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Overview

Anthony J. Turner is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their primary research lies within the field of Medicine, with specific focus areas including Physiology, Neurology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent scholarly output reflects diverse interests along several interrelated biomedical topics. The main topics addressed include:

  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Thermal Regulation in Medicine
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Turner's publication record comprises articles published predominantly in the journal IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, with additional papers in Viruses and the Российский физиологический журнал им И М Сеченова. Frequent publication venues include:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE (6 publications)
  • Viruses (1 publication)
  • Российский физиологический журнал им И М Сеченова (1 publication)

Representative papers authored by or involving Turner include:

  • Mechanisms of Gut-Related Viral Persistence in Long COVID, 2024, Viruses
  • Lipid Rafts and Amyloid Metabolism: Role in Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease, 2020, Российский физиологический журнал им И М Сеченова
  • Hydrolases & Lipases in GtoPdb v.2024.4, 2024, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Hydrolases in GtoPdb v.2023.1, 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Hydrolases & Lipases in GtoPdb v.2023.3, 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

Turner frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • S P H Alexander
  • Patrick Doherty
  • David P. Fairlie
  • Christopher J. Fowler
  • Christopher M. Overall

Their work spans across various subfields contributing to a multidisciplinary understanding of medical and biological sciences, notably engaging in areas that combine molecular insights with clinical research.

Best Publications

  • A Human Homolog of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme CLONING AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION AS A CAPTOPRIL-INSENSITIVE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE

    Sarah R. Tipnis;Nigel M. Hooper;Ralph Hyde;Eric Karran

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2: SARS-CoV-2 Receptor and Regulator of the Renin-Angiotensin System: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Discovery of ACE2.

    Mahmoud Gheblawi;Kaiming Wang;Anissa Viveiros;Quynh Nguyen

  • Membrane protein secretases

    Nigel M. Hooper;Eric H. Karran;Anthony J. Turner

  • Tumor necrosis factor-α convertase (ADAM17) mediates regulated ectodomain shedding of the severe-acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2)

    Daniel W. Lambert;Mike Yarski;Fiona J. Warner;Paul Thornhill

  • Evaluation of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), its homologue ACE2 and neprilysin in angiotensin peptide metabolism

    Gillian I. Rice;Gillian I. Rice;Daniel A. Thomas;Peter J. Grant;Anthony J. Turner

  • Shedding light on ADAM metalloproteinases

    Ari-Pekka J. Huovila;Anthony J. Turner;Markku Pelto-Huikko;Iivari Kärkkäinen

  • ACE2: from vasopeptidase to SARS virus receptor

    Anthony J Turner;Julian A Hiscox;Nigel M Hooper

  • ADAMs family members as amyloid precursor protein α-secretases

    Tobias M. J. Allinson;Edward T. Parkin;Anthony J. Turner;Nigel M. Hooper

  • The neprilysin (NEP) family of zinc metalloendopeptidases: genomics and function.

    Anthony J. Turner;R. Elwyn Isaac;David Coates

  • Mammalian membrane metallopeptidases: NEP, ECE, KELL, and PEX.

    Anthony J. Turner;Kazuhiko Tanzawa

  • The angiotensin–converting enzyme gene family: genomics and pharmacology

    Anthony J Turner;Nigel M Hooper

  • The emerging role of ACE2 in physiology and disease

    Inge Hamming;M. E. Cooper;B. L. Haagmans;N. M. Hooper

  • Substance P and [Leu]enkephalin are hydrolyzed by an enzyme in pig caudate synaptic membranes that is identical with the endopeptidase of kidney microvilli

    R Matsas;I S Fulcher;A J Kenny;A J Turner

  • Exclusively targeting beta-secretase to lipid rafts by GPI-anchor addition up-regulates beta-site processing of the amyloid precursor protein.

    Joanna M. Cordy;Ishrut Hussain;Colin Dingwall;Nigel M. Hooper

  • Modulation of the GABAA receptor by depressant barbiturates and pregnane steroids.

    John A. Peters;Ewen F. Kirkness;Helen Callachan;Jeremy J. Lambert

  • β‐Amyloid catabolism: roles for neprilysin (NEP) and other metallopeptidases?

    Julie A. Carson;Anthony J. Turner

  • Cellular prion protein regulates beta-secretase cleavage of the Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein

    Edward T Parkin;Nicole T Watt;Ishrut Hussain;Elizabeth A Eckman

  • Angiotensin II induced proteolytic cleavage of myocardial ACE2 is mediated by TACE/ADAM-17: a positive feedback mechanism in the RAS

    Vaibhav B. Patel;Nicola Clarke;Zuocheng Wang;Dong Fan

  • Molecular pharmacology of endothelin converting enzymes.

    Anthony J. Turner;Leonard J. Murphy

  • The amyloid precursor protein: a biochemical enigma in brain development, function and disease.

    Natalia N. Nalivaeva;Natalia N. Nalivaeva;Anthony J. Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel M. Hooper
Nigel M. Hooper Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
Nigel W. Bunnett
Nigel W. Bunnett New York University
Philip M. Beart
Philip M. Beart Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Gillian I. Rice
Gillian I. Rice University of Manchester
Gavin Y. Oudit
Gavin Y. Oudit University of Alberta
Jean Manson
Jean Manson University of Edinburgh
Jörg B. Schulz
Jörg B. Schulz RWTH Aachen University
Pedro Piccardo
Pedro Piccardo University of Edinburgh
Peter J. Grant
Peter J. Grant University of Leeds

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