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David Sheehan is a researcher affiliated with University College Cork in Ireland. Their work primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology.

The scientist has explored a range of topics in their research, particularly focusing on:

  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology

David Sheehan has published in various scientific venues, with each contributing one publication to their record, including:

  • Meat Science
  • Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
  • Journal of Insect Physiology
  • Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
  • Microbiology

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • "Shotgun proteomics for the preliminary identification of biomarkers of beef sensory tenderness, juiciness and chewiness from plasma and muscle of young Limousin-sired bulls" (2021, Meat Science)
  • "The Aspergillus fumigatus Secretome Alters the Proteome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Stimulate Bacterial Growth: Implications for Co-infection" (2020, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics)
  • "Proteomic profiling of bacterial and fungal induced immune priming in Galleria mellonella larvae" (2021, Journal of Insect Physiology)
  • "Impacts of nanoparticles and phosphonates in the behavior and oxidative status of the mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)" (2021, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences)
  • "Exposure to the Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretome alters the proteome and secondary metabolite production of Aspergillus fumigatus" (2022, Microbiology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Yao Zhu
  • Anatte Margalit
  • Kevin Kavanagh
  • James C. Carolan
  • Katalin Bartos

Best Publications

  • Structure, function and evolution of glutathione transferases: implications for classification of non-mammalian members of an ancient enzyme superfamily.

    David Sheehan;Gerardene Meade;Vivienne M. Foley;Catriona A. Dowd

  • Oxidative stress and toxicity of gold nanoparticles in Mytilus edulis

    Sara Tedesco;Hugh Doyle;Julian Blasco;Gareth Redmond

  • Effects of seasonality on xenobiotic and antioxidant defence mechanisms of bivalve molluscs.

    David Sheehan;Aisling Power

  • Antioxidative effect of added tea catechins on susceptibility of cooked red meat, poultry and fish patties to lipid oxidation

    Shuze Tang;Joe P Kerry;David Sheehan;D.Joe Buckley

  • Heat shock proteins--modulators of apoptosis in tumour cells.

    E M Creagh;D Sheehan;T G Cotter

  • Antioxidative mechanisms of tea catechins in chicken meat systems

    S.Z Tang;J.P Kerry;D Sheehan;D.J Buckley

  • Anti‐oxidant activity of added tea catechins on lipid oxidation of raw minced red meat, poultry and fish muscle

    Shuze Tang;David Sheehan;D. Joe Buckley;Patrick A. Morrissey

  • Assessment of a glutathione S-transferase and related proteins in the gill and digestive gland of Mytilus edulis (L.), as potential organic pollution biomarkers

    Patrick J. Fitzpatrick;John O'Halloran;David Sheehan;Andrew R. Walsh

  • Seasonal variation in the antioxidant defence systems of gill and digestive gland of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis

    Aisling Power;David Sheehan

  • Proteomics as a route to identification of toxicity targets in environmental toxicology.

    Vera A. Dowling;David Sheehan

  • Carbonylation and glutathionylation of proteins in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis detected by proteomic analysis and Western blotting: Actin as a target for oxidative stress.

    Brian McDonagh;Raymond Tyther;David Sheehan

  • Gold nanoparticles and oxidative stress in Mytilus edulis

    S. Tedesco;H. Doyle;G. Redmond;D. Sheehan

  • Exposure of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, to gold nanoparticles and the pro-oxidant menadione.

    Sara Tedesco;Hugh Doyle;Julian Blasco;Gareth Redmond

  • Antioxidative effect of dietary tea catechins on lipid oxidation of long-term frozen stored chicken meat.

    S.Z Tang;J.P Kerry;D Sheehan;D.J Buckley

  • Toxicity of copper oxide nanoparticles in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis: a redox proteomic investigation.

    Wentao Hu;Sarah Culloty;Grainne Darmody;Sharon Lynch

  • Dietary tea catechins and iron-induced lipid oxidation in chicken meat, liver and heart.

    S.Z Tang;J.P Kerry;D Sheehan;D.J Buckley

  • Gills are an initial target of zinc oxide nanoparticles in oysters Crassostrea gigas, leading to mitochondrial disruption and oxidative stress.

    Rafael Trevisan;Gabriel Delapedra;Danielle F. Mello;Miriam Arl

  • Protein carbonylation and heat shock response in Ruditapes decussatus following p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) exposure: a proteomic approach reveals that DDE causes oxidative stress.

    Vera Dowling;Pascal C. Hoarau;Michèle Romeo;John O’Halloran

  • A Test Battery Approach for the Ecotoxicological Evaluation of Estuarine Sediments

    M. Davoren;S. Ní Shúilleabháin;J.O’ Halloran;M.G.J. Hartl

  • Separation of multiple forms of glutathione S-transferase from the Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis

    P J Fitzpatrick;D Sheehan

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmel Mothersill
Carmel Mothersill McMaster University
Nora M. O'Brien
Nora M. O'Brien University College Cork
John O'Halloran
John O'Halloran University College Cork
Ana Varela Coelho
Ana Varela Coelho Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Ashkan Madadlou
Ashkan Madadlou University College Cork
Zahra Emam-Djomeh
Zahra Emam-Djomeh University of Tehran
Joseph P. Kerry
Joseph P. Kerry University College Cork
Abdelilah Chaoui
Abdelilah Chaoui University of Carthage
Patrick A. Morrissey
Patrick A. Morrissey University College Cork
Séamus Fanning
Séamus Fanning University College Dublin

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