Abumrad, Nada A.

Top Publications

Top Publications Authored or Co-Authored by "Abumrad, Nada A."

• Identification of Cd36 (Fat) as an insulin-resistance gene causing defective fatty acid and glucose metabolism in hypertensive rats

  Nature Genetics, Volume 21, No. 1, Year 1999, Citations 649
• Muscle-specific overexpression of FAT/CD36 enhances fatty acid oxidation by contracting muscle, reduces plasma triglycerides and fatty acids, and increases plasma glucose and insulin

  Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume 274, No. 38, Year 1999, Citations 299
• Expression of the CD36 homolog (FAT) in fibroblast cells: Effects on fatty acid transport

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 93, No. 7, Year 1996, Citations 239
• Transgenic rescue of defective Cd36 ameliorates insulin resistance in spontaneously hypertensive rats

  Nature Genetics, Volume 27, No. 2, Year 2001, Citations 164
• Muscle contractile activity increases fatty acid metabolism and transport and FAT/CD36

  American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Volume 276, No. 4 39-4, Year 1999, Citations 156