By Professor Nigel Turner

Journal articles

Turner N; Heilbronn L, 2008, 'Is mitochondrial dysfunction a cause of insulin resistance?', Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 19, pp. 324 - 330

Kraegen EW; Cooney GJ; Turner N, 2008, 'Muscle insulin resistance: A case of fat overconsumption, not mitochondrial dysfunction', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105, pp. 7627 - 7628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803901105

Tan MJ; Ye JM; Turner N; Ke CQ; Tang CP; Chen T; Hohnen-Behrens C; Rowland A; James DE; Ye Y, 2008, 'New Cucurbitane triterpenoids from bitter melon with potent antidiabetic properties associated with activation of AMPK', Planta Medica, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1083910

Hoy AJ; Turner N, 2008, 'New insight into the mechanism by which acute physical exercise ameliorates insulin resistance', The Journal of Physiology, 586, pp. 2251 - 2252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2008.152991

Yazdi M; Ahnmark A; Williams-Olsson L; Snaith M; Turner N; Osla N; Wedin M; Asztely AK; Elmgren A; Bohlooly-Y M; Schreyer S; Lindenmayer D, 2008, 'The role of mitochondrial alycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-1 in regluating lipid and glucose homeostasis in high-fat diet fed mice', Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 369, pp. 1065 - 1070

Cazzolli R; Mitchell T; Burchfield JG; Pedersen D; Turner N; Biden TJ; Schmitz-Peiffer C, 2007, 'Dilinoleoyl-phosphatidic acid mediates reduced IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation in rat skeletal muscle cells and mouse muscle', Diabetologia, 50, pp. 1732 - 1742

Turner N; Bruce CR; Beale S; Hoehn K; So T; Rolph MS; Cooney GJ, 2007, 'Excess lipid availability increases mitochondrial fatty acid oxidative capacity in muscle - Evidence against a role for reduced fatty acid oxidation in lipid-induced insulin resistance in rodents', Diabetes, 56, pp. 2085 - 2092

Hoy AJ; Bruce CR; Cederberg A; Turner N; James DE; Cooney GJ; Kraegen EW, 2007, 'Glucose infusion causes insulin resistance in skeletal muscle of rats without changes in Akt and AS160 phosphorylation', American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 293, pp. E1358 - E1364

Heilbronn L; Gan SK; Turner N; Campbell LV; Chisholm DJ, 2007, 'Markers of mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolism are lower in overweight and obese insulin-resistant subjects', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 92, pp. 1467 - 1473

Bruce CR; Brolin C; Turner N; Cleasby M; van der Leij F; Cooney GJ; Kraegen EW, 2007, 'Overexpression of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I in skeletal muscle in vivo increases fatty acid oxidation and reduces triacylglycerol esterification', American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 292, pp. E1231 - E1237

Turner N; Hulbert AJ; Else PL, 2006, 'Limits to physical performance and metabolism across species', Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 9, pp. 691 - 696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.mco.0000247474.56908.79

Turner N; Haga KL; Else PL; Hulbert AJ, 2006, 'Scaling of Na+,K+-ATPase molecular activity and membrane fatty acid composition in mammalian and avian hearts', Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 79, pp. 522 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/502815

Monterrubio S; Solowij N; Meyer BJ; Turner N, 2006, 'Fatty acid relationships in former cannabis users with schizophrenia', Progress in Neuro Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 30, pp. 280 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2005.08.013

Hulbert AJ; Turner N; Hinde J; Else P; Guderley H, 2006, 'How might you compare mitochondria from different tissues and different species?', Journal of Comparative Physiology B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 176, pp. 93 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-005-0025-z

Faulks SC; Turner N; Else PL; Hulbert AJ, 2006, 'Calorie restriction in mice: Effects on body composition, daily activity, metabolic rate, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production, and membrane fatty acid composition', Journals of Gerontology Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 61, pp. 781 - 794, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/61.8.781

Starke-Peterkovic T; Turner N; Vitha MF; Waller MP; Hibbs DE; Clarke RJ, 2006, 'Cholesterol effect on the dipole potential of lipid membranes', Biophysical Journal, 90, pp. 4060 - 4070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.105.074666

Molero JC; Waring S; Cooper A; Turner N; Laybutt DR; Cooney GJ; James DE, 2006, 'Casitas b-lineage lymphoma-deficient mice are protected against high-fat died-induced obesity and insulin resistance', Diabetes, 55, pp. 708 - 715

