Urban A. Kiernan

Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Inhibits Insulin Signaling in Adipocytes by Inducing Proinflammatory Cytokines in Macrophages through a c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase- and Toll-Like Receptor 4-Dependent and Retinol-Independent Mechanism

Julie Norseen, Tetsuya Hosooka, Ann Hammarstedt et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 2012 · 268 citations · Full text

Inhibits Insulin Signaling, Immunology, Insulin Signaling +20

Investigating diversity in human plasma proteins

Dobrin Nedelkov, Urban A. Kiernan, Eric E. Niederkofler et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 183 citations · Full text

Genetics, Biological Mass Spectrometry, Molecular Biology +19

Detection of Endogenous B-Type Natriuretic Peptide at Very Low Concentrations in Patients With Heart Failure

Eric E. Niederkofler, Urban A. Kiernan, Jessica O’Rear et al. · Circulation Heart Failure · 2008 · 163 citations · Full text

Plasma Retinol-Binding Protein 4 (RBP4) Levels and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Qi Sun, Urban A. Kiernan, Ling Shi et al. · Circulation · 2013 · 116 citations · Full text

Rapid development of sensitive, high-throughput, quantitative and highly selective mass spectrometric targeted immunoassays for clinically important proteins in human plasma and serum

Bryan Krastins, Amol Prakash, David Sarracino et al. · Clinical Biochemistry · 2013 · 103 citations · Full text

Medicine, Bioanalysis, Mass Spectrometry +10