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2023

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Medicine

D-Index
140
Citations
78837
World Ranking
1685
National Ranking
32

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2005 - Nordic Medical Prize, SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research

Overview

Peter Arner is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with publications spanning these fields. The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including physiology, molecular biology, epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and biochemistry.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Adipose tissue and metabolism
  • Adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Cardiovascular disease and adiposity
  • RNA research and splicing

Peter Arner has authored several recent papers, such as:

  • "A DNA methylation atlas of normal human cell types," 2023, published in Nature
  • "Lipid and glucose metabolism in white adipocytes: pathways, dysfunction and therapeutics," 2021, published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "Functional annotation of human long noncoding RNAs via molecular phenotyping," 2020, published in Genome Research
  • "Human white adipose tissue: A highly dynamic metabolic organ," 2021, published in Journal of Internal Medicine
  • "Age-Induced Reduction in Human Lipolysis: A Potential Role for Adipocyte Noradrenaline Degradation," 2020, published in Cell Metabolism

Frequent co-authors of this scientist include Mikael Rydén, Ingrid Dahlman, Daniel P. Andersson, Alastair G. Kerr, and Dominique Langin.

Publications often appear in venues such as:

  • Diabetes
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Research Square
  • Genome Research

Peter Arner received the Nordic Medical Prize from the SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Increased adipose tissue expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in human obesity and insulin resistance.

    G S Hotamisligil;P Arner;J F Caro;R L Atkinson

  • The effect of irbesartan on the development of diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.

    Hans-Henrik Parving;Hendrik Lehnert;Jens Bröchner-Mortensen;Ramon Gomis

  • Dynamics of fat cell turnover in humans

    Kirsty L Spalding;Erik Arner;Pål O Westermark;Samuel Bernard

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution

    Piero Carninci;Albin Sandelin;Boris Lenhard;Boris Lenhard;Shintaro Katayama

  • Overexpression of the obese ( ob ) gene in adipose tissue of human obese subjects

    Fredrik Lönnqvist;Peter Arner;Louise Nordfors;Martin Schalling

  • Leptin secretion from subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in women.

    V Van Harmelen;S Reynisdottir;P Eriksson;A Thörne

  • Comprehensive human cell-type methylation atlas reveals origins of circulating cell-free DNA in health and disease

    Joshua Moss;Judith Magenheim;Daniel Neiman;Hai Zemmour

  • Adipocyte Turnover: Relevance to Human Adipose Tissue Morphology

    Erik Arner;Pål O Westermark;Kirsty L Spalding;Tom Britton

  • Tissue distribution of beta 3-adrenergic receptor mRNA in man.

    S Krief;F Lönnqvist;S Raimbault;B Baude

  • Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Is a Novel Adipokine Potentially Linking Obesity to the Metabolic Syndrome

    Daniela Lamers;Susanne Famulla;Nina Wronkowitz;Sonja Hartwig

  • Transcribed enhancers lead waves of coordinated transcription in transitioning mammalian cells

    Erik Arner;Carsten O. Daub;Kristoffer Vitting-Seerup;Robin Andersson

  • An integrated expression atlas of miRNAs and their promoters in human and mouse.

    Derek De Rie;Imad Abugessaisa;Tanvir Alam;Erik Arner

  • The adipocyte in insulin resistance: key molecules and the impact of the thiazolidinediones

    Peter Arner

  • Treatment With Dietary trans10cis12 Conjugated Linoleic Acid Causes Isomer-Specific Insulin Resistance in Obese Men With the Metabolic Syndrome

    Ulf Risérus;Peter Arner;Kerstin Brismar;Bengt Vessby

  • Differences in lipolysis between human subcutaneous and omental adipose tissues.

    Peter Arner

  • Chemerin is a novel adipocyte-derived factor inducing insulin resistance in primary human skeletal muscle cells.

    Henrike Sell;Jurga Laurencikiene;Annika Taube;Kristin Eckardt

  • Human beta-2 adrenoceptor gene polymorphisms are highly frequent in obesity and associate with altered adipocyte beta-2 adrenoceptor function.

    Valérie Large;Lena Hellström;Signy Reynisdottir;Fredrik Lönnqvist

  • Human fat cell lipolysis: biochemistry, regulation and clinical role.

    Peter Arner

  • Effects of n−6 PUFAs compared with SFAs on liver fat, lipoproteins, and inflammation in abdominal obesity: a randomized controlled trial

    Helena Bjermo;David Iggman;Joel Kullberg;Ingrid Dahlman

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikael Rydén
Mikael Rydén Karolinska University Hospital
Ingrid Dahlman
Ingrid Dahlman Karolinska Institute
Juha Kere
Juha Kere Karolinska Institute
Cecilia Holm
Cecilia Holm Lund University
Per Eriksson
Per Eriksson Karolinska University Hospital
Alistair R. R. Forrest
Alistair R. R. Forrest Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

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