Simon N. Dankel

3.5k citations

60 papers · 2.2k · 2 hit papers · h-index 20

Impact in

Physiology top 2%
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Diet and metabolism studies
Genetics top 5%
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Papers in

Physiology 21
- Diet and metabolism studies 11
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 10
Molecular Biology 9

Co-authors: Gunnar Mellgren (40 shared papers)Christine E. Haugen (6 shared papers)Hans Hauner (4 shared papers)Melina Claussnitzer (5 shared papers)Per‐Arne Svensson (2 shared papers)Isabel Sousa (2 shared papers)Jacqueline L. Beaudry (1 shared paper)Chi-chung Hui (1 shared paper)
Journals: Scientific Reports (4 papers)PLoS ONE (4 papers)Clinical Nutrition (4 papers)Frontiers in Nutrition (3 papers)International Journal of Obesity (3 papers)
Partner nations: Norway United States Germany

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Simon N. Dankel

56 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Simon N. Dankel's Hit Papers

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Ultra-processed food consumption and cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2023 · 82 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Clinical Nutrition
2015 New England Journal of Medicine

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1	FTO Obesity Variant Circuitry and Adipocyte Browning in Humans New England Journal of Medicine ·Melina Claussnitzer, Simon N. Dankel, Kyoung-Han Kim, Gerald Quon, Wouter Meuleman, Christine E. Haugen, Viktoria Glunk, Isabel Sousa, Jacqueline L. Beaudry, Vijitha Puviindran, Nezar Abdennur, Jannel Liu, Per‐Arne Svensson, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Daniel J. Drucker, Gunnar Mellgren, Chi-chung Hui, Hans Hauner, Manolis Kellis Hit paper breakdown →	2015	893
2	ASC-1, PAT2, and P2RX5 are cell surface markers for white, beige, and brown adipocytes Science Translational Medicine ·Siegfried Ussar, Kevin Y. Lee, Simon N. Dankel, Jérémie Boucher, M Haering, André Kleinridders, Thomas Thomou, Ruidan Xue, Yazmín Macotela, Aaron M. Cypess, Yu‐Hua Tseng, Gunnar Mellgren, C. Ronald Kahn	2014	156
3	Switch from Stress Response to Homeobox Transcription Factors in Adipose Tissue After Profound Fat Loss PLoS ONE ·Simon N. Dankel, Dag Fadnes, Anne-Kristin Stavrum, C. T. Stansberg, Rita Holdhus, Tuyen Hoang, Vivian L. Veum, Bjørn Jostein Christensen, Villy Våge, Jørn V. Sagen, Vidar M. Steen, Gunnar Mellgren	2010	100
4	Ultra-processed food consumption and cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis Clinical Nutrition ·Irja Minde Isaksen, Simon N. Dankel Hit paper breakdown →	2023	82
5	COL6A3 expression in adipocytes associates with insulin resistance and depends on PPARγ and adipocyte size Obesity ·Simon N. Dankel, Jessica Svärd, Simone Matthä, Melina Claussnitzer, Nora Klöting, Viktoria Glunk, Zinayida Fandalyuk, Elise Grytten, Margit H. Solsvik, Hans Jørgen Nielsen, Christian Busch, Hans Hauner, Matthias Blüher, Thomas Skurk, Jørn V. Sagen, Gunnar Mellgren	2014	68
6	Metabolic and Epigenetic Regulation by Estrogen in Adipocytes Frontiers in Endocrinology ·Jan-Inge Bjune, Pouda Panahandeh Strømland, Regine Å. Jersin, Gunnar Mellgren, Simon N. Dankel	2022	66
7	3-Hydroxyisobutyrate, A Strong Marker of Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity That Modulates White and Brown Adipocyte Metabolism Diabetes ·Mona Nilsen, Regine Å. Jersin, Arve Ulvik, André Madsen, Adrian McCann, Per‐Arne Svensson, Maria Svensson, Bjørn Gunnar Nedrebø, Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen, Grethe S. Tell, C. Ronald Kahn, Per Magne Ueland, Gunnar Mellgren, Simon N. Dankel	2020	63
8	COL6A3 Is Regulated by Leptin in Human Adipose Tissue and Reduced in Obesity Endocrinology ·Laura McCulloch, Tom J. Rawling, Kajsa Sjöholm, Niclas Franck, Simon N. Dankel, Emily Price, Bridget Knight, Neil Liversedge, Gunnar Mellgren, Fredrik H. Nyström, Lena Carlsson, Katarina Kos	2014	61
9	The nuclear receptors NUR77, NURR1 and NOR1 in obesity and during fat loss International Journal of Obesity ·Vivian L. Veum, Simon N. Dankel, Jennifer Gjerde, Hans Jørgen Nielsen, Margit H. Solsvik, Christine E. Haugen, Bjørn Jostein Christensen, Thomas S. Hoang, Dag Fadnes, Chia‐Jung Busch, Villy Våge, Jørn V. Sagen, Gunnar Mellgren	2011	55
10	Visceral adiposity and metabolic syndrome after very high–fat and low-fat isocaloric diets: a randomized controlled trial American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Vivian L. Veum, Johnny Laupsa‐Borge, Øyvin Eng, (unknown), Terje H Larsen, Jan Erik Nordrehaug, Ottar Nygård, Jørn V. Sagen, Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen, Simon N. Dankel, Gunnar Mellgren	2016	50
