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Kanishka N. Nilaweera

Observed names: K. N. Nilaweera, K. Nilaweera, K.N Nilaweera, Kanishka N Nilaweera, Kanishka Nilaweera, Nilaweera, Kanishka, Niloo K. Nilaweera
ORCID: 0000-0002-6074-9457
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-6074-9457
OpenAlex ID: A5024895209
The gut microbiota and its relationship to diet and obesity: New insights
2012 · Siobhan F. Clarke, Eileen F. Murphy, et al. · Gut Microbes · 474
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Monounsaturated Fatty Acid–Enriched High-Fat Diets Impede Adipose NLRP3 Inflammasome–Mediated IL-1β Secretion and Insulin Resistance Despite Obesity
2015 · Orla M. Finucane, Claire L. Lyons, et al. · Diabetes · 290
Impact of dietary fatty acids on metabolic activity and host intestinal microbiota composition in C57BL/6J mice
2014 · Elaine Patterson, Robert M. O' Doherty, et al. · British Journal Of Nutrition · 220
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Effects of Manipulating Hypothalamic Triiodothyronine Concentrations on Seasonal Body Weight and Torpor Cycles in Siberian Hamsters
2011 · Michelle Murphy, Preeti H. Jethwa, et al. · Endocrinology · 114
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Protein Quality and the Protein to Carbohydrate Ratio within a High Fat Diet Influences Energy Balance and the Gut Microbiota In C57BL/6J Mice
2014 · Liam McAllan, Peter Skuse, et al. · PLoS ONE · 111
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Neuromedin U and Neuromedin U receptor‐2 expression in the mouse and rat hypothalamus: effects of nutritional status
2003 · E. S. Graham, Y. Turnbull, et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 104
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VGF-Derived Peptide, TLQP-21, Regulates Food Intake and Body Weight in Siberian Hamsters
2007 · Preeti H. Jethwa, Amy Warner, et al. · Endocrinology · 90
The ‘Whey’ to good health: Whey protein and its beneficial effect on metabolism, gut microbiota and mental health
2023 · Serena Boscaini, Peter Skuse, et al. · Trends in Food Science & Technology · 59
Hypothalamic Thyroid Hormone in Energy Balance Regulation
2008 · Annika Herwig, Alexander W. Ross, et al. · Obesity Facts · 59
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Oral Delivery of Nisin in Resistant Starch Based Matrices Alters the Gut Microbiota in Mice
2018 · Ronan Gough, Raúl Cabrera Rubio, et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 52
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Precursor-protein convertase 1 gene expression in the mouse hypothalamus: differential regulation by ob gene mutation, energy deficit and administration of leptin, and coexpression with prepro-orexin
2003 · K.N Nilaweera, P Barrett, et al. · Neuroscience · 50
Whey protein isolate counteracts the effects of a high-fat diet on energy intake and hypothalamic and adipose tissue expression of energy balance-related genes
2013 · Liam McAllan, Deirdre Keane, et al. · British Journal Of Nutrition · 43
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Impact of leucine on energy balance
2012 · Liam McAllan, Paul D. Cotter, et al. · Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry · 41
Photoperiodic regulation of glycogen metabolism, glycolysis, and glutamine synthesis in tanycytes of the Siberian hamster suggests novel roles of tanycytes in hypothalamic function
2011 · Kanishka Nilaweera, Annika Herwig, et al. · Glia · 38
Age‐ and duration‐dependent effects of whey protein on high‐fat diet‐induced changes in body weight, lipid metabolism, and gut microbiota in mice
2020 · Serena Boscaini, Raul Cabrera‐Rubio, et al. · Physiological Reports · 37
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Whey protein effects on energy balance link the intestinal mechanisms of energy absorption with adiposity and hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression
2017 · Kanishka N. Nilaweera, Raul Cabrera-Rubio, et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 35
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Hypothalamic bHLH transcription factors are novel candidates in the regulation of energy balance
2002 · Kanishka N. Nilaweera, Claire Ellis, et al. · European Journal of Neuroscience · 34
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Vitamin biosynthesis in the gut: interplay between mammalian host and its resident microbiota
2025 · Chiara Tarracchini, Cathy Lordan, et al. · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews · 32
Depletion of the gut microbiota differentially affects the impact of whey protein on high‐fat diet‐induced obesity and intestinal permeability
2021 · Serena Boscaini, Raul Cabrera‐Rubio, et al. · Physiological Reports · 29
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Dietary α-lactalbumin alters energy balance, gut microbiota composition and intestinal nutrient transporter expression in high-fat diet-fed mice
2019 · Serena Boscaini, Raul Cabrera-Rubio, et al. · British Journal Of Nutrition · 28
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Regulation of intestinal growth in response to variations in energy supply and demand
2018 · K. N. Nilaweera, J. R. Speakman · Obesity Reviews · 27
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G Protein‐Coupled Receptor 101 mRNA Expression in the Mouse Brain: Altered Expression in the Posterior Hypothalamus and Amygdala By Energetic Challenges
2006 · K. N. Nilaweera, D. Ozanne, et al. · Journal of Neuroendocrinology · 27
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Protein quality and quantity influence the effect of dietary fat on weight gain and tissue partitioning via host-microbiota changes
2021 · Oleksandr Nychyk, Wiley Barton, et al. · Cell Reports · 26
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Compared to casein, bovine lactoferrin reduces plasma leptin and corticosterone and affects hypothalamic gene expression without altering weight gain or fat mass in high fat diet fed C57/BL6J mice
2015 · Bettina McManus, Riitta Korpela, et al. · Nutrition & Metabolism · 23
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Photoperiod Regulates Genes Encoding Melanocortin 3 and Serotonin Receptors and Secretogranins in the Dorsomedial Posterior Arcuate of the Siberian Hamster
2008 · K. N. Nilaweera, Z. A. Archer, et al. · Journal of Neuroendocrinology · 18
Works count: 61
Citation count: 2,150
H-index: 23
I10-index: 30
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