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2014-01-01
Lewis, Erin D., Kosik, Sarah J., Zhao, Yuan-Yuan, Jacobs, René L., Curtis, Jonathan M., Field, Catherine J.
Estimating dietary choline intake can be challenging due to missing foods in the current United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) database. The objectives of the study were to quantify the choline-containing moieties and the total choline content of a variety of pulses available in North...
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Structure-function relationships of antifungal monohydroxy unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) of plant and bacterial origin
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Liang, Nuanyi, Dacko, Andrea, Tan, Alexander K., Xiang, Sheng, Curtis, Jonathan M., Gänzle, Michael G.
This study investigated the relationships between the structures of hydroxy unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) and their antifungal activities. Structurally diverse HUFA, including four monohydroxy-18:1 isomers, two monohydroxy 18:2 isomers and two monohydroxy 18:2 isomers were extracted from seeds...
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Activation of transcription factor Nrf2 signalling by the sphingosine kinase inhibitor SKI-II is mediated by the formation of Keap1 dimers
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Ueda, Keitaro, Ito, Kazuhiro, Kimura, Genki, Moses, Audric, Xiong, Yeping, Kizawa, Yasuo, Curtis, Jonathan M., Barnes, Peter J., Mercado, Nicolas
Anti-oxidant capacity is crucial defence against environmental or endogenous oxidative stress. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a redox-sensitive transcription factor that plays a key defensive role against oxidative and cytotoxic stress and cellular senescence. However, Nrf2...
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Changes in the triacylglycerol content of flaxseeds during development using liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure photoionization-mass spectrometry (LC-APPI-MS)
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Zhao, Yan-Yan, Herchi, Wahid, Salah, H. B., Trabelsi, Hajer, Curtis, Jonathan M., Kallel, Hela, Boukhchina, Sadok
Changes in the composition of triacylglycerols (TAGs) of three varieties of flaxseeds (H52, O116 and P129) during development were investigated using non-aqueous reversed phase liquid chromatography coupled to atmospheric pressure photoionization-mass spectrometry (LC-APPI-MS). 17 species of...
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Oxidative stress mediates estrogen receptor independent killing and contributes to tamoxifen resistance
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Godbout, Roseline, Brindley, David N., McMullen, Todd, Mackey, John R., Benesch, Matthew, Mi, Si, Venkatraman, Ganesh, Liu, Rong-Zong, Curtis, Jonathan M., Tang, Xiaoyun, Bekele, Raie T.
Tamoxifen is the accepted therapy for patients with estrogen receptor-α (ERα)-positive breast cancer. However, clinical resistance to tamoxifen, as demonstrated by recurrence or progression on therapy, is frequent and precedes death from metastases. To improve breast cancer treatment it is vital...
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Exploiting synergies of sourdough and antifungal organic acids to delay fungal spoilage of bread
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Quattrini, Mattia, Liang, Nuanyi, Fortina, Maria Grazia, Xiang, Sheng, Curtis, Jonathan M., Gänzle, Michael G.
Fungal spoilage of bread remains an unsolved issue in bread making. This work aims to identify alternative strategies to conventional preservatives in order to prevent or delay fungal spoilage of bread. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of bacterial metabolites and chemical preservatives...
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Regulation of autotaxin expression and secretion by lysophosphatidate and sphingosine 1-phosphate
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Zhao, Yuan Y., McMullen,Todd P. W. , Brindley, David N., Curtis, Jonathan M., Benesch, Matthew G. K.
Autotaxin (ATX) is a secreted enzyme, which produces extracellular lysophosphatidate (LPA) from lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). LPA activates six G protein-coupled receptors and this is essential for vasculogenesis during embryonic development. ATX is also involved in wound healing and...
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Lipid phosphate phosphatase-1 expression in cancer cells attenuates tumor growth and metastasis in mice
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Dewald, Jay, Santos, Webster L., Patwardhan, Neeraj, Zhao, Yuan Y., McMullen, Todd P. W., Curtis, Jonathan M., Brindley, David N., Tang, Xiaoyun, Benesch, Matthew G. K.
Lipid phosphate phosphatase-1 (LPP1) degrades lysophosphatidate (LPA) and attenuates receptor-mediated signaling. LPP1 expression is low in many cancer cells and tumors compared with normal tissues. It was hypothesized from studies with cultured cells that increasing LPP1 activity would decrease...
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Predissociation processes in N22+, O22+, and NO2+, studied by ion kinetic energy spectroscopy
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Curtis, Jonathan M., Boyd, Robert K
Experimental values of kinetic energy release T, for predissociation processes of diatomic di‐cations N2+ 2, O2+ 2, and NO2 + have been obtained using techniques of ion‐kinetic‐energy spectroscopy on a double‐focusing mass spectrometer. Both unimolecular and collision‐induced processes were...
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A flow-through enzymatic microreactor for the rapid conversion of triacylglycerols into fatty acid ethyl ester and fatty acid methyl ester derivatives for GC analysis
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Mugo, Samuel M., Anuar, Sabiqah T., Curtis, Jonathan M.
A flow-through enzymatic microreactor for the rapid conversion of triacylglycerols (TAG) into fatty acid ethyl ester (FAEE) or fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) derivatives was developed. The microreactor was a porous silica monolith fabricated within a 320 μm ID fused silica capillary with lipase...