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45
Citations
8097
World Ranking
19105
National Ranking
74

Overview

Weiping Han is affiliated with the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine.

The scientist has made significant contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Physiology. Their work frequently addresses topics such as Pancreatic function and diabetes, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Nuclear Structure and Function, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Recent notable papers by Weiping Han include the following:

  • "Amino acid is a major carbon source for hepatic lipogenesis," 2024, Cell Metabolism
  • "Reprogramming of mitochondrial proline metabolism promotes liver tumorigenesis," 2021, Amino Acids
  • "Targeted Inhibition of Purine Metabolism Is Effective in Suppressing Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression," 2020, Hepatology Communications
  • "5-IP7 is a GPCR messenger mediating neural control of synaptotagmin-dependent insulin exocytosis and glucose homeostasis," 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • "The altered lipidome of hepatocellular carcinoma," 2022, Seminars in Cancer Biology

Their frequent coauthors include Qunxiang Ong, Justin J. Rochford, George D. Mcilroy, Yilie Liao, and Ahlima Roumane.

Among the venues where Weiping Han has published most frequently are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Pancreatic regulation of glucose homeostasis.

    Pia V Röder;Bingbing Wu;Yixian Liu;Weiping Han

  • Synaptotagmins form a hierarchy of exocytotic Ca2+ sensors with distinct Ca2+ affinities

    Shuzo Sugita;Ok Ho Shin;Weiping Han;Ye Lao

  • Synaptotagmin VII as a Plasma Membrane Ca2+ Sensor in Exocytosis

    Shuzo Sugita;Weiping Han;Stefan Butz;Xinran Liu

  • Lipid-overloaded enlarged adipocytes provoke insulin resistance independent of inflammation.

    Jong In Kim;Jin Young Huh;Jee Hyung Sohn;Sung Sik Choe

  • Loss of BCAA Catabolism during Carcinogenesis Enhances mTORC1 Activity and Promotes Tumor Development and Progression

    Russell E. Ericksen;Siew Lan Lim;Eoin McDonnell;Wai Ho Shuen

  • Identification of Specific Cell-Surface Markers of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells from Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat Depots

    Wee Kiat Ong;Chuen Seng Tan;Kai Li Chan;Grace Gandi Goesantoso

  • Redundant functions of RIM1α and RIM2α in Ca2+-triggered neurotransmitter release

    Susanne Schoch;Susanne Schoch;Tobias Mittelstaedt;Pascal S Kaeser;Daniel Padgett

  • Wip1-dependent regulation of autophagy, obesity, and atherosclerosis.

    Xavier Le Guezennec;Anna Brichkina;Yi Fu Huang;Elena Kostromina

  • Synaptotagmin-7 is a principal Ca2+ sensor for Ca2+ -induced glucagon exocytosis in pancreas.

    Natalia Gustavsson;Shun-Hui Wei;Dong Nhut Hoang;Ye Lao

  • Linking type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

    Weiping Han;Cai Li

  • N-Glycosylation Is Essential for Vesicular Targeting of Synaptotagmin 1

    Weiping Han;Jeong-Seop Rhee;Anton Maximov;Ye Lao

  • Evolutionarily Conserved Multiple C2 Domain Proteins with Two Transmembrane Regions (MCTPs) and Unusual Ca2+ Binding Properties

    Ok-Ho Shin;Weiping Han;Yun Wang;Thomas C. Südhof

  • FoxO1 inhibits leptin regulation of pro-opiomelanocortin promoter activity by blocking STAT3 interaction with specificity protein 1.

    Guoqing Yang;Chun-Yan Lim;Chao Li;Xiaoqiu Xiao

  • Calcium-sensing beyond neurotransmitters: functions of synaptotagmins in neuroendocrine and endocrine secretion.

    Natalia Gustavsson;Weiping Han

  • Direct modulation of GFAP-expressing glia in the arcuate nucleus bi-directionally regulates feeding.

    Naiyan Chen;Naiyan Chen;Hiroki Sugihara;Jinah Kim;Zhanyan Fu;Zhanyan Fu

  • In vivo hyperpolarized carbon-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals increased pyruvate carboxylase flux in an insulin-resistant mouse model.

    Philip Lee;Waifook Leong;Trish Tan;Miangkee Lim

  • Synapsins regulate use-dependent synaptic plasticity in the calyx of Held by a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent pathway

    Jianyuan Sun;Peter Bronk;Xinran Liu;Weiping Han

  • Calcium Triggers Exocytosis from Two Types of Organelles in a Single Astrocyte

    Tao Liu;Lei Sun;Yingfei Xiong;Shujiang Shang

  • Synaptotagmin 4 Regulates Pancreatic β Cell Maturation by Modulating the Ca2+ Sensitivity of Insulin Secretion Vesicles

    Chen Huang;Emily M. Walker;Prasanna K. Dadi;Ruiying Hu

  • Metabolic pathway analyses identify proline biosynthesis pathway as a promoter of liver tumorigenesis

    Zhaobing Ding;Russell E. Ericksen;Nathalie Escande-Beillard;Qian Yi Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

George K. Radda
George K. Radda Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof Stanford University
Wanjin Hong
Wanjin Hong Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Vinay Tergaonkar
Vinay Tergaonkar Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Aimin Xu
Aimin Xu University of Hong Kong
Peter R. Shepherd
Peter R. Shepherd University of Auckland
Young-Tae Chang
Young-Tae Chang Pohang University of Science and Technology
Zhuan Zhou
Zhuan Zhou Peking University
Zhanyan Fu
Zhanyan Fu Broad Institute

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