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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Kurt R. Stenmark is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work also spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cancer Research, and Immunology.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, among which Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments is the most prominent. Other notable areas include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism; Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors; Extracellular vesicles in disease; MicroRNA in disease regulation; Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology; and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Stenmark has contributed extensively to several academic journals. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Pulmonary Circulation
  • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stenmark include:

  • "U-shaped association of uric acid to overall-cause mortality and its impact on clinical management of hyperuricemia," 2022, Redox Biology
  • "17β-estradiol and estrogen receptor α protect right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension via BMPR2 and apelin," 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Clickable decellularized extracellular matrix as a new tool for building hybrid-hydrogels to model chronic fibrotic diseases in vitro," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • "Pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension: current insights and future directions," 2024, European Respiratory Journal
  • "Potential long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the pulmonary vasculature: a global perspective," 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as Rubin M. Tuder, Cheng-Jun Hu, Claudia Mickael, Eva Nozik-Grayck, and Sushil Kumar.

Kurt R. Stenmark is recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Cellular and molecular pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

    Marc Humbert;Nicholas W. Morrell;Stephen L. Archer;Kurt R. Stenmark

  • Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

    Kurt R. Stenmark;Karen A. Fagan;Maria G. Frid

  • Cellular and molecular basis of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

    Nicholas W. Morrell;Serge Adnot;Stephen L. Archer;Jocelyn Dupuis

  • Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: Guidelines From the American Heart Association and American Thoracic Society

    Steven H. Abman;Georg Hansmann;Stephen L. Archer;D. Dunbar Ivy

  • Pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension: state of the art and research perspectives.

    Marc Humbert;Marc Humbert;Christophe Guignabert;Christophe Guignabert;Sébastien Bonnet;Peter Dorfmüller;Peter Dorfmüller

  • Animal models of pulmonary arterial hypertension: the hope for etiological discovery and pharmacological cure

    Kurt R. Stenmark;Barbara Meyrick;Nazzareno Galie;Wolter J. Mooi

  • Inflammation, growth factors, and pulmonary vascular remodeling.

    Paul M. Hassoun;Luc Mouthon;Joan A. Barberà;Saadia Eddahibi

  • Relevant issues in the pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension

    Rubin M Tuder;Stephen L Archer;Peter Dorfmüller;Serpil C Erzurum

  • Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha–dependent induction of FoxP3 drives regulatory T-cell abundance and function during inflammatory hypoxia of the mucosa

    Eric T. Clambey;Eóin N. McNamee;Joseph A. Westrich;Louise E. Glover

  • Temporal, spatial, and oxygen-regulated expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in the lung

    Aimee Y. Yu;Maria G. Frid;Larissa A. Shimoda;Charles M. Wiener

  • Mature vascular endothelium can give rise to smooth muscle cells via endothelial-mesenchymal transdifferentiation: in vitro analysis.

    Maria G. Frid;Vishakha A. Kale;Kurt R. Stenmark

  • Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling Requires Recruitment of Circulating Mesenchymal Precursors of a Monocyte/Macrophage Lineage

    Maria G. Frid;Jacqueline A. Brunetti;Danielle L. Burke;Todd C. Carpenter

  • The Adventitia: Essential Regulator of Vascular Wall Structure and Function

    Kurt R. Stenmark;Michael E. Yeager;Karim C. El Kasmi;Eva Nozik-Grayck

  • CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PULMONARY VASCULAR REMODELING

    K. R. Stenmark;R. P. Mecham

  • Lung vascular development: implications for the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

    Kurt R. Stenmark;Steven H. Abman

  • Perspectives on endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition: potential contribution to vascular remodeling in chronic pulmonary hypertension.

    Enrique Arciniegas;Maria G. Frid;Ivor Samuel Douglas;Kurt R. Stenmark

  • Role of the Adventitia in Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling

    Kurt R. Stenmark;Neil Davie;Maria Frid;Evgenia Gerasimovskaya

  • Multiple phenotypically distinct smooth muscle cell populations exist in the adult and developing bovine pulmonary arterial media in vivo.

    M G Frid;E P Moiseeva;K R Stenmark

  • Hypoxia-induced pulmonary artery adventitial remodeling and neovascularization: contribution of progenitor cells.

    Neil J. Davie;Joseph T. Crossno;Maria G. Frid;Stephen E. Hofmeister

  • A consensus approach to the classification of pediatric pulmonary hypertensive vascular disease: Report from the PVRI Pediatric Taskforce, Panama 2011.

    Maria Jesus del Cerro;Steven Abman;Gabriel Diaz;Alexandra Heath Freudenthal

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas W. Morrell
Nicholas W. Morrell University of Cambridge
D. Dunbar Ivy
D. Dunbar Ivy University of Colorado Denver
Rubin M. Tuder
Rubin M. Tuder University of Colorado Denver
Robert P. Mecham
Robert P. Mecham Washington University in St. Louis
John T. Reeves
John T. Reeves University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Norbert F. Voelkel
Norbert F. Voelkel Virginia Commonwealth University
William C. Parks
William C. Parks Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Angelo D'Alessandro
Angelo D'Alessandro University of Colorado Denver
Marlene Rabinovitch
Marlene Rabinovitch Stanford University
Timothy A. McKinsey
Timothy A. McKinsey University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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