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83
Citations
29508
World Ranking
3453
National Ranking
1739

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Lee A. Witters is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on Molecular Biology and Biochemistry as subfields.

Their work addresses topics related to Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors.

Recent publications include the paper titled "AMP-activated kinase reciprocally regulates triacylglycerol synthesis and fatty acid oxidation in liver and muscle: evidence that sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase is a novel target," published in 2020 by UNC Libraries.

  • AMP-activated kinase reciprocally regulates triacylglycerol synthesis and fatty acid oxidation in liver and muscle: evidence that sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase is a novel target (2020, UNC Libraries)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Deborah M. Muoio
  • Kimberly Seefeld
  • Rosalind Coleman

Their work has been published predominantly in the UNC Libraries venue.

  • UNC Libraries

Lee A. Witters was awarded the title of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1981.

Best Publications

  • The tumor suppressor LKB1 kinase directly activates AMP-activated kinase and regulates apoptosis in response to energy stress

    Reuben J. Shaw;Monica Kosmatka;Nabeel Bardeesy;Rebecca L. Hurley

  • Regulation of mTOR function in response to hypoxia by REDD1 and the TSC1/TSC2 tumor suppressor complex

    James Brugarolas;Kui Lei;Rebecca L. Hurley;Brendan D. Manning

  • The Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase Kinases Are AMP-activated Protein Kinase Kinases

    Rebecca L. Hurley;Kristin A. Anderson;Jeanne M. Franzone;Bruce E. Kemp

  • AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase

    Zhi-Ping Chen;Ken I Mitchelhill;Belinda J Michell;David Stapleton

  • Malonyl-CoA, fuel sensing, and insulin resistance

    Neil B. Ruderman;Asish K. Saha;Demetrios Vavvas;Lee A. Witters

  • Mammalian AMP-activated Protein Kinase Subfamily

    D. Stapleton;K. I. Mitchelhill;Guang Gao;J. Widmer

  • Dealing With Energy Demand: The AMP-activated Protein Kinase

    Bruce E Kemp;Ken I Mitchelhill;David Stapleton;Belinda J Michell

  • Metabolic stress and altered glucose transport: activation of AMP-activated protein kinase as a unifying coupling mechanism.

    T Hayashi;M F Hirshman;N Fujii;S A Habinowski

  • AMP-activated kinase reciprocally regulates triacylglycerol synthesis and fatty acid oxidation in liver and muscle: evidence that sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase is a novel target.

    Deborah M. Muoio;Kimberly Seefeld;Lee A. Witters;Rosalind A. Coleman

  • AMP-activated protein kinase, super metabolic regulator.

    B.E. Kemp;D. Stapleton;D.J. Campbell;Z.-P. Chen

  • AMPK β Subunit Targets Metabolic Stress Sensing to Glycogen

    Galina Polekhina;Abhilasha Gupta;Belinda J Michell;Bryce Jw van Denderen

  • Functional Domains of the α1 Catalytic Subunit of the AMP-activated Protein Kinase

    Barbara E. Crute;Kimberly Seefeld;James Gamble;Bruce E. Kemp

  • Contraction-induced Changes in Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase and 5′-AMP-activated Kinase in Skeletal Muscle

    Demetrios Vavvas;Alexios Apazidis;Asish K. Saha;James Gamble

  • The blooming of the French lilac

    Lee A. Witters

  • Effect of Exercise Intensity on Skeletal Muscle AMPK Signaling in Humans

    Zhi-Ping Chen;Terry J. Stephens;Sid Murthy;Benedict J. Canny

  • Hypothalamic CaMKK2 Contributes to the Regulation of Energy Balance

    Kristin A. Anderson;Thomas J. Ribar;Fumin Lin;Pamela K. Noeldner

  • Exercise induces isoform-specific increase in 5'AMP-activated protein kinase activity in human skeletal muscle.

    Nobuharu Fujii;Tatsuya Hayashi;Michael F. Hirshman;Jeremy T. Smith

  • A possible linkage between AMP‐activated protein kinase (AMPK) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signalling pathway

    Naoki Kimura;Chiharu Tokunaga;Sushila Dalal;Christine Richardson

  • Growth factor-stimulated protein phosphorylation in 3T3-L1 cells. Evidence for protein kinase C-dependent and -independent pathways.

    P J Blackshear;L A Witters;P R Girard;J F Kuo

  • Acetyl-CoA carboxylase regulation of fatty acid oxidation in the heart.

    Maruf Saddik;J. Gamble;L. A. Witters;G. D. Lopaschuk

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce E. Kemp
Bruce E. Kemp Australian Catholic University
David Stapleton
David Stapleton Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Laurie J. Goodyear
Laurie J. Goodyear Harvard University
Joseph Avruch
Joseph Avruch Harvard University
Michael F. Hirshman
Michael F. Hirshman Harvard University
Anthony R. Means
Anthony R. Means Baylor College of Medicine
Asish K. Saha
Asish K. Saha Boston University
Neil B. Ruderman
Neil B. Ruderman Boston University
Gustav E. Lienhard
Gustav E. Lienhard Dartmouth College
Barbara E. Corkey
Barbara E. Corkey Boston University

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