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15380
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Mark A. Yorek 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 Mark A. Yorek sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 187 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mark A. Yorek 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 Mark A. Yorek sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Mark A. Yorek is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific interests in the subfields of Physiology, Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics, Neurology, and Molecular Biology.

The researcher's published work covers a range of topics including Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Fatty Acid Research and Health, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Biochemical Acid Research Studies, Advanced Glycation End Products research, and Bee Products Chemical Analysis.

Frequent publication venues where Mark A. Yorek's research appears include:

  • Diabetes
  • Journal of Diabetes Research
  • Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
  • Current Diabetes Reviews
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology

Some of the recent papers by Mark A. Yorek and collaborators are:

  • Biology of Activating Transcription Factor 4 (ATF4) and Its Role in Skeletal Muscle Atrophy, 2021, Journal of Nutrition
  • Effect of mitoquinone (Mito-Q) on neuropathic endpoints in an obese and type 2 diabetic rat model, 2020, Free Radical Research
  • Progressive Loss of Corneal Nerve Fibers and Sensitivity in Rats Modeling Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Is Reversible with Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intervention: Supporting Cornea Analyses as a Marker for Peripheral Neuropathy and Treatment, 2020, Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
  • Interaction between magnesium and methylglyoxal in diabetic polyneuropathy and neuronal models, 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • Treatment for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: What have we Learned from Animal Models?, 2021, Current Diabetes Reviews

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including:

  • Lawrence J. Coppey
  • Eric P. Davidson
  • Hanna Shevalye
  • Alexander Obrosov
  • Brian D. Fink

Best Publications

  • Normalizing mitochondrial superoxide production blocks three pathways of hyperglycaemic damage

    Takeshi Nishikawa;Diane Edelstein;Xue Liang Du;Sho-ichi Yamagishi

  • Membrane lipid composition and cellular function.

    A A Spector;M A Yorek

  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetes: From Molecular Mechanisms to Functional Significance and Therapeutic Opportunities

    William I. Sivitz;Mark A. Yorek

  • Nicotinamide Riboside Opposes Type 2 Diabetes and Neuropathy in Mice

    Samuel A.J. Trammell;Benjamin J. Weidemann;Ankita Chadda;Matthew S. Yorek

  • The role of oxidative stress in diabetic vascular and neural disease.

    Mark A Yorek

  • Progression of coronary and mesenteric vascular dysfunction in Zucker obese and Zucker diabetic fatty rats

    Christine L. Oltman;Laura L. Richou;Eric P. Davidson;Lawrence J. Coppey

  • Slowing of motor nerve conduction velocity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats is preceded by impaired vasodilation in arterioles that overlie the sciatic nerve.

    Lawrence J. Coppey;Eric P. Davidson;Joyce A. Dunlap;Donald D. Lund

  • Progression of vascular and neural dysfunction in sciatic nerves of Zucker diabetic fatty and Zucker rats

    Christine L. Oltman;Lawrence J. Coppey;Jill S. Gellett;Eric P. Davidson

  • Phenotyping animal models of diabetic neuropathy: a consensus statement of the diabetic neuropathy study group of the EASD (Neurodiab)

    G J Biessels;V Bril;N A Calcutt;N E Cameron

  • ACE Inhibitor or Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist Attenuates Diabetic Neuropathy in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

    Lawrence J. Coppey;Eric P. Davidson;Thomas W. Rinehart;Jill S. Gellett

  • Role of nitrosative stress in early neuropathy and vascular dysfunction in streptozotocin-diabetic rats.

    Irina G. Obrosova;Viktor R. Drel;Christine L. Oltman;Nazar Mashtalir

  • Exogenous oxidants initiate hydrolysis of endothelial cell inositol phospholipids.

    DM Shasby;M Yorek;SS Shasby

  • Effect of M40403 treatment of diabetic rats on endoneurial blood flow, motor nerve conduction velocity and vascular function of epineurial arterioles of the sciatic nerve.

    Lawrence J Coppey;Jill S Gellett;Eric P Davidson;Joyce A Dunlap

  • Implications for in vitro studies of the autoxidation of ferrous ion and the iron-catalyzed autoxidation of dithiothreitol

    David O. Lambeth;Gwen R. Ericson;Mark A. Yorek;Paul D. Ray

  • Preventing superoxide formation in epineurial arterioles of the sciatic nerve from diabetic rats restores endothelium-dependent vasodilation.

    Lawrence J Coppey;Jill S Gellett;Eric P Davidson;Mark A Yorek

  • Effect of Membrane Polyunsaturation on Carrier-Mediated Transport in Cultured Retinoblastoma Cells: Alterations in Taurine Uptake

    Mark A. Yorek;David K. Strom;Arthur A. Spector

  • Effect of Treating Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats With Sorbinil, Myo-Inositol or Aminoguanidine on Endoneurial Blood Flow, Motor Nerve Conduction Velocity and Vascular Function of Epineurial Arterioles of the Sciatic Nerve

    Lawrence J. Coppey;Jill S. Gellett;Eric P. Davidson;Joyce A. Dunlap

  • Effect of Treatment of Diabetic Rats with Dehydroepiandrosterone on Vascular and Neural Function

    MA Yorek;LJ Coppey;JS Gellett;EP Davidson

  • Diet Induced Obesity in Sprague Dawley Rats Causes Microvascular and Neural Dysfunction

    Eric P. Davidson;Lawrence J. Coppey;Nigel A. Calcutt;Christine L. Oltman;Christine L. Oltman

  • superoxide production blocks three pathways of hyperglycaemic damage

    Takeshi Nishikawa;Diane Edelstein;Xue Liang Du;Sho-ichi Yamagishi

Frequent Co-Authors

Randy H. Kardon
Randy H. Kardon University of Iowa
Arthur A. Spector
Arthur A. Spector University of Iowa
Anders A. F. Sima
Anders A. F. Sima Wayne State University
Pal Pacher
Pal Pacher National Institutes of Health
Nigel A. Calcutt
Nigel A. Calcutt University of California, San Diego
Rayaz A. Malik
Rayaz A. Malik Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Bao Lu
Bao Lu Boston Children's Hospital
Solomon Tesfaye
Solomon Tesfaye Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Yasufumi Kaneda
Yasufumi Kaneda Osaka University
Michael Brownlee
Michael Brownlee Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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