11	Seven-year trajectories of body weight, quality of life and comorbidities following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy International Journal of Obesity ·Hans Jørgen Nielsen, Bjørn Gunnar Nedrebø, Alexander Fosså, John Roger Andersen, Jörg Aßmus, Vigdis Halvorsen Dagsland, Simon N. Dankel, Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen, Johan Fernø, Iren D. Hjellestad, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, Ronette L. Kolotkin, Håvard Luong Thorsen, Gunnar Mellgren, Tone Nygaard Flølo	2022	44
12	Single-cell transcriptional networks in differentiating preadipocytes suggest drivers associated with tissue heterogeneity Nature Communications ·Alfred K. Ramirez, Simon N. Dankel, Bashir Rastegarpanah, Weikang Cai, Ruidan Xue, Mark Crovella, Yu‐Hua Tseng, C. Ronald Kahn, Simon Kasif	2020	40
13	Primary Hyperparathyroidism Influences the Expression of Inflammatory and Metabolic Genes in Adipose Tissue PLoS ONE ·Monika H. E. Christensen, Simon N. Dankel, Yngve Nordbø, Jan Erik Varhaug, Bjørg Almås, Ernst A. Lien, Gunnar Mellgren	2011	35
14	Weight cycling promotes fat gain and altered clock gene expression in adipose tissue in C57BL/6J mice American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism ·Simon N. Dankel, Eirik Degerud, Kamil Borkowski, E. Fjære, Lisa Kolden Midtbø, Christine E. Haugen, Margit H. Solsvik, A. M. Lavigne, Bjørn Liaset, Jørn V. Sagen, Karsten Kristiansen, Gunnar Mellgren, Lise Madsen	2013	33
15	IRX5 regulates adipocyte amyloid precursor protein and mitochondrial respiration in obesity International Journal of Obesity ·Jan-Inge Bjune, Christine E. Haugen, Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen, Ole Petter Nordbø, Hans Jørgen Nielsen, Villy Våge, Pål R. Njølstad, Jørn V. Sagen, Simon N. Dankel, Gunnar Mellgren	2018	31
16	A regulatory variant at 3q21.1 confers an increased pleiotropic risk for hyperglycemia and altered bone mineral density Cell Metabolism ·Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, Isabel Sousa, Samantha Laber, Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy, Simon N. Dankel, Teresa Ferreira, Gunnar Mellgren, David Karasik, Manuel A. Rivas, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Anyonya R. Guntur, Roger Cox, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Hans Hauner, Richard Sallari, Clifford J. Rosen, Yi‐Hsiang Hsu, Eric S. Lander, Douglas P. Kiel, Melina Claussnitzer	2021	30
17	Absence of the proteoglycan decorin reduces glucose tolerance in overfed male mice Scientific Reports ·Jessica Svärd, Therese H. Røst, Camilla E. N. Sommervoll, Christine E. Haugen, Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen, Anne Elisabeth Christensen Mellgren, Eyvind Rødahl, Johan Fernø, Simon N. Dankel, Jørn V. Sagen, Gunnar Mellgren	2019	25
18	cAMP-mediated regulation of HNF-4α depends on the level of coactivator PGC-1α Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research ·Simon N. Dankel, Tuyen Hoang, Marianne Hauglid Flågeng, Jørn V. Sagen, Gunnar Mellgren	2010	23
19	Downregulation of Steroid Receptor Coactivator-2 Modulates Estrogen-Responsive Genes and Stimulates Proliferation of MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells PLoS ONE ·Ingvild S. Fenne, Thomas Helland, Marianne Hauglid Flågeng, Simon N. Dankel, Gunnar Mellgren, Jørn V. Sagen	2013	22
20	COL6A3 expression in adipose tissue cells is associated with levels of the homeobox transcription factor PRRX1 Scientific Reports ·Simon N. Dankel, Elise Grytten, Jan-Inge Bjune, Hans Jørgen Nielsen, Arne Dietrich, Matthias Blüher, Jørn V. Sagen, Gunnar Mellgren	2020	20

About Simon N. Dankel

Simon N. Dankel is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 60 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Diet and metabolism studies (11 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (10 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (8 papers), Fatty Acid Research and Health (4 papers), Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes (4 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (3 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (658 citations), Genetics (453 citations), Epidemiology (352 citations), Molecular Biology (762 citations) and Cancer Research (151 citations). Simon N. Dankel has collaborated with scholars based in Norway, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Gunnar Mellgren, Christine E. Haugen, Hans Hauner, Melina Claussnitzer, Per‐Arne Svensson, Isabel Sousa, Jacqueline L. Beaudry, Chi-chung Hui, Kyoung-Han Kim and Jannel Liu. Their work appears in journals such as Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Clinical Nutrition, Frontiers in Nutrition and International Journal of Obesity.

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