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Arthur A. Spector

Arthur A. Spector

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
27008
World Ranking
2576
National Ranking
1348

Overview

Arthur A. Spector is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Medicine, with particular contributions in subfields such as Surgery, Pharmacology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Biochemistry, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, including pancreatic function and diabetes, cannabis and cannabinoid research, diet, metabolism, and disease, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, barrier structure and function studies, as well as hemoglobinopathies and related disorders.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • Molecular and Signaling Mechanisms for Docosahexaenoic Acid-Derived Neurodevelopment and Neuroprotection (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biosynthesis of N-Docosahexanoylethanolamine from Unesterified Docosahexaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoyl-Lysophosphatidylcholine in Neuronal Cells (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Interaction between GPR110 (ADGRF1) and tight junction protein occludin implicated in blood-brain barrier permeability (2023), published in iScience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Arthur A. Spector include:

  • Hee-Yong Kim
  • Bill X. Huang
  • Karl Kevala
  • Michel Lagarde
  • Huazhen Chen

Key publication venues where the scientist has contributed consist of:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • iScience

Best Publications

  • Membrane lipid composition and cellular function.

    A A Spector;M A Yorek

  • Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs): metabolism and biochemical function.

    Arthur A. Spector;Xiang Fang;Gary D. Snyder;Neal Lee Weintraub

  • Action of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids on cellular function.

    Arthur A. Spector;Andrew W. Norris

  • Delivery and turnover of plasma-derived essential PUFAs in mammalian brain.

    Stanley I. Rapoport;Michael C.J. Chang;Arthur A. Spector

  • Astrocytes, not neurons, produce docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 omega-3) and arachidonic acid (20:4 omega-6).

    Steven A. Moore;Elizabeth Yoder;Sean Murphy;Gary R. Dutton

  • Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs)

    Arthur A. Spector;Joel A. Gordon;Steven A. Moore

  • Essentiality of fatty acids.

    Arthur A. Spector

  • Long chain fatty acid binding to human plasma albumin.

    J D Ashbrook;A A Spector;E C Santos;J E Fletcher

  • Analysis of long-chain free fatty acid binding to bovine serum albumin by determination of stepwise equilibrium constants.

    Spector Aa;Fletcher Je;Ashbrook Jd

  • The antiinflammatory effect of laminar flow: The role of PPARγ, epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, and soluble epoxide hydrolase

    Yi Liu;Yingjia Zhang;Kara Schmelzer;Tzong Shyuan Lee

  • An improved method for the addition of long-chain free fatty acid to protein solutions☆

    Arthur A. Spector;John C. Hoak

  • Lipid nutrition and metabolism of cultured mammalian cells

    A A Spector;S N Mathur;T L Kaduce;B T Hyman

  • Overexpression of Human Catalase Inhibits Proliferation and Promotes Apoptosis in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Michael R. Brown;Francis J. Miller;Wei Gen Li;Andy N. Ellingson

  • Pathways of Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid Metabolism in Endothelial Cells IMPLICATIONS FOR THE VASCULAR EFFECTS OF SOLUBLE EPOXIDE HYDROLASE INHIBITION

    Xiang Fang;Terry L. Kaduce;Neal Lee Weintraub;Shawn Harmon

  • Effect of the membrane lipid environment on the properties of insulin receptors.

    Barry H Ginsberg;Thomas J Brown;Ido Simon;Arthur A Spector

  • Plasma free fatty acid and lipoproteins as sources of polyunsaturated fatty acid for the brain.

    Arthur A. Spector

  • Identification of the peroxisomal β-oxidation enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid

    Sacha Ferdinandusse;Simone Denis;Petra A.W. Mooijer;Zhongyi Zhang

  • Utilization of arachidonic and linoleic acids by cultured human endothelial cells.

    Arthur A. Spector;Terry L. Kaduce;John C. Hoak;Glenna L. Fry

  • Analysis of macromolecule-ligand binding by determination of stepwise equilibrium constants

    John E. Fletcher;Arthur A. Spector;J. Douglas Ashbrook

  • Effect of fatty acid modification on prostacyclin production by cultured human endothelial cells.

    A A Spector;J C Hoak;G L Fry;G M Denning

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Moore
Steven A. Moore University of Iowa
Mark A. Yorek
Mark A. Yorek University of Iowa
John R. Falck
John R. Falck The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Francis J. Miller
Francis J. Miller Duke University
Bruce D. Hammock
Bruce D. Hammock University of California, Davis
Garry R. Buettner
Garry R. Buettner University of Iowa
Paul A. Watkins
Paul A. Watkins Kennedy Krieger Institute
Larry W. Oberley
Larry W. Oberley University of Iowa
James A. Hamilton
James A. Hamilton Boston University
Jeffrey E. Pessin
Jeffrey E. Pessin Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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