Scott A. Summers

Expression of a Constitutively Active Akt Ser/Thr Kinase in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes Stimulates Glucose Uptake and Glucose Transporter 4 Translocation

Aimee D. Kohn, Scott A. Summers, Morris J. Birnbaum et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1996 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Glucose Transporter 4, Glucose Influx, Signal Transduction +14

Inhibition of Ceramide Synthesis Ameliorates Glucocorticoid-, Saturated-Fat-, and Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance

William L. Holland, Joseph T. Brozinick, Liping Wang et al. · Cell Metabolism · 2007 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Biochemistry +11

Receptor-mediated activation of ceramidase activity initiates the pleiotropic actions of adiponectin

William L. Holland, Russell Miller, Zhao V. Wang et al. · Nature Medicine · 2010 · 871 citations · Full text

Molecular Physiology, Signal Transduction, Biochemistry +11

Lipid-induced insulin resistance mediated by the proinflammatory receptor TLR4 requires saturated fatty acid–induced ceramide biosynthesis in mice

William L. Holland, Benjamin T. Bikman, Liping Wang et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2011 · 676 citations · Full text

Immunology, Tlr4 Recognition, Innate Immunity +20

A Role for Ceramide, but Not Diacylglycerol, in the Antagonism of Insulin Signal Transduction by Saturated Fatty Acids

Jose A. Chavez, Trina A. Knotts, Liping Wang et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2003 · 601 citations · Full text