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Overview

Asish K. Saha is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has concentrated research work primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses several subfields including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Epidemiology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within biomedical research, notably:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Asish K. Saha has published in various peer-reviewed journals. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Dietary Control of Inflammation and Resolution," 2021, Frontiers in Nutrition
  • "Dietary Technologies to Optimize Healing from Injury-Induced Inflammation," 2020, Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Unlocking the influence of PNPLA3 mutations on lipolysis: Insights into lipid droplet formation and metabolic dynamics in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease," 2025, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • "Phytophotodermatitis: A Case Report," 2020, International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • "Meet Our Editorial Board Member," 2020, Current Drug Targets

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Asish K. Saha include B. Sears, Mary Lou Perry, Alankar Roy, Ishani Paul, and Priyanka Chakraborty.

The scholar has contributed notably to journals such as Current Drug Targets and International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, with multiple publications also appearing in Frontiers in Nutrition, Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects.

Best Publications

  • SIRT3 regulates mitochondrial fatty-acid oxidation by reversible enzyme deacetylation

    Matthew D. Hirschey;Tadahiro Shimazu;Tadahiro Shimazu;Eric Goetzman;Enxuan Jing

  • Enhanced muscle fat oxidation and glucose transport by ACRP30 globular domain: Acetyl–CoA carboxylase inhibition and AMP-activated protein kinase activation

    Eva Tomas;Tsu-Shuen Tsao;Asish K. Saha;Heather E. Murrey

  • AMPK and SIRT1: a long-standing partnership?

    Neil B. Ruderman;X. Julia Xu;Lauren E Nelson;Jose M. Cacicedo

  • Malonyl-CoA, fuel sensing, and insulin resistance

    Neil B. Ruderman;Asish K. Saha;Demetrios Vavvas;Lee A. Witters

  • Mice Lacking Adiponectin Show Decreased Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity and Reduced Responsiveness to Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Agonists

    Andrea R. Nawrocki;Michael W. Rajala;Eva Tomas;Utpal B. Pajvani

  • Hypothalamic AMPK and fatty acid metabolism mediate thyroid regulation of energy balance

    Miguel González López;Miguel González López;Luis Varela;María J. Sánchez Vazquez;Sergio Rodriguez-Cuenca

  • Hypothalamic fatty acid metabolism mediates the orexigenic action of ghrelin.

    Miguel Lopez;Ricardo Lage;Asish K Saha;Diego Perez-Tilve

  • Contraction-induced Changes in Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase and 5′-AMP-activated Kinase in Skeletal Muscle

    Demetrios Vavvas;Alexios Apazidis;Asish K. Saha;James Gamble

  • AMPK, the metabolic syndrome and cancer

    Zhijun Luo;Asish K. Saha;Xiaoqin Xiang;Neil B. Ruderman

  • SIRT4 Coordinates the Balance between Lipid Synthesis and Catabolism by Repressing Malonyl CoA Decarboxylase

    Gaëlle Laurent;Natalie J. German;Asish K. Saha;Vincent C.J. de Boer

  • Estradiol regulates brown adipose tissue thermogenesis via hypothalamic AMPK

    Pablo Blanco Martinez De Morentin;Ismael Gonzalez-Garcia;Luis Martins;Ricardo Lage

  • Coordinate Regulation of Malonyl-CoA Decarboxylase,sn-Glycerol-3-phosphate Acyltransferase, and Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase by AMP-activated Protein Kinase in Rat Tissues in Response to Exercise

    Haejoe Park;Virendar K. Kaushik;Scarlet Constant;Marc Prentki

  • Minireview: malonyl CoA, AMP-activated protein kinase, and adiposity

    Neil B. Ruderman;Asish K. Saha;Edward W. Kraegen

  • AMPK activity is diminished in tissues of IL-6 knockout mice: the effect of exercise.

    Meghan Kelly;Charlotte Keller;Paco R. Avilucea;Pernille Keller

  • Thiazolidinediones can rapidly activate AMP-activated protein kinase in mammalian tissues.

    Nathan K. LeBrasseur;Meghan Kelly;Tsu Shuen Tsao;Stephen R. Farmer

  • AMP-activated protein kinase activators can inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells by multiple mechanisms.

    Xiaoqin Xiang;Asish K. Saha;Rong Wen;Neil B. Ruderman

  • Inhibition of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase by Phosphorylation or the Inhibitor ND-654 Suppresses Lipogenesis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    James S.V. Lally;Sarani Ghoshal;Danielle K. DePeralta;Omeed Moaven

  • Activation of malonyl-CoA decarboxylase in rat skeletal muscle by contraction and the AMP-activated protein kinase activator 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta -D-ribofuranoside.

    Asish K. Saha;Alexandria J. Schwarsin;Raphael Roduit;Frédéric Massé

  • AMP-activated Protein Kinase Is Activated as a Consequence of Lipolysis in the Adipocyte POTENTIAL MECHANISM AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RELEVANCE

    Marie-Soleil Gauthier;Hideaki Miyoshi;Hideaki Miyoshi;Sandra C. Souza;Sandra C. Souza;José M. Cacicedo;José M. Cacicedo

  • Pioglitazone treatment activates AMP-activated protein kinase in rat liver and adipose tissue in vivo

    Asish K Saha;Paco R Avilucea;Ji Ming Ye;Murwarid M Assifi

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil B. Ruderman
Neil B. Ruderman Boston University
Edward W. Kraegen
Edward W. Kraegen Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Miguel López
Miguel López University of Santiago de Compostela
Carlos Dieguez
Carlos Dieguez University of Santiago de Compostela
Gregory J. Cooney
Gregory J. Cooney University of Sydney
Zhijun Luo
Zhijun Luo Nanchang University
Antonio Vidal-Puig
Antonio Vidal-Puig University of Cambridge
Marc Prentki
Marc Prentki University of Montreal
Lee A. Witters
Lee A. Witters Dartmouth College
Rubén Nogueiras
Rubén Nogueiras University of Santiago de Compostela

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