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  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

John T. Brosnan is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and has contributed to research predominantly within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work covers a range of subfields including Rheumatology, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics have included Folate and B Vitamins Research, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Biochemical effects in animals, Free Radicals and Antioxidants, Aldose Reductase and Taurine, Birth, Development, and Health, and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways.

Recent publications include:

  • Histidine Metabolism and Function, 2020, Journal of Nutrition
  • Reduced Shmt2 Expression Impairs Mitochondrial Folate Accumulation and Respiration, and Leads to Uracil Accumulation in Mouse Mitochondrial DNA, 2021, Journal of Nutrition
  • Oncogenic Ras expression increases cellular formate production, 2021, Amino Acids
  • Reduced Shmt2 expression impairs mitochondrial folate accumulation and respiration, and leads to uracil accumulation in mouse mitochondrial DNA, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • 112 Dietary supplementation with 0.1% and 0.2% creatine does not improve the growth of postweaning piglets with normal birth weights., 2025, Journal of Animal Science

Frequently collaborating co-authors with John T. Brosnan include:

  • Margaret E. Brosnan
  • Joanna Fiddler
  • Yuwen Xiu
  • Jamie Blum
  • Simon G. Lamarre

The scientist's research has been published in venues such as the Journal of Nutrition, Amino Acids, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of Animal Science.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, John T. Brosnan was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids: An Overview

    John T. Brosnan;Margaret E. Brosnan

  • Branched-Chain Amino Acids: Enzyme and Substrate Regulation

    James T. Brosnan;Margaret E. Brosnan

  • Interorgan Amino Acid Transport and its Regulation

    John T. Brosnan

  • Creatine: endogenous metabolite, dietary, and therapeutic supplement.

    John T. Brosnan;Margaret E. Brosnan

  • Is it time to reevaluate methyl balance in humans

    Lori M Stead;John T Brosnan;Margaret E Brosnan;Dennis E Vance

  • Glutamate: a truly functional amino acid

    John T. Brosnan;Margaret E. Brosnan

  • The metabolic burden of creatine synthesis

    John T. Brosnan;Robin P. da Silva;Margaret E. Brosnan

  • Net uptake of plasma homocysteine by the rat kidney in vivo

    Andrew Bostom;John T. Brosnan;Beatrice Hall;Marie R. Nadeau

  • Macrophages can convert citrulline into arginine.

    Guoyao Wu;J. T. Brosnan

  • Glutamate, at the Interface between Amino Acid and Carbohydrate Metabolism

    John T. Brosnan

  • Renal arginine synthesis: studies in vitro and in vivo.

    S N Dhanakoti;J T Brosnan;G R Herzberg;M E Brosnan

  • Effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes and of insulin treatment on homocysteine metabolism in the rat.

    R L Jacobs;J D House;M E Brosnan;J T Brosnan

  • Methylation demand and homocysteine metabolism: effects of dietary provision of creatine and guanidinoacetate

    Lori M. Stead;Keegan P. Au;René L. Jacobs;Margaret E. Brosnan

  • Hepatic glutamate metabolism: a tale of 2 hepatocytes

    Margaret E Brosnan;John T Brosnan

  • Amino acid metabolism in the Zucker diabetic fatty rat: effects of insulin resistance and of type 2 diabetes.

    Enoka P Wijekoon;Craig Skinner;Margaret E Brosnan;John T Brosnan

  • Methylation demand: a key determinant of homocysteine metabolism

    John T Brosnan;Rene L Jacobs;Lori M Stead;Margaret E Brosnan

  • Methyl balance and transmethylation fluxes in humans

    S Harvey Mudd;John T Brosnan;Margaret E Brosnan;René L Jacobs

  • Effects of ischaemia on metabolite concentrations in rat liver

    J. T. Brosnan;H. A. Krebs;D. H. Williamson

  • Hormonal Regulation of Cystathionine β-Synthase Expression in Liver

    Shobhitha Ratnam;Kenneth N. Maclean;Rene L. Jacobs;Margaret E. Brosnan

  • Characterization of homocysteine metabolism in the rat liver.

    Lori M. Stead;Margaret E. Brosnan;John T. Brosnan

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret E. Brosnan
Margaret E. Brosnan Memorial University of Newfoundland
Itzhak Nissim
Itzhak Nissim Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dennis E. Vance
Dennis E. Vance University of Alberta
Andrew J. Copp
Andrew J. Copp University College London
Anne M. Molloy
Anne M. Molloy Trinity College Dublin
Marc Yudkoff
Marc Yudkoff Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Lawrence C. Brody
Lawrence C. Brody National Institutes of Health
Per Magne Ueland
Per Magne Ueland University of Bergen
Barry Shane
Barry Shane University of California, Berkeley
Nicholas D. E. Greene
Nicholas D. E. Greene University College London

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