BR Walker - Concepedia

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BR Walker

University of Edinburgh

Also Known As

B R Walker, B Walker, B. R. Walker, B. WALKER, B. Walker, B.R. Walker, BR WALKER, BR Walker, Walker, B.

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1.4K

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All Affiliations

University of Edinburgh Western General Hospital The Queen's Medical Research Institute Queen's Medical Centre Southampton General Hospital

About

BR Walker is an author at University of Edinburgh specializing in physiology, endocrinology, and medicine.

Top Concepts

#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Medicine	7	7	449
2	Health Sciences	4	4	215
3	Biochemistry	3	3	213
4	Diabetes	2	2	109
5	Social Sciences	1	1	20

BR Walker

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1.2K

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	Year	Citations
Use of oral glucocorticoids and risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in a population based case–control study Patrick C. Souverein, Anick Bérard, Tjeerd van Staa, Heart	2004	473
Cortisol—cause and cure for metabolic syndrome? BR Walker Diabetic Medicine	2006	177
11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in Cushing's syndrome: explaining the mineralocorticoid excess state of the ectopic adrenocorticotropin syndrome. Paul M. Stewart, BR Walker, G Holder, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Adrenal GlandUrologyPituitary DependentMineralocorticoid Excess StateBeta-hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Activity	1995	152
11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 is a predominant 11 beta-reductase in the intact perfused rat liver PM Jamieson, BR Walker, Ruth Andrew, Journal of Endocrinology GlucocorticoidRedox BiologyOxidative StressAdrenal GlandHepatotoxicity	2000	85
Influence of short-term dietary weight loss on cortisol secretion and metabolism in obese men Peter Faber, Ruth Andrew, E. R. Gibney, European Journal of Endocrinology	2004	79
Interactions between oestradiol and glucocorticoid regulatory effects on liver-specific glucocorticoid-inducible genes: possible evidence for a role of hepatic 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 BR Walker Journal of Endocrinology GynecologyGlucose HomeostasisFemale Reproductive FunctionGlucocorticoidInsulin Signaling	1999	66
Dexamethasone and 11-dehydrodexamethasone as tools to investigate the isozymes of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in vitro and in vivo Ruth Best, Susan M. Nelson, BR Walker Journal of Endocrinology 11β-Hydroxysteroid DehydrogenaseBiosynthesisAdrenal GlandCellular EnzymologyBiochemistry	1997	62
Glucocorticoids and 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Roland H. Stimson, BR Walker PubMed ObesityMetabolic SyndromeInsulin SignalingMetabolic DisorderCardiovascular Disease	2007	43
Effects of acute glucocorticoid blockade on metabolic dysfunction in patients with Type 2 diabetes with and without fatty liver David P. Macfarlane, Peter Raubenheimer, Thomas C. Preston, American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology	2014	25
Altered maternal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in obese pregnancy is associated with macrosomia and prolonged pregnancy Laura Stirrat, J.R. O’Reilly, Simon C. Riley, Pregnancy Hypertension ObesityBody CompositionPhysiologyGynecologyGestational Diabetes	2014	21

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