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Martin Jastroch

Martin Jastroch

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
12438
World Ranking
16537
National Ranking
254

Overview

Martin Jastroch is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Surgery, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The primary topics covered in Martin Jastroch's research include:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Their recent notable publications include:

  • The glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) regulates body weight and food intake via CNS-GIPR signaling, 2021, Cell Metabolism
  • T cells armed with C-X-C chemokine receptor type 6 enhance adoptive cell therapy for pancreatic tumours, 2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • A practical guide for the analysis, standardization and interpretation of oxygen consumption measurements, 2022, Nature Metabolism
  • Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient mice, 2020, Nature Communications
  • CRISPR-Mediated Induction of Neuron-Enriched Mitochondrial Proteins Boosts Direct Glia-to-Neuron Conversion, 2020, Cell Stem Cell

Martin Jastroch frequently publishes in several prominent venues, which include:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Molecular Metabolism
  • Acta Physiologica

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Michael J. Gaudry
  • Susanne Keipert
  • Michaela Keuper
  • Paul G. Crichton
  • Matthias H. Tschöp

Best Publications

  • Selenium Utilization by GPX4 Is Required to Prevent Hydroperoxide-Induced Ferroptosis

    Irina Ingold;Carsten Berndt;Sabine Schmitt;Sebastian Doll

  • Mitochondrial proton and electron leaks

    Martin Jastroch;Ajit S. Divakaruni;Shona Mookerjee;Jason R. Treberg

  • Astrocytic Insulin Signaling Couples Brain Glucose Uptake with Nutrient Availability

    Cristina García-Cáceres;Carmelo Quarta;Luis Varela;Yuanqing Gao

  • Analysis and Interpretation of Microplate-Based Oxygen Consumption and pH Data

    Ajit S Divakaruni;Alexander Paradyse;David A Ferrick;Anne N Murphy

  • Mitochondria are physiologically maintained at close to 50 °C.

    Dominique Chretien;Paule Benit;Paule Benit;Hyung-Ho Ha;Susanne Keipert

  • Alternatively activated macrophages do not synthesize catecholamines or contribute to adipose tissue adaptive thermogenesis

    Katrin Fischer;Henry H. Ruiz;Kevin Jhun;Brian Finan

  • Identification of proliferative and mature β-cells in the islets of Langerhans

    Erik Bader;Adriana Migliorini;Moritz Gegg;Noah Moruzzi

  • Brown adipose tissue: physiological function and evolutionary significance

    R. Oelkrug;R. Oelkrug;E. T. Polymeropoulos;M. Jastroch

  • Atlas of Circadian Metabolism Reveals System-wide Coordination and Communication between Clocks

    Kenneth A. Dyar;Dominik Lutter;Anna Artati;Nicholas J. Ceglia

  • Quantitative measurement of mitochondrial membrane potential in cultured cells: calcium-induced de- and hyperpolarization of neuronal mitochondria.

    Akos A. Gerencser;Christos Chinopoulos;Matthew J. Birket;Martin Jastroch

  • Skeletal muscle mitochondrial uncoupling drives endocrine cross-talk through the induction of FGF21 as a myokine

    Susanne Keipert;Mario Ost;Kornelia Johann;Francine Imber

  • Chemical Hybridization of Glucagon and Thyroid Hormone Optimizes Therapeutic Impact for Metabolic Disease

    Brian Finan;Christoffer Clemmensen;Zhimeng Zhu;Kerstin Stemmer

  • Mitochondrial uncoupling and lifespan

    Shona A. Mookerjee;Ajit S. Divakaruni;Martin Jastroch;Martin D. Brand

  • The regulation and turnover of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins.

    Vian Azzu;Martin Jastroch;Ajit S Divakaruni;Ajit S Divakaruni;Martin D Brand

  • Adaptive thermogenesis and thermal conductance in wild-type and UCP1-KO mice.

    Carola W. Meyer;Monja Willershäuser;Martin Jastroch;Bryan C. Rourke

  • The glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) regulates body weight and food intake via CNS-GIPR signaling.

    Qian Zhang;Challa Tenagne Delessa;Robert Augustin;Mostafa Bakhti

  • Brite/beige fat and UCP1 - is it thermogenesis?

    Susanne Keipert;Martin Jastroch

  • p62 Links β-adrenergic input to mitochondrial function and thermogenesis

    Timo D. Müller;Sang Jun Lee;Martin Jastroch;Dhiraj Kabra

  • Cardiolipin Synthesis in Brown and Beige Fat Mitochondria Is Essential for Systemic Energy Homeostasis

    Elahu G. Sustarsic;Tao Ma;Matthew D. Lynes;Michael Larsen

  • Uncoupling protein 1 in fish uncovers an ancient evolutionary history of mammalian nonshivering thermogenesis

    Martin Jastroch;Sven Wuertz;Werner Kloas;Martin Klingenspor

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias H. Tschöp
Matthias H. Tschöp Technical University of Munich
Martin Klingenspor
Martin Klingenspor Technical University of Munich
Gerhard Heldmaier
Gerhard Heldmaier Philipp University of Marburg
Martin D. Brand
Martin D. Brand Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Stephen C. Woods
Stephen C. Woods University of Cincinnati
Paul T. Pfluger
Paul T. Pfluger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Axel Walch
Axel Walch Technical University of Munich
Christian Klein
Christian Klein Roche (Switzerland)
Chun-Xia Yi
Chun-Xia Yi University of Amsterdam
Michael A. Cowley
Michael A. Cowley Monash University

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