Nicholas M. Morton

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

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Nicholas M. Morton is a scholar working on Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas M. Morton has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Physiology, 28 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas M. Morton's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (24 papers) and Apelin-related biomedical research (11 papers). Nicholas M. Morton is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (26 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (24 papers) and Apelin-related biomedical research (11 papers). Nicholas M. Morton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Slovenia. Nicholas M. Morton's co-authors include Jonathan R. Seckl, John J. Mullins, Jeffrey S. Flier, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Hiroshi Shinyama, J. Paterson, Valur Emilsson, Michael A. Cawthorne, Megan C. Holmes and Yong-Ling Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas M. Morton

84 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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A Transgenic Model of Visceral Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

2001 1.4k citations Hiroaki Masuzaki, J. Paterson et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mitochondrial dysfunction and mitophagy blockade contribute to renal osteodystrophy in chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder 2025 ·Kidney International ·(unknown), Louise A. Stephen, Kanchan Phadwal, Scott Dillon, Roderick Carter, Nicholas M. Morton, Ineke Luijten, Katie Emelianova, Anish K. Amin, Vicky E. MacRae, Tom C. Freeman, Yu-Juei Hsu, Katherine Staines, Colin Farquharson	5
2	ATP-binding cassette family C member 1 constrains metabolic responses to high-fat diet in male mice 2024 ·Journal of Endocrinology ·Elisa Villalobos, (unknown), Ruth Morgan, (unknown), (unknown), Joanna Simpson, Natalie Homer, Dominic Kurian, (unknown), Rachel Kline, Thomas M. Wishart, Nicholas M. Morton, Roland H. Stimson, Ruth Andrew, Brian R. Walker, Mark Nixon	1
3	Preneoplastic cells switch to Warburg metabolism from their inception exposing multiple vulnerabilities for targeted elimination 2024 ·Oncogenesis ·Henna Myllymäki, (unknown), (unknown), Roderick N. Carter, Jeanette A. Johansson, (unknown), Justyna Cholewa-Waclaw, Nicholas M. Morton, Yi Feng	4
4	Deletion of Hsd11b1 suppresses caloric restriction-induced bone marrow adiposity in male but not female mice 2024 ·Journal of Endocrinology ·(unknown), Karla J. Suchacki, (unknown), Richard J. Sulston, Robert Wallace, Benjamin J. Thomas, (unknown), (unknown), Gavin J. Macpherson, Nicholas M. Morton, Natalie Homer, Karen E. Chapman, William P. Cawthorn	2
5	Thiosulfate Sulfurtransferase Deficiency Promotes Oxidative Distress in Cerebral Prefrontal Cortex 2023 ·Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·Yang Luo, Laurent Châtre, (unknown), (unknown), Matthew R. Groves, Nicholas M. Morton, Amalia M. Dolga, Harry van Goor	1
6	The effects of caloric restriction on adipose tissue and metabolic health are sex- and age-dependent 2023 ·eLife ·Karla J. Suchacki, Benjamin J. Thomas, (unknown), (unknown), Claire Fyfe, Adriana Tavares, Richard J. Sulston, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Domenico Mattiucci, (unknown), Carlos J. Alcaide‐Corral, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Gillian A. Gray, Phillip D. Whitfield, Roland H. Stimson, Nicholas M. Morton, Alexandra M. Johnstone, William P. Cawthorn	40
7	Large scale phenotype imputation and in vivo functional validation implicate ADAMTS14 as an adiposity gene 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Katherine A. Kentistou, Jian’an Luan, Laura B. L. Wittemans, Catherine Hambly, Lucija Klarić, Zoltán Kutalik, John R. Speakman, Nicholas J. Wareham, Timothy J. Kendall, Claudia Langenberg, James F. Wilson, Peter K. Joshi, Nicholas M. Morton	2
