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15084
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Lech Wojtczak is affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland. Their research spans several interconnected fields within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, demonstrating a focus on cellular and metabolic processes.

The scientist's recent publication record includes the paper titled An Update on Isolation of Functional Mitochondria from Cells for Bioenergetics Studies, published in 2021 in Methods in Molecular Biology. This work addresses techniques related to mitochondrial isolation, relevant for bioenergetics studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lech Wojtczak include:

  • Magdalena Lebiedzińska
  • Mariusz R. Więckowski

Publication venues where Wojtczak's work appears include:

  • Methods in Molecular Biology

Wojtczak's research contributions align with main fields of study such as:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, the scientist's work further delves into subfields including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Physiology

Core topics explored by Wojtczak are:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Lech Wojtczak received recognition from the Polish Academy of Science in 2019, marking a milestone within their scientific career.

Best Publications

  • Short- and medium-chain fatty acids in energy metabolism: the cellular perspective.

    Peter Schönfeld;Lech Wojtczak

  • Mitochondria as a Pharmacological Target

    Adam Szewczyk;Lech Wojtczak

  • Fatty acids as modulators of the cellular production of reactive oxygen species.

    Peter Schönfeld;Lech Wojtczak

  • Effect of fatty acids on energy coupling processes in mitochondria

    Lech Wojtczak;Peter Schönfeld

  • Formation and disappearance of an endogenous uncoupling factor during swelling and contraction of mitochondria

    Lech Wojtczak;Albert L. Lehninger

  • Control of mitochondrial respiration

    J.M. Tager;R.J.A Wanders;A.K. Groen;W. Kunz

  • Surface Charge of Biological Membranes as a Possible Regulator of Membrane‐Bound Enzymes

    Lech Wojtczak;Maciej J. Nałęcz

  • Fatty acids decrease mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species at the reverse electron transport but increase it at the forward transport.

    Peter Schönfeld;Lech Wojtczak

  • Effect of long-chain fatty acids and acyl-CoA on mitochondrial permeability, transport, and energy-coupling processes.

    Lech Wojtczak

  • A novel apoptosis-like pathway, independent of mitochondria and caspases, induced by curcumin in human lymphoblastoid T (Jurkat) cells.

    Katarzyna Piwocka;Krzysztof Zabłocki;Mariusz R. Więckowski;Janusz Skierski

  • Mitochondria as an important target in heavy metal toxicity in rat hepatoma AS-30D cells.

    Elena A. Belyaeva;Dorota Dymkowska;Mariusz R. Więckowski;Lech Wojtczak

  • Phosphatidylserine decarboxylase is located on the external side of the inner mitochondrial membrane

    Józef Zborowski;Anna Dygas;Lech Wojtczak

  • Fatty acid-induced uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation is partly due to opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

    Mariusz R Więckowski;Lech Wojtczak

  • Inhibition of adenine nucleotide transport through the mitochondrial porin by a synthetic polyanion.

    Roland Benz;Lech Wojtczak;Waltraud Bosch;Dieter Brdiczka

  • On the impermeability of the outer mitochondrial membrane to cytochrome c. I. Studies on whole mitochondria

    Lech Wojtczak;Halina Załuska

  • The inhibition of translocation of adenine nucleotides through mitochondrial membranes by oleate

    Lech Wojtczak;Halina Zaluska

  • Involvement of the dicarboxylate carrier in the protonophoric action of long-chain fatty acids in mitochondria.

    Wieckowski Mr;Wojtczak L

  • The mechanisms of fatty acid-induced proton permeability of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

    L Wojtczak;M R Wieckowski

  • Uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation and inhibition of ATPPi exchange by a substance from insect mitochondria

    Lech Wojtczak;Anna B. Wojtczak

  • Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and oxidative stress: lack of reverse electron transfer-associated production of reactive oxygen species.

    Peter Schönfeld;Mariusz R. Więckowski;Magdalena Lebiedzińska;Lech Wojtczak

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariusz R. Wieckowski
Mariusz R. Wieckowski Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego
Angelo Azzi
Angelo Azzi Tufts University
Dieter Brdiczka
Dieter Brdiczka University of Konstanz
Ewa Sikora
Ewa Sikora Polish Academy of Sciences
Roland Benz
Roland Benz Jacobs University
Petr Ježek
Petr Ježek Institute of Physiology
J. M. Tager
J. M. Tager University of Amsterdam
Paulo J. Oliveira
Paulo J. Oliveira University of Coimbra
Bruno Antonsson
Bruno Antonsson Merck Serono (Italy)
Fernanda Borges
Fernanda Borges University of Porto

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