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William S. Blaner is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans various subfields, including molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, nutrition and dietetics, and genetics.

Blaner's work focuses primarily on retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, adipose tissue and metabolism, amyloidosis diagnosis and treatment, vitamin C and antioxidants research, parathyroid disorders and treatments, and retinal development and disorders.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Blaner are:

  • Vitamin A and Vitamin E: Will the Real Antioxidant Please Stand Up? (2021) published in Annual Review of Nutrition
  • Retinol-binding protein 2 (RBP2): biology and pathobiology (2020) published in Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Frequent collaborators in Blaner's research include:

  • Marcin Golczak
  • Igor Shmarakov
  • Pierre-Jacques Brun
  • Frederick L. Ruberg
  • Rossana M. Calderon

Blaner has published in several notable scientific venues, such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Annual Review of Nutrition
  • Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Human hepatic stellate cell lines, LX-1 and LX-2: new tools for analysis of hepatic fibrosis

    L Xu;A Y Hui;E Albanis;M J Arthur

  • Impaired retinal function and vitamin A availability in mice lacking retinol-binding protein

    Loredana Quadro;William S. Blaner;Daniel J. Salchow;Silke Vogel

  • Vitamin A Metabolism: An Update

    Diana N. D’Ambrosio;Robin D. Clugston;William S. Blaner

  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored High-Density Lipoprotein-Binding Protein 1 Plays a Critical Role in the Lipolytic Processing of Chylomicrons

    Anne P. Beigneux;Brandon S.J. Davies;Peter Gin;Michael M. Weinstein

  • Hepatic stellate cell lipid droplets: A specialized lipid droplet for retinoid storage

    William S. Blaner;Sheila M. O'Byrne;Nuttaporn Wongsiriroj;Johannes Kluwe

  • Retinoids and retinoid-binding protein expression in rat adipocytes.

    C. Tsutsumi;M. Okuno;L. Tannous;R. Piantedosi

  • Retinol-Binding Protein: The Serum Transport Protein for Vitamin A

    William S. Blaner

  • An immortalized rat liver stellate cell line (HSC-T6): a new cell model for the study of retinoid metabolism in vitro.

    Silke Vogel;Roseann Piantedosi;Jorge Frank;Avraham Lalazar

  • Retinol and retinyl esters: biochemistry and physiology

    Sheila M. O'Byrne;William S. Blaner

  • Hepatic overexpression of hormone-sensitive lipase and adipose triglyceride lipase promotes fatty acid oxidation, stimulates direct release of free fatty acids, and ameliorates steatosis.

    Brendan N. Reid;Gene P. Ables;Oleg A. Otlivanchik;Gabriele Schoiswohl

  • Hand-grip muscle strength, lean body mass, and plasma proteins as markers of nutritional status in patients with chronic renal failure close to start of dialysis therapy

    Olof Heimbürger;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;Abdul Rashid Qureshi;William S. Blaner;William S. Blaner;Lars Berglund;Lars Berglund

  • Molecular and genetic damage in humans from environmental pollution in Poland.

    Frederica P. Perera;Kari Hemminki;Ewa Gryzbowska;Grazyna Motykiewicz

  • Retinoid absorption and storage is impaired in mice lacking lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT)

    Sheila M. O'Byrne;Nuttaporn Wongsiriroj;Jenny M. Libien;Silke Vogel

  • Plasma Delivery of Retinoic Acid to Tissues in the Rat

    Sara B. Kurlandsky;Mary V. Gamble;Rajasekhar Ramakrishnan;William S. Blaner

  • Bone-specific insulin resistance disrupts whole-body glucose homeostasis via decreased osteocalcin activation

    Jianwen Wei;Mathieu Ferron;Christopher J. Clarke;Yusuf A. Hannun

  • Hepatic retinol metabolism. Distribution of retinoids, enzymes, and binding proteins in isolated rat liver cells.

    R Blomhoff;M Rasmussen;A Nilsson;K R Norum

  • Targeted Disruption of Aldh1a1 (Raldh1) Provides Evidence for a Complex Mechanism of Retinoic Acid Synthesis in the Developing Retina

    Xiaohong Fan;Andrei Molotkov;Shin-Ichi Manabe;Christine M. Donmoyer

  • Vitamin A signaling and homeostasis in obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disorders.

    William S. Blaner

  • Gut-Tropic T Cells That Express Integrin α4β7 and CCR9 Are Required for Induction of Oral Immune Tolerance in Mice

    Barbara Cassani;Eduardo J. Villablanca;Francisco J. Quintana;Paul E. Love

  • Retinoids, retinoid-binding proteins, and retinyl palmitate hydrolase distributions in different types of rat liver cells.

    W S Blaner;H F Hendriks;A Brouwer;A M de Leeuw

Frequent Co-Authors

Ira J. Goldberg
Ira J. Goldberg New York University
DeWitt S. Goodman
DeWitt S. Goodman Columbia University
Max E. Gottesman
Max E. Gottesman Columbia University Medical Center
Krzysztof Palczewski
Krzysztof Palczewski University of California, Irvine
Henry N. Ginsberg
Henry N. Ginsberg Columbia University
Regina M. Santella
Regina M. Santella Columbia University
Robert F. Schwabe
Robert F. Schwabe Columbia University
Richard J. Deckelbaum
Richard J. Deckelbaum Columbia University
Maria João Saraiva
Maria João Saraiva University of Porto
Lars Berglund
Lars Berglund Royal Institute of Technology

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