Nicholas M. Morton

1. SIMONČIČ, Matjaž, MORTON, N.M., KENYON, C.J., SECKL, J.R., STYLIANOU, Ioannis Mastroufis, BUENGER, L., SPEAKMAN, John R., KEIGHTLEY, Peter D., HORVAT, Simon. Genetical and physiological analyses in the fat (F) and lean (L) mice producedby longterm divergent selection. V: Final programme & book of abstracts. 19th International Mouse Genome Conference, 4-8 November 2005, Strasbourg, France. [S. l.: s. n., 2005?]. Str. 168. [COBISS.SI-ID 1815688]

2. SIMONČIČ, Matjaž, HORVAT, Simon, STEVENSON, Paula L., BÜNGER, Lutz, HOLMES, Megan C., KENYON, Christopher J., SPEAKMAN, John R., MORTON, Nicholas M. Divergent physical activity and novel alternative responses to high fat feeding in polygenic fat and lean mice. Behavior genetics. [Online ed.]. 2008, issue 3, vol. 38, str. 292-300. ISSN 0001-8244. DOI: 10.1007/s10519-008-919-y. [COBISS.SI-ID 2272392]

3. MORTON, Nicholas M., NELSON, Yvonne B., MICHAILIDOU, Zoi, DI ROLLO, Emma M., RAMAGE, Lynne, HADOKE, Patrick W.F., SECKL, Jonathan R., BUNGER, Lutz, HORVAT, Simon, KENYON, Christopher J., DUNBAR, Donald R. A stratified transcriptomics analysis of polygenic fat and lean mouse adipose tissue identifies novel candidate obesity genes. PloS one. 2011, vol. 6, no. 9, str. 1-16, e23944. ISSN 1932-6203. http://www.plosone.org, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023944. [COBISS.SI-ID 2943624]

4. HORVAT, Simon, LAPLANTE, Mathieu, PREVORŠEK, Zala, GORJANC, Gregor, PUC, Jasmina, MORTON, Nicholas M. Identification of positional candidates for obesity loci on mouse Chr15 using genomic and bioinformatic approaches. V: DUMIĆ, Jerka (ur.). From molecules to life and back : book of abstract. [Rijeka]: Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular biology, 2012. Str. 87. ISBN 978-953-95551-4-4. [COBISS.SI-ID 3071880]

5. MORTON, Nicholas M., GORJANC, Gregor, DUNBAR, Donald R., HORVAT, Simon. Obesiology and leanotypes: from genes to mechanisms in mice with selected divergence in adiposity. V: POTOČNIK, Uroš (ur.). Genetika 2012 : book of abstracts = zbornik povzetkov. Ljubljana: Genetic Society of Slovenia, 2012. Str. 27. ISBN 978-961-90534-7-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 3114120]

6. HORVAT, Simon, PREVORŠEK, Zala, GORJANC, Gregor, PUC, Jasmina, LAPLANTE, Mathieu, MORTON, Nicholas M. Obesity : tackling a disease by focusing on obesity resistance rather than susceptibility genes. V: HUDLER, Petra (ur.), VIDETIČ PASKA, Alja (ur.), JUVAN, Peter (ur.). Molekularna medicina in biotehnologija = Molecular medicine and biotechnology : book of abstracts. Simpozij z mednarodno udele bo ob 40. obletnici In tituta za biokemijo in 20. obletnici Medicinskega centra za molekularno biologijo = International Symposium at 40th Anniversary of Institute of Biochemistry and_ 20th Anniversary of Medical Centre for Molecular Biology, Ljubljana, 27-29 June 2012. Ljubljana: Inštitut za biokemijo, Medicinska fakulteta: = Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, 2012. Str. 24. ISBN 978-961-267-050-4. [COBISS.SI-ID 3077512]

7. HORVAT, Simon, PUC, Jasmina, GORJANC, Gregor, CARTER, Roderick, MORTON, Nicholas M. Identification of a novel gain-of-function adipose-derived lean gene. V: PETAN, Toni (ur.), ŠPES, Aleš (ur.). Book of abstracts. 10th Meeting of the Slovenian Biochemical Society with International Participation, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 15-18, 2013. Ljubljana: Slovenian Biochemical Society, 2013. Str. 62. ISBN 978-961-91651-8-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 36986373]

