Sean Morony

18.8k citations

40 papers · 9.0k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 27

Impact in

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine top 0.2%
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Bone and Joint Diseases
Oncology top 0.2%
- Bone health and treatments
- Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions

Papers in

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 15
- Bone health and osteoporosis research 12
- Bone and Joint Diseases 3
Oncology 24
- Bone health and treatments 24

Co-authors: David L. Lacey Colin R. Dunstan Ildiko Sarosi Hong‐Lin Tan Paul J. Kostenuik Casey Capparelli W. Scott Simonet Gwyneth Van
Journals: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (5 papers)Journal of Applied Physiology (4 papers)Nature (3 papers)Bone (3 papers)Calcified Tissue International (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada South Korea

In The Last Decade

Sean Morony

39 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Sclerostin Antibody Treatment Increases Bone Formation, Bone Mass, and Bone Strength in a Rat Model of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis 2008 · 613 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.

2008 Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
2006 Nature
1999 Nature
1998 Genes & Development

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All Works

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1	Osteoprotegerin is an effective countermeasure for spaceflight-induced bone loss in mice Bone ·Shane Lloyd, Sean Morony, Virginia L. Ferguson, Steven J. Simske, Louis Stodieck, Kelly Warmington, Eric W. Livingston, David L. Lacey, Paul J. Kostenuik, Ted A. Bateman	2015	51
2	Generalized Degenerative Joint Disease in Osteoprotegerin ( Opg ) Null Mutant Mice Veterinary Pathology ·Brod Bolon, Mario Grisanti, Kelly S Villasenor, Sean Morony, Ulrich Feige, W. Scott Simonet	2015	16
3	Discovery of a Calcimimetic with Differential Effects on Parathyroid Hormone and Calcitonin Secretion Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·Charles M. Henley, Yuhua Yang, James M. Davis, Jenny Ying Lin Lu, Sean Morony, Wei Fan, Monica Florio, Banghua Sun, Edward Shatzen, James K. Pretorius, William G. Richards, David J. St. Jean, Christopher Fotsch, Jeff D. Reagan	2011	25
4	New Variants in the Enpp1 and Ptpn6 Genes Cause Low BMD, Crystal-Related Arthropathy, and Vascular Calcification Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·Philip Babij, Martine P. Roudier, Tom Graves, Chun-Ya Han, Mark Chhoa, Chi-Ming Li, Todd Juan, Sean Morony, Mario Grisanti, Xiaodong Li, Longchuan Yu, Denise Dwyer, David J. Lloyd, Michael Bass, William G. Richards, Christine Ebeling, Julie Amato, George A. Carlson	2009	35
5	Sclerostin Antibody Treatment Increases Bone Formation, Bone Mass, and Bone Strength in a Rat Model of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·Xiaodong Li, Michael S. Ominsky, Kelly Warmington, Sean Morony, Jianhua Gong, Jin Cao, Yongming Gao, Victoria Shalhoub, Barbara Tipton, Raj Haldankar, Qing Chen, Aaron Winters, T. Boone, Zhaopo Geng, Qing‐Tian Niu, Hua Zhu Ke, Paul J. Kostenuik, W. Scott Simonet, David L. Lacey, Chris Pászty Hit paper breakdown →	2008	613
6	Effects of spaceflight on murine skeletal muscle gene expression Journal of Applied Physiology ·David L. Allen, Eric R. Bandstra, Brooke C. Harrison, Seiha Thorng, Louis Stodieck, Paul J. Kostenuik, Sean Morony, David L. Lacey, Timothy G. Hammond, Leslie A. Leinwand, W. Scott Argraves, Ted A. Bateman, Jeremy L. Barth	2008	181
7	Soluble RANKL Induces High Bone Turnover and Decreases Bone Volume, Density, and Strength in Mice Calcified Tissue International ·Shane Lloyd, Y. Y. Yuan, Paul J. Kostenuik, Michael S. Ominsky, Anthony G. Lau, Sean Morony, Marina Stolina, Frank Asuncion, Ted A. Bateman	2008	61
8	Skeletal deterioration induced by RANKL infusion: a model for high-turnover bone disease Osteoporosis International ·Y. Y. Yuan, Paul J. Kostenuik, Michael S. Ominsky, Sean Morony, Stephen Adamu, Dan Simionescu, Dina M. Basalyga, Frank Asuncion, T. A. Bateman	2007	25
9	Atherogenic Phospholipids Attenuate Osteogenic Signaling by BMP-2 and Parathyroid Hormone in Osteoblasts Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michael Huang, Sean Morony, Jinxiu Lu, Zina Zhang, Olga Bezouglaia, Wendy Tseng, Sotirios Tetradis, Linda L. Demer, Yin Tintut	2007	44
10	Inhibition of RANKL blocks skeletal tumor progression and improves survival in a mouse model of breast cancer bone metastasis Clinical & Experimental Metastasis ·Jude Canon, Martine P. Roudier, R.J. Bryant, Sean Morony, Marina Stolina, Paul J. Kostenuik, William C. Dougall	2007	154
