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Overview

David E. Ong was affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with specific contributions across several subfields, including molecular biology, immunology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and nutrition and dietetics.

Their work covered a range of topics within clinical nutrition and gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening and detection, gastric cancer management and outcomes, esophageal cancer research and treatment, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, electrolyte and hormonal disorders, and acne and rosacea treatments and effects.

Frequent publication venues included:

  • European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Nutrition Research
  • Nature Communications

Some of the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David E. Ong were:

  • Two vs One Forward View Examination of Right Colon on Adenoma Detection: An International Multicenter Randomized Trial, 2020, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Changes of Drug Pharmacokinetics in Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review, 2021, European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
  • Estrogen regulates the expression of retinoic acid synthesis enzymes and binding proteins in mouse skin, 2021, Nutrition Research
  • Epigenome-wide DNA methylation association study of CHIP provides insight into perturbed gene regulation, 2025, Nature Communications
  • Oral Antibiotics in Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome: Hurdles and Caveats, 2021, European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

David E. Ong frequently collaborated with several co-authors including:

  • Alexander G. Bick
  • Joseph C. Van Amburg
  • Alyssa Parker
  • J. Brett Heimlich
  • Yash Pershad

Best Publications

  • Cellular retinoid-binding proteins.

    David E. Ong

  • Retinoic acid-binding protein in rat tissue. Partial purification and comparison to rat tissue retinol-binding protein.

    David E. Ong;Frank Chytil

  • Spatial distribution of cellular protein binding to retinoic acid in the chick limb bud.

    M Maden;D E Ong;D Summerbell;F Chytil

  • Evidence for a lecithin-retinol acyltransferase activity in the rat small intestine.

    P N MacDonald;D E Ong

  • Differential interaction of lecithin-retinol acyltransferase with cellular retinol binding proteins

    Fiona M. Herr;David E. Ong

  • Transfer of retinoic acid from its complex with cellular retinoic acid-binding protein to the nucleus

    S. Takase;D.E. Ong;F. Chytil

  • Acyl-CoA-independent esterification of retinol bound to cellular retinol-binding protein (type II) by microsomes from rat small intestine.

    David E. Ong;Bharati Kakkad;Paul N. MacDonald

  • Plasma retinol binding protein: structure and function of the prototypic lipocalin.

    Marcia E Newcomer;David E Ong

  • Esterification of retinol in rat liver. Possible participation by cellular retinol-binding protein and cellular retinol-binding protein II.

    D. E. Ong;Paul N MacDonald;A. M. Gubitosi

  • Radioimmunochemical determination of cellular retinol- and cellular retinoic acid-binding proteins in cytosols of rat tissues.

    D E Ong;J A Crow;F Chytil

  • The retinoic acid synthesis gene ALDH1a2 is a candidate tumor suppressor in prostate cancer.

    Hanna Kim;Jacques Lapointe;Gulsah Kaygusuz;David E. Ong

  • Rat cellular retinol-binding protein II: use of a cloned cDNA to define its primary structure, tissue-specific expression, and developmental regulation.

    Ellen Li;Laurie A. Demmer;David A. Sweetser;David E. Ong

  • Cellular transport and metabolism of vitamin A: roles of the cellular retinoid-binding proteins.

    David E. Ong

  • Binding specificities of cellular retinol-binding protein and cellular retinol-binding protein, type II.

    Paul N. MacDonald;David E. Ong

  • Localization of cellular retinol-binding protein and cellular retinoic acid-binding protein in the rat testis and epididymis.

    Steven B. Porter;David E. Ong;Frank Chytil;Marie-Claire Orgebin-Crist

  • Synthesis and secretion of retinol-binding protein and transthyretin by cultured retinal pigment epithelium

    David E. Ong;James T. Davis;William T. O'Day;Dean Bok

  • Localization of cellular retinol-binding protein and retinol-binding protein in cells comprising the blood-brain barrier of rat and human.

    Paul N. MacDonald;Dean Bok;David E. Ong

  • Cellular vitamin A binding proteins.

    Frank Chytil;David E. Ong

  • A lecithin:retinol acyltransferase activity in human and rat liver.

    Paul N. MacDonald;David E. Ong

  • Retinoic acid binding protein: occurrence in human tumors

    David E. Ong;David L. Page;Frank Chytil

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Chytil
Frank Chytil Vanderbilt University
Robert J. Matusik
Robert J. Matusik Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Malcolm Maden
Malcolm Maden University of Florida
Hamid M. Said
Hamid M. Said University of California, Irvine
Jeffrey I. Gordon
Jeffrey I. Gordon Washington University in St. Louis
Dean Bok
Dean Bok University of California, Los Angeles
Michael K. Skinner
Michael K. Skinner Washington State University
Peter McCaffery
Peter McCaffery University of Aberdeen
David A. Sweetser
David A. Sweetser Harvard University

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