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

Overview

Norbert F. Voelkel is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their work spans several subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, critical care and intensive care medicine, and surgery.

Key topics in Norbert F. Voelkel's research include:

  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Norbert F. Voelkel cover various aspects of lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension, including:

  • "The vascular perspective on acute and chronic lung disease" (2023) published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "The hallmarks of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension: the cancer hypothesis-ten years later" (2020) published in American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • "The Role of Regulatory T Cells in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension" (2021) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 and angiotensin (1-7) axis in pulmonary arterial hypertension" (2020) published in European Respiratory Journal
  • "Impact of Proactive Integrated Care on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease" (2020) published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation

Frequent collaborators in Norbert F. Voelkel's research include:

  • Harm Jan Bogaard (3 joint publications)
  • Anna Birnhuber (2 joint publications)
  • Leigh M. Marsh (2 joint publications)
  • Grażyna Kwapiszewska (2 joint publications)
  • Wolfgang M. Kuebler (2 joint publications)

Norbert F. Voelkel has published multiple studies in several scientific venues, with recurring publications in:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • European Respiratory Journal

The scientist has been 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

  • Right Ventricular Function and Failure Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group on Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Right Heart Failure

    Norbert F. Voelkel;Robert A. Quaife;Leslie A. Leinwand;Robyn J. Barst

  • Inhibition of VEGF receptors causes lung cell apoptosis and emphysema

    Yasunori Kasahara;Rubin M. Tuder;Laimute Taraseviciene-Stewart;Timothy D. Le Cras

  • Prostacyclin Synthase Expression Is Decreased in Lungs from Patients with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

    Rubin M. Tuder;Carlyne D. Cool;Mark W. Geraci;Jun Wang

  • Exuberant endothelial cell growth and elements of inflammation are present in plexiform lesions of pulmonary hypertension.

    R. M. Tuder;B. Groves;D. B. Badesch;N. F. Voelkel

  • Right Heart Adaptation to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Physiology and Pathobiology

    Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf;François Haddad;Kelly M. Chin;Paul R. Forfia

  • Inhibition of the VEGF receptor 2 combined with chronic hypoxia causes cell death-dependent pulmonary endothelial cell proliferation and severe pulmonary hypertension

    Laimute Taraseviciene-Stewart;Yasunori Kasahara;Lori Alger;Peter Hirth

  • The Right Ventricle Under Pressure: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Right-Heart Failure in Pulmonary Hypertension

    Harm J. Bogaard;Kohtaro Abe;Anton Vonk Noordegraaf;Norbert F. Voelkel

  • Endothelial cell death and decreased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 in emphysema.

    Yasunori Kasahara;Rubin M. Tuder;Carlyne D. Cool;David A. Lynch

  • Inflammation, growth factors, and pulmonary vascular remodeling.

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

  • Inhibition of angiogenesis decreases alveolarization in the developing rat lung.

    Malathi Jakkula;Timothy D. Le Cras;Sarah Gebb;K. Peter Hirth

  • Increased gene expression for VEGF and the VEGF receptors KDR/Flk and Flt in lungs exposed to acute or to chronic hypoxia. Modulation of gene expression by nitric oxide.

    R M Tuder;B E Flook;N F Voelkel

  • Changes in gene expression in the intact human heart. Downregulation of alpha-myosin heavy chain in hypertrophied, failing ventricular myocardium.

    Brian D. Lowes;Wayne Minobe;William T. Abraham;Mona N. Rizeq

  • The inflammasome promotes adverse cardiac remodeling following acute myocardial infarction in the mouse

    Eleonora Mezzaroma;Stefano Toldo;Daniela Farkas;Ignacio M. Seropian

  • Expression of angiogenesis‐related molecules in plexiform lesions in severe pulmonary hypertension: evidence for a process of disordered angiogenesis

    Rubin M. Tuder;Mati Chacon;Lori Alger;Jun Wang

  • Chronic Pulmonary Artery Pressure Elevation Is Insufficient to Explain Right Heart Failure

    Harm J. Bogaard;Ramesh Natarajan;Scott C. Henderson;Carlin S. Long

  • Plasma and lipids from stored packed red blood cells cause acute lung injury in an animal model.

    C C Silliman;N F Voelkel;J D Allard;D J Elzi

  • Monoclonal endothelial cell proliferation is present in primary but not secondary pulmonary hypertension.

    S D Lee;K R Shroyer;N E Markham;C D Cool

  • Platelet-activating factor mediates hemodynamic changes and lung injury in endotoxin-treated rats.

    S W Chang;C O Feddersen;P M Henson;N F Voelkel

  • Treatment of newborn rats with a VEGF receptor inhibitor causes pulmonary hypertension and abnormal lung structure.

    Timothy D. Le Cras;Neil E. Markham;Rubin M. Tuder;Norbert F. Voelkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Rubin M. Tuder
Rubin M. Tuder University of Colorado Denver
Carlyne D. Cool
Carlyne D. Cool University of Colorado Denver
Antonio Abbate
Antonio Abbate University of Virginia
John T. Reeves
John T. Reeves University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
David B. Badesch
David B. Badesch University of Colorado Denver
Robert C. Murphy
Robert C. Murphy University of Colorado Denver
Kurt R. Stenmark
Kurt R. Stenmark University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Marlene Rabinovitch
Marlene Rabinovitch Stanford University
Ivan F. McMurtry
Ivan F. McMurtry University of South Alabama
Charles A. Dinarello
Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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