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Overview

Martin E. Young is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics in medicine and molecular biology, with a particular focus on circadian rhythms, cardiovascular function, metabolism, and aging.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • "Empagliflozin Blunts Worsening Cardiac Dysfunction Associated With Reduced NLRP3 (Nucleotide-Binding Domain-Like Receptor Protein 3) Inflammasome Activation in Heart Failure" (2020), Circulation Heart Failure
  • "Chronobiological Influence Over Cardiovascular Function" (2020), Circulation Research
  • "Increased Glucose Availability Attenuates Myocardial Ketone Body Utilization" (2020), Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Circadian REV-ERBs repress E4bp4 to activate NAMPT-dependent NAD+ biosynthesis and sustain cardiac function" (2021), Nature Cardiovascular Research
  • "MitoQ regulates redox-related noncoding RNAs to preserve mitochondrial network integrity in pressure-overload heart failure" (2020), American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • John C. Chatham
  • Victor Darley-Usmar
  • Sumanth D. Prabhu
  • Mary N. Latimer
  • Min Xie

The primary publication venues for this scientist are:

  • Circulation Research
  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • JACC Basic to Translational Science

Martin E. Young's main fields of study are medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work delves into several subfields, including molecular biology, physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and aging.

The core topics addressed in their research cover:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms
  • Adipose tissue and metabolism
  • Dietary effects on health
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Autophagy in disease and therapy
  • Cardiac ischemia and reperfusion

Best Publications

  • Adaptation and Maladaptation of the Heart in Diabetes: Part I: General Concepts

    Heinrich Taegtmeyer;Patrick McNulty;Martin E. Young

  • Metabolic Gene Expression in Fetal and Failing Human Heart

    Peter Razeghi;Martin E. Young;Joseph L. Alcorn;Christine S. Moravec

  • Adaptation and maladaptation of the heart in diabetes: Part II: Potential mechanisms

    Martin E. Young;Patrick McNulty;Heinrich Taegtmeyer

  • Reduced Mitochondrial Oxidative Capacity and Increased Mitochondrial Uncoupling Impair Myocardial Energetics in Obesity

    Sihem Boudina;Sandra Sena;Brian T. O’Neill;Prakash Tathireddy

  • Circadian clock control of endocrine factors

    Karen L. Gamble;Ryan Berry;Stuart J. Frank;Martin E. Young

  • Increased Hepatic CD36 Expression Contributes to Dyslipidemia Associated With Diet-Induced Obesity

    Debby P Y Koonen;René L. Jacobs;Maria Febbraio;Martin E. Young

  • Insulin signaling coordinately regulates cardiac size, metabolism, and contractile protein isoform expression

    Darrell D. Belke;Sandrine Betuing;Martin J. Tuttle;Christophe Graveleau

  • Activation of AMP-activated Protein Kinase Inhibits Protein Synthesis Associated with Hypertrophy in the Cardiac Myocyte

    Anita Y.M. Chan;Carrie Lynn M. Soltys;Martin E. Young;Christopher G. Proud

  • Disruption of the circadian clock within the cardiomyocyte influences myocardial contractile function, metabolism, and gene expression

    Molly S. Bray;Chad A. Shaw;Michael W.S. Moore;Rodrigo A.P. Garcia;Rodrigo A.P. Garcia

  • Clock Genes in the Heart: Characterization and Attenuation With Hypertrophy

    Martin E. Young;Peter Razeghi;Heinrich Taegtmeyer

  • Impaired Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation and Contractile Dysfunction in the Obese Zucker Rat Heart

    Martin E. Young;Patrick H. Guthrie;Peter Razeghi;Brendan Leighton

  • Reactivation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α is associated with contractile dysfunction in hypertrophied rat heart

    Martin E. Young;Frank A. Laws;Gary W. Goodwin;Heinrich Taegtmeyer

  • Effects of glucocorticoid excess on the sensitivity of glucose transport and metabolism to insulin in rat skeletal muscle.

    George Dimitriadis;Brendan Leighton;Mark Parry-Billings;Shlomo Sasson

  • The Cardiomyocyte Circadian Clock: Emerging Roles in Health and Disease

    David J. Durgan;Martin E. Young

  • Short Communication: Ischemia/Reperfusion Tolerance Is Time-of-Day–Dependent: Mediation by the Cardiomyocyte Circadian Clock

    David J. Durgan;Thomas Pulinilkunnil;Carolina Villegas-Montoya;Merissa E. Garvey

  • Nitric oxide stimulates glucose transport and metabolism in rat skeletal muscle in vitro

    Martin E. Young;George K. Radda;Brendan Leighton

  • Assessing Cardiac Metabolism

    Heinrich Taegtmeyer;Martin E. Young;Gary D. Lopaschuk;E. Dale Abel

  • Intrinsic diurnal variations in cardiac metabolism and contractile function

    Martin E. Young;Peter Razeghi;Ari M. Cedars;Patrick H. Guthrie

  • The circadian clock within the heart: potential influence on myocardial gene expression, metabolism, and function

    Martin E. Young

  • Circadian rhythms in the development of obesity: potential role for the circadian clock within the adipocyte.

    M. S. Bray;M. E. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich Taegtmeyer
Heinrich Taegtmeyer The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jason R.B. Dyck
Jason R.B. Dyck University of Alberta
Karen L. Gamble
Karen L. Gamble University of Alabama at Birmingham
Stuart J. Frank
Stuart J. Frank University of Alabama at Birmingham
Victor M. Darley-Usmar
Victor M. Darley-Usmar University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jianhua Zhang
Jianhua Zhang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
E. Dale Abel
E. Dale Abel University of California, Los Angeles
Charles L. Hoppel
Charles L. Hoppel Case Western Reserve University
Chad A. Shaw
Chad A. Shaw Baylor College of Medicine
Jennifer S. Pollock
Jennifer S. Pollock University of Alabama at Birmingham

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