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Cecil Pace-Asciak
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Latest papers
Regeneration of Insulin-Producing β Cells, Reduction in Inflammation and Oxidation Stress, and Improvement in Lipid Profile in a Type 1 Diabetes Rat Model by Intraperitoneal Injection of the Growth Factors-Rich Catfish Skin-Derived Fraction-B: An Introductory Report.
Biomolecules · 2025 · senior author
Oxidized Cholesterol Derivatives in Fraction B Prepared from Gulf Catfish (Arius bilineatus, Val.) Skin Regulate Calcium Response and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) Formation.
Biomedicines · 2024 · senior author
Oxysterols in catfish skin secretions (Arius bilineatus, Val.) exhibit anti-cancer properties.
Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022 · senior author
11 publications.
Regeneration of Insulin-Producing β Cells, Reduction in Inflammation and Oxidation Stress, and Improvement in Lipid Profile in a Type 1 Diabetes Rat Model by Intraperitoneal Injection of the Growth Factors-Rich Catfish Skin-Derived Fraction-B: An Introductory Report.
Al-Hassan JM, Renno WM, Oommen S, Nair D, Paul BM, Mathew B, Kumar J, Ummerkutty A, Pace-Asciak C
Oxidized Cholesterol Derivatives in Fraction B Prepared from Gulf Catfish (Arius bilineatus, Val.) Skin Regulate Calcium Response and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) Formation.
Al-Hassan JM, Afzal M, Oommen S, Liu YF, Khan M, Pace-Asciak C
Oxysterols in catfish skin secretions (Arius bilineatus, Val.) exhibit anti-cancer properties.
Al-Hassan JM, Afzal M, Oommen S, Liu YF, Pace-Asciak C
Potential Mechanism of Dermal Wound Treatment With Preparations From the Skin Gel of Arabian Gulf Catfish: A Unique Furan Fatty Acid (F6) and Cholesta-3,5-Diene (S5) Recruit Neutrophils and Fibroblasts to Promote Wound Healing.
Al-Hassan JM, Hinek A, Renno WM, Wang Y, Liu YF, Guan R, Wen XY, Litvack ML, Lindenmaier A, Afzal M, Paul B, Oommen S, Nair D, Kumar J, Khan MA, Palaniyar N, Pace-Asciak C
Furanoic Lipid F-6, A Novel Anti-Cancer Compound that Kills Cancer Cells by Suppressing Proliferation and Inducing Apoptosis.
Al-Hassan JM, Fang Liu Y, Khan MA, Yang P, Guan R, Wen XY, Afzal M, Oommen S, Paul BM, Nair D, Palaniyar N, Pace-Asciak C
Furanoid F-Acid F6 Uniquely Induces NETosis Compared to C16 and C18 Fatty Acids in Human Neutrophils.
Khan MA, Pace-Asciak C, Al-Hassan JM, Afzal M, Liu YF, Oommen S, Paul BM, Nair D, Palaniyar N
A lipid mediator hepoxilin A3 is a natural inducer of neutrophil extracellular traps in human neutrophils.
Douda DN, Grasemann H, Pace-Asciak C, Palaniyar N
Sept12 is a component of the mammalian sperm tail annulus.
Steels JD, Estey MP, Froese CD, Reynaud D, Pace-Asciak C, Trimble WS
Mechanotransduction of stretch-induced prostanoid release by fetal lung epithelial cells.
Copland IB, Reynaud D, Pace-Asciak C, Post M
GTP binding and hydrolysis kinetics of human septin 2.
Huang YW, Surka MC, Reynaud D, Pace-Asciak C, Trimble WS
Frequent collaborators
- Nades Palaniyar and Cecil Pace-Asciak: 4 shared papers
- Martin Post and Nades Palaniyar: 3 shared papers
- Martin Post and Cecil Pace-Asciak: 2 shared papers
- Nades Palaniyar and Xiao-Yan Wen: 1 shared paper
- Xiao-Yan Wen and Cecil Pace-Asciak: 1 shared paper
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Physiology and Experimental Medicine
- Pediatrics and Physiology
- Medicine
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