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Last published 2024
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Anna‐Claire Pilkington

Researcher

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (2021–2022); University of Birmingham (1988)

Unknown Researcher

4 h-index 7 pubs 179 cited

  • Animals
  • Adipose Tissue, White
  • Adipose Tissue, Brown
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Transcriptome
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome
  • Diet, High-Fat
  • Adipose Tissue, Beige
  • Humans
  • Species Specificity
  • Biomarkers
  • Autoradiography
  • Chromatography, Paper
  • Female

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Anna-Claire Pilkington's research focuses on adipose tissue, its role in metabolism, and the impact of diet and environmental factors. Her work investigates the transcriptomic profiles of white, brown, and beige adipose tissue, seeking to understand the specific molecular signatures associated with different fat depots. Pilkington has published studies examining how high-fat diets affect offspring obesity and adipose tissue dysfunction, including the role of heat shock proteins. She also studies the influence of maternal high-fat diets on the gut microbiome and metabolome, and the effects of beta-adrenergic agonists on adipose tissue gene expression. Pilkington has a history of collaboration with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Umesh D. Wankhade and Henry A. Paz, with whom she shares multiple publications. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 4 and 161 total citations across 7 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 4
  • Publications: 7
  • Citations: 179

Selected Publications

  • Maternal High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Offspring: Unraveling Adipose Tissue Dysfunction Mediated by Increased Heat Shock Proteins (2024)
    Current Developments in Nutrition DOI OpenAlex
  • Beta‐adrenergic agonist induces unique transcriptomic signature in inguinal white adipose tissue (2023)
    Physiological Reports 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Gut Microbiome and Metabolome Modulation by Maternal High-Fat Diet and Thermogenic Challenge (2022)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Beige Adipose Tissue Identification and Marker Specificity—Overview (2021)
    Frontiers in Endocrinology 164 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

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