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Thomas M. Stulnig is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a particular focus on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes and Associated Disorders
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Global perspective of familial hypercholesterolaemia: a cross-sectional study from the EAS Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Studies Collaboration (FHSC)," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Worldwide experience of homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: retrospective cohort study," 2022, The Lancet
  • "Safety and efficacy of avalglucosidase alfa versus alglucosidase alfa in patients with late-onset Pompe disease (COMET): a phase 3, randomised, multicentre trial," 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • "Diabetes and COVID-19," 2020, Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
  • "COVID-19 fatality prediction in people with diabetes and prediabetes using a simple score upon hospital admission," 2020, Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Frequent coauthors of Thomas M. Stulnig include:

  • Hermann Toplak
  • Martin Clodi
  • Christoph Ebenbichler
  • Kausik K. Ray
  • Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

The scientist often publishes in a variety of journals, the most frequent of which are:

  • Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
  • Atherosclerosis
  • The Lancet
  • Viruses
  • Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Best Publications

  • The TSC-mTOR Signaling Pathway Regulates the Innate Inflammatory Response

    Thomas Weichhart;Giuseppina Costantino;Marko Poglitsch;Margit Rosner

  • Association of serum antibodies to heat-shock protein 65 with carotid atherosclerosis.

    Q. Xu;G. Wick;J. Willeit;M. Marosi

  • Human adipose tissue macrophages are of an anti-inflammatory phenotype but capable of excessive pro-inflammatory mediator production

    M Zeyda;D Farmer;J Todoric;O Aszmann

  • EU-wide cross-sectional observational study of lipid-modifying therapy use in secondary and primary care: the DA VINCI study

    Kausik K Ray;Bart Molemans;W Marieke Schoonen;Periklis Giovas

  • Polyunsaturated eicosapentaenoic acid displaces proteins from membrane rafts by altering raft lipid composition.

    Thomas M. Stulnig;Joakim Huber;Norbert Leitinger;Esther-Maria Imre

  • Obesity, Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance – A Mini-Review

    Maximilian Zeyda;Thomas M. Stulnig

  • CC Chemokine and CC Chemokine Receptor Profiles in Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Are Altered in Human Obesity

    Joakim Huber;Florian W. Kiefer;Maximilian Zeyda;Bernhard Ludvik

  • Adipose tissue inflammation induced by high-fat diet in obese diabetic mice is prevented by n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

    J. Todoric;J. Todoric;M. Löffler;M. Löffler;J. Huber;M. Bilban

  • Adipose tissue macrophages.

    Maximilian Zeyda;Thomas M. Stulnig

  • Early nutrition and immunity – progress and perspectives

    Philip C. Calder;Susanne Krauss-Etschmann;Esther C. de Jong;Christophe Dupont

  • Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Inhibit T Cell Signal Transduction by Modification of Detergent-insoluble Membrane Domains

    Thomas M. Stulnig;Markus Berger;Thomas Sigmund;Daniel Raederstorff

  • Activated Liver X Receptors Stimulate Adipocyte Differentiation through Induction of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Expression

    Jong Bae Seo;Hyang Mi Moon;Woo Sik Kim;Yun Sok Lee

  • Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein links innate immune cell activation with adaptive immunity via a Toll-like receptor-4–dependent mechanism

    Marcus D. Säemann;Thomas Weichhart;Maximilian Zeyda;Günther Staffler

  • Long-chain n−3 PUFAs reduce adipose tissue and systemic inflammation in severely obese nondiabetic patients: a randomized controlled trial

    Bianca K Itariu;Maximilian Zeyda;Eva E Hochbrugger;Angelika Neuhofer

  • Immunomodulation by polyunsaturated fatty acids: mechanisms and effects.

    Thomas M Stulnig

  • The PNPLA3 I148M variant modulates the fibrogenic phenotype of human hepatic stellate cells.

    Francesca Virginia Bruschi;Thierry Claudel;Matteo Tardelli;Alessandra Caligiuri

  • Estrogen-dependent and C-C chemokine receptor-2–dependent pathways determine osteoclast behavior in osteoporosis

    Nikolaus B Binder;Birgit Niederreiter;Oskar Hoffmann;Richard Stange

  • Impaired local production of proresolving lipid mediators in obesity and 17-HDHA as a potential treatment for obesity-associated inflammation.

    Angelika Neuhofer;Maximilian Zeyda;Daniel Mascher;Bianca K. Itariu

  • LAT Displacement from Lipid Rafts as a Molecular Mechanism for the Inhibition of T Cell Signaling by Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

    Maximilian Zeyda;Gunther Staffler;Vaclav Horejsi;Werner Waldhausl

  • Neutralization of osteopontin inhibits obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance.

    Florian W. Kiefer;Maximilian Zeyda;Karina Gollinger;Birgit Pfau

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard J. Zlabinger
Gerhard J. Zlabinger Medical University of Vienna
Werner Waldhäusl
Werner Waldhäusl Medical University of Vienna
Martin Bilban
Martin Bilban Medical University of Vienna
Michael Marberger
Michael Marberger Medical University of Vienna
Georg Wick
Georg Wick Innsbruck Medical University
Hannes Stockinger
Hannes Stockinger Medical University of Vienna
Dieter Maurer
Dieter Maurer Medical University of Vienna
Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Jan-Åke Gustafsson University of Houston
Oswald Wagner
Oswald Wagner Medical University of Vienna
Walter Knapp
Walter Knapp University of Vienna

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