8. PUC, Jasmina, PREVORŠEK, Zala, GORJANC, Gregor, CARTER, Roderick, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon. Positional cloning of the Chr15 quantitative trait locus Fob3b2 affecting leanness in mice. V: MAJDIČ, Gregor (ur.). Proceedings = Zbornik prispevkov. 2nd Congress of Slovenian Society for Laboratory Animals, Ljubljana, 19-20 June 2014. Ljubljana: Veterinarska fakulteta, 2014. Str. 25. Slovenian veterinary research, 2014, suppl. 15. ISSN 1580-4003. [COBISS.SI-ID 3402632]

9. MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon. Tst gene : multi-tasking in the mitochondria to modulate metabolic diseases. V: JAKŠE, Jernej (ur.), et al. Genetika 2015 : book of abstracts. 7th Congress of the Genetic Society of Slovenia and 7th Meeting of the Slovenian Society of Human Genetics, 20-23 September 2015, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia. Ljubljana: Genetic Society of Slovenia: The Slovenian Society of Human Genetics, 2015. Str. 43. ISBN 978-961-93545-2-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 3619976]

10. PUC, Jasmina, MORTON, Nicholas M., KUNEJ, Tanja, HORVAT, Simon. Construction of an integrative regulatory element and variation map of the murine Tst locus. BMC genetics. 2016, vol. 17, no. 77, str. 1-13, ilustr. ISSN 1471-2156. http://bmcgenet.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12863-016-0381-6, DOI: 10.1186/s12863-016-0381-6. [COBISS.SI-ID 3740040]

11. MORTON, Nicholas M., PUC, Jasmina, CARTER, Roderick, MICHAILIDOU, Zoi, GORJANC, Gregor, MCFADDEN, Clare, BARRIOS-LLERENA, Martin E, RODRIGUEZ-CUENCA, Sergio, GIBBINS, Matthew T G, AIRD, Rhona E, MORENO-NAVARRETE, José Maria, MUNGER, Steven C, SVENSON, Karen L, GASTALDELLO, Annalisa, RAMAGE, Lynne, NAREDO, Gregorio, ZEYDA, Maximilian, WANG, Zhao V, HOWIE, Alexander F, SAARI, Aila, SIPILÄ, Petra, STULNIG, Thomas M, GUDNASON, Vilmundur, KENYON, Christopher J., SECKL, Jonathan R., WALKER, Brian R., WEBSTER, Scott P, DUNBAR, Donald R., CHURCHILL, Gary A, VIDAL-PUIG, Antonio, FERNANDEZ-REAL, José Manuel, EMILSSON, Valur, HORVAT, Simon. Genetic identification of thiosulfate sulfurtransferase as an adipocyte-expressed antidiabetic target in mice selected for leanness. Nature medicine. Jul. 2016, vol. 22, no. 7, str. 771-779, ilustr. ISSN 1078-8956. http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nm.4115.html, http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/extref/nm.4115-S1.pdf, DOI: 10.1038/nm.4115. [COBISS.SI-ID 3738248]

12. BLEHAUT, Tanguy R. W., GIBBINS, Matthew T. G., HORVAT, Simon, HADOKE, Patrick W. F., MORTON, Nicholas M. Deficiency of the mitochondrial hydrogen sulfide clearance enzyme thiosulfate sulfurtransferase ameliorates atherosclerosis in apoe-knockout mice. V: The Scottish Cardivascular Forum 2019. 22nd Annual Meeting of the Scottish-Cardiovascular-Forum (SCF), Inverness, Scotland, 2nd February 2019. London: BMJ Publishing Group, 2019. Str. a3. Heart, Vol. 105, Suppl. 4. ISSN 1468-201X. https://heart.bmj.com/content/105/Suppl_4/A3.1, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-SCF.5. [COBISS.SI-ID 4317832]

13. LAINŠČEK, Duško, ŠUŠTAR, Urša, CARTER, Roderick, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon. Tst gene mediates protection against palmitate-induced inflammation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 5. Jul. 2020, vol. 527, iss. 4, str. 1008-1013, ilustr. ISSN 0006-291X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X20309189?via%3Dihub, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.014. [COBISS.SI-ID 18673923]

