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6906
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Overview

Sheila Collins is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their academic work spans several interconnected fields, with a primary focus on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The research subfields include Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics related to Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Muscle Metabolism and Nutrition, and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, as well as Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Frequent collaborations have involved coauthors such as Fubiao Shi, Dianxin Liu, Ryan P. Ceddia, Thomas J. Wang, and Deepak K. Gupta, reflecting a network of researchers within related biomedical disciplines.

Sheila Collins has published notably in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetes, Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Molecular Metabolism. The most common publication venue is bioRxiv, with ten publications, followed by the others with fewer articles.

Significant papers by this researcher include the following:

  • β-Adrenergic Receptors and Adipose Tissue Metabolism: Evolution of an Old Story, 2022, Annual Review of Physiology
  • Research Priorities for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2020, Circulation
  • Unexpectedly Low Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients With Heart Failure, 2021, JACC Heart Failure
  • Control of Adipocyte Thermogenesis and Lipogenesis through β3-Adrenergic and Thyroid Hormone Signal Integration, 2020, Cell Reports
  • A compendium of G-protein-coupled receptors and cyclic nucleotide regulation of adipose tissue metabolism and energy expenditure, 2020, Clinical Science

Best Publications

  • Uncoupling protein-2: a novel gene linked to obesity and hyperinsulinemia

    Christophe Fleury;Maria Neverova;Sheila Collins;Serge Raimbault

  • Disruption of the uncoupling protein-2 gene in mice reveals a role in immunity and reactive oxygen species production.

    Denis Arsenijevic;Hiroki Onuma;Claire Pecqueur;Serge Raimbault

  • Cardiac natriuretic peptides act via p38 MAPK to induce the brown fat thermogenic program in mouse and human adipocytes.

    Marica Bordicchia;Dianxin Liu;Ez Zoubir Amri;Gerard Ailhaud

  • Cloning of the cDNA for the human beta 1-adrenergic receptor.

    Thomas Frielle;Sheila Collins;Kiefer W. Daniel;Marc G. Caron

  • Role of leptin in fat regulation

    Sheila Collins;Cysnthia M. Kuhn;Ann E. Petro;Andrew G. Swick

  • An intronless gene encoding a potential member of the family of receptors coupled to guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins

    Brian K. Kobilka;Thomas Frielle;Sheila Collins;Theresa Yang-Feng

  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Is the Central Regulator of Cyclic AMP-Dependent Transcription of the Brown Fat Uncoupling Protein 1 Gene

    Wenhong Cao;Kiefer W. Daniel;Jacques Robidoux;Pere Puigserver

  • Reactive Oxygen Species as a Signal in Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion

    Jingbo Pi;Yushi Bai;Qiang Zhang;Victoria Wong

  • Genetic vulnerability to diet-induced obesity in the C57BL/6J mouse: physiological and molecular characteristics.

    Sheila Collins;Tonya L Martin;Richard S Surwit;Jacques Robidoux

  • Uncoupling Protein 2, in Vivo Distribution, Induction upon Oxidative Stress, and Evidence for Translational Regulation *

    Claire Pecqueur;Marie-Clotilde Alves-Guerra;Chantal Gelly;Corinne Lévi-Meyrueis

  • ROS signaling, oxidative stress and Nrf2 in pancreatic beta-cell function

    Jingbo Pi;Qiang Zhang;Jingqi Fu;Jingqi Fu;Courtney G. Woods;Courtney G. Woods

  • DIET-INDUCED CHANGES IN UNCOUPLING PROTEINS IN OBESITY-PRONE AND OBESITY-RESISTANT STRAINS OF MICE

    Richard S. Surwit;Shiying Wang;Ann E. Petro;Daniel Sanchis

  • BMCP1, a Novel Mitochondrial Carrier with High Expression in the Central Nervous System of Humans and Rodents, and Respiration Uncoupling Activity in Recombinant Yeast

    Daniel Sanchis;Christophe Fleury;Nathalie Chomiki;Marc Goubern

  • Two distinct pathways for cAMP-mediated down-regulation of the beta 2-adrenergic receptor. Phosphorylation of the receptor and regulation of its mRNA level.

    M Bouvier;M Bouvier;S Collins;B F O'Dowd;P T Campbell

  • β-Adrenergic Activation of p38 MAP Kinase in Adipocytes cAMP INDUCTION OF THE UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1 (UCP1) GENE REQUIRES p38 MAP KINASE

    Wenhong Cao;Alexander V. Medvedev;Kiefer W. Daniel;Sheila Collins

  • Beta-adrenergic receptors in hamster smooth muscle cells are transcriptionally regulated by glucocorticoids

    S Collins;M G Caron;R J Lefkowitz

  • Strain-specific response to beta 3-adrenergic receptor agonist treatment of diet-induced obesity in mice.

    Sheila Collins;Kiefer W. Daniel;Ann E. Petro;Richard S. Surwit

  • The beta-adrenergic receptors and the control of adipose tissue metabolism and thermogenesis.

    S Collins;R S Surwit

  • Research Priorities for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group Summary.

    Sanjiv J. Shah;Barry A. Borlaug;Dalane W. Kitzman;Andrew D. McCulloch

  • Erratum: Cardiac natriuretic peptides act via p38 MAPK to induce the brown fat thermogenic program in mouse and human adipocytes (Journal of Clinical Investigation (2012) 122, 3, (1022-1036) DOI: 10.1172/JCI59701)

    Marica Bordicchia;Dianxin Liu;Ez Zoubir Amri;Gerard Ailhaud

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Lefkowitz
Robert J. Lefkowitz Duke University
Marc G. Caron
Marc G. Caron Duke University
Jingbo Pi
Jingbo Pi China Medical University
Daniel Ricquier
Daniel Ricquier Université Paris Cité
Michel Bouvier
Michel Bouvier University of Montreal
David A. Kass
David A. Kass Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Melvin E. Andersen
Melvin E. Andersen Research Triangle Park Foundation
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Frédéric Bouillaud
Frédéric Bouillaud Institut Cochin
Thomas J. Wang
Thomas J. Wang Vanderbilt University

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