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David L. Williams was affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, producing a total of 22 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, along with 16 in medicine. Their work also extended into several subfields, including molecular biology, parasitology, public health, environmental and occupational health, organic chemistry, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's research focused on core topics such as redox biology and oxidative stress, parasites and host interactions, research on leishmaniasis studies, glutathione transferases and polymorphisms, pulmonary hypertension research and treatments, enzyme function and inhibition, and trace elements in health.

Williams published extensively across various scholarly venues. Some journals where they contributed multiple papers include:

  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (3 publications)
  • ACS Infectious Diseases (2 publications)
  • Toxicological Sciences (2 publications)
  • Molecules (2 publications)
  • Redox Biology (2 publications)

Collaborations featured several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Francesco Angelucci (12 joint publications)
  • Pavel A. Petukhov (10 joint publications)
  • Samuel Yaw Aboagye (9 joint publications)
  • Matteo Ardini (8 joint publications)
  • Rodolfo Ippoliti (8 joint publications)

Significant research papers by David L. Williams included:

  • "Characterization of Lead Compounds Targeting the Selenoprotein Thioredoxin Glutathione Reductase for Treatment of Schistosomiasis," 2020, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • "Bioelution, Bioavailability, and Toxicity of Cobalt Compounds Correlate," 2020, Toxicological Sciences
  • "Repurposing Auranofin and Evaluation of a New Gold(I) Compound for the Search of Treatment of Human and Cattle Parasitic Diseases: From Protozoa to Helminth Infections," 2020, Molecules
  • "Non-covalent inhibitors of thioredoxin glutathione reductase with schistosomicidal activity in vivo," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Probing the Surface of a Parasite Drug Target Thioredoxin Glutathione Reductase Using Small Molecule Fragments," 2021, ACS Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Characterization of the human cysteinyl leukotriene CysLT1 receptor.

    K. R. Lynch;G. P. O'neill;Qingyun Liu;D.-S. Im

  • Cell cholesterol efflux: integration of old and new observations provides new insights.

    George H. Rothblat;Margarita de la Llera-Moya;Veronique Atger;Ginny Kellner-Weibel

  • Class B Scavenger Receptor-Mediated Intestinal Absorption of Dietary β-Carotene and Cholesterol†

    Ariëtte van Bennekum;Moritz Werder;Stephen T. Thuahnai;‖ Chang-Hoon Han

  • Regulation by adrenocorticotropic hormone of the in vivo expression of scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), a high density lipoprotein receptor, in steroidogenic cells of the murine adrenal gland

    Attilio Rigotti;Elazer R. Edelman;Elazer R. Edelman;Philip Seifert;Sohah N. Iqbal

  • High Density Lipoprotein Phospholipid Composition Is a Major Determinant of the Bi-directional Flux and Net Movement of Cellular Free Cholesterol Mediated by Scavenger Receptor BI

    Patricia G. Yancey;Margarita de la Llera-Moya;Snehasikta Swarnakar;Pascale Monzo

  • Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) is the major route for the delivery of high density lipoprotein cholesterol to the steroidogenic pathway in cultured mouse adrenocortical cells

    Ryan E. Temel;Bernardo Trigatti;Ronald B. DeMattos;Salman Azhar

  • Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) mediates free cholesterol flux independently of HDL tethering to the cell surface.

    Margarita de la Llera-Moya;George H. Rothblat;Margery A. Connelly;Ginny Kellner-Weibel

  • Mechanism of Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I-mediated Selective Uptake of Cholesteryl Esters from High Density Lipoprotein to Adrenal Cells

    Wendi V. Rodrigueza;Stephen T. Thuahnai;Ryan E. Temel;Sissel Lund-Katz

  • Estrogen Induction of VLDLy Assembly in Egg-Laying Hens

    Rosemary L. Walzem;Robert J. Hansen;David L. Williams;Robert L. Hamilton

  • Scavenger receptor BI and cholesterol trafficking.

    Williams Dl;Connelly Ma;Temel Re;Swarnakar S

  • Apolipoprotein A-I Is Required for Cholesteryl Ester Accumulation in Steroidogenic Cells and for Normal Adrenal Steroid Production

    Andrew S. Plump;Sandra K. Erickson;Wei Weng;Jacqueline S. Partin

  • Scavenger receptor BI: a scavenger receptor with a mission to transport high density lipoprotein lipids.

    Margery A Connelly;David L Williams

  • Expression of scavenger receptor BI in COS-7 cells alters cholesterol content and distribution.

    Kellner-Weibel G;de La Llera-Moya M;Connelly Ma;Stoudt G

  • Cholesterol binding, efflux, and a PDZ-interacting domain of scavenger receptor-BI mediate HDL-initiated signaling

    Chatchawin Assanasen;Chieko Mineo;Divya Seetharam;Ivan S. Yuhanna

  • Systemic distribution of apolipoprotein E secreted by grafts of epidermal keratinocytes: implications for epidermal function and gene therapy.

    Elizabeth S. Fenjves;David A. Gordon;Lynn K. Pershing;David L. Williams

  • Scavenger Receptor Class B, Type I-mediated Uptake of Various Lipids into Cells INFLUENCE OF THE NATURE OF THE DONOR PARTICLE INTERACTION WITH THE RECEPTOR

    Stephen T. Thuahnai;Sissel Lund-Katz;David L. Williams;Michael C. Phillips

  • A Minimally Lipidated Form of Cell-derived Apolipoprotein E Exhibits Isoform-specific Stimulation of Neurite Outgrowth in the Absence of Exogenous Lipids or Lipoproteins

    Ronald B. DeMattos;Linda K. Curtiss;David L. Williams

  • Quantitation of apolipoprotein E mRNA in the liver and peripheral tissues of nonhuman primates.

    T C Newman;P A Dawson;L L Rudel;D L Williams

  • Scavenger receptor class B, type I, mediates selective uptake of low density lipoprotein cholesteryl ester.

    Snehasikta Swarnakar;Ryan E. Temel;Margery A. Connelly;Salman Azhar

  • Binding and Cross-linking Studies Show That Scavenger Receptor BI Interacts with Multiple Sites in Apolipoprotein A-I and Identify the Class A Amphipathic α-Helix as a Recognition Motif

    David L. Williams;Margarita de la Llera-Moya;Stephen T. Thuahnai;Sissel Lund-Katz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Phillips
Michael C. Phillips University of Pennsylvania
George H. Rothblat
George H. Rothblat Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Lawrence L. Rudel
Lawrence L. Rudel Wake Forest University
Francis Johnson
Francis Johnson Stony Brook University
Sissel Lund-Katz
Sissel Lund-Katz University of Pennsylvania
G. M. Anantharamaiah
G. M. Anantharamaiah University of Alabama at Birmingham
Craig C. Malbon
Craig C. Malbon Stony Brook University
Robert L. Hamilton
Robert L. Hamilton University of California, San Francisco
Aldons J. Lusis
Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles

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