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Overview

Peter J. Meikle is affiliated with the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia. Their research spans various aspects of medicine, with a strong focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their recent research work includes studies on lipid metabolism, metabolic diseases, and neurodegeneration. Selected recent publications are:

  • FXR activation protects against NAFLD via bile-acid-dependent reductions in lipid absorption, 2021, Cell Metabolism
  • Fructose stimulated de novo lipogenesis is promoted by inflammation, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Sex and APOE ε4 genotype modify the Alzheimer's disease serum metabolome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Metabolic Network Analysis Reveals Altered Bile Acid Synthesis and Metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease, 2020, Cell Reports Medicine
  • High-coverage plasma lipidomics reveals novel sex-specific lipidomic fingerprints of age and BMI: Evidence from two large population cohort studies, 2020, PLoS Biology

Their research contributions encompass key topics such as:

  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism

Peter J. Meikle's work has been published frequently in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • Nature Communications

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors:

  • Kevin Huynh
  • Natalie A. Mellett
  • Corey Giles
  • Rima Kaddurah-Daouk
  • Thy Duong

Their scientific output primarily falls within the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. Subfields of study include molecular biology, physiology, cancer research, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and surgery.

Best Publications

  • Distinct patterns of tissue-specific lipid accumulation during the induction of insulin resistance in mice by high-fat feeding

    Nigel Turner;Nigel Turner;Grzegorz Kowalski;Grzegorz Kowalski;Simon J Leslie;Steve Risis

  • Evidence that TLR4 Is Not a Receptor for Saturated Fatty Acids but Mediates Lipid-Induced Inflammation by Reprogramming Macrophage Metabolism

    Graeme I. Lancaster;Graeme I. Lancaster;Katherine G. Langley;Katherine G. Langley;Nils Anton Berglund;Helene L. Kammoun

  • Interleukin-6-deficient mice develop hepatic inflammation and systemic insulin resistance

    Vance B Matthews;T L Allen;S Risis;M H S Chan

  • Harmonizing lipidomics: NIST interlaboratory comparison exercise for lipidomics using SRM 1950-Metabolites in Frozen Human Plasma.

    John A. Bowden;Alan Heckert;Candice Z. Ulmer;Christina M. Jones

  • Sphingolipids and phospholipids in insulin resistance and related metabolic disorders

    Peter J. Meikle;Scott A. Summers

  • Plasma lipid profiling in a large population-based cohort

    Jacquelyn M. Weir;Gerard Wong;Christopher K. Barlow;Melissa A. Greeve

  • Ceramides Contained in LDL Are Elevated in Type 2 Diabetes and Promote Inflammation and Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance

    James Yew Chong Boon;Andrew J Hoy;Romana Stark;Russell D Brown

  • MS-based lipidomics of human blood plasma: a community-initiated position paper to develop accepted guidelines

    Bo Burla;Makoto Arita;Makoto Arita;Masanori Arita;Anne K. Bendt

  • The location of (1-3)-β-glucans in the walls of pollen tubes of Nicotiana alata using a (1-3)-β-glucan-specific monoclonal antibody

    P. J. Meikle;I. Bonig;N. J. Hoogenraad;A. E. Clarke

  • FXR activation protects against NAFLD via bile-acid-dependent reductions in lipid absorption.

    Bethan L. Clifford;Leslie R. Sedgeman;Kevin J. Williams;Pauline Morand

  • High-Throughput Plasma Lipidomics: Detailed Mapping of the Associations with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.

    Kevin Huynh;Christopher K. Barlow;Kaushala S. Jayawardana;Jacquelyn M. Weir

  • Zebrafish Embryonic Lipidomic Analysis Reveals that the Yolk Cell Is Metabolically Active in Processing Lipid

    Daniel Fraher;Andrew Sanigorski;Natalie A. Mellett;Peter J. Meikle

  • Plasma Lipidomic Profiles Improve on Traditional Risk Factors for the Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Zahir H H Alshehry;Piyushkumar A A Mundra;Christopher K K Barlow;Natalie A A Mellett

  • Fructose stimulated de novo lipogenesis is promoted by inflammation.

    Jelena Todoric;Jelena Todoric;Giuseppe Di Caro;Saskia Reibe;Darren C. Henstridge

  • Structural investigations on the mucus from six species of coral

    P. Meikle;G. N. Richards;D. Yellowlees

  • Development and validation of a ceramide- and phospholipid-based cardiovascular risk estimation score for coronary artery disease patients.

    Mika Hilvo;Peter J Meikle;Peter J Meikle;Eva Ringdal Pedersen;Grethe S Tell

  • Transitional changes in the CRP structure lead to the exposure of proinflammatory binding sites

    David Braig;David Braig;Tracy L. Nero;Hans Georg Koch;Benedict Kaiser

  • Adipocyte Ceramides Regulate Subcutaneous Adipose Browning, Inflammation, and Metabolism.

    Bhagirath Chaurasia;Vincent Andre Kaddai;Graeme Iain Lancaster;Darren C. Henstridge

  • Newborn screening for lysosomal storage disorders

    Peter J. Meikle;Dallas J. Grasby;Caroline J. Dean;Debbie L. Lang

  • A (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-glucan-specific monoclonal antibody and its use in the quantitation and immunocytochemical location of (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-glucans.

    Peter J. Meikle;Nicholas J. Hoogenraad;Ingrid Bonig;Adrienne E. Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Hopwood
John J. Hopwood University of Adelaide
Bronwyn A. Kingwell
Bronwyn A. Kingwell Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
John Blangero
John Blangero The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Mark A. Febbraio
Mark A. Febbraio Monash University
Doug A. Brooks
Doug A. Brooks University of South Australia
Paul J. Nestel
Paul J. Nestel Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Trevor J. Biden
Trevor J. Biden Garvan Institute of Medical Research
David C. Glahn
David C. Glahn Boston Children's Hospital
Michael C. Mahaney
Michael C. Mahaney The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Andrew J. Murphy
Andrew J. Murphy St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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