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Skip to Search Results- 1Dennis E. Vance (department of Biochemistry)
- 1Fabrizio, Giuliani (Medicine)
- 1Jacobs, Rene (Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Michalak, Marek (Biochemistry)
- 1Rene´ L. Jacobs (department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science)
- 1René Jacobs (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
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Fall 2020
Eukaryotic cells are characterized by the presence of membrane-bound organelles. Close proximity between organelles has been observed for decades, but only recently we have really started to understand the importance of these contacts for cellular function. These contacts consist of areas of...
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Fall 2020
Cellular responses to stress are an integral part of cardiovascular physiology and pathology, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is the key component in the development and progression of various heart diseases. However, the relative contribution of ER stress pathways to muscle damage and...
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Insights into the Role of Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase and the PC:PE Ratio in Liver Function
DownloadSpring 2019
PEMT is quantitatively important in the liver and is responsible for approximately 30% of hepatic PC synthesis, with the remaining 70% synthesized by the CDP-choline pathway. HFD-fed Pemt-/- mice and LPcyt1a-/- mice both develop NAFLD associated with reduced VLDL secretion and a reduced hepatic...
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Fall 2015
Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT), a liver enriched enzyme, is responsible for approximately one third of hepatic phosphatidylcholine (PC) biosynthesis via three sequential methylations of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). PEMT is also expressed in white adipose tissue (WAT). When...
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Fall 2017
Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) is a hepatic enzyme that converts phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine. Pemt-/- mice are protected from obesity and insulin resistance, a phenotype that is reversed with dietary choline supplementation. Additionally, PEMT deficiency...
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The Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics on Neurodegenerative Processes of Multiple Sclerosis in Respose to Inflammation and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress
DownloadFall 2014
Biopsies and post-mortem tissue of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) as well as inflammatory demyelinating animal models show that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is a hallmark of the progression of these pathologies. Moreover, MS biopsies and animal models of neuroinflammatory diseases...