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Kenneth Hensley is affiliated with the University of Toledo in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. Within these fields, the scientist has contributed notably to subfields such as molecular biology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and developmental neuroscience.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Adenosine and purinergic signaling
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Multiple sclerosis research studies
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms

They have published papers in multiple scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • ASN NEURO
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Neurochemical Research

Some of the recent papers by Kenneth Hensley are:

  • At the intersection of sulfur redox chemistry, cellular signal transduction and proteostasis: A useful perspective from which to understand and treat neurodegeneration, 2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Lanthionine Ketimine Ethyl Ester Accelerates Remyelination in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis, 2022, ASN NEURO

Additionally, other scientific works associated with this research area, though authored by frequent collaborators, include:

  • Lanthionine ketimine ester improves outcome in an MPTP-induced mouse model of Parkinson's disease via suppressions of CRMP2 phosphorylation and microglial activation, 2020, Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Stable knockout of lanthionine synthase C-like protein-1 (LanCL1) from HeLa cells indicates a role for LanCL1 in redox regulation of deubiquitinating enzymes, 2020, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Effects of Lanthionine Ketimine-5-Ethyl Ester on the α-Synucleinopathy Mouse Model, 2022, Neurochemical Research

Kenneth Hensley frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Alexis Danekas
  • Matthew White
  • Arina Yazawa
  • Toshio Ohshima
  • William Farrell

Best Publications

  • Reactive oxygen species, cell signaling, and cell injury.

    Hensley K;Robinson Ka;Gabbita Sp;Salsman S

  • Oxidative stress in brain aging: Implications for therapeutics of neurodegenerative diseases

    Robert A Floyd;Robert A Floyd;Kenneth Hensley

  • Biomarkers of oxidative stress study II : are oxidation products of lipids, proteins, and DNA markers of CCl4 poisoning?

    M.B. Kadiiska;B.C. Gladen;D.D. Baird;D. Germolec

  • Electrochemical Analysis of Protein Nitrotyrosine and Dityrosine in the Alzheimer Brain Indicates Region-Specific Accumulation

    Kenneth Hensley;Michael L. Maidt;Zhenqiang Yu;Hong Sang

  • p38 kinase is activated in the Alzheimer's disease brain.

    Kenneth Hensley;Robert A. Floyd;Nai-Ying Zheng;Raha Nael

  • New perspectives on vitamin E: γ-tocopherol and carboxyethylhydroxychroman metabolites in biology and medicine

    Kenneth Hensley;Elaine J. Benaksas;Roberto Bolli

  • A comparative review of cell culture systems for the study of microglial biology in Alzheimer’s disease

    Branden Stansley;Jan Post;Kenneth Hensley;Kenneth Hensley

  • Nordihydroguaiaretic acid and aspirin increase lifespan of genetically heterogeneous male mice.

    Randy Strong;Richard A. Miller;Richard A. Miller;Clinton M. Astle;Robert A. Floyd;Robert A. Floyd

  • Reactive Oxygen Species and Protein Oxidation in Aging: A Look Back, A Look Ahead

    Kenneth Hensley;Robert A. Floyd

  • Amyloid β Peptide (25–35) Inhibits Na+‐Dependent Glutamate Uptake in Rat Hippocampal Astrocyte Cultures

    Marni E. Harris;Yaning Wang;Norman W. Pedigo;Kenneth Hensley

  • Message and protein-level elevation of tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) and TNFα-modulating cytokines in spinal cords of the G93A-SOD1 mouse model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Kenneth Hensley;Joe Fedynyshyn;Scott Ferrell;Robert A Floyd;Robert A Floyd

  • Antioxidants in central nervous system diseases: preclinical promise and translational challenges.

    Chandrashekhar D. Kamat;Sunyana Gadal;Molina Mhatre;Kelly S. Williamson

  • Temporal patterns of cytokine and apoptosis-related gene expression in spinal cords of the G93A-SOD1 mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Kenneth Hensley;Robert A. Floyd;Brian Gordon;Shenyun Mou

  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: mechanisms, pathologic consequences, and potential for therapeutic manipulation.

    Kenneth Hensley

  • Redox Regulatory Mechanisms of Cellular Signal Transduction

    S P Gabbita;K A Robinson;C A Stewart;R A Floyd

  • An Aging Interventions Testing Program: study design and interim report.

    Richard A. Miller;David E. Harrison;Clinton M. Astle;Robert A. Floyd

  • Structural and Functional Changes in Proteins Induced by Free Radical-mediated Oxidative Stress and Protective Action of the Antioxidants N-tert-Butyl-α-phenylnitrone and Vitamin Ea

    D. Allan Butterfield;Tanuja Koppal;Beverly Howard;Ram Subramaniam

  • Oxidatively induced structural alteration of glutamine synthetase assessed by analysis of spin label incorporation kinetics : Relevance to Alzheimer's disease

    D A Butterfield;K Hensley;P Cole;R Subramaniam

  • Dietary choline restriction causes complex I dysfunction and increased H2O2 generation in liver mitochondria.

    Kenneth Hensley;Yashige Kotake;Hong Sang;Quentin N. Pye

  • On the relation of oxidative stress to neuroinflammation: lessons learned from the G93A-SOD1 mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Kenneth Hensley;Molina Mhatre;Shenyun Mou;Quentin N. Pye

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Floyd
Robert A. Floyd Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
R. Hal Scofield
R. Hal Scofield University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Ronald P. Mason
Ronald P. Mason National Institutes of Health
Paula Grammas
Paula Grammas University of Rhode Island
D. Allan Butterfield
D. Allan Butterfield University of Kentucky
Richard A. Miller
Richard A. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
William R. Markesbery
William R. Markesbery University of Kentucky
Guoying Bing
Guoying Bing University of Kentucky
Michael Bachmann
Michael Bachmann Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Toshio Ohshima
Toshio Ohshima Waseda University

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