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82
Citations
26749
World Ranking
3059
National Ranking
1018

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ned A. Porter is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research spans several areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a primary focus on cholesterol and lipid metabolism.

The scientist's publications cover diverse topics in molecular biology, surgery, health toxicology and mutagenesis, biochemistry, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their work addresses complex biochemical pathways related to cholesterol biosynthesis and its regulation in various biological systems.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Prescription Medications Alter Neuronal and Glial Cholesterol Synthesis, 2021, ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Amiodarone Alters Cholesterol Biosynthesis through Tissue-Dependent Inhibition of Emopamil Binding Protein and Dehydrocholesterol Reductase 24, 2020, ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Evaluating a targeted multiple reaction monitoring approach to global untargeted lipidomic analyses of human plasma, 2020, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Maternal cariprazine exposure inhibits embryonic and postnatal brain cholesterol biosynthesis, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Trazodone effects on developing brain, 2021, Translational Psychiatry

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Ned A. Porter include:

  • Hye-Young Kim
  • Keri A. Tallman
  • Željka Korade
  • Károly Mirnics
  • Ilona Jaspers

The scientist has published multiple articles in prominent venues such as Chemical Research in Toxicology, Biomolecules, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Research topics consistently addressed by Porter include:

  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

Ned A. Porter holds fellowships with notable scientific societies. They were named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2013 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Free Radical Lipid Peroxidation: Mechanisms and Analysis

    Huiyong Yin;Libin Xu;Ned A. Porter

  • Mechanisms of free radical oxidation of unsaturated lipids

    Ned A. Porter;Sarah E. Caldwell;Karen A. Mills

  • Stereochemistry of Radical Reactions: Concepts, Guidelines, and Synthetic Applications

    Dennis P. Curran;Ned A. Porter;Bernd Giese

  • Stereochemistry of Radical Reactions

    Dennis P. Curran;Ned A. Porter;Bernd Giese

  • Mechanisms for the autoxidation of polyunsaturated lipids

    Ned A. Porter

  • Acyclic stereochemical control in free-radical reactions

    Ned A. Porter;Bernd Giese;Dennis P. Curran

  • Two Distinct Pathways of Formation of 4-Hydroxynonenal MECHANISMS OF NONENZYMATIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE 9- AND 13-HYDROPEROXIDES OF LINOLEIC ACID TO 4-HYDROXYALKENALS

    Claus Schneider;Keri A. Tallman;Ned A. Porter;Alan R. Brash

  • Unified mechanism for polyunsaturated fatty acid autoxidation. Competition of peroxy radical hydrogen atom abstraction, .beta.-scission, and cyclization

    Ned A. Porter;Laura S. Lehman;Bruce A. Weber;Karl J. Smith

  • Free radical oxidation of polyunsaturated lipids: New mechanistic insights and the development of peroxyl radical clocks.

    Derek A. Pratt;Keri A. Tallman;Ned A. Porter

  • Control of Oxygenation in Lipoxygenase and Cyclooxygenase Catalysis

    Claus Schneider;Derek A. Pratt;Derek A. Pratt;Ned A. Porter;Alan R. Brash

  • Routes to 4-Hydroxynonenal: Fundamental Issues in the Mechanisms of Lipid Peroxidation

    Claus Schneider;Ned A. Porter;Alan R. Brash

  • Autoxidation of polyunsaturated lipids. Factors controlling the stereochemistry of product hydroperoxides

    Ned A. Porter;Bruce A. Weber;Hugo Weenen;Jamil A. Khan

  • Preparation and purification of lipid hydroperoxides from arachidonic and γ-linolenic acids

    Max O. Funk;Ramdas Isaac;Ned A. Porter

  • Suggested mechanisms for the production of 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal from the autoxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

    William A. Pryor;Ned A. Porter;Ned A. Porter

  • Chemistry of lipid peroxidation.

    Ned A. Porter

  • Regulation of arachidonate metabolism via lipoxygenase and cyclo-oxygenase by 12-HPETE, the product of human platelet lipoxygenase.

    Marvin I. Siegel;Randy T. McConnell;Sanders L. Abrahams;Ned A. Porter

  • Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis in Radical Reactions: Enantioselective Conjugate Radical Additions

    Mukund P. Sibi and;Jianguo Ji;Jason Hongliu Wu;and Stephan Gürtler

  • Rate Constants for Peroxidation of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Sterols in Solution and in Liposomes

    Libin Xu;Todd A. Davis;Ned A. Porter

  • Discovery of lipid peroxidation products formed in vivo with a substituted tetrahydrofuran ring (isofurans) that are favored by increased oxygen tension

    Joshua P. Fessel;Ned A. Porter;Kevin P. Moore;James R. Sheller

  • Identification of Protein Targets of 4-Hydroxynonenal Using Click Chemistry for Ex Vivo Biotinylation of Azido and Alkynyl Derivatives

    Andrew Vila;Keri A. Tallman;Aaron T. Jacobs;Daniel C. Liebler

  • Enantioselective Free Radical Reactions

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Frequent Co-Authors

Huiyong Yin
Huiyong Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrew T. McPhail
Andrew T. McPhail Duke University
Derek A. Pratt
Derek A. Pratt University of Ottawa
Lawrence J. Marnett
Lawrence J. Marnett Vanderbilt University
Karoly Mirnics
Karoly Mirnics University of Nebraska Medical Center
Bernd Giese
Bernd Giese University of Fribourg
daniel c liebler
daniel c liebler Vanderbilt University
Steven J. Fliesler
Steven J. Fliesler University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Dennis P. Curran
Dennis P. Curran University of Pittsburgh
Alan R. Brash
Alan R. Brash Vanderbilt University

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