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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

M. Bishr Omary is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within the broader fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, encompassing a total of 73 publications distributed primarily across the following subfields: molecular biology, general health professions, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, public health, environmental and occupational health, and cell biology.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, including but not limited to climate change and health impacts, healthcare cost and quality, porphyrin metabolism and disorders, diversity and career in medicine, global health workforce issues, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, and skin and cellular biology research.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Ineffectual Type 2-to-Type 1 Alveolar Epithelial Cell Differentiation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Persistence of the KRT8hi Transitional State (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic and research shutdown: staying safe and productive (2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation)
  • Tumor microbiome links cellular programs and immunity in pancreatic cancer (2022, Cancer Cell)
  • Biliary NIK promotes ductular reaction and liver injury and fibrosis in mice (2022, Nature Communications)
  • From Intention to Action: Operationalizing AGA Diversity Policy to Combat Racism and Health Disparities in Gastroenterology (2020, Gastroenterology)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Dhiman Maitra
  • Ning Kuo
  • Desmond Leddin
  • Geoffrey Metz
  • Sandra Quezada

Their publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Gut
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JCI Insight

In recognition of contributions to the scientific community, M. Bishr Omary was named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins

    Jürgen Schweizer;Paul Edward Bowden;Pierre Coulombe;Lutz Langbein

  • ‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ principles defining the structure, function and regulation of keratin intermediate filaments

    Pierre A Coulombe;M.Bishr Omary

  • The pancreatic stellate cell: a star on the rise in pancreatic diseases.

    M. Bishr Omary;Aurelia Lugea;Anson W. Lowe;Stephen J. Pandol

  • Intermediate filament proteins and their associated diseases.

    M Bishr Omary;Pierre A Coulombe;W H Irwin McLean

  • Cyclooxygenase 2 expression in Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma: Ex vivo induction by bile salts and acid exposure

    Vivian N. Shirvani;Rodica Ouatu-Lascar;Baljeet S. Kaur;M.Bishr Omary

  • Post-translational modifications of intermediate filament proteins: mechanisms and functions.

    Natasha Tasheva Snider;M. Bishr Omary

  • Biosynthesis of the human transferrin receptor in cultured cells.

    M B Omary;I S Trowbridge

  • Dynamic effects of acid on Barrett's esophagus. An ex vivo proliferation and differentiation model.

    R C Fitzgerald;M B Omary;G Triadafilopoulos

  • Cellular integrity plus: organelle-related and protein-targeting functions of intermediate filaments

    Diana M. Toivola;Guo Zhong Tao;Aida Habtezion;Jian Liao

  • From Mallory to Mallory-Denk bodies: What, how and why?

    Kurt Zatloukal;Samuel W. French;Cornelia Stumptner;Pavel Strnad;Pavel Strnad

  • ‘Heads and tails’ of intermediate filament phosphorylation: multiple sites and functional insights

    M. Bishr Omary;Nam On Ku;Guo Zhong Tao;Diana M. Toivola

  • Toward unraveling the complexity of simple epithelial keratins in human disease

    M. Bishr Omary;Nam On Ku;Pavel Strnad;Shinichiro Hanada;Shinichiro Hanada

  • Apoptosis Generates Stable Fragments of Human Type I Keratins

    Nam On Ku;Jian Liao;M. Bishr Omary

  • Epidemiology of alcohol-related liver and pancreatic disease in the United States.

    Alice L. Yang;Shweta Vadhavkar;Gurkirpal Singh;M. Bishr Omary

  • Sphingosylphosphorylcholine regulates keratin network architecture and visco-elastic properties of human cancer cells

    Michael Beil;Alexandre Micoulet;Götz von Wichert;Stephan Paschke

  • Covalent binding of fatty acid to the transferrin receptor in cultured human cells.

    M B Omary;I S Trowbridge

  • Human cell-surface glycoprotein with unusual properties.

    M. Bishr Omary;Ian S. Trowbridge;Jun Minowada

  • The cytoskeleton of digestive epithelia in health and disease

    Nam On Ku;Xiangjun Zhou;Diana M. Toivola;M. Bishr Omary

  • Keratin 8/18 breakdown and reorganization during apoptosis.

    Bert Schutte;Mieke Henfling;Wendy Kölgen;Maartje Bouman

  • Keratin binding to 14-3-3 proteins modulates keratin filaments and hepatocyte mitotic progression

    Nam On Ku;Sara Michie;Sara Michie;Evelyn Z. Resurreccion;Evelyn Z. Resurreccion;Rosemary L. Broome;Rosemary L. Broome

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara A. Michie
Sara A. Michie Stanford University
Yatrik M. Shah
Yatrik M. Shah University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
George Triadafilopoulos
George Triadafilopoulos Stanford University
Rajiv Jalan
Rajiv Jalan University College London
Emad M. El-Omar
Emad M. El-Omar University of New South Wales
Eugene C. Butcher
Eugene C. Butcher Stanford University
Michael H. Nathanson
Michael H. Nathanson Yale University
Thomas M. Magin
Thomas M. Magin Leipzig University
Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
Alexey I. Nesvizhskii University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Liangyou Rui
Liangyou Rui University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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