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Gary Sweeney

Gary Sweeney

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
14914
World Ranking
7128
National Ranking
251

Overview

Gary Sweeney is affiliated with York University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, epidemiology, physiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and hematology.

The scientist has focused on multiple key topics in their research:

  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses

Gary Sweeney's recent papers include the following:

  • "Empagliflozin Blunts Worsening Cardiac Dysfunction Associated With Reduced NLRP3 (Nucleotide-Binding Domain-Like Receptor Protein 3) Inflammasome Activation in Heart Failure," 2020, Circulation Heart Failure
  • "FGF21-Sirtuin 3 Axis Confers the Protective Effects of Exercise Against Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Governing Mitochondrial Integrity," 2022, Circulation
  • "Adiponectin Synthesis, Secretion and Extravasation from Circulation to Interstitial Space," 2021, Physiology
  • "Regulatory Connections between Iron and Glucose Metabolism," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Sterile inflammation and the NLRP3 inflammasome in cardiometabolic disease," 2023, Biomedical Journal

Frequent co-authors in Gary Sweeney's work include:

  • Ali A. Abdul-Sater
  • Hye Kyoung Sung
  • Kostas Pantopoulos
  • Eddie Tam
  • Henry H. Hsu

Their research has been published in multiple venues, with a notable number of publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Physiology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  • Molecular Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Cardiac Remodeling in Obesity

    E. Dale Abel;Sheldon E. Litwin;Gary Sweeney

  • Lipocalin-2 Is an Inflammatory Marker Closely Associated with Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Hyperglycemia in Humans

    Yu Wang;Karen S. L. Lam;Edward W. Kraegen;Gary Sweeney

  • Globular adiponectin increases GLUT4 translocation and glucose uptake but reduces glycogen synthesis in rat skeletal muscle cells.

    R. B. Ceddia;R. Somwar;A. Maida;X. Fang

  • Analysis of paradoxical observations on the association between leptin and insulin resistance

    Rolando B. Ceddia;Heikki A. Koistinen;Heikki A. Koistinen;Juleen R. Zierath;Gary Sweeney

  • An inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase prevents insulin-stimulated glucose transport but not glucose transporter translocation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and L6 myotubes.

    Gary Sweeney;Romel Somwar;Toolsie Ramlal;Allen Volchuk

  • Lipocalin-2 deficiency attenuates insulin resistance associated with aging and obesity

    Ivy K.M. Law;Aimin Xu;Karen S.L. Lam;Thorsten Berger

  • The Antihyperglycemic Drug α-Lipoic Acid Stimulates Glucose Uptake via Both GLUT4 Translocation and GLUT4 Activation: Potential Role of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in GLUT4 Activation

    Daniel Konrad;Romel Somwar;Gary Sweeney;Karen Yaworsky

  • Adiponectin-induced ERK and Akt Phosphorylation Protects against Pancreatic Beta Cell Apoptosis and Increases Insulin Gene Expression and Secretion,

    Nadeeja Wijesekara;Mansa Krishnamurthy;Alpana Bhattacharjee;Aamir Suhail

  • Cardiovascular effects of leptin.

    Gary Sweeney;Gary Sweeney

  • GLUT4 translocation precedes the stimulation of glucose uptake by insulin in muscle cells: potential activation of GLUT4 via p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase.

    Romel Somwar;David Y. Kim;Gary Sweeney;Carol Huang

  • Adiponectin stimulates autophagy and reduces oxidative stress to enhance insulin sensitivity during high fat diet feeding in mice

    Ying Liu;Rengasamy Palanivel;Esther Rai;Min Park

  • Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase alpha and beta by insulin and contraction in rat skeletal muscle: potential role in the stimulation of glucose transport.

    Romel Somwar;Mylène Perreault;Sonia Kapur;Celia Taha

  • Membrane-permeant Esters of Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate

    Tao Jiang;Gary Sweeney;Marco T. Rudolf;Amira Klip

  • Regulation of the Na+/K+-ATPase by insulin: Why and how?

    Gary Sweeney;Amira Klip

  • Resistin inhibits glucose uptake in L6 cells independently of changes in insulin signaling and GLUT4 translocation

    Byoung Moon;Jamie Jun-Mae Kwan;Noreen Duddy;Gary Sweeney

  • Activation of the glucose transporter GLUT4 by insulin.

    L Michelle Furtado;Romel Somwar;Gary Sweeney;Wenyan Niu

  • Adiponectin is expressed by skeletal muscle fibers and influences muscle phenotype and function

    Matthew P. Krause;Ying Liu;Vivian Vu;Lawrence Chan

  • The molecular basis of the antidiabetic action of quercetin in cultured skeletal muscle cells and hepatocytes

    Hoda M Eid;Abir Nachar;Farah Thong;Gary Sweeney

  • Empagliflozin Blunts Worsening Cardiac Dysfunction Associated With Reduced NLRP3 (Nucleotide-Binding Domain-Like Receptor Protein 3) Inflammasome Activation in Heart Failure

    Nikole J. Byrne;Nobutoshi Matsumura;Zaid H. Maayah;Mourad Ferdaoussi

Frequent Co-Authors

Aimin Xu
Aimin Xu University of Hong Kong
Amira Klip
Amira Klip University of Toronto
Yu Wang
Yu Wang University of Hong Kong
Donghai Wu
Donghai Wu Cornell University
Karen S.L. Lam
Karen S.L. Lam University of Hong Kong
Michael B. Wheeler
Michael B. Wheeler University of Toronto
André Marette
André Marette Université Laval
Yangsoo Jang
Yangsoo Jang Yonsei University
Kostas Pantopoulos
Kostas Pantopoulos McGill University
Paul M. Vanhoutte
Paul M. Vanhoutte University of Hong Kong

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