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J. Alan Maschek

University of Utah · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Physiology
Research interest
Research interests include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling, and Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis.
h-index
29
citations
3,211
works
115
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Semaglutide‐induced weight loss improves mitochondrial energy efficiency in skeletal muscle
Obesity 2025cited by 17position: middledoi
Ceramide-induced FGF13 impairs systemic metabolic health
Cell Metabolism 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
Dietary fat disrupts a commensal-host lipid network that promotes metabolic health
Cell Metabolism 2025cited by 8position: middledoi
Sedentary behavior in mice induces metabolic inflexibility by suppressing skeletal muscle pyruvate metabolism
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2024cited by 26position: middledoi
The phospholipids cardiolipin and phosphatidylethanolamine differentially regulate MDC biogenesis
The Journal of Cell Biology 2024cited by 11position: middledoi
HAF prevents hepatocyte apoptosis and progression to MASH and HCC through transcriptional regulation of the NF-κB pathway
Hepatology 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
Mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine modulates UCP1 to promote brown adipose thermogenesis
Science Advances 2023cited by 60position: middledoi
Lipid hydroperoxides promote sarcopenia through carbonyl stress
eLife 2023cited by 51position: middledoi
Ceramides Increase Fatty Acid Utilization in Intestinal Progenitors to Enhance Stemness and Increase Tumor Risk
Gastroenterology 2023cited by 37position: middledoi
Acute activation of adipocyte lipolysis reveals dynamic lipid remodeling of the hepatic lipidome
Journal of Lipid Research 2023cited by 30position: middledoi
Weight loss increases skeletal muscle mitochondrial energy efficiency in obese mice
Life Metabolism 2023cited by 23position: middledoi
Inhibition of the skeletal muscle Lands cycle ameliorates weakness induced by physical inactivity
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
An evolutionary trade-off between host immunity and metabolism drives fatty liver in male mice
Science 2022cited by 89position: middledoi
Critical role for isoprenoids in apicoplast biogenesis by malaria parasites
eLife 2022cited by 49position: middledoi
Cordyceps inhibits ceramide biosynthesis and improves insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis
Scientific Reports 2022cited by 25position: middledoi
Sphingosine‐1‐phosphate controls endothelial sphingolipid homeostasis via ORMDL
EMBO Reports 2022cited by 25position: middledoi
Following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, serum ceramides demarcate patients that will fail to achieve normoglycemia and diabetes remission
Med 2022cited by 17position: middledoi
Lysophospholipid acylation modulates plasma membrane lipid organization and insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2021cited by 76position: middledoi
The biochemical basis of mitochondrial dysfunction in Zellweger Spectrum Disorder
EMBO Reports 2021cited by 58position: middledoi
Nampt Potentiates Antioxidant Defense in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Circulation Research 2021cited by 58position: middledoi
Mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse livers depleted of iron chaperone PCBP1
Free Radical Biology and Medicine 2021cited by 41position: middledoi
Low lysophosphatidylcholine induces skeletal muscle myopathy that is aggravated by high‐fat diet feeding
The FASEB Journal 2021cited by 32position: middledoi
Metabolic reprogramming of the myeloid lineage by Schistosoma mansoni infection persists independently of antigen exposure
PLoS Pathogens 2021cited by 21position: middledoi
Characterizing a Common CERS2 Polymorphism in a Mouse Model of Metabolic Disease and in Subjects from the Utah CAD Study
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2021cited by 17position: middledoi
Iron Chaperone Poly rC Binding Protein 1 Protects Mouse Liver From Lipid Peroxidation and Steatosis
Hepatology 2020cited by 172position: middledoi
Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis coordinates oxidative metabolism in mammalian mitochondria
eLife 2020cited by 140position: middledoi
QSRR Automator: A Tool for Automating Retention Time Prediction in Lipidomics and Metabolomics
Metabolites 2020cited by 53position: middledoi
Ceramides are necessary and sufficient for diet-induced impairment of thermogenic adipocytes
Molecular Metabolism 2020cited by 47position: middledoi
Spongian Diterpenoids Derived from the Antarctic Sponge <i>Dendrilla antarctica</i> Are Potent Inhibitors of the <i>Leishmania</i> Parasite
Journal of Natural Products 2020cited by 34position: middledoi
Targeting a ceramide double bond improves insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis
Science 2019cited by 446position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

James E. Cox · University of Utah31 papers (2016–2025)Katsuhiko Funai · University of Utah11 papers (2019–2025)William L. Holland · University of Utah9 papers (2019–2025)Patrick J. Ferrara · Regeneron (United States)8 papers (2019–2024)Scott A. Summers · University of Utah8 papers (2019–2025)Jordan M. Johnson · Utah State University7 papers (2019–2023)Piyarat Siripoksup · University of Utah6 papers (2019–2024)Anthony R.P. Verkerke · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center6 papers (2019–2023)Jared Rutter · University of Utah5 papers (2017–2024)Micah J. Drummond · University of Utah5 papers (2021–2024)Hiroaki Eshima · Nagasaki International University4 papers (2021–2024)Claudio J. Villanueva · University of California, Los Angeles4 papers (2017–2023)Kelsey H. Fisher‐Wellman · Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist3 papers (2023–2025)Bill J. Baker · University of South Florida3 papers (2012–2020)Tyler Van Ry · University of Utah3 papers (2019–2022)Amandine Chaix · University of Utah3 papers (2023–2025)Ziad S. Mahmassani · University of Utah3 papers (2021–2024)Trevor S. Tippetts · Children's Medical Center3 papers (2019–2025)Alek D. Peterlin · University of Utah3 papers (2023–2024)Mary C. Playdon · University of Utah3 papers (2019–2022)