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Stephen R. Farmer

Stephen R. Farmer

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Biology and Biochemistry

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68
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20216
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7686
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3504

Overview

Stephen R. Farmer is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable focus on subfields including Physiology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's work extensively investigates topics related to Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, alongside research on Exercise and Physiological Responses, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, Immune cells in cancer, and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Recent publications by Stephen R. Farmer include:

  • Adipocyte-derived exosomes may promote breast cancer progression in type 2 diabetes (2021) published in Science Signaling
  • The Adipocyte Acquires a Fibroblast-Like Transcriptional Signature in Response to a High Fat Diet (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Obesity-induced senescent macrophages activate a fibrotic transcriptional program in adipocyte progenitors (2022) published in Life Science Alliance
  • Triphenyl phosphate is a selective PPARγ modulator that does not induce brite adipogenesis in vitro and in vivo (2020) published in Archives of Toxicology
  • Shifts of Immune Cell Populations Differ in Response to Different Effectors of Beige Remodeling of Adipose Tissue (2020) published in iScience

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Nabil Rabhi
  • Kathleen Desevin
  • Matthew D. Layne
  • Briana N. Cortez
  • Miguél L. Batista

Stephen R. Farmer has published multiple works in several scientific venues, with the most common being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Metabolism
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Transcriptional control of adipocyte formation

    Stephen R. Farmer

  • Brown Remodeling of White Adipose Tissue by SirT1-Dependent Deacetylation of Pparγ

    Li Qiang;Liheng Wang;Ning Kon;Wenhui Zhao

  • Induction of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma during the conversion of 3T3 fibroblasts into adipocytes is mediated by C/EBPbeta, C/EBPdelta, and glucocorticoids.

    Z. Wu;N. L. R. Bucher;S. R. Farmer

  • Conditional ectopic expression of C/EBP beta in NIH-3T3 cells induces PPAR gamma and stimulates adipogenesis.

    Zhidan Wu;Yuhong Xie;N. L. R. Bucher;S. R. Farmer

  • Activation of MEK/ERK Signaling Promotes Adipogenesis by Enhancing Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ (PPARγ) and C/EBPα Gene Expression during the Differentiation of 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes

    Deepanwita Prusty;Bae Hang Park;Katie Ellen Davis;Stephen R. Farmer

  • Cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions differentially regulate the expression of hepatic and cytoskeletal genes in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.

    Avri Ben-Ze'Ev;Gregory S. Robinson;Nancy L. R. Bucher;Stephen R. Farmer

  • Switching from differentiation to growth in hepatocytes: control by extracellular matrix.

    David Mooney;Linda Hansen;Linda Hansen;Linda Hansen;Joseph Vacanti;Robert Langer;Robert Langer

  • Protein synthesis requires cell-surface contact while nuclear events respond to cell shape in anchorage-dependent fibroblasts

    Avri Ben-Ze'ev;Stephen R. Farmer;Sheldon Penman

  • PPARγ2 regulates lipogenesis and lipid accumulation in steatotic hepatocytes

    Susan E. Schadinger;Nancy L. R. Bucher;Barbara M. Schreiber;Stephen R. Farmer

  • PPARgamma induces the insulin-dependent glucose transporter GLUT4 in the absence of C/EBPalpha during the conversion of 3T3 fibroblasts into adipocytes.

    Z. Wu;Y. Xie;R. F. Morrison;N. L. R. Bucher

  • Hormonal Signaling and Transcriptional Control of Adipocyte Differentiation

    Ron F. Morrison;Stephen R. Farmer

  • Role of PPARγ in Regulating a Cascade Expression of Cyclin-dependent Kinase Inhibitors, p18(INK4c) and p21(Waf1/Cip1), during Adipogenesis

    Ron F. Morrison;Stephen R. Farmer

  • Peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor gamma suppresses Wnt/beta-catenin signalling during adipogenesis.

    Marthe Moldes;Ying Zuo;Ron F Morrison;David Silva

  • Mechanisms of regulating tubulin synthesis in cultured mammalian cells

    Avri Ben-Ze'ev;Stephen R. Farmer;Sheldon Penman

  • Decreases in tubulin and actin gene expression prior to morphological differentiation of 3T3 Adipocytes

    Bruce M. Spiegelman;Stephen R. Farmer

  • Adiponectin Secretion Is Regulated by SIRT1 and the Endoplasmic Reticulum Oxidoreductase Ero1-Lα

    Li Qiang;Hong Wang;Stephen R. Farmer

  • A role for C/EBPbeta in regulating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma activity during adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes.

    Jonathan K. Hamm;Bae Hang Park;Stephen R. Farmer

  • Thiazolidinediones can rapidly activate AMP-activated protein kinase in mammalian tissues.

    Nathan K. LeBrasseur;Meghan Kelly;Tsu Shuen Tsao;Stephen R. Farmer

  • Reconstitution of insulin-sensitive glucose transport in fibroblasts requires expression of both PPARgamma and C/EBPalpha.

    Amr K. El-Jack;Jonathan K. Hamm;Paul F. Pilch;Stephen R. Farmer

  • Cell-extracellular matrix interactions can regulate the switch between growth and differentiation in rat hepatocytes: reciprocal expression of C/EBP alpha and immediate-early growth response transcription factors.

    Basabi Rana;D. Mischoulon;Yuhong Xie;N. L. R. Bucher

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul F. Pilch
Paul F. Pilch Boston University
Avri Ben-Ze'ev
Avri Ben-Ze'ev Weizmann Institute of Science
David Mischoulon
David Mischoulon Harvard University
Jamshed R. Tata
Jamshed R. Tata Medical Research Council
Donald E. Ingber
Donald E. Ingber Harvard University
Andrew Emili
Andrew Emili Boston University
Barbara E. Corkey
Barbara E. Corkey Boston University
Philipp E. Scherer
Philipp E. Scherer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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