Salih J. Wakil

Research.com Recognitions

• 1998 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
• 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1968 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Fatty Acid Synthesis and Its Regulation

  Salih J. Wakil;James K. Stoops;Vasudev C. Joshi

  1407
  Citations

• Continuous fatty acid oxidation and reduced fat storage in mice lacking acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2.

  Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;Martin M. Matzuk;Khaled A. H. Abo-Hashema;Salih J. Wakil

  1224
  Citations

• Fatty acid synthase, a proficient multifunctional enzyme.

  Salih J. Wakil

  1188
  Citations

• Fatty acid metabolism: target for metabolic syndrome

  Salih J. Wakil;Lutfi A. Abu-Elheiga

  864
  Citations

• The subcellular localization of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2

  Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;William R. Brinkley;Ling Zhong;Subrahmanyam S. Chirala

  591
  Citations

• Acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2 mutant mice are protected against obesity and diabetes induced by high-fat/high-carbohydrate diets

  Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;Wonkeun Oh;Parichher Kordari;Salih J. Wakil

  470
  Citations

• Continuous fat oxidation in acetyl–CoA carboxylase 2 knockout mice increases total energy expenditure, reduces fat mass, and improves insulin sensitivity

  Cheol Soo Choi;David B. Savage;Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;Zhen-Xiang Liu

  460
  Citations

• Liver-specific deletion of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 reduces hepatic triglyceride accumulation without affecting glucose homeostasis.

  Jianqiang Mao;Francesco J. DeMayo;Huiguang Li;Lutfi Abu-Elheiga

  377
  Citations

• The molecular organization of lipids in the membrane of Escherichia coli: phase transitions

  M. Esfahani;A. R. Limbrick;S. Knutton;T. Oka

  325
  Citations

• A MALONIC ACID DERIVATIVE AS AN INTERMEDIATE IN FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS

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  325
  Citations

• Fatty acid synthesis is essential in embryonic development: fatty acid synthase null mutants and most of the heterozygotes die in utero.

  Subrahmanyam S. Chirala;Hua Chang;Martin Matzuk;Lutfi Abu-Elheiga

  321
  Citations

• Mutant mice lacking acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 are embryonically lethal.

  Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;Martin M. Matzuk;Parichher Kordari;WonKeun Oh

  316
  Citations

• A Small Molecule That Blocks Fat Synthesis By Inhibiting the Activation of SREBP

  Shinji Kamisuki;Qian Mao;Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;Ziwei Gu

  309
  Citations

• Human fatty acid synthase: properties and molecular cloning.

  Arumugam Jayakumar;Ming Hong Tai;Ming Hong Tai;Wei Yong Huang;Walid Al-Feel

  306
  Citations

• Activation of nuclear receptor CAR ameliorates diabetes and fatty liver disease

  Bingning Dong;Pradip K. Saha;Wendong Huang;Wenling Chen

  300
  Citations

• Human acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2. Molecular cloning, characterization, chromosomal mapping, and evidence for two isoforms.

  Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;Deysee B. Almarza-Ortega;Antonio Baldini;Salih J. Wakil

  290
  Citations

• Structure and function of animal fatty acid synthase

  Subrahmanyam S. Chirala;Salih J. Wakil

  263
  Citations

• Human fatty acid synthase: structure and substrate selectivity of the thioesterase domain.

  Bornali Chakravarty;Ziwei Gu;Subrahmanyam S. Chirala;Salih J. Wakil

  257
  Citations

• The Complete Amino Acid Sequence of the Acyl Carrier Protein of Escherichia coli

  Thomas C. Vanaman;Salih J. Wakil;Robert L. Hill

  247
  Citations

• Human acetyl-CoA carboxylase: characterization, molecular cloning, and evidence for two isoforms.

  Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;Arumugam Jayakumar;Antonio Baldini;Subrahmanyam S. Chirala

  246
  Citations

• Studies on the fatty acid oxidizing system of animal tissues. VI. beta-Hydroxyacyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase.

  Salih J. Wakil;D.E. Green;S. Mii;H.R. Mahler

  236
  Citations

• Glucose and fat metabolism in adipose tissue of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2 knockout mice

  WonKeun Oh;Lutfi Abu-Elheiga;Parichher Kordari;Zeiwei Gu

  186
  Citations

• Synthesis of Fatty Acids by Mitochondria

  Salih J. Wakil;L.W. McLain;J.B. Warshaw

  181
  Citations