14. ŠIMON, Martin, MIKEC, Špela, MORTON, Nicholas M., KONC, Janez, DOVČ, Peter, HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Distinct SNP profiles in hypoxia-inducible factor 3 alpha subunit (HIF3A) gene between divergent mouse models for body fat content. V: Lecture abstracts : [16th CFGBC Scientific Symposium : virtual symposium : Slovenia, June 17th, 2021. [Ljubljana: Faculty of Medicine, 2021]. Str. [1], ilustr. http://cfgbc.mf.uni-lj.si/wp-content/uploads/2021cfgbcsym16_abstracts.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 69572099]

15. MIKEC, Špela, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Genetske variante družine genov s hipoksijo induciranega faktorja alfa (HIFA) pri debeli in vitki slekcionirani mišji liniji. V: KUNEJ, Tanja (ur.). Rodica ima talent 2021 : zbornik prispevkov. 2. srečanje doktorskih in podoktorskih študentov Oddelka za zootehniko Biotehniške fakultete, 7. april 2021, spletni dogodek. [Ljubljana]: Biotehniška fakulteta, 2021. Str. 15-20, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 61978371]

16. MIKEC, Špela, ŠIMON, Martin, MORTON, Nicholas M., DOVČ, Peter, HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Hif3a genetic variability in the fat and lean selection mouse lines. V: HORVAT ZAGOREC, Monika (ur.), et al. Cutting Edge 2021 : scientific conference for young researchers : independent in science : Thursday, 16. 09. 21, virtual conference : book of abstracts. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo, 2021. Str. 63, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-7078-21-3. [COBISS.SI-ID 77101315]

17. RESNIK, Maša, ŠIMON, Martin, MIKEC, Špela, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Analysis of genetic variability at polyadenylation signal sites in selection mouse lines for leanness and fatness. V: NADIŽAR, Nejc (ur.). 17th CFGBC Symposium : book of abstracts : Hybrid Symposium Slovenia, 6th June 2022. Electronic version. Ljubljana: Faculty of Medicine, 2022. Str. 40. http://cfgbc.mf.uni-lj.si/wp-content/uploads/bookofabstracts_2022cfgbcsym17.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 110878467]

18. MIKEC, Špela, ŠIMON, Martin, MORTON, Nicholas M., ATANUR, Santosh S., KONC, Janez, DOVČ, Peter, HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Genetic variants of the hypoxia-inducible factor 3 alpha subunit (Hif3a) gene in the Fat and Lean mouse selection lines. Molecular biology reports. 2022, vol. 49, no. 6, str. 4619-4631, ilustr. ISSN 1573-4978. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11033-022-07309-0, DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07309-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 102709507]

19. ČATER, Maša, DRAKSLER, Urška, MIKEC, Špela, ŠIMON, Martin, MORTON, Nicholas M., KUNEJ, Tanja, HORVAT, Simon. Increased expression of Pla2g4e in skeletal muscle associated with obesity development. V: ZORC, Minja (ur.), DOVČ, Peter (ur.). Proceedings of Genetika 2022 : 9th Congress of the Genetic Society of Slovenia and [9th] meeting of the Slovenian Society for Human Genetics with international participation : Ljubljana, September 28-30, 2022. Ljubljana: Genetic Society of Slovenia, 2022. Str. 51. ISBN 978-961-93545-7-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 125789443]

20. MIKEC, Špela, ŠIMON, Martin, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Polimorfizmi posameznega nukleotida v signalih za poliadenilacijo (PAS-SNP) pri debeli in vitki selekcionirani mišji liniji. V: KUNEJ, Tanja (ur.). Rodica ima talent 2022 : zbornik prispevkov. 3. srečanje doktorskih in podoktorskih študentov Oddelka za zootehniko Biotehniške fakultete, Groblje, 14. april 2022, hibridni dogodek. Ljubljana: Biotehniška fakulteta, 2022. Str. 13-19, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 112967939]

21. ŠIMON, Martin, MIKEC, Špela, MORTON, Nicholas M., ATANUR, Santosh S., KONC, Janez, HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Prioritization of positional candidate genes and genetic variants for the Fob3b1 QTL effect in mouse models for polygenic obesity and leanness. V: NADIŽAR, Nejc (ur.). 17th CFGBC Symposium : book of abstracts : Hybrid Symposium Slovenia, 6th June 2022. Electronic version. Ljubljana: Faculty of Medicine, 2022. Str. 44, ilustr. http://cfgbc.mf.uni-lj.si/wp-content/uploads/bookofabstracts_2022cfgbcsym17.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 110867203]

