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Nicolas G. Bazan is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these areas, they have focused on subfields such as Neurology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases.

The research topics covered by Nicolas G. Bazan include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments

Nicolas G. Bazan has contributed to various frequent publication venues, including:

  • International Journal of Biomedical Science
  • Stroke
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • Communications Biology

The scientist has worked collaboratively with several frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Ludmila Belayev
  • Bokkyoo Jun
  • Pranab K. Mukherjee
  • Larissa Khoutorova
  • Madigan M. Reid

Selected recent papers authored by or involving Nicolas G. Bazan include:

  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids and fatty acid-derived lipid mediators: Recent advances in the understanding of their biosynthesis, structures, and functions (2022, Progress in Lipid Research)
  • Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023 (2023, Cell Death and Differentiation)
  • Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Promising Antiviral Agents to Combat COVID-19 in the Microbial-Resistant Era (2021, ACS Nano)
  • A unique view of SARS-CoV-2 through the lens of ORF8 protein (2021, Computers in Biology and Medicine)
  • Age-related changes in brain phospholipids and bioactive lipids in the APP knock-in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications)

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Effects of ischemia and electroconvulsive shock on free fatty acid pool in the brain.

    Nicolás G. Bazán

  • A role for docosahexaenoic acid-derived neuroprotectin D1 in neural cell survival and Alzheimer disease.

    Walter J. Lukiw;Jian Guo Cui;Victor L. Marcheselli;Merete Bodker

  • Novel Docosanoids Inhibit Brain Ischemia-Reperfusion-mediated Leukocyte Infiltration and Pro-inflammatory Gene Expression

    Victor L. Marcheselli;Song Hong;Walter J. Lukiw;Xiao Hua Tian

  • Neuroprotectin D1: A docosahexaenoic acid-derived docosatriene protects human retinal pigment epithelial cells from oxidative stress

    Pranab K. Mukherjee;Victor L. Marcheselli;Charles N. Serhan;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Gene expression profiling of 12633 genes in Alzheimer hippocampal CA1: transcription and neurotrophic factor down-regulation and up-regulation of apoptotic and pro-inflammatory signaling.

    Vittorio Colangelo;Jill Schurr;Melvyn J. Ball;Ricardo Palacios Pelaez

  • Membrane docosahexaenoate is supplied to the developing brain and retina by the liver.

    Burton L. Scott;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Docosahexaenoic Acid Signalolipidomics in Nutrition: Significance in Aging, Neuroinflammation, Macular Degeneration, Alzheimer's, and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Nicolas G. Bazan;Miguel F. Molina;William C. Gordon

  • Sleep deprivation causes behavioral, synaptic, and membrane excitability alterations in hippocampal neurons

    Carmel M. McDermott;Gerald J. LaHoste;Chu Chen;Alberto Musto

  • Neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1): a DHA-derived mediator that protects brain and retina against cell injury-induced oxidative stress.

    Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Cell survival matters: docosahexaenoic acid signaling, neuroprotection and photoreceptors.

    Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 regulates prostaglandin E2 signaling in hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity.

    Chu Chen;Jeffery C. Magee;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Synaptic lipid signaling significance of polyunsaturated fatty acids and platelet-activating factor

    Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Omega-3 fatty acids, pro-inflammatory signaling and neuroprotection.

    Nicolas G Bazan

  • Neuroprotectin D1-mediated anti-inflammatory and survival signaling in stroke, retinal degenerations, and Alzheimer's disease

    Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Docosahexaenoic Acid and the Aging Brain

    Walter J. Lukiw;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Rapid Glucocorticoid-Mediated Endocannabinoid Release and Opposing Regulation of Glutamate and γ-Aminobutyric Acid Inputs to Hypothalamic Magnocellular Neurons

    Shi Di;Renato Malcher-Lopes;Victor L. Marcheselli;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Identification of prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene B4 in the synovial fluid of painful, dysfunctional temporomandibular joints

    James H. Quinn;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Novel docosanoids inhibit brain ischemia-reperfusion-mediated leukocyte infiltration and pro-inflammatory gene expression. Vol. 278 (2003) 43807–43817

    Victor L. Marcheselli;Song Hong;Walter J. Lukiw;Xiao Hua Tian

  • Neuroinfl ammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter J. Lukiw
Walter J. Lukiw Louisiana State University
Pranab K. Mukherjee
Pranab K. Mukherjee Louisiana State University
Chu Chen
Chu Chen The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Mark G. Packard
Mark G. Packard Texas A&M University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Stuart A. Lipton
Stuart A. Lipton Scripps Research Institute
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt
James M. Hill
James M. Hill Louisiana State University
Junying Yuan
Junying Yuan Harvard University
Valina L. Dawson
Valina L. Dawson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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