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Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey

Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
9028
World Ranking
17643
National Ranking
1392

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - ASAS President's Award for International Achievements in Animal Science, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on several interdisciplinary fields including neuroscience, nursing, and medicine, with significant work in subfields such as nutrition and dietetics, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, sensory systems, and physiology.

The scientist's research spans a range of main topics, prominently featuring biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, gut microbiota and health, advanced chemical sensor technologies, olfactory and sensory function studies, regulation of appetite and obesity, diet and metabolism studies, and dietary effects on health.

Frequent publication venues for their work include the following:

  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Some of their recent papers demonstrate a focus on nutrient sensing, gut health, and microbial interactions:

  • "Nutrient sensing of gut luminal environment" (2020) in Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • "Nondigestible Carbohydrates Affect Metabolic Health and Gut Microbiota in Overweight Adults after Weight Loss" (2020) in Journal of Nutrition
  • "Alterations of mucosa-attached microbiome and epithelial cell numbers in the cystic fibrosis small intestine with implications for intestinal disease" (2022) in Scientific Reports
  • "Toll-like receptor 9 expressed in proximal intestinal enteroendocrine cells detects bacteria resulting in secretion of cholecystokinin" (2020) in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • "Non-nutritive sweetener activation of the pig sweet taste receptor T1R2-T1R3 in vitro mirrors sweetener stimulation of the gut-expressed receptor in vivo" (2021) in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Soraya Shirazi-Beechey has collaborated extensively with colleagues including Kristian Daly, Miran Al-Rammahi, Andrew W. Moran, Jennifer Kelly, and Darren Weatherburn, indicating a network of research partnerships across related scientific domains.

In recognition of contributions within animal science, the scientist received the ASAS President's Award for International Achievements in Animal Science from the American Society of Animal Science in 2018.

Best Publications

  • T1R3 and gustducin in gut sense sugars to regulate expression of Na+-glucose cotransporter 1

    Robert F. Margolskee;Jane Dyer;Zaza Kokrashvili;Kieron S. H. Salmon

  • Expression of sweet taste receptors of the T1R family in the intestinal tract and enteroendocrine cells.

    J. Dyer;K.S.H. Salmon;L. Zibrik;S.P. Shirazi-Beechey

  • Expression of monosaccharide transporters in intestine of diabetic humans

    J. Dyer;I. S. Wood;A. Palejwala;A. Ellis

  • Molecular characterisation of carbohydrate digestion and absorption in equine small intestine.

    J. Dyer;E. Fernandez-Castaño Merediz;K. S. H. Salmon;C. J. Proudman

  • Identification and characterization of a monocarboxylate transporter (MCT1) in pig and human colon: its potential to transport l‐lactate as well as butyrate

    Armin Ritzhaupt;I. Stuart Wood;Antony Ellis;Ken B. Hosie

  • Bacterial diversity within the equine large intestine as revealed by molecular analysis of cloned 16S rRNA genes

    Kristian Daly;Colin S. Stewart;Harry J. Flint;Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey

  • Ontogenic development of lamb intestinal sodium-glucose co-transporter is regulated by diet.

    S P Shirazi-Beechey;B A Hirayama;Y Wang;D Scott

  • Substrate-induced regulation of the human colonic monocarboxylate transporter, MCT1

    Mark A. Cuff;Daniel W. Lambert;Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey

  • Microarray analysis of butyrate regulated genes in colonic epithelial cells

    Kristian Daly;Soraya P Shirazi-Beechey

  • Sensing of amino acids by the gut-expressed taste receptor T1R1-T1R3 stimulates CCK secretion

    Kristian Daly;Miran Al-Rammahi;Andrew William Moran;Marco Marcello

  • Alterations in microbiota and fermentation products in equine large intestine in response to dietary variation and intestinal disease.

    Kristian Daly;Christopher J. Proudman;Sylvia H. Duncan;Harry J. Flint

  • Glucose sensing in the intestinal epithelium

    Jane Dyer;Steven Vayro;Timothy P. King;Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey

  • Glucose sensing and signalling; regulation of intestinal glucose transport.

    S. P. Shirazi-Beechey;A. W. Moran;D. J. Batchelor;K. Daly

  • The Characterization of Butyrate Transport Across Pig and Human Colonic Luminal Membrane

    Armin Ritzhaupt;Antony Ellis;Ken B. Hosie;Soraya P. Shirazi-Beechey

  • Molecular changes in the expression of human colonic nutrient transporters during the transition from normality to malignancy.

    D W Lambert;I S Wood;A Ellis;S P Shirazi-Beechey

  • Expression of Na + /glucose co-transporter 1 (SGLT1) is enhanced by supplementation of the diet of weaning piglets with artificial sweeteners

    Andrew W. Moran;Miran A. Al-Rammahi;Daleep K. Arora;Daniel J. Batchelor

  • Regulation of the ovine intestinal Na+/glucose co-transporter (SGLT1) is dissociated from mRNA abundance

    L Lescale-Matys;J Dyer;D Scott;T C Freeman

  • Nutrient regulation of human intestinal sugar transporter (SGLT1) expression.

    J Dyer;K B Hosie;S P Shirazi-Beechey

  • Preparation and properties of brush-border membrane vesicles from human small intestine.

    S.P. Shirazi-Beechey;A.G. Davies;K. Tebbutt;J. Dyer

  • Intestinal glucose sensing and regulation of intestinal glucose absorption

    J. Dyer;K. Daly;K.S.H. Salmon;D.K. Arora

Frequent Co-Authors

David Bravo
David Bravo Pancosma
Harry J. Flint
Harry J. Flint University of Aberdeen
Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Jean-Pierre Gorvel Aix-Marseille University
Sylvia H. Duncan
Sylvia H. Duncan University of Aberdeen
Yuzo Ninomiya
Yuzo Ninomiya Kyushu University
Tom C. Freeman
Tom C. Freeman University of Edinburgh
Petra Louis
Petra Louis University of Aberdeen
Neil Hall
Neil Hall Norwich Research Park
Mark Donowitz
Mark Donowitz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert F. Margolskee
Robert F. Margolskee Monell Chemical Senses Center

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