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Overview

Michael F. Beers is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a notable concentration in pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Within this main field, their work extends to molecular biology, surgery, electrical and electronic engineering, and physiology.

The scientist's research spans several key topics, including:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Michael F. Beers has frequently published in several scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • JCI Insight
  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • The FASEB Journal

Among their most recent papers are:

  • "Contributions of alveolar epithelial cell quality control to pulmonary fibrosis", 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "STAT3-BDNF-TrkB signalling promotes alveolar epithelial regeneration after lung injury", 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Conditional deletion of Nedd4-2 in lung epithelial cells causes progressive pulmonary fibrosis in adult mice", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Patient-specific iPSCs carrying an SFTPC mutation reveal the intrinsic alveolar epithelial dysfunction at the inception of interstitial lung disease", 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Microstructured Hydrogels to Guide Self-Assembly and Function of Lung Alveolospheres", 2022, Advanced Materials

The scientist often collaborates with specific coauthors, including Jeremy Katzen, Yaniv Tomer, L. Raposo Rodríguez, Aditi Murthy, and Surafel Mulugeta. These frequent collaborations have contributed to the breadth of their research output.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Functional Lung Alveolar Epithelial Cells.

    Anjali Jacob;Anjali Jacob;Michael Morley;Finn Hawkins;Finn Hawkins;Katherine B. McCauley;Katherine B. McCauley

  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress enhances fibrotic remodeling in the lungs

    William E. Lawson;Dong-Sheng Cheng;Amber L. Degryse;Harikrishna Tanjore

  • The three R’s of lung health and disease: repair, remodeling, and regeneration

    Michael F. Beers;Edward E. Morrisey

  • A Surfactant Protein C Precursor Protein BRICHOS Domain Mutation Causes Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Proteasome Dysfunction, and Caspase 3 Activation

    Surafel Mulugeta;Vu Nguyen;Scott J. Russo;Madesh Muniswamy

  • SURFACTANT PROTEIN C BIOSYNTHESIS AND ITS EMERGING ROLE IN CONFORMATIONAL LUNG DISEASE

    Michael F Beers;Surafel Mulugeta

  • Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in epithelial-mesenchymal transition of alveolar epithelial cells: effects of misfolded surfactant protein.

    Qian Zhong;Beiyun Zhou;David K. Ann;Parviz Minoo

  • Expression of mutant Sftpc in murine alveolar epithelia drives spontaneous lung fibrosis.

    Shin-Ichi Nureki;Shin-Ichi Nureki;Yaniv Tomer;Alessandro Venosa;Jeremy Katzen

  • Partial Deficiency of Surfactant Protein B in an Infant With Chronic Lung Disease

    Philip L. Ballard;Lawrence M. Nogee;Michael F. Beers;Roberta A. Ballard

  • Deletion of exon 4 from human surfactant protein C results in aggresome formation and generation of a dominant negative.

    Wen-Jing Wang;Surafel Mulugeta;Scott J. Russo;Michael F. Beers

  • Misfolded BRICHOS SP-C mutant proteins induce apoptosis via caspase-4- and cytochrome c-related mechanisms.

    Surafel Mulugeta;Jean Ann Maguire;Jennifer L. Newitt;Scott J. Russo

  • S-Nitrosylation of Surfactant Protein-D Controls Inflammatory Function

    Chang Jiang Guo;Elena N. Atochina-Vasserman;Elena Abramova;Joseph P. Foley

  • Contributions of alveolar epithelial cell quality control to pulmonary fibrosis

    Jeremy Katzen;Michael F. Beers

  • Localization, synthesis, and processing of surfactant protein SP-C in rat lung analyzed by epitope-specific antipeptide antibodies.

    M. F. Beers;C. Y. Kim;Chandra Dodia;A. B. Fisher

  • Comprehensive characterisation of pulmonary and serum surfactant protein D in COPD

    Carla Winkler;Carla Winkler;Elena N Atochina-Vasserman;Olaf Holz;Michael F Beers

  • Surfactant protein C: its unique properties and emerging immunomodulatory role in the lung.

    Surafel Mulugeta;Michael F. Beers

  • Pulmonary surfactant metabolism in infants lacking surfactant protein B.

    Michael F. Beers;Aaron Hamvas;Michael A. Moxley;Linda W. Gonzales

  • Progressive Lung Disease and Surfactant Dysfunction with a Deletion in Surfactant Protein C Gene

    Aaron Hamvas;Lawrence M. Nogee;Frances V. White;Pamela Schuler

  • ANGPT2 genetic variant is associated with trauma-associated acute lung injury and altered plasma angiopoietin-2 isoform ratio.

    Nuala J. Meyer;Mingyao Li;Rui Feng;Jonathan Bradfield

  • When Is an Alveolar Type 2 Cell an Alveolar Type 2 Cell? A Conundrum for Lung Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

    Michael F. Beers;Yuben Moodley

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott J. Russo
Scott J. Russo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Andrew J. Gow
Andrew J. Gow Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Angela Franciska Haczku
Angela Franciska Haczku University of California, Davis
Philip L. Ballard
Philip L. Ballard University of California, San Francisco
Edward E. Morrisey
Edward E. Morrisey University of Pennsylvania
Darrell N. Kotton
Darrell N. Kotton Boston University
Aron B. Fisher
Aron B. Fisher University of Pennsylvania
Jason D. Christie
Jason D. Christie University of Pennsylvania
Samuel Hawgood
Samuel Hawgood University of California, San Francisco
Marcus A. Mall
Marcus A. Mall Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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