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  • 2003 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences

Overview

Hans Hauner is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany and has an established record in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on physiology, public health, molecular biology, epidemiology, and genetics. Their research encompasses a diverse array of topics centered on diet, metabolism, and related health conditions.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management

Hans Hauner has contributed to several recent publications that focus on metabolic health and microbiome interactions. Notable papers include:

  • Arrhythmic Gut Microbiome Signatures Predict Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • The gut commensal Blautia maintains colonic mucus function under low-fiber consumption through secretion of short-chain fatty acids, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles increase insulin secretion through transport of insulinotropic protein cargo, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Different Effects of Lifestyle Intervention in High- and Low-Risk Prediabetes: Results of the Randomized Controlled Prediabetes Lifestyle Intervention Study (PLIS), 2021, Diabetes
  • A MicroRNA Linking Human Positive Selection and Metabolic Disorders, 2020, Cell

The venues in which Hauner frequently publishes include:

  • Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Obesity Facts
  • Nutrients

Hans Hauner's collaborative network involves multiple frequent co-authors, among them:

  • Christina Holzapfel
  • Thomas Skurk
  • Beate Brandl
  • Dimitrios C. Karampinos
  • Melina Claussnitzer

In recognition of their contributions to agricultural and nutritional sciences, Hans Hauner was awarded membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Relationship between adipocyte size and adipokine expression and secretion.

    Thomas Skurk;Catherine Alberti-Huber;Christian Herder;Hans Hauner

  • FTO Obesity Variant Circuitry and Adipocyte Browning in Humans

    Melina Claussnitzer;Simon N. Dankel;Kyoung Han Kim;Gerald Quon

  • T-lymphocyte infiltration in visceral adipose tissue: a primary event in adipose tissue inflammation and the development of obesity-mediated insulin resistance.

    Ulrich Kintscher;Martin Hartge;Katharina Hess;Anna Foryst-Ludwig

  • Promoting effect of glucocorticoids on the differentiation of human adipocyte precursor cells cultured in a chemically defined medium.

    H Hauner;G Entenmann;Martin Wabitsch;D Gaillard

  • Insulin and Cortisol Promote Leptin Production in Cultured Human Fat Cells

    Martin Wabitsch;Per Bo Jensen;Werner F Blum;Claus T Christoffersen

  • Cartilage-like gene expression in differentiated human stem cell spheroids: a comparison of bone marrow-derived and adipose tissue-derived stromal cells.

    Anja Winter;Stephen Breit;Dominik Parsch;Karin Benz

  • A European Evidence-Based Guideline for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

    B. Paulweber;P. Valensi;J. Lindström;N. M. Lalic

  • Characterization of a human preadipocyte cell strain with high capacity for adipose differentiation

    Wabitsch M;Brenner Re;Melzner I;Braun M

  • The mode of action of thiazolidinediones

    Hans Hauner

  • Human adipocytes secrete mineralocorticoid-releasing factors.

    M. Ehrhart-Bornstein;V. Lamounier-Zepter;A. Schraven;J. Langenbach

  • Contribution of androgens to the gender difference in leptin production in obese children and adolescents.

    Martin Wabitsch;WF Blum;Rainer Muche;M Braun

  • Effect of diet and physical activity based interventions in pregnancy on gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes: meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised trials

    Ewelina Rogozinska;Nadine Marlin;Ana Pilar Betran;Arne Astrup

  • Primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment versus standard care: a randomised controlled trial

    Susan A Jebb;Amy L Ahern;Ashley D Olson;Louise M Aston

  • Secretory factors from human adipose tissue and their functional role.

    Hans Hauner

  • Gestational weight gain and long-term postpartum weight retention: a meta-analysis

    Ina Nehring;Sylvia Schmoll;Andreas Beyerlein;Hans Hauner

  • Glucocorticoids and Insulin Promote the Differentiation of Human Adipocyte Precursor Cells into Fat Cells

    H Hauner;P Schmid;Ernst-Friedrich Pfeiffer

  • Obesity and impaired fibrinolysis: role of adipose production of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1

    T Skurk;H Hauner

  • Dynamics of human adipose lipid turnover in health and metabolic disease

    Peter Arner;Samuel Bernard;Mehran Salehpour;Göran Possnert

  • Effects of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) on glucose transport and lipid metabolism of newly-differentiated human fat cells in cell culture

    H. Hauner;Th. Petruschke;M. Russ;K. Röhrig

  • The Krüppel-like Factor KLF2 Inhibits Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor-γ Expression and Adipogenesis

    Sucharita Sen Banerjee;Mark W. Feinberg;Masafumi Watanabe;Susan Gray

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Wabitsch
Martin Wabitsch University of Ulm
Hannelore Daniel
Hannelore Daniel Technical University of Munich
Christian Herder
Christian Herder Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Ernst J. Rummeny
Ernst J. Rummeny Technical University of Munich
Susan A. Jebb
Susan A. Jebb University of Oxford
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang Rathmann
Wolfgang Rathmann Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Christa Meisinger
Christa Meisinger University of Augsburg
Harald Grallert
Harald Grallert Helmholtz Zentrum München
Thomas Illig
Thomas Illig Hannover Medical School

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