Research Topics

• Nutrition
• Metabolism
• Metabolic Diseases
• Molecular Cell Biology
• Chrono Biology
• Nutritional Medicine

Selected Publications

Tuvia, N.*, Pivovarova-Ramich, O.*, Murahovschi, V., Lück, S., Grudziecki, A., Ost, A. C., Kruse, M., Nikiforova, V. J., Osterhoff, M., Gottmann, P., Gögebakan, Ö., Sticht, C., Gretz, N., Schupp, M., Schürmann, A., Rudovich, N., Pfeiffer, A. F. H., Kramer, A.: Insulin directly regulates the circadian clock in adipose tissue. Diabetes 70(9), 1985-1999 (2021).

Pivovarova-Ramich, O., Markova, M., Weber, D., Sucher, S., Hornemann, S., Rudovich, N., Raila, J., Sunaga-Franze, D., Sauer, S., Rohn, S., Pfeiffer, A. F. H., Grune, T.: Effects of diets high in animal or plant protein on oxidative stress in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A randomized clinical trial. Redox Biol. 29:101397 (2020). [Open Access]

Kessler, K., Gerl, M. J., Hornemann, S., Damm, M., Klose, C., Petzke, K. J., Kemper, M., Weber, D., Rudovich, N., Grune, T., Simons, K., Kramer, A., Pfeiffer, A. F. H. , Pivovarova-Ramich, O.: Shotgun lipidomics discovered diurnal regulation of lipid metabolism linked to insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic men. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 105(3), 1–14 (2020). [Open Access]

Kessler, K., Hornemann, S., Petzke, K. J., Kemper, M., Markova, M., Rudovich, N., Grune, T., Kramer, A., Pfeiffer, A. F. H., Pivovarova-Ramich, O.: Diurnal distribution of carbohydrates and fat affects substrate oxidation and adipokine secretion in humans. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 108, 1209-1219 (2018).

Hörbelt, T., Tacke, C., Markova, M., Herzfeld de Wiza, D., Van de Velde, F., Bekaert, M., Van Nieuwenhove, Y., Hornemann, S., Rödiger, M., Seebeck, N., Friedl, E., Jonas, W., Thoresen, G. H., Kuss, O., Rosenthal, A., Lange, V., Pfeiffer, A. F. H., Schürmann, A., Lapauw, B., Rudovich, N., Pivovarova, O., Ouwens, D. M.: The novel adipokine WISP1 associates with insulin resistance and impairs insulin action in human myotubes and mouse hepatocytes. Diabetologia 61, 2054-2065 (2018).

Markova, M.*, Pivovarova, O.*, Hornemann, S., Sucher, S., Frahnow, T., Wegner, K., Machann, J., Petzke, K. J., Hierholzer, J., Lichtinghagen, R., Herder, C., Carstensen-Kirberg, M., Roden, M., Rudovich, N., Klaus, S., Thomann, R., Schneeweiss, R., Rohn, S., Pfeiffer, A. F. H.: Isocaloric diets high in animal or plant protein reduce liver fat and inflammation in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Gastroenterology 152, 571–585 (2017).

Pivovarova, O.*, Jürchott, K.*, Rudovich, N.*, Hornemann, S., Ye, L., Möckel, S., Murahovschi, V., Kessler, K., Seltmann, A.-C., Maser-Gluth, C., Mazuch, J., Kruse, M., Busjahn, A., Kramer, A., Pfeiffer, A. F. H.: Changes of dietary fat and carbohydrate content alter central and peripheral clock in humans. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 100, 2291-2302 (2015).

Murahovschi, V.*, Pivovarova, O.*, Ilkavets, I., Dmitrieva, R. M., Döcke, S., Keyhani-Nejad, F., Gögebakan, Ö., Osterhoff, M., Kemper, M., Hornemann, S., Markova, M., Klöting, N., Stockmann, M., Weickert, M. O., Lamounier-Zepter, V., Neuhaus, P., Konradi, A., Dooley, S., von Loeffelholz, C., Blüher, M., Pfeiffer, A. F. H., Rudovich, N.: .: WISP1 is a novel adipokine linked to inflammation in obesity. Diabetes 64, 856-866 (2015). [Open Access]

Pivovarova, O.*, Bernigau, W.*, Bobbert, T., Isken, F., Möhlig, M., Spranger, J., Weickert, M. O., Osterhoff, M., Pfeiffer, A. F. H., Rudovich, N.: Hepatic insulin clearance is closely related to metabolic syndrome components. Diabetes Care 36, 3779-3785 (2013).

Pivovarova, O., Gögebakan, Ö., Pfeiffer, A. F. H., Rudovich, N.: Glucose inhibits the insulin-induced activation of the insulin-degrading enzyme in HepG2 cells.Diabetologia 52, 1656-1664 (2009).

* Equal first or last authorship