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Overview

John J. Mullins is a researcher affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several domains within the broader fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research contributions amount to 37 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and 31 in Medicine.

The scientist's research focuses on specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Key topics addressed in their publications cover diverse areas such as Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, Renal and related cancers, Ion Transport and Channel Regulation, Congenital heart defects research, Coronary Artery Anomalies, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by John J. Mullins include:

  • Macrophages trigger cardiomyocyte proliferation by increasing epicardial vegfaa expression during larval zebrafish heart regeneration, 2022, Developmental Cell
  • Live Imaging of Heart Injury in Larval Zebrafish Reveals a Multi-Stage Model of Neutrophil and Macrophage Migration, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Cellular plasticity: A mechanism for homeostasis in the kidney, 2020, Acta Physiologica
  • Endothelin-1 Mediates the Systemic and Renal Hemodynamic Effects of GPR81 Activation, 2020, Hypertension
  • Selective Cdk9 inhibition resolves neutrophilic inflammation and enhances cardiac regeneration in larval zebrafish, 2021, Development

John J. Mullins frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors, including L. J. Mullins (18 joint publications), Adrienne Assmus (8), Finnius A. Bruton (6), Aryan Kaveh (6), and Carl S. Tucker (6).

Their research is commonly published in venues such as The FASEB Journal, with nine publications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with four, Physiology with two, Developmental Cell, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Best Publications

  • A Transgenic Model of Visceral Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

    Hiroaki Masuzaki;Janice Paterson;Hiroshi Shinyama;Nicholas M. Morton

  • Fulminant hypertension in transgenic rats harbouring the mouse Ren-2 gene

    J. J. Mullins;J. Peters;D. Ganten

  • 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 knockout mice show attenuated glucocorticoid-inducible responses and resist hyperglycemia on obesity or stress.

    Yuri Kotelevtsev;Megan C. Holmes;Ann Burchell;Pamela M. Houston

  • Sp1 sites in the mouse aprt gene promoter are required to prevent methylation of the CpG island.

    D Macleod;J Charlton;J Mullins;A P Bird

  • Novel Adipose Tissue–Mediated Resistance to Diet-Induced Visceral Obesity in 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1–Deficient Mice

    Nicholas M. Morton;Janice M. Paterson;Hiroaki Masuzaki;Megan C. Holmes

  • Improved Lipid and Lipoprotein Profile, Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity, and Glucose Tolerance in 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Null Mice *

    Nicholas M. Morton;Megan C. Holmes;Catherine Fiévet;Bart Staels

  • Transgenic amplification of glucocorticoid action in adipose tissue causes high blood pressure in mice

    Hiroaki Masuzaki;Hiroshi Yamamoto;Christopher J. Kenyon;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Metabolic syndrome without obesity: Hepatic overexpression of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in transgenic mice

    Janice M. Paterson;Nicholas M. Morton;Catherine Fievet;Christopher J. Kenyon

  • The ontogeny of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 and mineralocorticoid receptor gene expression reveal intricate control of glucocorticoid action in development.

    R. W. Brown;R. Diaz;A. C. Robson;Yu. V. Kotelevtsev

  • Demonstration of renin mRNA, angiotensinogen mRNA, and angiotensin converting enzyme mRNA expression in the human eye: evidence for an intraocular renin-angiotensin system.

    J Wagner;A H Jan Danser;F H Derkx;T V de Jong

  • Progress and prospects in rat genetics: a community view.

    Timothy J Aitman;John K Critser;Edwin Cuppen;Anna Dominiczak

  • Hypertension in mice lacking 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2

    Yuri Kotelevtsev;Roger W. Brown;Stewart Fleming;Christopher Kenyon

  • Intracellular regeneration of glucocorticoids by 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11beta-HSD)-1 plays a key role in regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: analysis of 11beta-HSD-1-deficient mice.

    Hayley J. Harris;Yuri Kotelevtsev;John J. Mullins;Jonathan R. Seckl

  • Species specificity of renin kinetics in transgenic rats harboring the human renin and angiotensinogen genes.

    D Ganten;J Wagner;K Zeh;M Bader

  • High blood pressure in transgenic mice carrying the rat angiotensinogen gene.

    S Kimura;J J Mullins;B Bunnemann;R Metzger

  • Lack of tissue glucocorticoid reactivation in 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 knockout mice ameliorates age-related learning impairments

    Joyce L. W. Yau;June Noble;Christopher J. Kenyon;Carina Hibberd

  • Dynamic analysis of stochastic transcription cycles

    Claire V. Harper;Bärbel Finkenstädt;Dan J. Woodcock;Sönke Friedrichsen

  • Transgenic rats carrying the mouse renin gene--morphological characterization of a low-renin hypertension model.

    Sebastian Bachmann;Jörg Peters;Jörg Peters;Eberhard Engler;Eberhard Engler;Detlev Ganten;Detlev Ganten

  • Expression of the DBA/2J Ren-2 gene in the adrenal gland of transgenic mice.

    J J Mullins;C D Sigmund;C Kane-Haas;K W Gross

  • Identification of Grf1 on mouse chromosome 9 as an imprinted gene by RLGS-M

    Christoph Plass;Hideo Shibata;Iveta Kalcheva;Linda Mullins

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan R. Seckl
Jonathan R. Seckl University of Edinburgh
Detlev Ganten
Detlev Ganten Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
David G. Spiller
David G. Spiller University of Manchester
Michael R. H. White
Michael R. H. White University of Manchester
Michael Bader
Michael Bader Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Alan S. McNeilly
Alan S. McNeilly University of Edinburgh
Bruno Péault
Bruno Péault University of California, Los Angeles
Brian R. Walker
Brian R. Walker Newcastle University
Adriano G. Rossi
Adriano G. Rossi University of Edinburgh
Hugh Montgomery
Hugh Montgomery University College London

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