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  • 1988 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Arnis Kuksis is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a focus on biochemical and molecular biology subfields. Their work further encompasses areas related to pathology and forensic medicine, cancer research, as well as nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's research topics prominently include eicosanoids and hypertension pharmacology, alcohol consumption and health effects, fatty acid research and health, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, phytochemical studies and bioactivities, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors.

Arnis Kuksis has published several papers in notable venues, such as:

  • Hydrolysis of glycerophosphocholine epoxides by human group IIA, V, and X secretory phospholipases A2 (2021), Lipids
  • Hydrolysis of polyhydroxy polyunsaturated fatty acid-glycerophosphocholines by Group IIA, V, and X secretory phospholipases A2 (2022), Lipids
  • HR3/RORα-mediated cholesterol sensing regulates TOR signaling (2024), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Destruction of polyunsaturated alkyl/acyl and alkenyl/acyl glycerophosphocholine of plasma lipoproteins during incubation with group V and X secretory phospholipase A2s (2021), Lipids
  • Hydrolysis of hydroxy PUFA GPC of plasma lipoproteins by group IIA, V and X sPLA2s (2022), Proceedings of 2022 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Kuksis include:

  • W. Pruzanski
  • Mette Lassen
  • Keith Pardee
  • Lisa Hedegaard Pedersen
  • Olga Kubrak

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Lipids
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of 2022 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo

In recognition of their contributions, Arnis Kuksis was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1988, acknowledged by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Biosynthesis of triacylglycerols

    Richard Lehner;A. Kuksis

  • Lipid analysis of the glycoinositol phospholipid membrane anchor of human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase. Palmitoylation of inositol results in resistance to phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C.

    W L Roberts;J J Myher;A Kuksis;M G Low

  • Lipoprotein abnormalities associated with a familial deficiency of hepatic lipase.

    W.C Breckenridge;J.A Little;J.A Little;P Alaupovic;C.S Wang

  • Metabolism of molecular species of diacylglycerophospholipids.

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  • Determination of plasma lipid profiles by automated gas chromatography and computerized data analysis.

    A. Kuksis;J. J. Myher;L. Marai;K. Geher

  • Triglyceride structure of human milk fat.

    W. C. Breckenridge;L. Marai;A. Kuksis

  • Apolipoprotein A-I Promotes the Formation of Phosphatidylcholine Core Aldehydes That Are Hydrolyzed by Paraoxonase (PON-1) during High Density Lipoprotein Oxidation with a Peroxynitrite Donor

    Zakaria Ahmed;Amir Ravandi;Graham F. Maguire;Andrew Emili

  • Molecular species of mono-, di-, and triphosphoinositides of bovine brain

    B.J. Holub;A. Kuksis;W. Thompson

  • Origin of triacylglycerol moiety of plasma very low density lipoproteins in the rat: structural studies.

    Lu-Ying Yang;A. Kuksis;J. J. Myher;G. Steiner

  • Lipolysis of menhaden oil triacylglycerols and the corresponding fatty acid alkyl esters by pancreatic lipase in vitro: a reexamination.

    L Y Yang;A Kuksis;J J Myher

  • Molecular species of glycerophospholipids and sphingomyelins of human erythrocytes: improved method of analysis.

    J. J. Myher;A. Kuksis;S. Pind

  • Comparative analysis of lipid composition of normal and acute-phase high density lipoproteins.

    W. Pruzanski;E. Stefanski;F.C. de Beer;M.C. de Beer

  • Determination of the complete structure of natural lecithins.

    A. Kuksis;L. Marai

  • Molecular species of glycerophospholipids and sphingomyelins of human plasma: comparison to red blood cells

    J. J. Myher;A. Kuksis;S. Pind

  • Apparent convergence (at 2-monoacylglycerol level) of phosphatidic acid and 2-monoacylglycerol pathways of synthesis of chylomicron triacylglycerols.

    Lu-Ying Yang;Arnis Kuksis

  • Role of luminal lecithin in intestinal fat absorption.

    P. J. A. O'Doherty;G. Kakis;A. Kuksis

  • Triacylglycerol synthesis by an sn-1,2(2,3)-diacylglycerol transacylase from rat intestinal microsomes.

    R. Lehner;A. Kuksis

  • Lipid ester-bound aldehydes among copper-catalyzed peroxidation products of human plasma lipoproteins.

    H Kamido;A Kuksis;L Marai;J J Myher

  • Specific distribution of short-chain fatty acids in molecular distillates of bovine milk fat.

    W.C. Breckenridge;A. Kuksis

  • Advances in Lipid Methodology — Two: Edited by W.W. Christie, The Scottish Crop Research Institute, Innergowrie, Dundee DD22 5DA, Scotland Published by The Oily Press, Dundee, 1993

    Arnis Kuksis

  • Triglyceride structure of milk fats.

    A. Kuksis;L. Marai;J. J. Myher

  • Molecular weight distributions of milk fat triglycerides from seven species.

    W.C. Breckenridge;A. Kuksis

  • Gas chromatography and lipids : by W.W. Christie, The Oily Press, Ayr, 1989, 307 pp., price US$ 50.00, ISBN 0-9514171-0-X.

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Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Myher
John J. Myher University of Toronto
Heikki Kallio
Heikki Kallio University of Turku
Philip W. Connelly
Philip W. Connelly University of Toronto
David Kritchevsky
David Kritchevsky The Wistar Institute
Tsutomu Imaizumi
Tsutomu Imaizumi Kurume University
Antonio M. Gotto
Antonio M. Gotto Cornell University
Pat Sandra
Pat Sandra Ghent University
Andrew Emili
Andrew Emili Boston University
Andrew J. Sinclair
Andrew J. Sinclair Deakin University
Philip M. Sherman
Philip M. Sherman University of Toronto

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