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Mathias Fasshauer

Mathias Fasshauer

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
22717
World Ranking
5529
National Ranking
400

Medicine

D-Index
77
Citations
23857
World Ranking
18372
National Ranking
967

Overview

Mathias Fasshauer is a researcher affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Epidemiology.

Their research work covers a range of topics predominantly related to nutritional studies and diet, diet and metabolism studies, and adipose tissue and metabolism. Additional main topics include nuclear structure and function, diabetes treatment and management, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, as well as consumer attitudes and food labeling.

Mathias Fasshauer has published multiple recent papers in various scientific journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Circulating cell adhesion molecules in metabolically healthy obesity," 2020, International Journal of Obesity
  • "Added flavors: potential contributors to body weight gain and obesity?", 2022, BMC Medicine
  • "Leptin treatment has vasculo-protective effects in lipodystrophic mice," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Gluten intake and metabolic health: conflicting findings from the UK Biobank," 2020, European Journal of Nutrition
  • "Plasma anthocyanins and their metabolites reduce in vitro migration of pancreatic cancer cells, PANC-1, in a FAK- and NF-kB dependent manner: Results from the ATTACH-study a randomized, controlled, crossover trial in healthy subjects," 2022, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Their frequent co-authors include Michael Stümvoll, Inken Behrendt, Gerrit Eichner, Haiko Schlögl, and Anke Tönjes.

Regarding publication venues, Mathias Fasshauer has contributed notably to the following:

  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Nutrition Journal
  • Antioxidants
  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society

Best Publications

  • Plasma visfatin concentrations and fat depot-specific mRNA expression in humans

    Janin Berndt;Nora Klöting;Susan Kralisch;Peter Kovacs

  • Adipokines in health and disease

    Mathias Fasshauer;Matthias Blüher

  • Insulin-sensitive obesity

    Nora Klöting;Mathias Fasshauer;Arne Dietrich;Peter Kovacs

  • Hormonal regulation of adiponectin gene expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

    Mathias Fasshauer;Johannes Klein;Susanne Neumann;Markus Eszlinger

  • Regulation of adipocytokines and insulin resistance.

    M. Fasshauer;R. Paschke

  • Adiponectin gene expression and secretion is inhibited by interleukin-6 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

    Mathias Fasshauer;Susan Kralisch;Margit Klier;Ulrike Lossner

  • Dysregulation of the Peripheral and Adipose Tissue Endocannabinoid System in Human Abdominal Obesity

    Matthias Blüher;Stefan Engeli;Nora Klöting;Janin Berndt

  • Serum retinol-binding protein is more highly expressed in visceral than in subcutaneous adipose tissue and is a marker of intra-abdominal fat mass.

    Nora Klöting;Timothy E. Graham;Janin Berndt;Susan Kralisch

  • Serum Vaspin Concentrations in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

    Byung-Soo Youn;Nora Klöting;Jürgen Kratzsch;Namseok Lee

  • Inflammatory cytokines in general and central obesity and modulating effects of physical activity.

    Frank M. Schmidt;Julia Weschenfelder;Christian Sander;Juliane Minkwitz

  • Vaspin gene expression in human adipose tissue: Association with obesity and type 2 diabetes

    Nora Klöting;Janin Berndt;Susan Kralisch;Peter Kovacs

  • MicroRNA expression in human omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue.

    Nora Klöting;Susan Berthold;Peter Kovacs;Michael R. Schön

  • Circulating Adiponectin and Expression of Adiponectin Receptors in Human Skeletal Muscle: Associations with Metabolic Parameters and Insulin Resistance and Regulation by Physical Training

    Matthias Blüher;John W. Bullen;Jennifer H. Lee;Susan Kralisch

  • Adiponectin gene expression is inhibited by β-adrenergic stimulation via protein kinase A in 3T3-L1 adipocytes

    Mathias Fasshauer;Johannes Klein;Susanne Neumann;Markus Eszlinger

  • Effects of weight loss and exercise on chemerin serum concentrations and adipose tissue expression in human obesity

    Rima Chakaroun;Matthias Raschpichler;Nora Klöting;Andreas Oberbach

  • Positive and Negative Roles of p85α and p85β Regulatory Subunits of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase in Insulin Signaling *

    Kohjiro Ueki;David A. Fruman;Claudine M. Yballe;Mathias Fasshauer

  • Fatty acid synthase gene expression in human adipose tissue: association with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

    J. Berndt;P. Kovacs;K. Ruschke;N. Klöting

  • Effect of a 4 week physical training program on plasma concentrations of inflammatory markers in patients with abnormal glucose tolerance

    Andreas Oberbach;Anke Tönjes;Nora Klöting;Mathias Fasshauer

  • β3-Adrenergic Stimulation Differentially Inhibits Insulin Signaling and Decreases Insulin-induced Glucose Uptake in Brown Adipocytes

    Johannes Klein;Mathias Fasshauer;Moriko Ito;Bradford B. Lowell

  • Leptin, adiponectin and other adipokines in gestational diabetes mellitus and pre-eclampsia

    Konstanze Miehle;Holger Stepan;Mathias Fasshauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Stumvoll
Michael Stumvoll Leipzig University
Matthias Blüher
Matthias Blüher Leipzig University
Ralf Paschke
Ralf Paschke University of Calgary
Peter Kovacs
Peter Kovacs Leipzig University
Anke Tönjes
Anke Tönjes Leipzig University
Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Anja Hilbert
Anja Hilbert Leipzig University
Burkhard Pleger
Burkhard Pleger Ruhr University Bochum
Annette Horstmann
Annette Horstmann University of Helsinki
Raymond C. Harris
Raymond C. Harris Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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