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Katherine Cianflone

Katherine Cianflone

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Medicine

D-Index
77
Citations
17792
World Ranking
18564
National Ranking
782

Overview

Katherine Cianflone is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work includes contributions to both physiological and molecular aspects of metabolism.

Their main subfields of study include:

  • Physiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

Cianflone's research topics cover a range of areas related to metabolism and metabolic diseases. These topics specifically include:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Among recent scholarly publications, the following papers are noted:

  • "Acylation stimulating protein/C3adesArg in the metabolic states: role of adipocyte dysfunction in obesity complications," 2024, published in The Journal of Physiology
  • "Evidence for a Novel Key Regulatory Step in the Triglyceride Synthetic Pathway of Human Adipose Tissue," 2020, published in McGill Journal of Medicine

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Reza Rezvani
  • Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam
  • Allain Baldo
  • Nicholas Dardano
  • Allan D. Sniderman

Publications by Katherine Cianflone appear notably in these venues:

  • The Journal of Physiology
  • McGill Journal of Medicine

Best Publications

  • Plasma Acylation-Stimulating Protein, Adiponectin, Leptin, and Ghrelin before and after Weight Loss Induced by Gastric Bypass Surgery in Morbidly Obese Subjects

    May Faraj;Peter J. Havel;Steve Phélis;David Blank

  • Critical review of acylation-stimulating protein physiology in humans and rodents

    Katherine Cianflone;Zhunan Xia;Lan Ying Chen

  • Hypertriglyceridemic HyperapoB: The Unappreciated Atherogenic Dyslipoproteinemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Allan D. Sniderman;Thea Scantlebury;Katherine Cianflone

  • Functional roles for C5a receptors in sepsis

    Daniel Rittirsch;Michael A Flierl;Brian A Nadeau;Danielle E Day

  • Effects of Maternal Surgical Weight Loss in Mothers on Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity

    J. Smith;K. Cianflone;S. Biron;F. S. Hould

  • Elevated sensitivity to diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice lacking 4E-BP1 and 4E-BP2

    Olivier Le Bacquer;Emmanuel Petroulakis;Sabina Paglialunga;Francis Poulin

  • Regulation of apoB secretion from HepG2 cells: evidence for a critical role for cholesteryl ester synthesis in the response to a fatty acid challenge.

    K M Cianflone;Z Yasruel;M A Rodriguez;D Vas

  • The adipsin-acylation stimulating protein system and regulation of intracellular triglyceride synthesis.

    Allain Baldo;Allan D. Sniderman;Serena St-Luce;Rita Kohen Avramoglu

  • Circulating Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin 9 (PCSK9) Regulates VLDLR Protein and Triglyceride Accumulation in Visceral Adipose Tissue

    Anna Roubtsova;Mercedes Nancy Munkonda;Zuhier Awan;Jadwiga Marcinkiewicz

  • Substrate delivery as a determinant of hepatic apoB secretion.

    Allan D. Sniderman;Katherine Cianflone

  • Differential methylation in glucoregulatory genes of offspring born before vs. after maternal gastrointestinal bypass surgery.

    Frédéric Guénard;Yves Deshaies;Katherine Cianflone;John G. Kral

  • Downregulation of adipose glutathione S-transferase A4 leads to increased protein carbonylation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction.

    Jessica M. Curtis;Paul A. Grimsrud;Wendy S. Wright;Xin Xu

  • Mechanisms Involved in the Regulation of Free Fatty Acid Release from Isolated Human Fat Cells by Acylation-stimulating Protein and Insulin

    Vanessa Van Harmelen;Signy Reynisdottir;Katherine Cianflone;Eva Degerman

  • The Chemoattractant Receptor-like Protein C5L2 Binds the C3a des-Arg77/Acylation-stimulating Protein

    David Kalant;Stuart A. Cain;Magdalena Maslowska;Allan D Sniderman

  • C5L2 is a functional receptor for acylation stimulating protein

    David Kalant;David Kalant;Robin MacLaren;Wei Cui;Ratna Samanta

  • Adipsin/acylation stimulating protein system in human adipocytes: regulation of triacylglycerol synthesis.

    Katherine Cianflone;Daniel A. K. Roncari;Magdalena Maslowska;Allain Baldo

  • Plasma acylation stimulating protein, adipsin and lipids in non-obese and obese populations.

    Maslowska M;Vu H;Phelis S;Sniderman Ad

  • Coordinate regulation of triacylglycerol synthesis and glucose transport by acylation-stimulating protein

    Ralph Germinario;Allan D. Sniderman;Suzanne Manuel;Sue Pratt Lefebvre

  • Effect of acylation stimulating protein on the triacylglycerol synthetic pathway of human adipose tissue

    Zivart Yasruel;Katherine Cianflone;Allan D. Sniderman;Mark Rosenbloom

  • Acylation stimulating protein (ASP), an adipocyte autocrine: new directions.

    Katherine Cianflone;Magdalena Maslowska;Allan D. Sniderman

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan D. Sniderman
Allan D. Sniderman McGill University
Dao Wen Wang
Dao Wen Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Paul Poirier
Paul Poirier Université Laval
Denis Richard
Denis Richard Université Laval
Peter J. Havel
Peter J. Havel University of California, Davis
Keith N. Frayn
Keith N. Frayn University of Oxford
André Tchernof
André Tchernof Université Laval
Jacques Genest
Jacques Genest McGill University Health Centre
Patrick Schrauwen
Patrick Schrauwen Maastricht University
Matthijs K. C. Hesselink
Matthijs K. C. Hesselink Maastricht University

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