Nicholas Morton
Personal Chair of Molecular Metabolism
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The Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh BioQuarter
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- Edinburgh
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Research summary
I am interested in how our genes predipose us to, or protect us from, the adverse metabolic effects of the modern "obesogenic lifestyle". I believe understanding the intrinsic mechanisms that allow some people to remain lean, healthy and age successfully despite the "onslaught of plenty" will illuminate new therapeutic avenues for metabolic dysfunction and its associated diseases.https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_2ke22jg1
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Genomic loci mispositioning in Tmem120a knockout mice yields latent lipodystrophy
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Nature Communications
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The Hepatic Compensatory Response to Elevated Systemic Sulfide Promotes Diabetes
In:
Cell Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109958
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Glucocorticoids regulate mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in fetal cardiomyocytes
In:
Journal of Physiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1113/JP281860
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Altered hypothalamic DNA methylation and stress-induced hyperactivity following early life stress
In:
Epigenetics and Chromatin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-021-00405-8
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JMJD6 promotes self-renewal and regenerative capacity of hematopoietic stem cells
(11 pages)
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Blood Advances, vol. 5, pp. 889-899
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002702
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A human pluripotent stem cell model for the analysis of metabolic dysfunction in hepatic steatosis
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iScience, vol. 24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101931
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Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 Releasing Particles Enhance Islet Engraftment and Improve Metabolic Control Following Islet Transplantation in Mice with Diabetes
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American Journal of Transplantation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16488
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Mitochondrial bioenergetic deficits in C9orf72 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis motor neurons cause dysfunctional axonal homeostasis
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Acta Neuropathologica
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-020-02252-5
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Osteoblast-specific deficiency of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase or phosphodiesterase-1 engenders insulin resistance in high-fat diet fed mice
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Journal of Cellular Physiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.30194
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Ablation of Enpp6 results in transient bone hypomineralization
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JBMR Plus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm4.10439
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PHOSPHO1 is a skeletal regulator of insulin resistance and obesity
(20 pages)
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BMC Biology, vol. 18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00880-7
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Substrate utilisation by brown adipose tissue: what’s hot and what’s not?
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Frontiers in Endocrinology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2020.571659
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Enhanced axonal response of mitochondria to demyelination offers neuroprotection: Implications for multiple sclerosis
(24 pages)
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Acta Neuropathologica, vol. 140, pp. 143–167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-020-02179-x
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Bone marrow adipose tissue is a unique adipose subtype with distinct roles in glucose homeostasis
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Nature Communications, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16878-2
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Tst gene mediates protection against palmitate-induced inflammation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.014
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Strain-specificity in the hydrogen sulphide signalling network following dietary restriction in recombinant inbred mice
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GeroScience
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-020-00168-2
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Human umbilical cord perivascular cells improve human pancreatic islet transplant function by increasing vascularization
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Science Translational Medicine, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aan5907
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Repurposing dichloroacetate for the treatment of women with endometriosis
(3 pages)
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 116, pp. 25389-25391
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1916144116
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The genetic underpinnings of obesity
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Current opinion in physiology, vol. 12, pp. 57-64
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cophys.2019.10.008
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Osteocalcin Regulates Arterial Calcification via Altered Wnt Signalling and Glucose Metabolism
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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.3888
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)