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Overview

Amina S. Woods is affiliated with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and chemistry, with a specific emphasis on spectroscopy and molecular biology. Additional subfields include immunology, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular medicine.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, such as mass spectrometry techniques and applications, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, analytical chemistry and chromatography, lipid membrane structure and behavior, immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, and antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Woods has published multiple papers in notable venues. Some recent publications include:

  • On-Tissue Derivatization of Lipopolysaccharide for Detection of Lipid A Using MALDI-MSI, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • Lipid A Structural Determination from a Single Colony, 2022, Analytical Chemistry
  • Streamlined Analysis of Cardiolipins in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Samples Using a Norharmane Matrix by MALDI-MSI, 2020, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • The Role of Peripheral Opioid Receptors in Triggering Heroin-induced Brain Hypoxia, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • First Direct Evidence of Interpartner Hydride/Deuteride Exchanges for Stored Sodiated Arginine/Fructose-6-phosphate Complex Anions within Salt-Solvated Structures, 2021, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Woods include Shelley N. Jackson, Annelaure Damont, Jean-Claude Tabet, Hyojik Yang, and David R. Goodlett. These collaborations span multiple projects, with some co-authors contributing to as many as five joint publications.

Woods frequently publishes in scientific journals such as:

  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

This combination of fields, topics, and publication venues illustrates Woods' focus on advancing molecular-level analysis techniques, particularly through the use of mass spectrometry and analytical chemistry methods, as well as their applications to biochemical and immunological questions.

Best Publications

  • beta-Amyloid-(1-42) is a major component of cerebrovascular amyloid deposits: implications for the pathology of Alzheimer disease

    Alex E. Roher;Jonathan D. Lowenson;Steven Clarke;Amina S. Woods

  • Morphology and Toxicity of Aβ-(1-42) Dimer Derived from Neuritic and Vascular Amyloid Deposits of Alzheimer's Disease

    Alex E. Roher;Michael O. Chaney;Yu Min Kuo;Scott D. Webster

  • Induction of Proinflammatory Responses in Macrophages by the Glycosylphosphatidylinositols of Plasmodium falciparum CELL SIGNALING RECEPTORS, GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL (GPI) STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENT, AND REGULATION OF GPI ACTIVITY

    Gowdahalli Krishnegowda;Adeline M. Hajjar;Jianzhong Zhu;Erika J. Douglass

  • Hedgehog patterning activity: role of a lipophilic modification mediated by the carboxy-terminal autoprocessing domain.

    Jeffery A. Porter;Stephen C. Ekker;Woo Jin Park;Doris P. Von Kessler

  • Adenosine A2A-Dopamine D2 Receptor-Receptor Heteromerization QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT BY FLUORESCENCE AND BIOLUMINESCENCE ENERGY TRANSFER

    Meritxell Canals;Daniel Marcellino;Francesca Fanelli;Francisco Ciruela

  • Natural Ligand of Mouse CD1d1: Cellular Glycosylphosphatidylinositol

    Sebastian Joyce;Amina S. Woods;Jonathan W. Yewdell;Jack R. Bennink

  • The immunodominant major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted antigen of a murine colon tumor derives from an endogenous retroviral gene product.

    Alex Yee-Chen Huang;Pamela H. Gulden;Amina S. Woods;Matthew C. Thomas

  • Building a new conceptual framework for receptor heteromers

    Sergi Ferré;Ruben Baler;Michel Bouvier;Marc G. Caron

  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors of Plasmodium falciparum: molecular characterization and naturally elicited antibody response that may provide immunity to malaria pathogenesis.

    Ramachandra S. Naik;Ora Lee H. Branch;Amina S. Woods;Matam Vijaykumar

  • Identification of a tap-dependent leader peptide recognized by alloreactive T cells specific for a class Ib antigen

    Carla J. Aldrich;Amy DeCloux;Amina S. Woods;Robert J. Cotter

  • Chemical characterization of A beta 17-42 peptide, a component of diffuse amyloid deposits of Alzheimer disease.

    Eric Gowing;Alex E. Roher;Amina S. Woods;Robert J. Cotter

  • Amazing stability of the arginine-phosphate electrostatic interaction.

    Amina S. Woods;Sergi Ferré

  • An Update on Adenosine A2A-Dopamine D2 Receptor Interactions: Implications for the Function of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

    Sergi Ferré;César Quiroz;A S Woods;Rodrigo Antunes Cunha

  • Adenosine A2A and dopamine D2 heteromeric receptor complexes and their function

    Kjell Fuxe;Sergi Ferré;Meritxell Canals;Maria Torvinen

  • MALDI-ion mobility-TOFMS imaging of lipids in rat brain tissue

    Shelley N. Jackson;Michael Ugarov;Thomas Egan;Jeremy D. Post

  • Combining mass spectrometry and pull-down techniques for the study of receptor heteromerization. Direct epitope-epitope electrostatic interactions between adenosine A2A and dopamine D2 receptors.

    Francisco Ciruela;Javier Burgueño;Vicent Casadó;Meritxell Canals

  • Direct profiling of lipid distribution in brain tissue using MALDI-TOFMS.

    Shelley N. Jackson;Hay Yan J Wang;Amina S. Woods

  • Isolation, Chemical Characterization, and Quantitation of Aβ 3-Pyroglutamyl Peptide from Neuritic Plaques and Vascular Amyloid Deposits

    Yu Min Kuo;Mark R. Emmerling;Amina S. Woods;Robert J. Cotter

  • Simultaneous Imaging of Small Metabolites and Lipids in Rat Brain Tissues at Atmospheric Pressure by Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

    Peter Nemes;Amina S. Woods;Akos Vertes

  • High Levels of Circulating Aβ42 Are Sequestered by Plasma Proteins in Alzheimer's Disease

    Yu Min Kuo;Mark R. Emmerling;Heather C. Lampert;Stephen R. Hempelman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Cotter
Robert J. Cotter Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rafael Franco
Rafael Franco University of Barcelona
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Sergi Ferré
Sergi Ferré National Institute on Drug Abuse
Luigi F. Agnati
Luigi F. Agnati University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Diego Guidolin
Diego Guidolin University of Padua
Francisco Ciruela
Francisco Ciruela University of Barcelona
Carmen Lluis
Carmen Lluis University of Barcelona
Susanna Genedani
Susanna Genedani University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Carey D. Balaban
Carey D. Balaban University of Pittsburgh

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