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List of works by Robert W O'Rourke

A model for gastric banding in the treatment of morbid obesity: the effect of chronic partial gastric outlet obstruction on esophageal physiology

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A non-cleavable mutant of Fas ligand does not prevent neutrophilic destruction of islet transplants.

scientific article published on May 2000

Adipocyte hypertrophy-hyperplasia balance contributes to weight loss after bariatric surgery.

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

Adipocytes promote pancreatic cancer cell proliferation via glutamine transfer

scientific article published on 7 June 2016

Adipose Tissue Dendritic Cells Are Independent Contributors to Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance.

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

Adipose tissue NK cells manifest an activated phenotype in human obesity

scientific article published on 05 September 2013

Adipose tissue fibrosis, hypertrophy, and hyperplasia: Correlations with diabetes in human obesity.

scientific article published on March 2016

Alterations in T-Cell Subset Frequency in Peripheral Blood in Obesity

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Alterations in peripheral blood lymphocyte cytokine expression in obesity.

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An MHC II-dependent activation loop between adipose tissue macrophages and CD4+ T cells controls obesity-induced inflammation

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An emerging role for bone in interorgan communication and the pathogenesis of metabolic disease.

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Androgen effects on adipose tissue architecture and function in nonhuman primates.

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Bariatric surgery in the era of personalized medicine.

scientific article published on 21 January 2013

CD40 promotes MHC class II expression on adipose tissue macrophages and regulates adipose tissue CD4+ T cells with obesity.

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Common channel length predicts outcomes of biliopancreatic diversion alone and with the duodenal switch surgery

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Diabetes-Specific Regulation of Adipocyte Metabolism by the Adipose Tissue Extracellular Matrix.

scientific article published in March 2017

Differentiation and Metabolic Interrogation of Human Adipocytes

scientific article published in January 2017

Does bariatric surgery improve adipose tissue function?

scientific article published on 08 June 2016

Effect of reversible intermittent intra-abdominal vagal nerve blockade on morbid obesity: the ReCharge randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on September 2014

Endometrial hyperplasia, endometrial cancer, and obesity: convergent mechanisms regulating energy homeostasis and cellular proliferation

scientific article published on 05 April 2014

Esophageal motility disorders after gastric banding

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Extended transmediastinal dissection: an alternative to gastroplasty for short esophagus.

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Flow cytometry crossmatching as a predictor of acute rejection in sensitized recipients of cadaveric renal transplants.

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Functional lumen imaging probe to assess geometric changes in the esophagogastric junction following endolumenal fundoplication

scientific article published on 20 May 2011

GM-CSF Administration Improves Defects in Innate Immunity and Sepsis Survival in Obese Diabetic Mice

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Gastroesophageal reflux disease symptom severity, proton pump inhibitor use, and esophageal carcinogenesis

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Hexosamine biosynthesis is a possible mechanism underlying hypoxia's effects on lipid metabolism in human adipocytes

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Incorporation of Nissen fundoplication in a rat model of duodenoesophageal reflux

scientific article published on 14 November 2006

Inflammation in obesity-related diseases.

scientific article published on 30 October 2008

Inflammation, obesity, and the promise of immunotherapy for metabolic disease

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Laparoscopic biliary reconstruction.

scientific article published on May 2004

Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation and hepatic artery infusion pump placement in the evolving treatment of colorectal hepatic metastases.

scientific article published on 23 September 2002

Molecular mechanisms of obesity and diabetes: at the intersection of weight regulation, inflammation, and glucose homeostasis.

scientific article published in October 2009

Obesity and cancer: at the crossroads of cellular metabolism and proliferation

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Obesity heats up adipose tissue lymphocytes.

scientific article published on 24 June 2013

Ovarian cycle-specific regulation of adipose tissue lipid storage by testosterone in female nonhuman primates.

scientific article published on 05 September 2013

Perioperative morbidity associated with bariatric surgery: an academic center experience.

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Postoperative symptoms and failure after antireflux surgery

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Predictors of technical skill acquisition among resident trainees in a laparoscopic skills education program.

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Preoperative factors and 3-year weight change in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) consortium.

scientific article published on 23 January 2015

Serum biomarkers of inflammation and adiposity in the LABS cohort: associations with metabolic disease and surgical outcomes.

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

Serum leptin levels, hepatic leptin receptor transcription, and clinical predictors of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in obese bariatric surgery patients.

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Simultaneous surgical management of achalasia and morbid obesity.

scientific article published in April 2007

Systemic NK cell ablation attenuates intra-abdominal adipose tissue macrophage infiltration in murine obesity

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Systemic inflammation and insulin sensitivity in obese IFN-γ knockout mice

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Targeted gene therapy with CD40Ig to induce long-term acceptance of liver allografts.

scientific article published in August 2002

The EMPOWER study: randomized, prospective, double-blind, multicenter trial of vagal blockade to induce weight loss in morbid obesity.

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The effect of antireflux surgery on esophageal carcinogenesis in patients with barrett esophagus: a systematic review.

scientific article published on July 2007

Transoral endoscopic inner layer esophagectomy: management of high-grade dysplasia and superficial cancer with organ preservation

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

Transthoracic hepatic radiofrequency ablation

scientific article published on 11 October 2004

Unsedated small-caliber upper endoscopy: an emerging diagnostic and therapeutic technology.

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VEGF gene therapy augments localized angiogenesis and promotes anastomotic wound healing: a pilot study in a clinically relevant animal model

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Weight loss independent changes in adipose tissue macrophage and T cell populations after sleeve gastrectomy in mice

scientific article published on 16 February 2017