Michael Morcos

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Morcos is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Aging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Morcos has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Clinical Biochemistry, 10 papers in Aging and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Morcos's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (10 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (10 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers). Michael Morcos is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (10 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (10 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers). Michael Morcos collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Portugal. Michael Morcos's co-authors include Peter P. Nawroth, Angelika Bierhaus, Per M. Humpert, Thoralf Wendt, David M. Stern, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Bernd Arnold, Gottfried Rudofsky, Maximilian von Eynatten and Jutta M. Wolf and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Diabetes Care and Kidney International.

In The Last Decade

Michael Morcos

39 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Understanding RAGE, the receptor for advanced glycation end products

2005 1.0k citations Angelika Bierhaus, Per M. Humpert et al. profile →
A mechanism converting psychosocial stress into mononuclear cell activation

2003 692 citations Angelika Bierhaus, Per M. Humpert et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A central role of nutrition in cognitive function among primary school children: a cross-sectional analysis 2025 ·BMC Nutrition ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Morcos, (unknown), Rickard Öste, Erhard Siegel, Per M. Humpert	0
2	Impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on the anthropometric development in primary school children in the Rhein-Neckar Region, Germany 2024 ·BMC Nutrition ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Morcos, (unknown), Rickard Öste, Erhard Siegel, Per M. Humpert	2
3	The effect of GLP-1 receptor agonist lixisenatide on experimental diabetic retinopathy 2023 ·Acta Diabetologica ·(unknown), M Kolibabka, Johann Gassenhuber, Nadine Dietrich, Thomas Fleming, Andrea Schlotterer, Michael Morcos, Paulus Wohlfart, Hans‐Peter Hammes	10
4	Treatment of Severe Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction and Mitral Regurgitation With Alcohol Septal Ablation 2022 ·CASE ·Michael Morcos, (unknown), John C. Messenger, Edward A. Gill	1
5	Kidney injury as post-interventional complication of TAVI 2020 ·Clinical Research in Cardiology ·Michael Morcos, Christof Burgdorf, (unknown), Felix Mahfoud, Joerg Latus, Pontus B. Persson, Vedat Schwenger, Andrew Remppis	5
6	Plate-based Large-scale Cultivation of <em>Caenorhabditis elegans</em>: Sample Preparation for the Study of Metabolic Alterations in Diabetes 2018 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·(unknown), Thomas Fleming, (unknown), Hans‐Peter Hammes, Michael Morcos, Andrea Schlotterer	5
7	Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1, p53, and thioredoxin are linked in control of aging inC. elegans 2010 ·Aging Cell ·Andreas Schlotterer, Andreas Hamann, G Kukudov, Youssef Ibrahim, (unknown), Farastuk Bozorgmehr, Michael Pfeiffer, Harald Hutter, David M. Stern, Xueliang Du, Michael Brownlee, Angelika Bierhaus, Peter P. Nawroth, Michael Morcos	22
8	Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers after renal transplantation 2009 ·Clinical Transplantation ·Christian Morath, Bruno M. Schmied, Arianeb Mehrabi, Jürgen Weitz, J. Schmidt, (unknown), Matthias Büchler, Michael Morcos, PP Nawroth, Vedat Schwenger, (unknown), Gerhard Opelz, Martin Zeier	5
9	Simultaneous pancreas–kidney transplantation in type 1 diabetes 2009 ·Clinical Transplantation ·Christian Morath, Bruno M. Schmied, Arianeb Mehrabi, Jürgen Weitz, Jan Schmidt, Jacob Werner, Matthias Büchler, Michael Morcos, PP Nawroth, Vedat Schwenger, (unknown), Gerhard Opelz, Martin Zeier	21
10	External Electric Muscle Stimulation Improves Burning Sensations and Sleeping Disturbances in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Symptomatic Neuropathy 2009 ·Pain Medicine ·Per M. Humpert, Michael Morcos, Dimitrios Oikonomou, (unknown), A. Hamann, Angelika Bierhaus, Tobias Schilling, Peter P. Nawroth	19
11	Rosiglitazone Reduces Angiotensin II and Advanced Glycation End Product-dependent Sustained Nuclear Factor-κB Activation in Cultured Human Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells 2008 ·Hormone and Metabolic Research ·Michael Morcos, Andrea Schlotterer, (unknown), G Kukudov, (unknown), Yasmine Ibrahim, Friederike Pfisterer, Jochen G. Schneider, Farastuk Bozorgmehr, Gottfried Rudofsky, Vedat Schwenger, (unknown), A. Hamann, Martin Zeier, Klaus A. Dugi, Benito Yard, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Angelika Bierhaus	25
12	Thymoquinone decreases AGE‐induced NF‐κB activation in proximal tubular epithelial cells 2007 ·Phytotherapy Research ·Ahmed Amir Radwan Sayed, Michael Morcos	37
13	Soluble RAGE but not endogenous secretory RAGE is associated with albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes 2007 ·Cardiovascular Diabetology ·Per M. Humpert, Zdenka Djuric, Stefan Kopf, Gottfried Rudofsky, Michael Morcos, Peter P. Nawroth, Angelika Bierhaus	101
14	A M55V Polymorphism in the SUMO4 Gene is Associated with a Reduced Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes 2007 ·Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes ·Gottfried Rudofsky, Andrea Schlotterer, Per M. Humpert, (unknown), Michael Morcos, (unknown), Angelika Bierhaus, A. Hamann	5
15	Improved Vascular Function upon Pioglitazone Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes is not Associated with Changes in Mononuclear NF-κB Binding Activity 2007 ·Hormone and Metabolic Research ·Gottfried Rudofsky, Péter Reismann, Ingo Grafe, Ilze Konrāde, Zdenka Djuric, (unknown), (unknown), Martha Zorn, Per M. Humpert, A. Hamann, Michael Morcos, Peter P. Nawroth, Angelika Bierhaus	9
16	Plasma sRAGE Is Independently Associated With Urinary Albumin Excretion in Type 2 Diabetes 2006 ·Diabetes Care ·Per M. Humpert, Stefan Kopf, Zdenka Djuric, Thoralf Wendt, Michael Morcos, Peter P. Nawroth, Angelika Bierhaus	37
17	Evidence of Left Ventricular Contractile Asynchrony by Echocardiographic Phase Imaging in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Without Clinically Evident Heart Disease 2006 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Grigorios Korosoglou, Per M. Humpert, (unknown), Raffi Bekeredjian, Arthur Filusch, Sebastian J. Buss, Michael Morcos, Angelika Bierhaus, Hugo A. Katus, Peter P. Nawroth, Helmut F. Kuecherer	27
18	Orale Diabetestherapie 2004 ·Der Internist ·A. Hamann, Michael Morcos, Peter P. Nawroth	1
19	Effect of α-lipoic acid on the progression of endothelial cell damage and albuminuria in patients with diabetes mellitus: an exploratory study 2001 ·Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice ·Michael Morcos, Valentin Borcea, Berend Isermann, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stephan Schiekofer, M. Hofmann, Jean Amiral, Hans Tritschler, R. Ziegler, Peter Wahl, Peter P. Nawroth	86
20	Peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from patients with diabetic nephropathy show increased activation of the oxidative-stress sensitive transcription factor NF-kB 1999 ·Diabetologia ·M. Hofmann, Stephan Schiekofer, Berend Isermann, Michael Kanitz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Morcos, Thomas G. Weiss, Valentin Borcea, (unknown), Jean Amiral, Hans Tritschler, Eberhard Ritz, Peter Wahl, R. Ziegler, Angelika Bierhaus, Peter P. Nawroth	154

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