Fred Possmayer

12.7k citations

220 papers · 10.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 55

Impact in

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.1%
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.1%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms

Papers in

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 53
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep 53
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 143
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research 134
- Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery 44
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms 36

Co-authors: Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen Nils O. Petersen Kaushik Nag Shou-Hwa Yu Samuel Schürch Sandra Orgeig Paul G.R. Harding Mandeep Singh Bakshi
Journals: American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology (20 papers)Biochemical Journal (10 papers)Biophysical Journal (9 papers)Pediatric Research (7 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (6 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States India

In The Last Decade

Fred Possmayer

219 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

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The role of lipids in pulmonary surfactant 1998 · 597 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1998 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease

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1	Adaptation to low body temperature influences pulmonary surfactant composition thereby increasing fluidity while maintaining appropriately ordered membrane structure and surface activity Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Miriam Rosa Paron, Lynda McCaig, Hongcai Gao, Olga L. Ospina, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, James F. Staples, Fred Possmayer, Lijuan Yao, Jesús Pérez‐Gil, Sandra Orgeig	2012	53
2	Altered brain phospholipid and acylcarnitine profiles in propionic acid infused rodents: further development of a potential model of autism spectrum disorders Journal of Neurochemistry ·Raymond Thomas, Kelly A. Foley, Jennifer Mepham, Erik Pukinskis, Fred Possmayer, Derrick F. MacFabe	2010	100
3	Recent advances in alveolar biology: Some new looks at the alveolar interface Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology ·Fred Possmayer, Stephen B. Hall, Thomas Haller, Nils O. Petersen, Yi Y. Zuo, Jorge Bernardino de la Serna, Anthony D. Postle, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Sandra Orgeig	2010	45
4	Coping With the Cold: Effect of Hibernation on Pulmonary Surfactant in the Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel Biophysical Journal ·Fred Possmayer, Lynda McCaig, Lijuan Yao, Lin Zhao, James F. Staples, Sandra Orgeig, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen	2010	2
5	Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Functional and Dysfunctional Pulmonary Surfactant Films, II: Albumin-Inhibited Pulmonary Surfactant Films and the Effect of SP-A Biophysical Journal ·Yi Y. Zuo, Seyed Mohammad Tadayyon, Eleonora Keating, Lin Zhao, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Nils O. Petersen, Matthias Amrein, Fred Possmayer	2008	41
6	Metal Nanoparticle Pollutants Interfere with Pulmonary Surfactant Function In Vitro Biophysical Journal ·Mandeep Singh Bakshi, Lin Zhao, Laura Newsha Näther, Fred Possmayer, Nils O. Petersen	2007	128
7	Effect of Cholesterol on the Biophysical and Physiological Properties of a Clinical Pulmonary Surfactant Biophysical Journal ·Eleonora Keating, Chad E. Barrett, Alexandre Lachance, Anne Petersen, Fred Possmayer, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Nils O. Petersen	2007	72
8	Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine is not the major surfactant phospholipid species in all mammals American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology ·Katherine Delavenay, Anthony D. Postle, Sandra Orgeig, Fred Possmayer, Wolfgang Bernhard, Amiya Kumar Panda, Klaus D. Jürgens, William K. Milsom, Kaushik Nag, Christopher B. Daniels	2005	79
9	Phospholipid Metabolism in Lung Surfactant Sub-cellular biochemistry ·Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Fred Possmayer	2004	44
10	Comparison of inhibitory effects of oxygen radicals and calf serum protein on surfactant activity Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry ·誠司岡崎, 郭竞芳, Samuel Schürch, 昇多賀, Stephen Bjarnason, Stephen S. Leonard, W.E. Wallace, Fred Possmayer, Val Vallyathan	2004	14
11	Pulmonary Surfactant Protein-A (SP-A) Restores the Surface Properties of Surfactant after Oxidation by a Mechanism That Requires the Cys6 Interchain Disulfide Bond and the Phospholipid Binding Domain Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Karina Rodríguez-Capote, Francis X. McCormack, Fred Possmayer	2003	36
12	Surface activity in situ, in vivo, and in the captive bubble surfactometer Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Samuel Schürch, H Bachofen, Fred Possmayer	2001	81
13	Interactions of pulmonary surfactant protein SP-A with monolayers of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and cholesterol: roles of SP-A domains Journal of Lipid Research ·Shou-Hwa Yu, Francis X. McCormack, Dennis R. Voelker, Fred Possmayer	1999	22
14	Interaction of pulmonary surfactant protein A with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and cholesterol at the air/water interface Journal of Lipid Research ·Shou-Hwa Yu, Fred Possmayer	1998	32
15	The role of lipids in pulmonary surfactant Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease ·Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Kaushik Nag, Sandra Orgeig, Fred Possmayer Hit paper breakdown →	1998	597
16	Evaluation of Surfactant Treatment Strategies After Prolonged Graft Storage in Lung Transplantation American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·R J Novick, Katarina Gustavsson, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Feng Wan, S. Herfort, Sung Eun Wang, Fred Possmayer, H Deem, Lijuan Yao, И В Головко, James F. Lewis	1996	49
17	Surfactant Associated Protein-A Inhibits Human Lymphocyte Proliferation and IL-2 Production American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Paul Borron, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, J. F. Lewis, Fred Possmayer, Anita Caveney, Kevin Inchley, Robin G. McFadden, L. J. Fraher	1996	99
18	Altered Alveolar Surfactant Is an Early Marker of Acute Lung Injury in Septic Adult Sheep American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·J. F. Lewis, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Fred Possmayer, William J. Sibbald, Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Riad Qanbar, Lynda McCaig	1994	56
19	Surfactant analysis and replacement therapy: A future tool of the lung transplant surgeon? The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Richard J. Novick, Fred Possmayer, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Alan H. Menkis, Francine McKenzie	1991	26
20	Expression of mature pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B (SP-B) in Escherichia coli using truncated human SP-B cDNAs Biochemistry and Cell Biology ·Lijuan Yao, Carol L. Richardson, Carol M. Ford, Nagappan Mathialagan, George A. Mackie, Geoffrey L. Hammond, Paul G.R. Harding, Fred Possmayer	1990	4

About Fred Possmayer

Fred Possmayer is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 220 papers that have together received 10.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (134 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (53 papers), Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery (44 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (36 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (25 papers), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (18 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (17 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (2.6k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (6.6k citations), Biochemistry (485 citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (684 citations) and Cell Biology (710 citations). Fred Possmayer has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and India. Frequent co-authors include Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Nils O. Petersen, Kaushik Nag, Shou-Hwa Yu, Samuel Schürch, Sandra Orgeig, Paul G.R. Harding, Mandeep Singh Bakshi, Amanda M. Cockshutt and Yi Y. Zuo. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Biochemical Journal, Biophysical Journal, Pediatric Research and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

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