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Helgi B. Schiöth

Helgi B. Schiöth

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109
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50565
World Ranking
5721
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Overview

Helgi B. Schiöth is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine through research focused on various interconnected topics and subfields.

The primary fields of study for this scientist include medicine with specializations in surgery, epidemiology, cancer research, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and hepatology.

The major research topics covered by Helgi B. Schiöth encompass:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatitis C Virus Research
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Infant Nutrition and Health

Helgi B. Schiöth has published research in various scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Virulence

Recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Helgi B. Schiöth include:

  • Off-target effects of statins: molecular mechanisms, side effects and the emerging role of kinases (2024, British Journal of Pharmacology)
  • Hidden liver-joint axis: HBV infection causes rheumatoid arthritis via TRAFD1 with imbalance of HBV X protein and trans-ferulic acid (2024, Virulence)
  • The Concentration of Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide 2 in Human Milk and Infant Plasma Is Positively Associated with Adiposity and Body Weight in the First Year of Life (2024, Journal of Nutrition)
  • Perfluorooctanoic acid induces transgenerational modifications in reproduction, metabolism, locomotor activity, and sleep behavior in Drosophila melanogaster and deleterious effects in human cancer cells (2024, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Statin drugs and lipid modulation: Mechanistic basis considering lipid rafts, kinase signaling, myopathy, and cancer (2025, Pharmacological Research)

Collaborative efforts feature frequent coauthors working with Helgi B. Schiöth, including:

  • Francisco Alejandro Lagunas-Rangel
  • Robert Fredriksson
  • Isaac Karimi
  • Ahmed M. Alsehli
  • Maija Dambrova

Best Publications

  • The G-Protein-Coupled Receptors in the Human Genome Form Five Main Families : Phylogenetic Analysis, Paralogon Groups, and Fingerprints

    Robert Fredriksson;Malin C. Lagerström;Lars-Gustav Lundin;Helgi B. Schiöth

  • Trends in GPCR drug discovery: new agents, targets and indications

    Alexander S. Hauser;Misty M. Attwood;Mathias Rask-Andersen;Helgi B. Schiöth

  • Structural diversity of G protein-coupled receptors and significance for drug discovery

    Malin C. Lagerström;Helgi B. Schiöth

  • Trends in the exploitation of novel drug targets

    Mathias Rask-Andersen;Markus Sällman Almén;Helgi B. Schiöth

  • The repertoire of G-protein-coupled receptors in fully sequenced genomes.

    Robert Fredriksson;Helgi B. Schiöth

  • Trends in kinase drug discovery: targets, indications and inhibitor design.

    Misty M. Attwood;Doriano Fabbro;Aleksandr V. Sokolov;Stefan Knapp;Stefan Knapp

  • Comprehensive repertoire and phylogenetic analysis of the G protein-coupled receptors in human and mouse.

    Thóra K. Bjarnadóttir;David E. Gloriam;Sofia H. Hellstrand;Helena Kristiansson

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Overview

    Stephen P. H. Alexander;Eamonn Kelly;Neil V. Marrion;John A. Peters

  • The obesity gene, FTO, is of ancient origin, up-regulated during food deprivation and expressed in neurons of feeding-related nuclei of the brain

    Robert Fredriksson;Maria Hägglund;Pawel K. Olszewski;Olga Stephansson

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. XCIV. Adhesion G Protein–Coupled Receptors

    Jörg Hamann;Gabriela Aust;Demet Araç;Felix B. Engel

  • Ghrelin increases anxiety-like behavior and memory retention in rats.

    Valeria P Carlini;Marı́a E Monzón;Mariana M Varas;Andrea B Cragnolini

  • Differential role of the hippocampus, amygdala, and dorsal raphe nucleus in regulating feeding, memory, and anxiety-like behavioral responses to ghrelin.

    Valeria P Carlini;Mariana M Varas;Andrea B Cragnolini;Helgi B Schiöth

  • The GRAFS classification system of G-protein coupled receptors in comparative perspective.

    Helgi B. Schiöth;Robert Fredriksson

  • Seven evolutionarily conserved human rhodopsin G protein-coupled receptors lacking close relatives

    Robert Fredriksson;Pär J Höglund;David E.I Gloriam;Malin C Lagerström

  • Intranasal Treatment of Central Nervous System Dysfunction in Humans

    Colin D. Chapman;William H. Frey;Suzanne Craft;Lusine Danielyan

  • Acute sleep deprivation enhances the brain's response to hedonic food stimuli: an fMRI study.

    Christian Benedict;Samantha J Brooks;Owen G O'Daly;Markus S Almèn

  • Acute sleep deprivation reduces energy expenditure in healthy men

    Christian Benedict;Manfred Hallschmid;Arne Lassen;Christin Mahnke

  • Increased prefrontal and parahippocampal activation with reduced dorsolateral prefrontal and insular cortex activation to food images in obesity: a meta-analysis of fMRI studies.

    Samantha J. Brooks;Jonathan Cedernaes;Helgi B. Schiöth

  • Loss of function mutations of the human melanocortin 1 receptor are common and are associated with red hair.

    Helgi B. Schiöth;Siôn R. Phillips;Richard Rudzish;Mark A. Birch-Machin

  • The human and mouse repertoire of the adhesion family of G-protein-coupled receptors.

    Thóra K. Bjarnadóttir;Robert Fredriksson;Pär J. Höglund;David E. Gloriam

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Fredriksson
Robert Fredriksson Uppsala University
Samantha J. Brooks
Samantha J. Brooks Liverpool John Moores University
Jarl E. S. Wikberg
Jarl E. S. Wikberg Uppsala University
Allen S. Levine
Allen S. Levine University of Minnesota
Elna-Marie Larsson
Elna-Marie Larsson Uppsala University
Lars Lind
Lars Lind Uppsala University
Jussi Jokinen
Jussi Jokinen University of Jyväskylä
Suzanne L. Dickson
Suzanne L. Dickson University of Gothenburg
George P. Chrousos
George P. Chrousos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Ulf Gyllensten
Ulf Gyllensten Uppsala University

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