22. ŠIMON, Martin, MIKEC, Špela, MORTON, Nicholas M., KUNEJ, Tanja, HORVAT, Simon. RNA-seq and bioinformatic analyses of hypothalamic transcriptome in unique selection mouse models of obesity and leanness. V: ZORC, Minja (ur.), DOVČ, Peter (ur.). Proceedings of Genetika 2022 : 9th Congress of the Genetic Society of Slovenia and [9th] meeting of the Slovenian Society for Human Genetics with international participation : Ljubljana, September 28-30, 2022. Ljubljana: Genetic Society of Slovenia, 2022. Str. 53. ISBN 978-961-93545-7-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 125517059]

23. ŠIMON, Martin, MIKEC, Špela, MORTON, Nicholas M., ATANUR, Santosh S., KONC, Janez, HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Genome-wide screening for genetic variants in polyadenylation signal (PAS) sites in mouse selection lines for fatness and leanness. Mammalian genome. [Online ed.]. 2023, vol. 34, [iss. 1], str. 12-31, ilustr. ISSN 1432-1777. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00335-022-09967-8, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.1007/s00335-022-09967-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 130569475]

24. ČATER, Maša, CVETKO, Erika, UMEK, Nejc, ČRNAK MASARANI, Majda, VIDMAR, Andreja, SLAK, Marko, DRAKSLER, Urška, MIKEC, Špela, ŠIMON, Martin, MORTON, Nicholas M., KUNEJ, Tanja, HORVAT, Simon. Multi-approach study of Plag2g4e involvement in obesity development in unique fat and lean mouse lines. V: PERŠE, Martina (ur.). Improving nonclinical research practices: the way forward : proceedings : 5th Congress of the SLAS and 3rd joint SLAS - CroLASA meeting : Ljubljana, Slovenia, 15 June 2023. 1st ed. Ljubljana: Society for Laboratory Animals of Slovenia, 2023. Str. 57. ISBN 978-961-96284-0-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 156315395]

25. ŽULA, Matevž, ŠIMON, Martin, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Analiza genetske variabilnosti na mestih izrezovanja intronov pri selekcioniranih linijah miši za debelost in vitkost. V: BAVEC, Aljoša (ur.), et al. BIOmolekularec.si : Dan biomolekularnih znanosti : zbornik povzetkov : Ljubljana, 26. september 2024. Ljubljana: Slovensko biokemijsko društvo, 2024. Str. 49. ISBN 978-961-95941-2-4. https://biomolekularec.splet.arnes.si/files/2024/09/BIOmolekularec_2024-zbornik.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 209752323]

26. PUHAR, Luka, ŠIMON, Martin, PANDYA, Kalyani, MIKEC, Špela, HORVAT, Simon, MORTON, Nicholas M., KUNEJ, Tanja. Identification of candidate obesity genes using transcriptome analysis of the hypothalamus in mouse lines divergently selected for obesity and leanness. V: KRANJC BREZAR, Simona (ur.), ČEMAŽAR, Maja (ur.), MARKELC, Boštjan (ur.). 10th Congress of the Genetic Society of Slovenia & 10th meeting of the Slovenian Society for Human Genetics : book of abstracts : September 25th-28th 2024, Faculty of Tourism Studies - Turistica, Portorož, Slovenia]. 1st ed. Ljubljana: Genetic Society of Slovenia: Slovenian Society of Human Genetics, 2024. Str. 143. ISBN 978-961-93545-9-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 211130371]

27. ŠIMON, Martin, MIKEC, Špela, MORTON, Nicholas M., ATANUR, Santosh S., HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Integration of genomic and transcriptomic data of inbred mouse models for polygenic obesity and leanness revealed “obese” and “lean” candidate alleles in polyadenylation signals. Gene reports. 2024, vol. 35, [article no.] 101903, str. 1-15, ilustr. ISSN 2452-0144. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452014424000268?via%3Dihub, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2024.101903. [COBISS.SI-ID 188127747]

