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Kenneth S. Polonsky

Kenneth S. Polonsky

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Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
48315
World Ranking
4729
National Ranking
2562

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Kenneth S. Polonsky is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research broadly covers medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on subfields including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, physiology, neurology, and epidemiology.

Their work encompasses several main topics, such as:

  • Diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins
  • Metabolism, diabetes, and cancer
  • Diabetes treatment and management
  • Liver disease diagnosis and treatment
  • Cancer risks and factors
  • Retinal diseases and treatments
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments

Polonsky has contributed to multiple publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as:

  • Diabetes Care
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Diabetes
  • BMC Nutrition

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Effect of Metformin and Lifestyle Interventions on Mortality in the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study," 2021, Diabetes Care
  • "The Impact of Physical Activity on the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence and Lessons Learned From the Diabetes Prevention Program, a Long-Standing Clinical Trial Incorporating Subjective and Objective Activity Measures," 2020, Diabetes Care
  • "Risk Factors for the Development of Retinopathy in Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: The Diabetes Prevention Program Experience," 2022, Diabetes Care
  • "Association of Metformin With the Development of Age-Related Macular Degeneration," 2022, JAMA Ophthalmology
  • "Identification of Genetic Variation Influencing Metformin Response in a Multiancestry Genome-Wide Association Study in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)," 2022, Diabetes

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Polonsky include:

  • Dana Dabelea
  • Ronald Goldberg
  • Kishore M. Gadde
  • Helen P. Hazuda
  • George A. Bray

Polonsky has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2006
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • International Trial of the Edmonton Protocol for Islet Transplantation

    A. M James Shapiro;Camillo Ricordi;Bernhard J. Hering;Hugh Auchincloss

  • Genetic variation in the gene encoding calpain-10 is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Y Horikawa;N Oda;N J Cox;X Li;X Li

  • Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Pathophysiology of Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young

    Stefan S. Fajans;Graeme I. Bell;Kenneth S. Polonsky

  • Estimation of Insulin Secretion Rates from C-Peptide Levels: Comparison of Individual and Standard Kinetic Parameters for C-Peptide Clearance

    Eve Van Cauter;Fabienne Mestrez;Jeppe Sturis;Kenneth S Polonsky

  • β-cell failure in type 2 diabetes: postulated mechanisms and prospects for prevention and treatment

    Philippe A. Halban;Kenneth S. Polonsky;Donald W. Bowden;Meredith A. Hawkins

  • Twenty-four-hour profiles and pulsatile patterns of insulin secretion in normal and obese subjects.

    K S Polonsky;B D Given;E Van Cauter

  • The Diabetes Prevention Program: Design and methods for a clinical trial in the prevention of type 2 diabetes

    G. A. Bray;K. S. Polonsky;P. G. Watson;R. B. Goldberg

  • Abnormal patterns of insulin secretion in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    K S Polonsky;B D Given;L J Hirsch;H Tillil

  • Seminars in Medicine of the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston. Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus - a genetically programmed failure of the beta cell to compensate for insulin resistance.

    Kenneth S. Polonsky;Jeppe Sturis;Graeme I. Bell

  • Antidiabetic Effects of Panax ginseng Berry Extract and the Identification of an Effective Component

    Anoja S. Attele;Yun-Ping Zhou;Jing-Tian Xie;Ji An Wu

  • Role of apoptosis in failure of beta-cell mass compensation for insulin resistance and beta-cell defects in the male Zucker diabetic fatty rat.

    Anthony Pick;Joshua Clark;Christian Kubstrup;Matteo Levisetti

  • Roles of circadian rhythmicity and sleep in human glucose regulation

    E. Van Cauter;K. S. Polonsky;André Scheen

  • Diabetes mellitus and genetically programmed defects in beta-cell function.

    Graeme I. Bell;Kenneth S. Polonsky

  • TROGLITAZONE IMPROVES DEFECTS IN INSULIN ACTION, INSULIN SECRETION, OVARIAN STEROIDOGENESIS, AND FIBRINOLYSIS IN WOMEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

    David A. Ehrmann;David J. Schneider;Burton E. Sobel;Melissa K. Cavaghan

  • C-Peptide as a Measure of the Secretion and Hepatic Extraction of Insulin: Pitfalls and Limitations

    Kenneth S Polonsky;Arthur H Rubenstein

  • Regulation of pancreatic beta-cell growth and survival by the serine/threonine protein kinase Akt1/PKBalpha.

    Robyn L. Tuttle;Navdeep S. Gill;William Pugh;Jean-Pyo Lee

  • C-Peptide Is the Appropriate Outcome Measure for Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Trials to Preserve β-Cell Function: Report of an ADA Workshop, 21–22 October 2001

    Jerry P. Palmer;G. Alexander Fleming;Carla J. Greenbaum;Kevan C. Herold

  • Quantitative study of insulin secretion and clearance in normal and obese subjects.

    K S Polonsky;B D Given;L Hirsch;E T Shapiro

  • Insulin secretory defects in polycystic ovary syndrome. Relationship to insulin sensitivity and family history of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    D A Ehrmann;J Sturis;M M Byrne;T Karrison

  • Modulation of glucose regulation and insulin secretion by circadian rhythmicity and sleep.

    E Van Cauter;J D Blackman;D Roland;J P Spire

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme I. Bell
Graeme I. Bell University of Chicago
E. Van Cauter
E. Van Cauter University of Chicago
Jeffrey B. Halter
Jeffrey B. Halter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Claudio Cobelli
Claudio Cobelli University of Padua
Theodore Karrison
Theodore Karrison University of Chicago
Eve Van Cauter
Eve Van Cauter University of Chicago
Louis H. Philipson
Louis H. Philipson University of Chicago
Kevan C. Herold
Kevan C. Herold Yale University
Bruce W. Patterson
Bruce W. Patterson Washington University in St. Louis
Jerrold M. Olefsky
Jerrold M. Olefsky University of California, San Diego

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