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Overview

Fred Possmayer is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and focuses their research primarily within the field of Medicine, with a concentration on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their scholarly work addresses several specific topics including Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery, and the Neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

The notable recent publications authored by Fred Possmayer include:

  • Pulmonary Surfactant: A Mighty Thin Film, 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • Reflections on the introduction of surfactant therapy for neonates with respiratory distress, 2025, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers across multiple publications. The primary coauthors include:

  • Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen
  • Nils O. Petersen
  • Yi Y. Zuo
  • Yi Zuo
  • James F. Lewis

Their work has been published in a range of venue types, reflecting their research interests and interdisciplinary approach. The main publication venues are:

  • Chemical Reviews
  • Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine
  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Fred Possmayer's research output contributes extensively to understanding respiratory health, particularly at the neonatal level, by exploring surfactant therapy and respiratory mechanisms. This focus is evident from their publication record and the topics of study addressed.

Best Publications

  • Current perspectives in pulmonary surfactant--inhibition, enhancement and evaluation.

    Yi Y. Zuo;Ruud A.W. Veldhuizen;A. Wilhelm Neumann;Nils O. Petersen;Nils O. Petersen

  • A captive bubble method reproduces the in situ behavior of lung surfactant monolayers.

    S. Schurch;H. Bachofen;J. Goerke;F. Possmayer

  • Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein A enhances the surface activity of lipid extract surfactant and reverses inhibition by blood proteins in vitro.

    Amanda M. Cockshutt;Jeffrey Weitz;Fred Possmayer

  • The surface-associated surfactant reservoir in the alveolar lining.

    Samuel Schürch;Riad Qanbar;Hans Bachofen;Fred Possmayer

  • POSITIONAL SPECIFICITY OF SATURATED AND UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN PHOSPHATIDIC ACID FROM RAT LIVER

    F. Possmayer;G.L. Scherphof;T.M.A.R. Dubbelman;L.M.G. Van Golde

  • Bovine pulmonary surfactant: chemical composition and physical properties.

    Sue Yu;Paul G. R. Harding;Norman Smith;Fred Possmayer

  • Metal nanoparticle pollutants interfere with pulmonary surfactant function in vitro.

    Mandeep Singh Bakshi;Lin Zhao;Ronald Smith;Fred Possmayer

  • The enteric bacterial metabolite propionic acid alters brain and plasma phospholipid molecular species: further development of a rodent model of autism spectrum disorders

    Raymond H Thomas;Melissa M Meeking;Jennifer R Mepham;Lisa Tichenoff

  • Role of bovine pulmonary surfactant-associated proteins in the surface-active property of phospholipid mixtures.

    Shou-Hwa Yu;Fred Possmayer

  • P2X7 receptors on osteoblasts couple to production of lysophosphatidic acid: a signaling axis promoting osteogenesis

    Nattapon Panupinthu;Joseph T. Rogers;Lin Zhao;Luis Pastor Solano-Flores

  • Surface activity in vitro: role of surfactant proteins.

    Fred Possmayer;Kaushik Nag;Karina Rodriguez;Riad Qanbar

  • Reconstitution of surfactant activity by using the 6 kDa apoprotein associated with pulmonary surfactant.

    Shou-Hwa Yu;F. Possmayer

  • Surfactant associated protein-A inhibits human lymphocyte proliferation and IL-2 production

    Paul Borron;Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen;James F. Lewis;Fred Possmayer

  • Surface activity in situ, in vivo, and in the captive bubble surfactometer.

    Samuel Schürch;Hans Bachofen;Fred Possmayer

  • A Novel Rodent Model of Autism: Intraventricular Infusions of Propionic Acid Increase Locomotor Activity and Induce Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in Discrete Regions of Adult Rat Brain

    Derrick F. MacFabe;Karina Rodríguez-Capote;Jennifer E. Hoffman;Andrew E. Franklin

  • Surfactant protein A inhibits T cell proliferation via its collagen-like tail and a 210-kDa receptor

    Paul Borron;Francis X. McCormack;Baher M. Elhalwagi;Zissis C. Chroneos

  • P2X7 nucleotide receptors mediate blebbing in osteoblasts through a pathway involving lysophosphatidic acid.

    Nattapon Panupinthu;Lin Zhao;Fred Possmayer;Hua Z. Ke

  • Comparative studies on the biophysical activities of the low-molecular-weight hydrophobic proteins purified from bovine pulmonary surfactant.

    Yu Shou-Hwa;Fred Possmayer

  • Lipid compositional analysis of pulmonary surfactant monolayers and monolayer-associated reservoirs.

    Shou-Hwa Yu;Fred Possmayer

  • Mg2-dependent phosphatidate phosphohydrolase of rat lung: development of an assay employing a defined chemical substrate which reflects the phosphohydrolase activity measured using membrane-bound substrate.

    Paul A. Walton;Fred Possmayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesús Pérez-Gil
Jesús Pérez-Gil Complutense University of Madrid
John R. G. Challis
John R. G. Challis University of Toronto
Jeffrey I. Weitz
Jeffrey I. Weitz McMaster University
Geoffrey L. Hammond
Geoffrey L. Hammond University of British Columbia
George Harauz
George Harauz University of Guelph
jeffrey a whitsett
jeffrey a whitsett Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Gilles A. Lajoie
Gilles A. Lajoie University of Western Ontario
Francis X. McCormack
Francis X. McCormack University of Cincinnati
Mikko Hallman
Mikko Hallman Oulu University Hospital
Donald P. Cain
Donald P. Cain University of Western Ontario

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