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Species | Saame Raza ShaikhSummaryAffiliation: East Carolina University Country: USA Publications
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Models of plasma membrane organization can be applied to mitochondrial membranes to target human health and disease with polyunsaturated fatty acidsSaame Raza Shaikh
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd, Greenville, NC 28590, USA
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 88:21-5. 2013..Finally, we conclude by postulating future experiments that will augment our understanding of DHA-dependent membrane organization in health and disease...
N-3 fatty acids and membrane microdomains: from model membranes to lymphocyte functionSaame Raza Shaikh
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University 600, Moye Blvd Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 87:205-8. 2012..The work raises the intriguing possibility of testing the model at the human level to target health and disease...
Biophysical and biochemical mechanisms by which dietary N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from fish oil disrupt membrane lipid raftsSaame Raza Shaikh
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Nutr Biochem 23:101-5. 2012..Overall, elucidating the complex mechanisms by which n-3 PUFA acyl chains reorganize membrane architecture will enhance the translation of these fatty acids into the clinic for treating several diseases...
n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids exert immunomodulatory effects on lymphocytes by targeting plasma membrane molecular organizationSaame Raza Shaikh
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Mol Aspects Med 33:46-54. 2012..We conclude by proposing new functional and mechanistic questions in this area of research that will aid in the development of fish oil as adjuvant therapy for treating unresolved chronic inflammation...
Diet-induced docosahexaenoic acid non-raft domains and lymphocyte functionSaame Raza Shaikh
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 28590, USA
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 82:159-64. 2010....
Oleic- and docosahexaenoic acid-containing phosphatidylethanolamines differentially phase separate from sphingomyelinSaame Raza Shaikh
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Boulevard, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1788:2421-6. 2009....
Docosahexaenoic acid modifies the clustering and size of lipid rafts and the lateral organization and surface expression of MHC class I of EL4 cellsSaame Raza Shaikh
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Nutr 139:1632-9. 2009..Our study supports the notion that rafts are an important target of DHA's mode of action...
Fish oil increases raft size and membrane order of B cells accompanied by differential effects on functionBenjamin Drew Rockett
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Lipid Res 53:674-85. 2012..Altogether, our studies with B cells support an emerging model that FO increases raft size and membrane order accompanied by functional changes; furthermore, the results highlight differences in EPA and DHA bioactivity...
Membrane raft organization is more sensitive to disruption by (n-3) PUFA than nonraft organization in EL4 and B cellsBenjamin Drew Rockett
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Nutr 141:1041-8. 2011..The ex vivo data, which confirm previous studies with EL4 cells, provide evidence that (n-3) PUFA consumed through the diet disrupt B cell lipid raft clustering...
Aldehyde stress and up-regulation of Nrf2-mediated antioxidant systems accompany functional adaptations in cardiac mitochondria from mice fed n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acidsEthan J Anderson
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Biochem J 441:359-66. 2012....
n-3 PUFA improves fatty acid composition, prevents palmitate-induced apoptosis, and differentially modifies B cell cytokine secretion in vitro and ex vivoBenjamin Drew Rockett
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd, Brody 5S 18, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Lipid Res 51:1284-97. 2010..The study highlights that high-fat n-3 PUFA diets can promote pro-inflammatory responses, at least from one cell type...
DHA-fluorescent probe is sensitive to membrane order and reveals molecular adaptation of DHA in ordered lipid microdomainsHeather Teague
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, NC 27834, USA
J Nutr Biochem 24:188-95. 2013..Mechanistically, this explains how DHA acyl chains can increase order upon formation of lipid microdomains in vivo...
