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Godfrey S. Getz is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to immunology and microbiology. Their work spans several subfields, including immunology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, surgery, and immunology and allergy.

Getz's main research topics cover atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, as well as lipoproteins and cardiovascular health. Additional areas include cell adhesion molecules research, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, cancer related to lipids and metabolism, and diabetes with cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins.

Frequent publication venues for Godfrey S. Getz include Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Current Opinion in Lipidology, the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Methods in Molecular Biology, and Antibodies.

Recent papers authored by Getz demonstrate ongoing research in these areas. These include:

  • Atherosclerosis: cell biology and lipoproteins, 2020, Current Opinion in Lipidology
  • Pig and Mouse Models of Hyperlipidemia and Atherosclerosis, 2022, Methods in molecular biology
  • Insights from Murine Studies on the Site Specificity of Atherosclerosis, 2024, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • PCSK9 and lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis: animal models, 2021, Vessel Plus

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Getz include Catherine A. Reardon, Tapan Biswas, Paul A. VanderLaan, Xuchu Que, and Ayelet Gonen.

Best Publications

  • The cholesterol facts. A summary of the evidence relating dietary fats, serum cholesterol, and coronary heart disease. A joint statement by the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    J C LaRosa;D Hunninghake;D Bush;M H Criqui

  • Isoform-specific binding of apolipoprotein E to beta-amyloid.

    Mary J. Ladu;Michael T. Falduto;Arlene M. Manelli;Catherine A. Reardon

  • Site Specificity of Atherosclerosis Site-Selective Responses to Atherosclerotic Modulators

    Paul A. VanderLaan;Catherine A. Reardon;Godfrey S. Getz

  • Animal Models of Atherosclerosis

    Godfrey S. Getz;Catherine A. Reardon

  • Apparent Turnover of Mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Mitochondrial Phospholipids in the Tissues of the Rat

    Nicholas J. Gross;Godfrey S. Getz;Murray Rabinowitz

  • Lymphotoxin β receptor signaling promotes tertiary lymphoid organogenesis in the aorta adventitia of aged ApoE−/− mice

    Rolf Gräbner;Katharina Lötzer;Sandra Döpping;Markus Hildner

  • Diet and Murine Atherosclerosis

    Godfrey S. Getz;Catherine A. Reardon

  • Apoprotein E as a lipid transport and signaling protein in the blood, liver, and artery wall

    Godfrey S. Getz;Catherine A. Reardon

  • Fasting hypertriglyceridemia in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is an important predictor of postprandial lipid and lipoprotein abnormalities.

    G. F. Lewis;N. M. O'meara;P. A. Soltys;J. D. Blackman

  • Lipoproteins in the Central Nervous System

    Mary Jo Ladu;Catherine Reardon;Linda Van Eldik;Anne M. Fagan

  • PURIFICATION OF APOLIPOPROTEIN E ATTENUATES ISOFORM-SPECIFIC BINDING TO BETA -AMYLOID

    Mary Jo LaDu;Terry M. Pederson;Donald E. Frail;Catherine A. Reardon

  • Unique Lipoproteins Secreted by Primary Astrocytes From Wild Type, apoE (−/−), and Human apoE Transgenic Mice *

    Anne M. Fagan;David M. Holtzman;Gregory Munson;Tanya Mathur

  • Postprandial lipoprotein metabolism in normal and obese subjects: comparison after the vitamin A fat-loading test.

    G. F. Lewis;N. M. O'meara;P. A. Soltys;J. D. Blackman

  • Paraoxonase, a cardioprotective enzyme: continuing issues.

    Godfrey S Getz;Catherine A Reardon

  • Extrahepatic synthesis of apolipoprotein E.

    Donna Driscoll;G. S. Getz

  • Effect of Immune Deficiency on Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis in Male Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice

    Catherine A. Reardon;Lydia Blachowicz;Traci White;Veneracion Cabana

  • Isoform-specific effect of apolipoprotein E on cell survival and β- amyloid-induced toxicity in rat hippocampal pyramidal neuronal cultures

    Joaquı́n Jordán;Marı́a F. Galindo;Richard J. Miller;Catherine A. Reardon

  • The Metabolism of Proinsulin and Insulin by the Liver

    A. H. Rubenstein;L. A. Pottenger;M. Mako;G. S. Getz

  • Apolipoprotein B variant derived from rat intestine.

    K V Krishnaiah;L F Walker;J Borensztajn;G Schonfeld

  • Macrophage free cholesterol content regulates apolipoprotein E synthesis.

    T Mazzone;H Gump;P Diller;G S Getz

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray Rabinowitz
Murray Rabinowitz University of Chicago
Mary Jo LaDu
Mary Jo LaDu University of Illinois at Chicago
Kenneth S. Polonsky
Kenneth S. Polonsky University of Chicago
Shutsung Liao
Shutsung Liao University of Chicago
Joseph L. Witztum
Joseph L. Witztum University of California, San Diego
Guojun Bu
Guojun Bu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Alan Chait
Alan Chait University of Washington
Stephen C. Meredith
Stephen C. Meredith University of Chicago
Hewson Swift
Hewson Swift University of Chicago
Santica M. Marcovina
Santica M. Marcovina University of Washington

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