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Des Moines University

DMUDirectoryLuke Mortensen

Luke Mortensen, Ph.D., FAHA, EMT

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Position Professor - Physiology and pharmacology
Professor - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Phone515-271-1672
Emailluke.mortensen@dmu.edu
EducationPh.D., pharmacology and toxicology, Michigan State University
Undergraduate, chemistry, music, Westminster College

Publications

MORTENSEN LH, HARAMATI A, LUMPKIN M, VINCENZI F: Strategies on Integrating Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) into Health Professions Education. International Association of Medical Science Educators Annual Meeting, 2008

HENRY MK, MORTENSEN, LH: Student Perceived Value of Applied Experiences in Cellular and Molecular Medicine Through Elective Course Offerings. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Meeting, 2008

FINNERTY, EP, HENRY MK, MORTENSEN, LH, ANDREWS M: How Do the Basic Sciences Fit Into the Vision of Medical Education of the Future? American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Meeting, 2008

HENRY MK, MORTENSEN, LH: Student Perceived Value of Applied Experiences in Cellular and Molecular Medicine Through Elective Course Offerings. Experimental Biology, 2008

WOHLFORD-WESSELS MP, SHAFFER D, MORTENSEN L: Student perceptions of osteopathic manipulation. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Meeting, 2007

SMITH JA, SCHLEDEWITZ K, MORTENSEN L, STROM D: An extract of the herb E Zhu synergizes with the topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide to kill cancer cells. The FASEB Journal, 21(6):890.7, 2007

STROM D, BROWN K, NELSON B, LUO M, FULLER L, STRENK M, IANNONE A, CLARK D, HENRY M, MORTENSEN L: 2’-Hydroxycinnamaldehyde exhibits potential as an anticancer chemotherapeutic agent. The FASEB Journal, 19(4):A552, 2005

WAGONER JL, BARTON EX, KLEIN DF, NEWTON TT, ROTH RA, MORTENSEN LH, BARTON CC: Endotoxin potentiates aflatoxin B1-hepatocellular injury by a mechanism which is dependent upon Kupffer cells. Toxicological Sciences, 63(1, suppl), 2004

BRITTINGHAM A, MORTENSEN LH: Production of endothelin-1 (ET-1) by murine macrophages following microbial stimulation. The FASEB Journal, 16(4): A722.

BARTON CC, KLEIN D, MORTENSEN LH: Piper methysticum (Kava-Kava)-Induced Toxicity. J. Altern. Complement. Med.

SWANSON JJ, TURNER JJ, OXENFORD KA, MORTENSEN LH: Localization of endothelin-1 and endothelin receptors A and B-like immunoreactivity in the rat hypothalamus: Effects of endothelin induced hypertension. (In prep)

OLSON JA, OXENFORD KA, MORTENSEN LH: Neurohumoral control of chronic endothelin-induced hypertension in conscious male rats. (In prep)

LEIBER JD, OLSON JA, MORTENSEN LH: Endothelin receptor antagonism in the paraventricular nucleus attenuates endothelin hypertension. (In prep)

MORTENSEN LH: Endothelin and the central and peripheral nervous systems: a decade of endothelin research. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 26(12):980-984, 1999

MORTENSEN LH, OHMAN LE, HAYWOOD JR: Effects of lateral parabrachial nucleus lesions in chronic renal hypertensive rats. Hypertension, 23(6):774-780, 1994

MORTENSEN LH, FINK GD: Captopril prevents chronic hypertension produced by infusion of endothelin in rats. Hypertension 19:676-680, 1992

PAWLOSKI CM, KANAGY NL, MORTENSEN LH, FINK GD: Sodium intake and mean arterial pressure in obese Zucker rats. Hypertension 19[suppl I]:I-90-I-95, 1992

MORTENSEN LH, FINK GD: Salt-dependency of endothelin-induced, chronic hypertension in conscious rats. Hypertension 19:549-554, 1992

MORTENSEN LH, PAWLOSKI CM, KANAGY NL, FINK GD: Chronic hypertension produced by infusion of endothelin in rats. Hypertension 15:729-733, 1990

MORTENSEN LH, FINK GD: Hemodynamic effect of human and rat endothelin administration into conscious rats. Am.J.Physiol. 258 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 27):H362-H368, 1990

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