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Rory E. Morty

Rory E. Morty

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
54
Citations
7832
World Ranking
2347
National Ranking
156

Overview

Rory E. Morty is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, focusing extensively on medical research within pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research spans mainly within the broad field of Medicine, with particular specialization in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Other subfields include Surgery, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Major research topics addressed by Morty encompass:

  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Rory E. Morty's frequently published research appears in several scientific venues, primarily:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Thorax
  • Frontiers in Medicine
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Selected recent papers include:

  • "MSC Based Therapies-New Perspectives for the Injured Lung", 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Severe organising pneumonia following COVID-19", 2020, Thorax
  • "Multilineage murine stem cells generate complex organoids to model distal lung development and disease", 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "Sfrp1 inhibits lung fibroblast invasion during transition to injury-induced myofibroblasts", 2024, European Respiratory Journal
  • "Capillary Changes Precede Disordered Alveolarization in a Mouse Model of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia", 2021, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Morty has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Werner Seeger
  • Susanne Herold
  • István Vadász
  • Claudio Nardiello
  • Despoina Myti

Best Publications

  • Two-Way Conversion between Lipogenic and Myogenic Fibroblastic Phenotypes Marks the Progression and Resolution of Lung Fibrosis

    Elie El Agha;Alena Moiseenko;Vahid Kheirollahi;Stijn De Langhe

  • Impact of TASK-1 in Human Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells

    Andrea Olschewski;Yingji Li;Bi Tang;Jörg Hanze

  • Enolase-1 promotes plasminogen-mediated recruitment of monocytes to the acutely inflamed lung.

    Malgorzata Wygrecka;Leigh M. Marsh;Rory E. Morty;Ingrid Henneke

  • Activation of the WNT/β-catenin pathway attenuates experimental emphysema.

    Nikolaus Kneidinger;Ali Önder Yildirim;Jens Callegari;Shinji Takenaka

  • Dysregulated Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling in Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    Rory E. Morty;Bozena Nejman;Grazyna Kwapiszewska;Matthias Hecker

  • MSC Based Therapies-New Perspectives for the Injured Lung.

    Judith Behnke;Sarah Kremer;Tayyab Shahzad;Cho-Ming Chao

  • TGF-β directs trafficking of the epithelial sodium channel ENaC which has implications for ion and fluid transport in acute lung injury

    Dorothea M Peters;István Vadász;Lukasz Wujak;Malgorzata Wygrecka

  • Influenza Virus Infects Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells of the Distal Lung: Impact on Fgfr2b-Driven Epithelial Repair.

    Jennifer Quantius;Carole Schmoldt;Ana I. Vazquez-Armendariz;Christin Becker

  • Looking ahead: where to next for animal models of bronchopulmonary dysplasia?

    Unknown

  • TGF‐β signaling is dynamically regulated during the alveolarization of rodent and human lungs

    Miguel A. Alejandre-Alcázar;Matthias Michiels-Corsten;Alfin G. Vicencio;Alfin G. Vicencio;Irwin Reiss

  • Chalcone, acyl hydrazide, and related amides kill cultured Trypanosoma brucei brucei.

    Linda Troeberg;Xiaowu Chen;Terrence M. Flaherty;Rory E. Morty

  • Increased protein arginine methylation in chronic hypoxia: role of protein arginine methyltransferases.

    Ali O. Yildirim;Patrick Bulau;Dariusz Zakrzewicz;Kamila E. Kitowska

  • Oligopeptidase B from Trypanosoma brucei, a new member of an emerging subgroup of serine oligopeptidases.

    Rory E. Morty;John D. Lonsdale-Eccles;Jennifer Morehead;Elisabet V. Caler

  • The Extracellular Matrix in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Target and Source

    Unknown

  • Oligopeptidase B from Trypanosoma evansi A PARASITE PEPTIDASE THAT INACTIVATES ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR IN THE BLOODSTREAM OF INFECTED HOSTS

    Rory E. Morty;Roger Pellé;István Vadász;Graciela L. Uzcanga

  • Recent advances in the pathogenesis of BPD.

    Unknown

  • Endothelin-1 Inhibits Background Two-Pore Domain Channel TASK-1 in Primary Human Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells

    Bi Tang;Yingji Li;Chandran Nagaraj;Rory E. Morty

  • Carbon monoxide rapidly impairs alveolar fluid clearance by inhibiting epithelial sodium channels.

    Mike Althaus;Martin Fronius;Yasmin Buchäckert;István Vadász

  • Trypanosome-Derived Oligopeptidase B Is Released into the Plasma of Infected Rodents, Where It Persists and Retains Full Catalytic Activity

    Unknown

  • Hyperoxia modulates TGF-βVBMP signaling in a mouse model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

    Miguel A. Alejandre-Alcazar;Grazyna Kwapiszewska;Irwin Reiss;Oana V. Amarie

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner Seeger
Werner Seeger University of Giessen
Susanne Herold
Susanne Herold University of Giessen
Saverio Bellusci
Saverio Bellusci University of Giessen
Oliver Eickelberg
Oliver Eickelberg University of Pittsburgh
Ralph T. Schermuly
Ralph T. Schermuly University of Giessen
Norbert Weissmann
Norbert Weissmann University of Giessen
Friedrich Grimminger
Friedrich Grimminger University of Giessen
Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani
Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani University of Giessen
Jacob I. Sznajder
Jacob I. Sznajder Northwestern University
Thomas Braun
Thomas Braun Max Planck Society

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