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Overview

Kenneth Maiese is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on molecular biology, physiology, geriatrics and gerontology, epidemiology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Maiese has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Current Neurovascular Research
  • Biomolecules
  • Neural Regeneration Research
  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Recent papers authored by Kenneth Maiese reflect a focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms related to neurodegeneration, metabolic diseases, and circadian biology. Selected publications include:

  • Targeting the core of neurodegeneration: FoxO, mTOR, and SIRT1, 2020, Neural Regeneration Research
  • The Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (mTOR): Novel Considerations as an Antiviral Treatment, 2020, Current Neurovascular Research
  • New Insights for nicotinamide Metabolic disease autophagy and mTOR, 2020, Frontiers in bioscience
  • Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Gaining Insight through Circadian Clock Gene Pathways, 2021, Biomolecules

Among frequent collaborators are Ryan A. Denu, Stefan Foser, Subba R. Digumarthy, Joan Anton Puig-Butillé, and Christian Rebhan. Their collaborations suggest a multidisciplinary approach to biochemical and clinical questions.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • New Avenues of Exploration for Erythropoietin

    Kenneth Maiese;Faqi Li;Zhao Zhong Chong

  • Oxidative stress in the brain: novel cellular targets that govern survival during neurodegenerative disease.

    Zhao Zhong Chong;Faqi Li;Kenneth Maiese

  • Erythropoietin Is a Novel Vascular Protectant Through Activation of Akt1 and Mitochondrial Modulation of Cysteine Proteases

    Zhao Zhong Chong;Jing Qiong Kang;Kenneth Maiese

  • Erythropoietin fosters both intrinsic and extrinsic neuronal protection through modulation of microglia, Akt1, Bad, and caspase-mediated pathways.

    Zhao Zhong Chong;Jing Qiong Kang;Kenneth Maiese

  • The Src homology 2 domain tyrosine phosphatases SHP-1 and SHP-2: diversified control of cell growth, inflammation, and injury

    Z. Z. Chong;Kenneth Maiese

  • Hematopoietic factor erythropoietin fosters neuroprotection through novel signal transduction cascades.

    Zhao Zhong Chong;Jing-Qiong Kang;Kenneth Maiese

  • The vitamin nicotinamide: translating nutrition into clinical care.

    Kenneth Maiese;Zhao Zhong Chong;Jinling Hou;Yan Chen Shang

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Oxidative Stress Biology and Cell Injury During Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Kenneth Maiese;Simona Daniela Morhan;Zhao Zhong Chong

  • Activating Akt and the brain's resources to drive cellular survival and prevent inflammatory injury.

    Z. Z. Chong;F. Li;Kenneth Maiese

  • New Insights for Oxidative Stress and Diabetes Mellitus.

    Kenneth Maiese

  • Nicotinamide: necessary nutrient emerges as a novel cytoprotectant for the brain

    Kenneth Maiese;Zhao Zhong Chong

  • Mechanistic Insights Into Diabetes Mellitus and Oxidative Stress

    Kenneth Maiese;Zhao Zhong Chong;Yan Chen Shang

  • Peptide growth factors protect against ischemia in culture by preventing nitric oxide toxicity

    K Maiese;I Boniece;D DeMeo;JA Wagner

  • The Wnt signaling pathway: aging gracefully as a protectionist?

    Kenneth Maiese;Faqi Li;Zhao Zhong Chong;Yan Chen Shang

  • Apaf-1, Bcl-xL, cytochrome c, and caspase-9 form the critical elements for cerebral vascular protection by erythropoietin.

    Zhao Zhong Chong;Jing Qiong Kang;Kenneth Maiese

  • mTOR: on target for novel therapeutic strategies in the nervous system

    Kenneth Maiese;Zhao Zhong Chong;Yan Chen Shang;Shaohui Wang

  • OutFOXOing disease and disability: the therapeutic potential of targeting FoxO proteins

    Kenneth Maiese;Zhao Zhong Chong;Yan Chen Shang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhao Zhong Chong
Zhao Zhong Chong University of Illinois at Chicago

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