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Victor A. Zammit is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research is largely situated within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Animal Science and Zoology, Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, and Nephrology.

Their work covers various main topics, reflecting a diverse but interconnected set of research interests:

  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Neurological and metabolic disorders
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research

Victor A. Zammit has contributed to several publication venues, with notable frequency in:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology
  • Austin Hematology
  • Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Some of the recent papers authored by or including Victor A. Zammit are:

  • "Insulin resistance in cardiovascular disease, uremia, and peritoneal dialysis," published in 2021 in Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • "The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis," published in 2020 in Journal of Nephrology
  • "Association between fetal abdominal growth trajectories, maternal metabolite signatures early in pregnancy, and childhood growth and adiposity: prospective observational multinational INTERBIO-21st fetal study," published in 2022 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "How to Improve the Biocompatibility of Peritoneal Dialysis Solutions (without Jeopardizing the Patient's Health)," published in 2021 in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Vitamin B12 Induces Hepatic Fatty Infiltration through Altered Fatty Acid Metabolism," published in 2021 in Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Mario Bonomini, Arduino Arduini, Joseph Boachie, Antonysunil Adaikalakoteswari, and Ponnusamy Saravanan, each having coauthored multiple publications with Victor A. Zammit.

Best Publications

  • A common bicyclic protein kinase cascade inactivates the regulatory enzymes of fatty acid and cholesterol biosynthesis

    David Carling;Victor A. Zammit;D.Grahame Hardie

  • Purification and characterization of the AMP-activated protein kinase. Copurification of acetyl-CoA carboxylase kinase and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase kinase activities.

    David Carling;Paul R. Clarke;Victor A. Zammit;D. Grahame Hardie

  • Activities of citrate synthase and NAD+-linked and NADP+-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase in muscle from vertebrates and invertebrates.

    P R Alp;E A Newsholme;V A Zammit

  • A novel brain-expressed protein related to carnitine palmitoyltransferase I.

    Nigel T Price;Feike R van der Leij;Vicky N Jackson;Clark G Corstorphine

  • Activities of enzymes of fat and ketone-body metabolism and effects of starvation on blood concentrations of glucose and fat fuels in teleost and elasmobranch fish.

    Victor A. Zammit;Eric A. Newsholme

  • Topology of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I in the mitochondrial outer membrane.

    Fiona Fraser;Clark G. Corstorphine;Victor A. Zammit

  • Carnitine, mitochondrial function and therapy.

    Victor A. Zammit;Rona R. Ramsay;Mario Bonomini;Arduino Arduini

  • Carnitine acyltransferases and their influence on CoA pools in health and disease.

    Rona R. Ramsay;Victor A. Zammit

  • Carnitine acyltransferases: functional significance of subcellular distribution and membrane topology.

    Victor A Zammit

  • Insulin Stimulation of Hepatic Triacylglycerol Secretion and the Etiology of Insulin Resistance

    V. A. Zammit;I. J. Waterman;D. Topping;G. McKay

  • The role of creatine kinase and arginine kinase in muscle.

    E A Newsholme;I Beis;A R Leech;V A Zammit

  • Diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 acts upstream of diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 and utilizes nascent diglycerides and de novo synthesized fatty acids in HepG2 cells

    Haja R. Wurie;Linda Buckett;Victor A. Zammit

  • The malonyl-CoA-long-chain acyl-CoA axis in the maintenance of mammalian cell function.

    Victor A. Zammit

  • Role of insulin in hepatic fatty acid partitioning: emerging concepts

    Victor A. Zammit

  • Overt and latent activities of diacylglycerol acytransferase in rat liver microsomes: possible roles in very-low-density lipoprotein triacylglycerol secretion.

    Mark R. Owen;Clark C. Corstorphine;Victor A. Zammit

  • Natrolite: A zeolite with negative Poisson’s ratios

    Joseph N. Grima;Ruben Gatt;Victor A. Zammit;Jennifer J. Williams

  • Hepatic triacylglycerol synthesis and secretion: DGAT2 as the link between glycaemia and triglyceridaemia

    Victor A. Zammit

  • Flux control exerted by mitochondrial outer membrane carnitine palmitoyltransferase over beta-oxidation, ketogenesis and tricarboxylic acid cycle activity in hepatocytes isolated from rats in different metabolic states.

    Lesley Drynan;Patti A. Quant;Victor A. Zammit

  • Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C: From cognition to cancer

    Núria Casals;Núria Casals;Victor A. Zammit;Laura Herrero;Laura Herrero;Rut Fadó;Rut Fadó

  • Negative thermal expansion

    Joseph N. Grima;Victor Zammit;Ruben Gatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Newsholme
Eric A. Newsholme University of Oxford
Joseph N. Grima
Joseph N. Grima University of Malta
Rona R. Ramsay
Rona R. Ramsay University of St Andrews
Ruben Gatt
Ruben Gatt University of Malta
David N. Brindley
David N. Brindley University of Alberta
Manuel Guzmán
Manuel Guzmán Complutense University of Madrid
David Carling
David Carling Imperial College London
D. Grahame Hardie
D. Grahame Hardie University of Dundee
Stefan Krauss
Stefan Krauss University of Oslo
Guillermo Velasco
Guillermo Velasco Complutense University of Madrid

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