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62
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14834
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8763
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Mark J. Kurth is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with notable contributions to molecular biology and organic chemistry. Their work frequently intersects with clinical and hepatic studies, addressing biochemical and immunological topics related to liver diseases.

The main fields of study for Kurth include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broader areas, their research delves into several subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Hepatology
  • Surgery
  • Genetics

Their research topics consistently focus on:

  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation

Several recent papers authored or coauthored by Kurth include:

  • "Autoimmunity affecting the biliary tract fuels the immunosurveillance of cholangiocarcinoma," 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • "E. coli and the etiology of human PBC: Antimitochondrial antibodies and spreading determinants," 2021, Hepatology
  • "The Evolving Landscape of Fecal Microbial Transplantation," 2023, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology
  • "Solid-Phase Synthesis of Peptidomimetics with Peptide Backbone Modifications," 2021, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Heterocycles as a Peptidomimetic Scaffold: Solid-Phase Synthesis Strategies," 2021, Pharmaceuticals

These publications are found in journals such as:

  • Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • Hepatology
  • Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Pharmaceuticals

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Patrick S.C. Leung
  • Weici Zhang
  • Jie Zhu
  • Tihong Shao
  • M. Eric Gershwin

Mark J. Kurth received the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award in 1987.

Best Publications

  • Chemical inhibition of the mitochondrial division dynamin reveals its role in Bax/Bak-dependent mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization.

    Ann Cassidy-Stone;Jerry E. Chipuk;Elena Ingerman;Cheng Song

  • Mechanism-based corrector combination restores ΔF508-CFTR folding and function

    Tsukasa Okiyoneda;Guido Veit;Johanna F Dekkers;Miklos Bagdany

  • Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis react against a ubiquitous xenobiotic-metabolizing bacterium*

    Carlo F Selmi;Carlo F Selmi;David L. Balkwill;Pietro Invernizzi;Aftab A. Ansari

  • Carbon-carbon bond forming solid-phase reactions

    Beth A. Lorsbach;Mark J. Kurth

  • "Analogous" Organic Synthesis of Small-Compound Libraries: Validation of Combinatorial Chemistry in Small-Molecule Synthesis

    Chixu Chen;Lisa A. Ahlberg Randall;R. Bryan Miller;A. Daniel Jones

  • Carbon-carbon bond-forming solid-phase reactions. Part II.

    Robert E. Sammelson and;Mark J. Kurth

  • Chemical Xenobiotics and Mitochondrial Autoantigens in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Identification of Antibodies against a Common Environmental, Cosmetic, and Food Additive, 2-Octynoic Acid

    Katsushi Amano;Patrick S C Leung;Roman Rieger;Chao Quan

  • Novel CFTR Chloride Channel Activators Identified by Screening of Combinatorial Libraries Based on Flavone and Benzoquinolizinium Lead Compounds

    Luis J.V. Galietta;Mark F. Springsteel;Masahiro Eda;Edmund J. Niedzinski

  • Cyclic amino acid derivatives

    Kyung Ho Park;Mark J. Kurth

  • Loss of tolerance in C57BL/6 mice to the autoantigen E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase by a xenobiotic with ensuing biliary ductular disease

    Kanji Wakabayashi;Kanji Wakabayashi;Zhe-Xiong Lian;Patrick S C Leung;Yuki Moritoki

  • Immunoreactivity of organic mimeotopes of the E2 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase: connecting xenobiotics with primary biliary cirrhosis

    S Alice Long;Chao Quan;Judy Van de Water;Michael H Nantz

  • Phenylglycine and Sulfonamide Correctors of Defective ΔF508 and G551D Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Chloride-Channel Gating

    Nicoletta Pedemonte;Nitin D Sonawane;Alessandro Taddei;Jie Hu

  • Identification of 2-nonynoic acid, a cosmetic component, as a potential trigger of primary biliary cirrhosis

    Roman Rieger;Patrick S C Leung;Melissa R Jeddeloh;Mark J Kurth

  • Expansion to seven-membered rings

    Eric J. Kantorowski;Mark J. Kurth

  • Immunization with a Xenobiotic 6-Bromohexanoate Bovine Serum Albumin Conjugate Induces Antimitochondrial Antibodies

    Patrick S. C. Leung;Chao Quan;Ogyi Park;Judy Van de Water

  • Asymmetric induction in Diels‐Alder reactions to acrylates derived from chiral sec‐alcohols. Preliminary communication

    Wolfgang Oppolzer;Mark Kurth;Daniel Reichlin;Christian Chapuis

  • Stannous Chloride in Alcohol: A One-Pot Conversion of 2-Nitro-N-arylbenzamides to 2,3-Dihydro-1H-quinazoline-4-ones

    Choong Leol Yoo;James C. Fettinger;Mark J. Kurth

  • Induction of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in Guinea Pigs following Chemical Xenobiotic Immunization

    Patrick S Leung;Ogyi Park;Koichi Tsuneyama;Mark J Kurth

  • Library-Based Lead Compound Discovery: Antioxidants by an Analogous Synthesis/Deconvolutive Assay Strategy

    Mark J. Kurth;Lisa A. Ahlberg Randall;Chixu Chen;Christian Melander

  • Polymer-supported synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted tetrahydrofurans

    Xenia Beebe;Neil E. Schore;Mark J. Kurth

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Fettinger
James C. Fettinger University of California, Davis
Marilyn M. Olmstead
Marilyn M. Olmstead University of California, Davis
Kit S. Lam
Kit S. Lam University of California, Davis
Dean J. Tantillo
Dean J. Tantillo University of California, Davis
Alan S. Verkman
Alan S. Verkman University of California, San Francisco
Patrick S.C. Leung
Patrick S.C. Leung University of California, Davis
M. Eric Gershwin
M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis
Aftab A. Ansari
Aftab A. Ansari University of California, Davis
Ross L. Coppel
Ross L. Coppel Monash University
Bruce D. Hammock
Bruce D. Hammock University of California, Davis

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