Molero JC; Turner N; Thein CB; Langdon WY; James DE; Cooney GJ, 2006, 'Genetic ablation of the c-Cbl ubiquitin ligase domain results in increased energy expenditure and improved insulin action', Diabetes, 55, pp. 3411 - 3417

Starke-Peterkovic T; Turner N; Else PL; Clarke RJ, 2005, 'Electric field strength of membrane lipids from vertebrate species: Membrane lipid composition and Na+-K+-ATPase molecular activity', American Journal of Physiology Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 288, pp. R663 - R670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00434.2004

Hulbert AJ; Turner N; Storlien LH; Else PL, 2005, 'Dietary fats and membrane function: Implications for metabolism and disease', Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 80, pp. 155 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1464793104006578

Turner N; Hulbert AJ; Else PL, 2005, 'Sodium pump molecular activity and membrane lipid composition in two disparate ectotherms, and comparison with endotherms', Journal of Comparative Physiology B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 175, pp. 77 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-004-0464-y

Turner N; Else PL; Hulbert AJ, 2005, 'An allometric comparison of microsomal membrane lipid composition and sodium pump molecular activity in the brain of mammals and birds', Journal of Experimental Biology, 208, pp. 371 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01377

Turner N; Haga KL; Hulbert AJ; Else PL, 2005, 'Relationship between body size, Na+-K+-ATPase activity, and membrane lipid composition in mammal and bird kidney', American Journal of Physiology Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 288, pp. R301 - R310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00297.2004

Guderley H; Turner N; Else PL; Hulbert AJ, 2005, 'Why are some mitochondria more powerful than others: Insights from comparisons of muscle mitochondria from three terrestrial vertebrates', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 142, pp. 172 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.07.006

Lessard SJ; Lo Giudice SL; Lau W; Reid JJ; Turner N; Febbraio MA; Hawley JA; Watt MJ, 2004, 'Rosiglitazone enhances glucose tolerance by mechanisms other than reduction of fatty acid accumulation within skeletal muscle', Endocrinology, 145, pp. 5665 - 5670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2004-0659

Mitchell TW; Turner N; Hulbert AJ; Else PL; Hawley JA; Jong SL; Bruce CR; Blanksby SJ, 2004, 'Exercise alters the profile of phospholipid molecular species in rat skeletal muscle', Journal of Applied Physiology, 97, pp. 1823 - 1829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00344.2004

Else PL; Turner N; Hulbert AJ, 2004, 'The evolution of endothermy: Role for membranes and molecular activity', Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 77, pp. 950 - 958, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/422767

Else PL; Brand MD; Turner N; Hulbert AJ, 2004, 'Respiration rate of hepatocytes varies with body mass in birds', Journal of Experimental Biology, 207, pp. 2305 - 2311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01017

Turner N; Lee JS; Bruce CR; Mitchell TW; Else PL; Hulbert AJ; Hawley JA, 2004, 'Greater effect of diet than exercise training on the fatty acid profile of rat skeletal muscle', Journal of Applied Physiology, 96, pp. 974 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01003.2003

Turner NA; Russell AD; Furr JR; Lloyd D, 2004, 'Resistance, biguanide sorption and biguanide-induced pentose leakage during encystment of Acanthamoeba castellanii', JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 96, pp. 1287 - 1295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02260.x

Brand MD; Turner N; Ocloo A; Else PL; Hulbert AJ, 2003, 'Proton conductance and fatty acyl composition of liver mitochondria correlates with body mass in birds', Biochemical Journal, 376, pp. 741 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20030984

Turner N; Else PL; Hulbert AJ, 2003, 'Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) content of membranes determines molecular activity of the sodium pump: Implications for disease states and metabolism', Naturwissenschaften, 90, pp. 521 - 523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-003-0470-z

Cornelius F; Turner N; Christensen HRZ, 2003, 'Modulation of Na,K-ATPase by phospholipids and cholesterol. II. Steady-state and presteady-state kinetics', Biochemistry, 42, pp. 8541 - 8549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi034532e

Turner N; Hulbert AJ; Else PL, 2003, 'Molecular activity of sodium pumps in the kidney of mammals and birds', Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 986, pp. 606 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07260.x

Turner NA; Needs EC; Khan JA; Vulfson EN, 2001, 'Analysis of conformational states of Candida rugosa lipase in solution: implications for mechanism of interfacial activation and separation of open and closed forms.', Biotechnol Bioeng, 72, pp. 108 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1097-0290(20010105)72:1<108::aid-bit14>3.0.co;2-7

