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  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Jean E. Vance is a researcher affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their work primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Surgery.

The main research topics addressed by Jean E. Vance include:

  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Metabolism and genetic disorders
  • Lipid membrane structure and behavior
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Cholesterol and lipid metabolism
  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors

Jean E. Vance's recent publications encompass the following papers:

  • Inter-organelle membrane contact sites: implications for lipid metabolism, 2020, Biology Direct
  • Cellular itinerary of LDL cholesterol, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Acyl-CoA Synthetase Isoforms 1, 4, and 5 Are Present in Different Subcellular Membranes in Rat Liver and Can Be Inhibited Independently, 2021, UNC Libraries

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Biology Direct
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • UNC Libraries

They have collaborated with several coauthors, notably:

  • Dennis E. Vance
  • Tal M. Lewin
  • Ji Hyeon Kim
  • Deborah A. Granger
  • Rosalind Coleman

In addition to articles, Jean E. Vance has contributed to book publications including:

  • Biochemistry of Lipids, Lipoproteins and Membranes, published by Elsevier BV in 2021

Jean E. Vance received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2008, recognized by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Phospholipid synthesis in a membrane fraction associated with mitochondria.

    Jean E. Vance

  • Biochemistry of lipids, lipoproteins, and membranes

    Dennis E. Vance;Jean E. Vance

  • The critical role of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism in health and disease.

    Jelske N. van der Veen;John P. Kennelly;Sereana Wan;Jean E. Vance

  • Phospholipid synthesis and transport in mammalian cells.

    Jean E. Vance

  • MAM (mitochondria-associated membranes) in mammalian cells: lipids and beyond.

    Jean E. Vance

  • Mechanisms of lipid-body formation.

    Denis J Murphy;Jean Vance

  • Formation and function of phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine in mammalian cells

    Jean E. Vance;Guergana Tasseva

  • Metabolism and functions of phosphatidylserine.

    Jean E Vance;Rineke Steenbergen

  • Phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine in mammalian cells: two metabolically related aminophospholipids.

    Jean E. Vance

  • A unique mitochondria-associated membrane fraction from rat liver has a high capacity for lipid synthesis and contains pre-Golgi secretory proteins including nascent lipoproteins.

    A. E. Rusinol;Zheng Cui;M. H. Chen;J. E. Vance

  • Phospholipid biosynthesis in mammalian cells.

    Jean E Vance;Dennis E Vance

  • Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and lipoprotein metabolism.

    Laura K. Cole;Jean E. Vance;Dennis E. Vance

  • Phosphatidylserine Synthase-1 and -2 Are Localized to Mitochondria-associated Membranes

    Scot J. Stone;Jean E. Vance

  • Dysregulation of cholesterol balance in the brain: contribution to neurodegenerative diseases

    Jean E. Vance

  • Acyl-CoA synthetase isoforms 1, 4, and 5 are present in different subcellular membranes in rat liver and can be inhibited independently.

    Tal M. Lewin;Ji Hyeon Kim;Deborah A. Granger;Jean E. Vance

  • Import of lipids into mitochondria.

    Günther Daum;Jean E. Vance

  • Disruption of the Phosphatidylserine Decarboxylase Gene in Mice Causes Embryonic Lethality and Mitochondrial Defects

    Rineke Steenbergen;Terry S. Nanowski;Anne Beigneux;Agnes Kulinski

  • Biochemistry of Lipids and Membranes

    Dennis E. Vance;Jean E. Vance

  • Evidence that phosphatidylserine is imported into mitochondria via a mitochondria-associated membrane and that the majority of mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine is derived from decarboxylation of phosphatidylserine

    Young-Ji Shiao;Gabriella Lupo;Jean E. Vance

  • Phosphatidylethanolamine deficiency in mammalian mitochondria impairs oxidative phosphorylation and alters mitochondrial morphology

    Guergana Tasseva;Helin Daniel Bai;Magdalena Davidescu;Alois Haromy

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis E. Vance
Dennis E. Vance University of Alberta
A. Micheil Innes
A. Micheil Innes University of Calgary
Bart Staels
Bart Staels University of Lille
Catherine Fievet
Catherine Fievet Institut Pasteur
Stephen G. Young
Stephen G. Young University of California, Los Angeles
Satyabrata Kar
Satyabrata Kar University of Alberta
Bronwyn MacInnis
Bronwyn MacInnis Broad Institute
Jared Rutter
Jared Rutter University of Utah
James C. Cox
James C. Cox Georgia State University
P. Darrell Neufer
P. Darrell Neufer East Carolina University

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