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Spring 2022
Background: In metabolic disease statues, such as diabetes and obesity, dyslipidemia is characterized by a dysregulation of lipid homeostasis, due in part to elevated triglyceride (TG)-rich very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL-TG) production and secretion by the liver. Further, these metabolic...
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In-line Ozonolysis coupled to Mass Spectrometry- A New Dimension of Structural Determination for Lipids
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The location of double bonds within unsaturated lipids can greatly affect their biological functions. Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC/MS) has become a powerful tool for lipid separation and structural elucidation. However, the determination of double bond position remains...
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Investigating Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions with Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX-MS)
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The application of hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) to investigating protein-carbohydrate interactions is described. Proteins from three bacterial toxins, the B subunit homopentamers of Cholera toxin (CTB5) and Shiga toxin type 1 (Stx1B5) and a fragment of Clostridium...
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Isotope Labeling Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: Metabolite Identification and Human Salivary Metabolome Profiling
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The objective of this work was to use paired labeling reagents that are chemically identical but isotopically different to provide a simple and robust way of mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolome profiling. A differential 13C-/12C-isotope dansyl chloride (DnsCl) derivatization strategy has been...
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J-Coupling Effects on Quantification of the 1.3 ppm Lipid Methylene Resonance with In-Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy at 3 T
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Quantification of 1.3 ppm lipid methylene protons by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy has been shown to be relevant to a number of diseases. Additionally, T2 estimation of 1.3 ppm methylene protons has been used to grade the metastatic potential of colon tumours. J-coupling...
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Fall 2016
Lipidomics is a research field that attempts to achieve the comprehensive analysis of the entire lipidome in a biological system. The emergence and rapid expansion of lipidomic studies is driven by the great advances in chromatographic separation and mass spectrometry. For this dissertation, I...
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Spring 2013
Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and cognitive symptoms. In HD patients, the protein huntingtin contains an abnormal expansion of a polyglutamine tract, which leads to the selective dysfunction and death of striatal and cortical neurons. Among other...
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Spring 2015
Protein silencing by small interfering RNA (siRNA) is a promising treatment strategy for cancer as over-expression of proteins is largely responsible for cancer cells’ infinite proliferation, evasion of cell death and multi-drug resistance. However, siRNAs require a carrier as their biological...
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Fall 2019
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Abnormal levels of circulating lipids (dyslipidemia) is a well-known risk factor for CVD. Traditionally, fasting lipids, inclusive of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC), have...