Innate responses of myeloid cells defend against pathogenic bacteria via inducible effectors. Deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS) catalyzes the transfer of the N-moiety of spermidine to the lysine-50 residue of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (EIF5A) to form the amino acid hypusine. Hypusinate...
The development of improved spectrometers and supporting computational tools is expected to eventually enable the rapid annotation of whole metabolomes. However, rarely are novel mass spectrometers directly compared to the previously used ones in the field of metabolomics, thus preventing researc...
Colonization by H. pylori is associated with a wide range of gastric diseases, ranging from superficial gastritis to more severe pathologies, including intestinal metaplasia and adenocarcinoma. The interplay of the host response and the pathogen affect the outcome of disease. One major component ...
Mesothelioma arises in humans after prolonged chronic inflammation driven by the presence of inhaled asbestos fibres in the chest cavity. We have generated a genetically engineered mouse model of mesothelioma that combines CRE-mediated deletion of 3 disease-relevant tumour suppressor genes, namely ...
Bivalves serve as an ideal ecological indicator; hence, their use by the NOAA Mussel Watch Program to monitor environmental health. This study aimed to expand the baseline knowledge of using metabolic end points in environmental monitoring by investigating the dreissenid mussel metabolome in the ...
Transcriptional profiling of zebrafish embryos at 28 hours post fertilization, comparing control 'unactivated' Tg(spi1::lox-eGFP-lox::NHA9) embryos with experimental 'Cre-activated' Tg(spi1::NHA9) embryos. Goal was to determine the effects of expressing NUP98-HOXA9 oncogene on global and blood cell-...
Metabolomics has emerged as a mainstream approach for investigating the complex metabolic underpinnings of living systems. Over recent years, metabolomics has increasingly been applied to large cohort studies that tax the limits of existing computational tools. Though effective when applied ...