28. DRAKSLER, Urška, KUNEJ, Tanja, MIKEC, Špela, ŠIMON, Martin, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon. Positional candidate gene Pla2g4e is differentially expressed in the lean and fat mouse lines fed with high- or low-fat diet. V: KRANJC BREZAR, Simona (ur.), ČEMAŽAR, Maja (ur.), MARKELC, Boštjan (ur.). 10th Congress of the Genetic Society of Slovenia & 10th meeting of the Slovenian Society for Human Genetics : book of abstracts : September 25th-28th 2024, Faculty of Tourism Studies - Turistica, Portorož, Slovenia]. 1st ed. Ljubljana: Genetic Society of Slovenia: Slovenian Society of Human Genetics, 2024. Str. 134. ISBN 978-961-93545-9-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 211134723]

29. ŠIMON, Martin, KUNEJ, Tanja, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon. Prioritization of candidate genes for the effect of Fob3b1 QTL on chromosome 15 in mouse models for polygenic obesity and leanness using integrative genomics. Slovenian veterinary research : the scientific journal of the Veterinary Faculty University of Ljubljana. [English print ed.]. 2024, vol. 61, iss. 2, str. 127-136, ilustr. ISSN 1580-4003. https://slovetres.si/index.php/SVR/article/view/1972/709, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:doc-XM796PY3, DOI: 10.26873/SVR-1972-2024. [COBISS.SI-ID 199456259]

30. ČATER, Maša, UMEK, Nejc, CVETKO, Erika, ŠINK, Žiga, MORTON, Nicholas M., ŠIMON, Martin, MIKEC, Špela, KUNEJ, Tanja, HORVAT, Simon. Unraveling the role of Pla2g4e in obesity : insights from fat and lean polygenic mouse models. V: KRANJC BREZAR, Simona (ur.), ČEMAŽAR, Maja (ur.), MARKELC, Boštjan (ur.). 10th Congress of the Genetic Society of Slovenia & 10th meeting of the Slovenian Society for Human Genetics : book of abstracts : September 25th-28th 2024, Faculty of Tourism Studies - Turistica, Portorož, Slovenia]. 1st ed. Ljubljana: Genetic Society of Slovenia: Slovenian Society of Human Genetics, 2024. Str. 127. ISBN 978-961-93545-9-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 211527683]

31. ŠIMON, Martin, MIKEC, Špela, ATANUR, Santosh S., KONC, Janez, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon, KUNEJ, Tanja. Whole genome sequencing of mouse lines divergently selected for fatness (FLI) and leanness (FHI) revealed several genetic variants as candidates for novel obesity genes. Genes & genomics. 2024, vol. 46, [iss. 5], str. 557-575, ilustr. ISSN 2092-9293. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13258-024-01507-9, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.1007/s13258-024-01507-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 189189379]

32. ŠIMON, Martin, ČATER, Maša, KUNEJ, Tanja, MORTON, Nicholas M., HORVAT, Simon. A bioinformatics toolbox to prioritize causal genetic variants in candidate regions. Trends in genetics. 2025, vol. 41, iss. 1, str. 33-46, ilustr. ISSN 1362-4555. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952524002154?via%3Dihub, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.09.007. [COBISS.SI-ID 211722499]

33. ČATER, Maša, ŠIMON, Martin, MORTON, Nicholas M., KUNEJ, Tanja, HORVAT, Simon. PLA2G4E in health and disease : insights from omics and functional analyses. Progress in lipid research. Nov. 2025, vol. 100, [article no.] 101359, 20 str., ilustr. ISSN 1873-2194. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163782725000414, Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL, DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2025.101359. [COBISS.SI-ID 257136131]

34. PUHAR, Luka, JAKŠE, Jernej, HORVAT, Simon, MORTON, Nicholas M., KUNEJ, Tanja. Transcriptomic analysis of the hypothalamus in mouse lines divergently selected for obesity and leanness. V: KRANJC BREZAR, Simona (ur.), ČEMAŽAR, Maja (ur.), MARKELC, Boštjan (ur.). 10th Colloquium of Genetics : book of abstracts : September 19th 2025, National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station, Piran. Ljubljana: Genetic Society of Slovenia: Slovenian Society of Human Genetics, 2025. Str. 56. ISBN 978-961-97126-0-3. https://sgd.si/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SGD_Zbornik_2025_Kolokvij.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 249673731]