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Theo Wallimann

Theo Wallimann

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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
30480
World Ranking
1841
National Ranking
43

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Theo Wallimann is a researcher affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, focusing on fields related to medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields, including physiology, cell biology, molecular biology, nephrology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their main research topics include:

  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Dialysis and renal disease management
  • Muscle and compartmental disorders
  • Digestive system and related health
  • Body composition measurement techniques

Theo Wallimann has contributed to scientific knowledge through multiple recent publications. Selected works include:

  • Creatine Supplementation for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Scientific Rationale for a Clinical Trial, 2021, Nutrients
  • Role of creatine and creatine kinase in UCP1-independent adipocyte thermogenesis, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Creatine homeostasis and protein energy wasting in hemodialysis patients, 2021, Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Plasma creatine and incident type 2 diabetes in a general population-based cohort: The PREVEND study, 2020, Clinical Endocrinology
  • Chronic Dialysis Patients Are Depleted of Creatine: Review and Rationale for Intradialytic Creatine Supplementation, 2021, Nutrients

Their frequent coauthors include Adrian Post, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Casper Franssen, Daan Kremer, and Uwe Schlattner. The majority of their publications appear in the journal Nutrients, followed by the Journal of Translational Medicine, Clinical Endocrinology, Amino Acids, and the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Best Publications

  • Intracellular compartmentation, structure and function of creatine kinase isoenzymes in tissues with high and fluctuating energy demands: the 'phosphocreatine circuit' for cellular energy homeostasis.

    T Wallimann;M Wyss;D Brdiczka;K Nicolay

  • LKB1 is the upstream kinase in the AMP-activated protein kinase cascade

    Angela Woods;Stephen R. Johnstone;Kristina Dickerson;Fiona C. Leiper

  • The creatine kinase system and pleiotropic effects of creatine

    Theo Wallimann;Malgorzata Tokarska-Schlattner;Uwe Schlattner;Uwe Schlattner

  • Mitochondrial creatine kinase in human health and disease

    Uwe Schlattner;Malgorzata Tokarska-Schlattner;Theo Wallimann

  • Dissecting the Role of 5′-AMP for Allosteric Stimulation, Activation, and Deactivation of AMP-activated Protein Kinase

    Marianne Suter;Uwe Riek;Roland Tuerk;Uwe Schlattner

  • Mitochondrial creatine kinase: a key enzyme of aerobic energy metabolism

    Markus Wyss;Jan Smeitink;Ron A. Wevers;Theo Wallimann

  • Creatine kinase in non-muscle tissues and cells

    Theo Wallimann;Wolfram Hemmer

  • Functions and effects of creatine in the central nervous system.

    Robert H. Andres;Angélique D. Ducray;Uwe Schlattner;Uwe Schlattner;Theo Wallimann

  • New insights into doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity: The critical role of cellular energetics

    Malgorzata Tokarska-Schlattner;Michael Zaugg;Christian Zuppinger;Theo Wallimann

  • Insulin Antagonizes Ischemia-induced Thr172 Phosphorylation of AMP-activated Protein Kinase α-Subunits in Heart via Hierarchical Phosphorylation of Ser485/491

    Sandrine Horman;Didier Vertommen;Richard Heath;Dietbert Neumann

  • Structure of mitochondrial creatine kinase.

    Karin Fritz-Wolf;Thomas Schnyder;Theo Wallimann;Wolfgang Kabsch

  • AMPK-Mediated AS160 Phosphorylation in Skeletal Muscle Is Dependent on AMPK Catalytic and Regulatory Subunits

    Jonas T. Treebak;Stephan Glund;Atul Deshmukh;Ditte K. Klein

  • PKA phosphorylates and inactivates AMPKα to promote efficient lipolysis

    Nabil Djouder;Roland D Tuerk;Marianne Suter;Paolo Salvioni

  • Some new aspects of creatine kinase (CK): compartmentation, structure, function and regulation for cellular and mitochondrial bioenergetics and physiology.

    Theo Wallimann;Max Dolder;Uwe Schlattner;Michael Eder

  • A Protein That Binds Specifically to the M-Line of Skeletal Muscle Is Identified as the Muscle Form of Creatine Kinase

    David C. Turner;Theo Wallimann;Hans M. Eppenberger

  • Cardiac system bioenergetics: metabolic basis of the Frank‐Starling law

    Valdur Saks;Petras P Dzeja;Uwe Schlattner;Marko Vendelin

  • The role of creatine kinase in inhibition of mitochondrial permeability transition

    Eddie O'Gorman;Giesela Beutner;Max Dolder;Alan P. Koretsky

  • Inhibition of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition by Creatine Kinase Substrates REQUIREMENT FOR MICROCOMPARTMENTATION

    Max Dolder;Bernd Walzel;Oliver Speer;Uwe Schlattner

  • Identification of phosphorylation sites in AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) for upstream AMPK kinases and study of their roles by site-directed mutagenesis.

    Angela Woods;Didier Vertommen;Dietbert Neumann;Roland Türk

  • Mitochondrial creatine kinase is a prime target of peroxynitrite-induced modification and inactivation.

    Olaf Stachowiak;Max Dolder;Theo Wallimann;Christoph Richter

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Schlattner
Uwe Schlattner Grenoble Alpes University
Dieter Brdiczka
Dieter Brdiczka University of Konstanz
Valdur Saks
Valdur Saks National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics
Philipp Kaldis
Philipp Kaldis Lund University
Andreas Raabe
Andreas Raabe University of Bern
Petras P. Dzeja
Petras P. Dzeja Mayo Clinic
Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Andrew F. G. Quest
Andrew F. G. Quest University of Chile

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