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S. Michal Jazwinski

S. Michal Jazwinski

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
12478
World Ranking
8855
National Ranking
3941

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

S. Michal Jazwinski is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Neurology.

Their research topics cover areas such as Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, Immune Response and Inflammation, Frailty in Older Adults, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Among the notable papers authored or co-authored by Jazwinski are:

  • Frailty and Biological Age, 2021, Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
  • CD4+ T helper 17 cell response of aged mice promotes prostate cancer cell migration and invasion, 2020, The Prostate
  • Gut Microbiome Changes Associated with Epithelial Barrier Damage and Systemic Inflammation during Antiretroviral Therapy of Chronic SIV Infection, 2021, Viruses
  • Dysregulation of IL-17/IL-22 Effector Functions in Blood and Gut Mucosal Gamma Delta T Cells Correlates With Increase in Circulating Leaky Gut and Inflammatory Markers During cART-Treated Chronic SIV Infection in Macaques, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Stereo-seq of the prefrontal cortex in aging and Alzheimer's disease, 2025, Nature Communications

Jazwinski frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Sangkyu Kim
  • Chad Steele
  • Qiuyang Zhang
  • Asim B. Abdel-Mageed
  • Namita Rout

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Innovation in Aging, Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, and Nature Communications.

In recognition of their contributions, Jazwinski was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • An intervention resembling caloric restriction prolongs life span and retards aging in yeast

    James C. Jiang;Ewa Jaruga;Marina V. Repnevskaya;S. Michal Jazwinski

  • Longevity, Genes, and Aging

    S. Michal Jazwinski

  • Interorganelle Signaling Is a Determinant of Longevity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Paul A. Kirchman;Sangkyu Kim;Chi Yung Lai;S. Michal Jazwinski

  • The Gut Microbiota and Healthy Aging: A Mini-Review.

    Sangkyu Kim;S Michal Jazwinski

  • C26-CoA-dependent ceramide synthesis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is operated by Lag1p and Lac1p

    Isabelle Guillas;Paul A Kirchman;Rachel Chuard;Martine Pfefferli

  • Defects in Cell Growth Regulation by C18:0-Ceramide and Longevity Assurance Gene 1 in Human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas *

    Serap Koybasi;Can E. Senkal;Kamala Sundararaj;Stefka Spassieva

  • Modulation of life-span by histone deacetylase genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Sangkyu Kim;Alberto Benguria;Chi Yung Lai;S. Michal Jazwinski

  • A mutation in the ATP2 gene abrogates the age asymmetry between mother and daughter cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Chi-Yung Lai;Ewa Jaruga;Corina Borghouts;S Michal Jazwinski

  • cGAS drives noncanonical-inflammasome activation in age-related macular degeneration

    Nagaraj Kerur;Nagaraj Kerur;Shinichi Fukuda;Shinichi Fukuda;Daipayan Banerjee;Daipayan Banerjee;Younghee Kim;Younghee Kim

  • Role of human longevity assurance gene 1 and C18-ceramide in chemotherapy-induced cell death in human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

    Can E. Senkal;Suriyan Ponnusamy;Michael J. Rossi;Jacek Bialewski

  • Biological Aging and the Human Gut Microbiota

    Vincent J Maffei;Sangkyu Kim;Eugene Blanchard;Meng Luo

  • The retrograde response: when mitochondrial quality control is not enough.

    S. Michal Jazwinski

  • Molecular and bioenergetic differences between cells with African versus European inherited mitochondrial DNA haplogroups: implications for population susceptibility to diseases.

    M. Cristina Kenney;Marilyn Chwa;Shari R. Atilano;Payam Falatoonzadeh

  • Glucosylceramide synthase upregulates MDR1 expression in the regulation of cancer drug resistance through cSrc and β-catenin signaling

    Yong-Yu Liu;Vineet Gupta;Gauri A Patwardhan;Kaustubh Bhinge

  • Heat Stress-Induced Life Span Extension in Yeast

    Silvian Shama;Chi-Yung Lai;Jill M. Antoniazzi;James C. Jiang

  • A role for ceramide in driving cancer cell resistance to doxorubicin

    Yong-Yu Liu;Jing Yuan Yu;Dongmei Yin;Gauri Anand Patwardhan

  • The frailty index outperforms DNA methylation age and its derivatives as an indicator of biological age

    Sangkyu Kim;Leann Myers;Jennifer Wyckoff;Katie E. Cherry

  • Social Engagement and Health in Younger, Older, and Oldest-Old Adults in the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study

    Katie E. Cherry;Erin Jackson Walker;Jennifer Silva Brown;Julia Volaufova

  • The Yeast Retrograde Response as a Model of Intracellular Signaling of Mitochondrial Dysfunction

    S. Michal Jazwinski;Andres Kriete

  • Necessary role for the Lag1p motif in (dihydro)ceramide synthase activity.

    Stefka Spassieva;Jae-Gu Seo;James C. Jiang;Jacek Bielawski

Frequent Co-Authors

Katie E. Cherry
Katie E. Cherry Louisiana State University
Eric Ravussin
Eric Ravussin Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Anthony B. Nesburn
Anthony B. Nesburn University of California, Irvine
Douglas C. Wallace
Douglas C. Wallace Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Leonard W. Poon
Leonard W. Poon University of Georgia
Besim Ogretmen
Besim Ogretmen Medical University of South Carolina
Jacek Bielawski
Jacek Bielawski Medical University of South Carolina
Myles C. Cabot
Myles C. Cabot East Carolina University
Adam Davey
Adam Davey University of Delaware
Mark A. Batzer
Mark A. Batzer Louisiana State University

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