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Jürgen Eckel publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürgen Eckel sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 191 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Jürgen Eckel D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürgen Eckel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jürgen Eckel is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on diabetes and metabolic disorders. Eckel has contributed extensively to fields such as molecular biology, physiology, epidemiology, surgery, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their notable recent papers include the following:

  • DPP4 and ACE2 in Diabetes and COVID-19: Therapeutic Targets for Cardiovascular Complications? (2020) published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Role of Patatin-Like Phospholipase Domain-Containing 3 Gene for Hepatic Lipid Content and Insulin Resistance in Diabetes (2020) published in Diabetes Care
  • Organ Crosstalk and the Modulation of Insulin Signaling (2021) published in Cells
  • Cannabinoid Receptors in Metabolic Regulation and Diabetes (2021) published in Physiology
  • Vitamin B12 and Folate Concentrations in Recent-onset Type 2 Diabetes and the Effect of Metformin Treatment (2020) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Eckel's research topics cover:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Michael Roden
  • Elisabeth Rohbeck
  • Tania Romacho
  • Bengt-Frederik Belgardt
  • Daniel F. Markgraf

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Acta Physiologica
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Diabetes Care

Jürgen Eckel has also contributed to academic book publishing, with at least one title released through Springer Science+Business Media titled From Obesity to Diabetes in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Chemerin is a novel adipocyte-derived factor inducing insulin resistance in primary human skeletal muscle cells.

    Henrike Sell;Jurga Laurencikiene;Annika Taube;Kristin Eckardt

  • Risk of diabetes-associated diseases in subgroups of patients with recent-onset diabetes: a 5-year follow-up study.

    Oana P Zaharia;Klaus Strassburger;Alexander Strom;Gidon J Bönhof

  • Sleep, sleep-disordered breathing and metabolic consequences

    P Lévy;M R Bonsignore;J Eckel

  • 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

  • Adipo-Myokines: Two Sides of the Same Coin—Mediators of Inflammation and Mediators of Exercise

    Silja Raschke;Jürgen Eckel

  • Chemerin correlates with markers for fatty liver in morbidly obese patients and strongly decreases after weight loss induced by bariatric surgery.

    Henrike Sell;Adeline Divoux;Adeline Divoux;Christine Poitou;Arnaud Basdevant

  • Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 is a potential player in the negative cross-talk between adipose tissue and skeletal muscle.

    Henrike Sell;Daniela Dietze-Schroeder;Ulrike Kaiser;Jürgen Eckel

  • Secreted proteins from adipose tissue and skeletal muscle - adipokines, myokines and adipose/muscle cross-talk.

    Paul Trayhurn;Christian A Drevon;Jürgen Eckel

  • Adipose Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 and Obesity: Correlation with insulin resistance and depot-specific release from adipose tissue in vivo and in vitro

    Henrike Sell;Matthias Blüher;Nora Klöting;Raphaela Schlich

  • Adiponectin counteracts cytokine- and fatty acid-induced apoptosis in the pancreatic beta-cell line INS-1

    I. Rakatzi;H. Mueller;O. Ritzeler;N. Tennagels

  • Impairment of Insulin Signaling in Human Skeletal Muscle Cells by Co-Culture With Human Adipocytes

    Daniela Dietze;Marlis Koenen;Karin Röhrig;Hiroyoshi Horikoshi

  • Myokines in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

    Kristin Eckardt;Sven W. Görgens;Silja Raschke;Jürgen Eckel

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha acutely inhibits insulin signaling in human adipocytes: implication of the p80 tumor necrosis factor receptor.

    Li Sen Liu;M. Spelleken;K. Röhrig;H. Hauner

  • Identification and Validation of Novel Contraction-Regulated Myokines Released from Primary Human Skeletal Muscle Cells

    Silja Raschke;Kristin Eckardt;Kirsten Bjørklund Holven;Jørgen Jensen

  • Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is one of the most abundant proteins secreted by human adipocytes and induces insulin resistance and inflammatory signaling in muscle and fat cells.

    S Famulla;D Lamers;S Hartwig;W Passlack

  • Cannabinoid type 1 receptors in human skeletal muscle cells participate in the negative crosstalk between fat and muscle.

    K. Eckardt;H. Sell;A. Taube;M. Koenen

  • Autocrine Action of Adiponectin on Human Fat Cells Prevents the Release of Insulin Resistance-Inducing Factors

    Daniela Dietze-Schroeder;Henrike Sell;Mathias Uhlig;Marlis Koenen

  • The myokine decorin is regulated by contraction and involved in muscle hypertrophy.

    Timo Kanzleiter;Michaela Rath;Sven W. Görgens;Jørgen Jensen

  • Soluble DPP4 induces inflammation and proliferation of human smooth muscle cells via protease-activated receptor 2

    Nina Wronkowitz;Sven W. Görgens;Tania Romacho;Laura A. Villalobos

  • Characterization of human glucose transporter (GLUT) 11 (encoded by SLC2A11), a novel sugar-transport facilitator specifically expressed in heart and skeletal muscle.

    Holger Doege;Andreas Bocianski;Andrea Scheepers;Hubertus Axer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Roden
Michael Roden Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Hans Hauner
Hans Hauner Technical University of Munich
Christian A. Drevon
Christian A. Drevon University of Oslo
Annette Schürmann
Annette Schürmann University of Potsdam
Jørgen Arendt Jensen
Jørgen Arendt Jensen Technical University of Denmark
Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi
Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi Oulu University Hospital
Hans-Georg Joost
Hans-Georg Joost RWTH Aachen University
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen
Paul Trayhurn
Paul Trayhurn University of Liverpool
Karl-Heinz Herzig
Karl-Heinz Herzig Oulu University Hospital

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