11	Regulation of cancer cell migration and bone metastasis by RANKL Nature ·D. Holstead Jones, Tomoki Nakashima, Otto Sánchez, I. Kozieradzki, Svetlana V. Komarova, Ildiko Sarosi, Sean Morony, Evelyn Rubin, Renu Sarao, Carlo Hojilla, Vukoslav Komnenovic, Young‐Yun Kong, Martin Schreiber, S. Jeffrey Dixon, Stephen M. Sims, Rama Khokha, Teiji Wada, Josef Penninger Hit paper breakdown →	2006	601
12	The Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κB Ligand Inhibitor Osteoprotegerin Is a Bone-Protective Agent in a Rat Model of Chronic Renal Insufficiency and Hyperparathyroidism Calcified Tissue International ·J. Padagas, M. Colloton, Victoria Shalhoub, Paul Kostenuik, Sean Morony, L. Munyakazi, M. Guo, D. Gianneschi, Edward Shatzen, Zhaopo Geng, Hong‐Lin Tan, Colin R. Dunstan, David L. Lacey, David P. Martin	2005	23
13	The Inhibition of RANKL Causes Greater Suppression of Bone Resorption and Hypercalcemia Compared with Bisphosphonates in Two Models of Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy Endocrinology ·Sean Morony, Kelly Warmington, Stephen Adamu, Frank Asuncion, Zhaopo Geng, Mario Grisanti, Hong Tan, Casey Capparelli, Charlie Starnes, Bernadette Weimann, Colin R. Dunstan, Paul J. Kostenuik	2005	82
14	Gene therapy with human recombinant osteoprotegerin reverses established osteopenia in ovariectomized mice Bone ·Paul J. Kostenuik, Brad Bolon, Sean Morony, Mark Daris, Zhaopo Geng, Christopher Carter, Jackie Sheng	2004	66
15	Skeletal muscle adaptations to microgravity exposure in the mouse Journal of Applied Physiology ·Brooke C. Harrison, David L. Allen, B. Girten, Louis Stodieck, Paul J. Kostenuik, T. A. Bateman, Sean Morony, David L. Lacey, Leslie A. Leinwand	2003	74
16	Osteoprotegerin, an endogenous antiosteoclast factor for protecting bone in rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis & Rheumatism ·Brad Bolon, Victoria Shalhoub, Paul J. Kostenuik, Giuseppe Campagnuolo, Sean Morony, William J. Boyle, Debra Zack, Ulrich Feige	2002	35
17	Adenoviral Delivery of Osteoprotegerin Ameliorates Bone Resorption in a Mouse Ovariectomy Model of Osteoporosis Molecular Therapy ·Brad Bolon, Christopher Carter, Mark Daris, Sean Morony, Casey Capparelli, Angela Hsieh, Mingfu Mao, Paul J. Kostenuik, Colin R. Dunstan, David L. Lacey, Jackie Sheng	2001	85
18	Osteoprotegerin Reverses Osteoporosis by Inhibiting Endosteal Osteoclasts and Prevents Vascular Calcification by Blocking a Process Resembling Osteoclastogenesis The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Hosung Min, Sean Morony, Ildiko Sarosi, Colin R. Dunstan, Casey Capparelli, Sheila Scully, Gwyneth Van, Steve Kaufman, Paul J. Kostenuik, David L. Lacey, William J. Boyle, W. Scott Simonet	2000	439
19	OPGL is a key regulator of osteoclastogenesis, lymphocyte development and lymph-node organogenesis Nature ·Young‐Yun Kong, Hiroki Yoshida, Ildiko Sarosi, Hong‐Lin Tan, Emma Timms, Casey Capparelli, Sean Morony, Antonio Oliveira-dos-Santos, Gwyneth Van, Annick Itié, Wilson Khoo, Andrew Wakeham, Colin R. Dunstan, David L. Lacey, Tak W. Mak, William J. Boyle, Josef Penninger Hit paper breakdown →	1999	2748
20	osteoprotegerin-deficient mice develop early onset osteoporosis and arterial calcification Genes & Development ·Nathan Bucay, Ildiko Sarosi, Colin R. Dunstan, Sean Morony, J E Tarpley, C. Capparelli, Sheila Scully, Hong‐Lin Tan, Weili Xu, David L. Lacey, W. J. Boyle, W. Scott Simonet Hit paper breakdown →	1998	1975

About Sean Morony

Sean Morony is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Oncology, Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology, having authored 40 papers that have together received 9.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (31 papers), Bone health and treatments (24 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (12 papers), Spaceflight effects on biology (5 papers), Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (4 papers), Bone and Dental Protein Studies (3 papers), Bone and Joint Diseases (3 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (2.3k citations), Oncology (5.0k citations), Molecular Biology (6.4k citations), Nephrology (639 citations) and Cancer Research (1.3k citations). Sean Morony has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include David L. Lacey, Colin R. Dunstan, Ildiko Sarosi, Hong‐Lin Tan, Paul J. Kostenuik, Casey Capparelli, W. Scott Simonet, Gwyneth Van, C. Capparelli and Sheila Scully. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Journal of Applied Physiology, Nature, Bone and Calcified Tissue International.

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