8	The serotonin transporter sustains human brown adipose tissue thermogenesis 2023 ·Nature Metabolism ·Karla J. Suchacki, Lynne Ramage, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Calum Gray, Gillian Macnaught, DK Patel, Alison Fletcher, Joanna Simpson, Roderick N. Carter, Robert K. Semple, Natalie Homer, Nicholas M. Morton, Edwin J.R. van Beek, Sonia J. Wakelin, Roland H. Stimson	17
9	Genetic variants of the hypoxia‐inducible factor 3 alpha subunit (Hif3a) gene in the Fat and Lean mouse selection lines 2022 ·Molecular Biology Reports ·(unknown), Martín Simón, Nicholas M. Morton, Santosh S. Atanur, Janez Konc, Peter Dovč, Simon Horvat, Tanja Kunej	3
10	Genome-wide screening for genetic variants in polyadenylation signal (PAS) sites in mouse selection lines for fatness and leanness 2022 ·Mammalian Genome ·Martín Simón, (unknown), Nicholas M. Morton, Santosh S. Atanur, Janez Konc, Simon Horvat, Tanja Kunej	2
11	A human pluripotent stem cell model for the analysis of metabolic dysfunction in hepatic steatosis 2020 ·iScience ·Matthew C. Sinton, Jose Meseguer-Ripolles, Baltasar Lucendo‐Villarin, (unknown), John P. Thomson, Roderick N. Carter, Marcus J. Lyall, Paul D. Walker, Alpesh Thakker, Richard R. Meehan, Gareth G. Lavery, Nicholas M. Morton, Christian Ludwig, Daniel A. Tennant, David C. Hay, Amanda J. Drake	20
12	Human umbilical cord perivascular cells improve human pancreatic islet transplant function by increasing vascularization 2020 ·Science Translational Medicine ·Shareen Forbes, Andrew Bond, (unknown), Paul S. Burgoyne, Kay Samuel, June Noble, (unknown), (unknown), Neil McGowan, Philip Starkey Lewis, Alasdair R. Fraser, Joanne C. Mountford, Roderick N. Carter, Nicholas M. Morton, Marc L. Turner, Gerard J. Graham, John Campbell	42
13	Substrate Utilization by Brown Adipose Tissue: What’s Hot and What’s Not? 2020 ·Frontiers in Endocrinology ·(unknown), Nicholas M. Morton, Roland H. Stimson	47
14	The long non-coding RNA Cerox1 is a post transcriptional regulator of mitochondrial complex I catalytic activity 2019 ·eLife ·Tamara Sirey, Kenny Roberts, Wilfried Haerty, Oscar C. Bedoya-Reina, Sebastian Rogatti, Jennifer Y. Tan, (unknown), Lisa C. Heather, Roderick N. Carter, Sarah Cooper, Andrew J. Finch, Jimi Wills, Nicholas M. Morton, Ana Claudia Marques, Chris P. Ponting	54
15	Bioenergetic status modulates motor neuron vulnerability and pathogenesis in a zebrafish model of spinal muscular atrophy 2017 ·PLoS Genetics ·Penelope J Boyd, (unknown), Hannah K. Shorrock, Ewout J. N. Groen, Roderick N. Carter, Rachael A. Powis, (unknown), Derek Thomson, Laura C. Graham, (unknown), Thomas M. Wishart, J. Robin Highley, Nicholas M. Morton, Thomas Becker, Catherina G. Becker, Paul R. Heath, Thomas H. Gillingwater	72
16	Optimal Elevation of β-Cell 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Is a Compensatory Mechanism That Prevents High-Fat Diet–Induced β-Cell Failure 2012 ·Diabetes ·Sophie Turban, Xiaoxia Liu, Lynne Ramage, Scott P. Webster, Brian R. Walker, Donald R. Dunbar, John J. Mullins, Jonathan R. Seckl, Nicholas M. Morton	23
17	Urocortin 3 transgenic mice exhibit a metabolically favourable phenotype resisting obesity and insulin resistance on a high fat diet 2009 ·Pauline Jamieson, Mark E. Cleasby, Nicholas M. Morton, Paul Kelly, (unknown), David G. Brownstein, Jonathan R. Seckl, Wylie Vale	1
18	Obesity and corticosteroids: 11β-Hydroxysteroid type 1 as a cause and therapeutic target in metabolic disease 2009 ·Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology ·Nicholas M. Morton	129
19	Reduced intra-adipose glucocorticoid regeneration: A novel adaptive response to, and therapy for, the metabolic syndrome 2003 ·Nicholas M. Morton, J. Paterson, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Megan C. Holmes, Bart Staels, Catherine Fiévet, (unknown), Jeffrey S. Flier, JJ Mullins, Jonathan R. Seckl	2
20	Transgenic amplification of glucocorticoid action in adipose tissue causes high blood pressure in mice 2003 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Hiroaki Masuzaki, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Christopher J. Kenyon, Joel K. Elmquist, Nicholas M. Morton, Janice M. Paterson, Hiroshi Shinyama, Matthew G.F. Sharp, Stewart Fleming, John J. Mullins, Jonathan R. Seckl, Jeffrey S. Flier	345

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