Josep A. Villena

Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca — Spain

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(43), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases(19), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology(12), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis(8), Estrogen and related hormone effects(6)

Publications57 total

Mcrip2 Regulates the Expression of Mitochondrial Pathways at the Post-transcriptional Level and is Required for Brown Adipose Tissue Function
Physiology·2025
Transcriptional control of cardiac energy metabolism in health and disease: Lessons from animal models
Biochemical Pharmacology·2024· 6 cited
Autophagy-mediated NCOR1 degradation is required for brown fat maturation and thermogenesis
Autophagy·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
Adipose tissue-specific ablation of PGC-1β impairs thermogenesis in brown fat
Disease Models & Mechanisms·2022· 10 citedOpen Access
Angiocrine polyamine production regulates adiposity
Nature Metabolism·2022· 71 cited
Cardiac-Specific Overexpression of ERRγ in Mice Induces Severe Heart Dysfunction and Early Lethality
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2021· 18 citedOpen Access
Front Cover: Nicotinamide Protects Against Diet‐Induced Body Weight Gain, Increases Energy Expenditure, and Induces White Adipose Tissue Beiging
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research·2021Open Access
Nicotinamide Protects Against Diet‐Induced Body Weight Gain, Increases Energy Expenditure, and Induces White Adipose Tissue Beiging
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research·2021· 21 citedOpen Access
Calorie Restriction and SIRT1 Overexpression Induce Different Gene Expression Profiles in White Adipose Tissue in Association with Metabolic Improvement
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research·2021· 14 cited
Sex hormone-binding globulin overexpression protects against high-fat diet-induced obesity in transgenic male mice
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry·2020· 35 citedOpen Access
DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO 1 EN EDAD ESCOLAR
2020
Enhancing Glycolysis Protects against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Reducing ROS Production
Metabolites·2020· 38 citedOpen Access
A Role for Oncostatin M in the Impairment of Glucose Homeostasis in Obesity
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism·2019· 28 citedOpen Access
Contribution of Impaired Insulin Signaling to the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2019· 72 citedOpen Access
Glucose Restriction Promotes Osteocyte Specification by Activating a PGC-1α-Dependent Transcriptional Program
iScience·2019· 36 citedOpen Access
Adipocyte MTERF4 regulates non-shivering adaptive thermogenesis and sympathetic-dependent glucose homeostasis
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease·2019· 9 cited
Generating reference values on mitochondrial respiration in permeabilized muscle fibers
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)·2019· 1 citedOpen Access
Calorie restriction prevents diet‐induced insulin resistance independently of PGC‐1‐driven mitochondrial biogenesis in white adipose tissue
The FASEB Journal·2018· 25 citedOpen Access
Effects of Polyphenols on Thermogenesis and Mitochondrial Biogenesis
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2018· 107 citedOpen Access
Mitochondrial respiratory states and rates: Building blocks of mitochondrial physiology (Part 1)
DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Rosario Pardo(11), Francesc Villarroya(9), Rafael Simó(9), Hei Sook Sul(7), Anastasia Kralli(6), Marta Giralt(6), Roser Iglesias(6), Mónica Zamora(5), Pablo M. García-Rovés(5), Octavi Viñas(5), Teresa Mampel(5), Maria Carme Vila(5), Kee‐Hong Kim(4), Pau Gama-Pérez(4), Yang Soo Moon(3), Kichoon Lee(3), Natàlia Enguix(3), Jaime Lasheras(3), Daniel Beiroa(3), Rubén Nogueiras(3)