Turner NA; Harris J; Russell AD; Lloyd D, 2000, 'Microbial differentiation and changes in susceptibility to antimicrobial agents', JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 89, pp. 751 - 759, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2672.2000.01176.x

Turner NA; Russell AD; Furr JR; Lloyd D, 2000, 'Emergence of resistance to biocides during differentiation of Acanthamoeba castellanii', JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 46, pp. 27 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/46.1.27

Turner NA; Biagini GA; Lloyd D, 1997, 'Anaerobiosis-induced differentiation of Acanthamoeba castellanii', FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, 157, pp. 149 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00468-0

REDGWELL RJ; TURNER NA; BIELESKI RL, 1974, 'STRIPPING THIN-LAYERS FROM CHROMATOGRAPHIC PLATES FOR RADIOTRACER MEASUREMENTS', JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY, 88, pp. 25 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)91769-8

BARNARD WE; TURNER NA, 1967, 'AN EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT DRIER FOR THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAMS', JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY, 29, pp. 296 - &, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)92668-2

BURNS DJW; TURNER NA, 1967, 'PEPTIDE MAPPING ON CELLULOSE THIN LAYERS', JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY, 30, pp. 469 - &, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)84179-5

TURNER NA; REDGWELL RJ, 1966, 'A MIXED LAYER FOR SEPARATION OF AMINO ACIDS BY THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY', JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY, 21, pp. 129 - &, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)91273-7

TROUGHTON WD; BROWN RSC; TURNER NA, 1966, 'SEPARATION OF URINARY AMINO ACIDS BY THIN-LAYER HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTROPHORESIS AND CHROMATOGRAPHY', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, 46, pp. 139 - +, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/46.1_ts.139

Conference Papers

Geldermalsen MV; Quek L-E; Turner N; Balaban S; Hoy A; Wang Q; Holst J, 2018, 'Abstract B20: Glutamine metabolic vulnerabilities define triple-negative from luminal A breast cancer subsets', in Molecular Cancer Research, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), pp. B20 - B20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1557-3125.advbc17-b20

van Geldermalsen M; Quek L-E; Turner N; Balaban S; Hoy A; Wang Q; Holst J, 2017, 'Glutamine metabolic vulnerabilities define triple-negative from luminal A breast cancer subsets.', in MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH, AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, CA, Hollywood, pp. 72 - 72, presented at AACR Special Conference on Advances in Breast Cancer Research, CA, Hollywood, 07 October 2017 - 10 October 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000440602000103&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Quinlan KGR; Seto JT; Turner N; Floetenmeyer M; Macarthur DG; Raftery JM; Yang N; Parton RG; Cooney GJ; North KN, 2009, 'alpha-Actinin-3 regulates muscle glycogen phosphorylase: A potential mechanism for the metabolic consequences of the common human null allele of ACTN3', in NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, SWITZERLAND, Geneva, pp. 545 - 546, presented at 14th International Congress of the World-Muscle-Society, SWITZERLAND, Geneva, 09 September 2009 - 12 September 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2009.06.011

Lloyd D; Turner NA; Khunkitti W; Hann AC; Furr JR; Russell AD, 2000, 'Encystation in Acanthamoeba castellanii: Development of biocide resistance', in JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY, SOC PROTOZOOLOGISTS, PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, pp. 11 - 16, presented at Symposium on Encystation - Sugar-Coating the Protozoa held during a Joint Meeting of the Society-of-Protozoologists/American-Society-of-Parasitologists, PUERTO RICO, SAN JUAN, 25 June 2000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00410.x

Conference Abstracts

Assante G; Tourna A; Chokshi S; Turner N; Ballard JWO; Morris M; Youngson N, 2021, 'Acetyl-CoA metabolism drives epigenome change in liver steatosis leading to widespread abnormal transcription, DNA damage and promotion of hepatocarcinogenetic pathways', in JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, ELSEVIER, Vol. 75, pp. S264 - S265, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000667753800109&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lakeland T; Samsudeen A; Metcalfe L; Govindaraju H; Turner N, 2021, 'Exploring how compartment‐specific changes in NAD biosynthesis influence the response to endurance training', in The FASEB Journal, Wiley, Vol. 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.s1.05062

Lakeland T; Samsudeen A; Metcalfe L; Govindaraju H; Turner N, 2020, 'Exploring How Compartment-specific Changes in NAD Biosynthesis Influence the Response to Endurance Training', in FASEB JOURNAL, WILEY, CA, San Diego, Vol. 34, presented at Annual Meeting on Experimental Biology, CA, San Diego, 04 April 2020 - 07 April 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.02831

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