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Steen B. Pedersen is affiliated with Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, contributing extensively to medical and biochemical research. Their work prominently spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on subfields such as Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Cancer Research.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas including adipose tissue and metabolism, diet and metabolism studies, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, muscle physiology and disorders, muscle metabolism and nutrition, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors, as well as pituitary gland disorders and treatments.

Steen B. Pedersen has authored several recent papers reflecting these interests:

  • Human skeletal muscle CD90+ fibro-adipogenic progenitors are associated with muscle degeneration in type 2 diabetic patients, 2021, Cell Metabolism
  • FGF6 and FGF9 regulate UCP1 expression independent of brown adipogenesis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Growth Hormone and Obesity, 2020, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
  • Reversible insulin resistance in muscle and fat unrelated to the metabolic syndrome in patients with acromegaly, 2021, EBioMedicine
  • Effects of SGLT2 inhibition on lipid transport in adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes, 2022, Endocrine Connections

Frequent collaboration characterizes their work, notably with several co-authors who have contributed repeatedly to their research output. These include:

  • Niels Jessen
  • Niels Møller
  • Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen
  • Jesper Just
  • Astrid Johannesson Hjelholt

Steen B. Pedersen's publications are cataloged in a range of journals, with regular appearances in the following venues:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Nature Communications

The scientific contributions of Steen B. Pedersen address key medical challenges related to muscle physiology, metabolism, and endocrine disorders. Their work integrates clinical insights with molecular biology approaches, and it involves extensive interdisciplinary collaborations within the fields of endocrinology, metabolism, and surgery.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of adiponectin by adipose tissue-derived cytokines: in vivo and in vitro investigations in humans.

    Jens M. Bruun;Aina S. Lihn;Camilla Verdich;Steen B. Pedersen

  • Adiponectin: action, regulation and association to insulin sensitivity

    A. S. Lihn;S. B. Pedersen;B. Richelsen

  • Sucrose-sweetened beverages increase fat storage in the liver, muscle, and visceral fat depot: a 6-mo randomized intervention study

    Maria Maersk;Anita Belza;Hans Stødkilde-Jørgensen;Steffen Ringgaard

  • Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 release is higher in visceral than subcutaneous human adipose tissue (AT): implication of macrophages resident in the AT.

    Jens M. Bruun;Aina S. Lihn;Steen B. Pedersen;Bjørn Richelsen

  • High-Dose Resveratrol Supplementation in Obese Men: An Investigator-Initiated, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Substrate Metabolism, Insulin Sensitivity, and Body Composition

    Morten Møller Poulsen;Poul F. Vestergaard;Berthil Frederik Forrest Clasen;Yulia Radko

  • Lower expression of adiponectin mRNA in visceral adipose tissue in lean and obese subjects.

    Aina S Lihn;Jens M Bruun;Gengsheng He;Steen B Pedersen

  • Estrogen Controls Lipolysis by Up-Regulating α2A-Adrenergic Receptors Directly in Human Adipose Tissue through the Estrogen Receptor α. Implications for the Female Fat Distribution

    Steen B. Pedersen;Kurt Kristensen;Pernille A. Hermann;John A. Katzenellenbogen

  • Exercise training versus diet-induced weight-loss on metabolic risk factors and inflammatory markers in obese subjects: a 12-week randomized intervention study

    Tore Christiansen;Søren K. Paulsen;Jens M. Bruun;Steen B. Pedersen

  • Higher production of IL-8 in visceral vs. subcutaneous adipose tissue. Implication of nonadipose cells in adipose tissue.

    Jens M. Bruun;Aina S. Lihn;Atul K. Madan;Steen B. Pedersen

  • Expression of vitamin D-metabolizing enzymes in human adipose tissue -- the effect of obesity and diet-induced weight loss.

    L Wamberg;T Christiansen;S K Paulsen;S Fisker

  • Long-Term AICAR Administration Reduces Metabolic Disturbances and Lowers Blood Pressure in Rats Displaying Features of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome

    Esben S. Buhl;Niels Jessen;Rasmus Pold;Thomas Ledet

  • Chronic treatment with 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranoside increases insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and GLUT4 translocation in rat skeletal muscles in a fiber type-specific manner

    Esben S. Buhl;Niels Jessen;Ole Schmitz;Steen B. Pedersen

  • Effects of vitamin D supplementation on body fat accumulation, inflammation, and metabolic risk factors in obese adults with low vitamin D levels — Results from a randomized trial

    Louise Wamberg;U Kampmann;U Kampmann;Hans Stødkilde-Jørgensen;Hans Stødkilde-Jørgensen;Lars Rejnmark;Lars Rejnmark

  • Regulation of interleukin 8 production and gene expression in human adipose tissue in vitro.

    Jens M. Bruun;Steen B. Pedersen;Bjørn Richelsen

  • Evidence of an Increased Number of Type IIb Muscle Fibers in Insulin-Resistant First-Degree Relatives of Patients with NIDDM

    Birgit Nyholm;Zhuqing Qu;Andreas Kaal;Steen Bønnelykke Pedersen

  • Regional differences in triglyceride breakdown in human adipose tissue: effects of catecholamines, insulin, and prostaglandin E2.

    Bjørn Richelsen;Steen B. Pedersen;Torben Møller-Pedersen;Jens Friis Bak

  • Increased expression of TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-8 in HALS: implications for reduced adiponectin expression and plasma levels

    Aina S. Lihn;Bjørn Richelsen;Steen B. Pedersen;Steen B. Haugaard

  • Adiponectin Receptors in Human Adipose Tissue: Effects of Obesity, Weight Loss, and Fat Depots

    Maria S. Rasmussen;Aina S. Lihn;Steen B. Pedersen;Jens M. Bruun

  • Effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines on leptin production in human adipose tissue in vitro.

    Jens M Bruun;Steen B Pedersen;Kurt Kristensen;Bjørn Richelsen

  • Demonstration of estrogen receptor subtypes α and β in human adipose tissue: influences of adipose cell differentiation and fat depot localization

    Steen B Pedersen;Jens M Bruun;Frank Hube;Kurt Kristensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bjørn Richelsen
Bjørn Richelsen Aarhus University
Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen
Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen Aarhus University Hospital
Niels Møller
Niels Møller Aarhus University
Ole Schmitz
Ole Schmitz Aarhus University Hospital
Allan Flyvbjerg
Allan Flyvbjerg Steno Diabetes Center
Jan Frystyk
Jan Frystyk Odense University Hospital
Lars Rejnmark
Lars Rejnmark Aarhus University
Sten Madsbad
Sten Madsbad University of Copenhagen
David M. Hougaard
David M. Hougaard Statens Serum Institut
Lars Porskjær Christensen
Lars Porskjær Christensen University of Southern Denmark

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