Cardiac outcomes after screening for asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: the DIAD study: a randomized controlled trial.

    Lawrence H. Young;Frans J. Th. Wackers;Deborah A. Chyun;Janice A. Davey

  • Management of Hyperglycemic Crises in Patients With Diabetes

    Abbas E. Kitabchi;Guillermo E. Umpierrez;Mary Beth Murphy;Eugene J. Barrett

  • Hyperglycemia and Acute Coronary Syndrome A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Diabetes Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism

    Prakash Deedwania;Mikhail Kosiborod;Eugene Barrett;Antonio Ceriello

  • Hyponatremia: evaluating the correction factor for hyperglycemia

    Teresa A. Hillier;Robert D. Abbott;Eugene J. Barrett

  • Effect of exercise training intensity on abdominal visceral fat and body composition

    Brian A. Irving;Christopher K. Davis;David W. Brock;Judy Y. Weltman

  • Microvascular Recruitment Is an Early Insulin Effect That Regulates Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake In Vivo

    Michelle A. Vincent;Lucy H. Clerk;Jonathan R. Lindner;Alexander L. Klibanov

  • Diabetic Microvascular Disease: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement.

    Eugene J Barrett;Zhenqi Liu;Mogher Khamaisi;George L King

  • The disposal of an oral glucose load in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes.

    Eleuterio Ferrannini;Donald C. Simonson;Lee D. Katz;George Reichard

  • The vascular actions of insulin control its delivery to muscle and regulate the rate-limiting step in skeletal muscle insulin action

    E. J. Barrett;E. M. Eggleston;A. C. Inyard;H. Wang

  • Insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I enhance human skeletal muscle protein anabolism during hyperaminoacidemia by different mechanisms.

    David A. Fryburg;Linda A. Jahn;Sherita A. Hill;Diana M. Oliveras

  • Inhibiting NOS blocks microvascular recruitment and blunts muscle glucose uptake in response to insulin.

    M. A. Vincent;E. J. Barrett;J. R. Lindner;M. G. Clark

  • Obesity blunts insulin-mediated microvascular recruitment in human forearm muscle.

    Lucy H. Clerk;Michelle A. Vincent;Linda A. Jahn;Zhenqi Liu

  • Prevention Conference VI: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Writing Group II: pathogenesis of atherosclerosis in diabetes.

    Robert H. Eckel;Momtaz Wassef;Alan Chait;Burton Sobel

  • Screening for coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes.

    Jeroen J. Bax;Lawrence H. Young;Robert L. Frye;Robert O. Bonow

  • Physiologic hyperinsulinemia enhances human skeletal muscle perfusion by capillary recruitment.

    Matthew Coggins;Jonathan Lindner;Steve Rattigan;Linda Jahn

  • Hemodynamic Actions of Insulin in Rat Skeletal Muscle: Evidence for Capillary Recruitment

    Stephen Rattigan;Michael G Clark;Eugene J Barrett

  • Hyperglycemic crises in diabetes.

    Abbas E Kitabchi;Guillermo E Umpierrez;Mary Beth Murphy;Eugene J Barrett

  • Use of inhaled insulin in a basal/bolus insulin regimen in type 1 diabetic subjects: a 6-month, randomized, comparative trial.

    Jay S. Skyler;Ruth S. Weinstock;Ruth S. Weinstock;Philip Raskin;Jean Francois Yale

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur Weltman
Arthur Weltman University of Virginia
Jonathan R. Lindner
Jonathan R. Lindner Oregon Health & Science University
Silvio E. Inzucchi
Silvio E. Inzucchi Yale University
Robert E. Ratner
Robert E. Ratner Georgetown University
Robert O. Bonow
Robert O. Bonow Northwestern University
Sanjiv Kaul
Sanjiv Kaul Oregon Health & Science University
William H. Herman
William H. Herman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Antonio Ceriello
Antonio Ceriello MultiMedica
Prakash Deedwania
Prakash Deedwania United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Robert M. Carey
Robert M. Carey University of Virginia Health System

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