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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
35516
World Ranking
1117
National Ranking
59

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Guy A. Rutter is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have contributed extensively to subfields including Surgery, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in their work revolve around pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes treatment and management, and diabetes-associated disorders. Additional research themes include metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, receptor mechanisms and signaling, adipose tissue and metabolism, as well as diabetes management and research.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Diabetes
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Diabetologia
  • Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Guy A. Rutter has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Isabelle Leclerc
  • Alejandra Tomás
  • Eleni Georgiadou
  • Ben Jones
  • Pauline Chabosseau

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Glucocorticoid Metabolism in Obesity and Following Weight Loss" (2020) published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Persistent or Transient Human β Cell Dysfunction Induced by Metabolic Stress: Specific Signatures and Shared Gene Expression with Type 2 Diabetes" (2020) published in Cell Reports
  • "Mechanisms of Weight Loss After Obesity Surgery" (2021) published in Endocrine Reviews
  • "Covid-19 and Diabetes: A Complex Bidirectional Relationship" (2020) published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Metabolic and functional specialisations of the pancreatic beta cell: gene disallowance, mitochondrial metabolism and intercellular connectivity" (2020) published in Diabetologia

Their research consistently addresses critical aspects of diabetes, pancreatic beta cell biology, and metabolic regulation, highlighting the complex interrelations between obesity, diabetes, and metabolic stress. Their studies often focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying disease states and treatment outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthesis by calcium: Evidence for a long-term metabolic priming

    Laurence S. Jouaville;Paolo Pinton;Carlo Bastianutto;Guy A. Rutter

  • Initiation and execution of lipotoxic ER stress in pancreatic beta-cells.

    Daniel A. Cunha;Paul Hekerman;Laurence Ladrière;Angie Bazarra-Castro

  • The Role of Oxidative Stress and Hypoxia in Pancreatic Beta-Cell Dysfunction in Diabetes Mellitus.

    Philipp A. Gerber;Guy A. Rutter

  • Low lactate dehydrogenase and high mitochondrial glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase in pancreatic beta-cells. Potential role in nutrient sensing

    N Sekine;V Cirulli;R Regazzi;L J Brown

  • Beta Cell Hubs Dictate Pancreatic Islet Responses to Glucose

    Natalie R. Johnston;Ryan K. Mitchell;Elizabeth Haythorne;Maria Paiva Pessoa

  • Genetically encoded FRET sensors to monitor intracellular Zn2+ homeostasis.

    Jan L Vinkenborg;Tamara J Nicolson;Elisa A Bellomo;Melissa S Koay

  • Insulin storage and glucose homeostasis in mice null for the granule zinc transporter ZnT8 and studies of the type 2 diabetes-associated variants

    Tamara J. Nicolson;Elisa A. Bellomo;Nadeeja Wijesekara;Merewyn K. Loder

  • INTEGRATING CYTOSOLIC CALCIUM SIGNALS INTO MITOCHONDRIAL METABOLIC RESPONSES

    Lawrence D. Robb‐Gaspers;Paul Burnett;Guy A. Rutter;Richard M. Denton

  • Roles of 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in mammalian glucose homoeostasis.

    Guy A. Rutter;Gabriela da Silva Xavier;Isabelle Leclerc

  • MicroRNA-124a Regulates Foxa2 Expression and Intracellular Signaling in Pancreatic β-Cell Lines

    Nadine Baroukh;Magalie A. Ravier;Merewyn K. Loder;Elaine V. Hill

  • Mitochondrial calcium as a key regulator of mitochondrial ATP production in mammalian cells.

    Elinor J. Griffiths;Guy A. Rutter

  • Metformin activates a duodenal Ampk-dependent pathway to lower hepatic glucose production in rats.

    Frank A Duca;Clémence D Côté;Brittany A Rasmussen;Melika Zadeh-Tahmasebi

  • Pancreatic β-Cell Identity, Glucose Sensing and the Control of Insulin Secretion

    Guy A. Rutter;Timothy J. Pullen;David J. Hodson;Aida Martinez-Sanchez

  • Regulation of ATP production by mitochondrial Ca2

    Andrei I. Tarasov;Elinor J. Griffiths;Guy A. Rutter

  • Glucose generates sub-plasma membrane ATP microdomains in single islet beta-cells. Potential role for strategically located mitochondria.

    Helen J. Kennedy;Aristea E. Pouli;Edward K. Ainscow;Laurence S. Jouaville

  • Beta cell-specific Znt8 deletion in mice causes marked defects in insulin processing, crystallisation and secretion

    N. Wijesekara;F. F. Dai;A. B. Hardy;P. R. Giglou

  • Insulin crystallization depends on zinc transporter ZnT8 expression, but is not required for normal glucose homeostasis in mice.

    K. Lemaire;M. A. Ravier;A. Schraenen;J. W. M. Creemers

  • Role for AMP-activated protein kinase in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and preproinsulin gene expression

    Gabriela da Silva Xavier;Isabelle Leclerc;Aniko Varadi;Takashi Tsuboi

  • Glucose or Insulin, but not Zinc Ions, Inhibit Glucagon Secretion From Mouse Pancreatic α-Cells

    Magalie A. Ravier;Guy A. Rutter

  • Cytoplasmic dynein regulates the subcellular distribution of mitochondria by controlling the recruitment of the fission factor dynamin-related protein-1

    Aniko Varadi;Linda I. Johnson-Cadwell;Vincenzo Cirulli;Yisang Yoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Piero Marchetti
Piero Marchetti University of Pisa
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Stephen R. Bloom
Stephen R. Bloom Imperial College London
Rosario Rizzuto
Rosario Rizzuto University of Padua
Richard M. Denton
Richard M. Denton University of Bristol
Bernard Thorens
Bernard Thorens University of Lausanne
Lorenzo Piemonti
Lorenzo Piemonti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Jeremy M. Tavaré
Jeremy M. Tavaré University of Bristol
Frank Reimann
Frank Reimann University of Cambridge

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