David Desjardins, Concordia University

Research

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Latest papers

ROS regulation of RAS and vulva development in Caenorhabditis elegans.
PLoS genetics · 2020
Antioxidants reveal an inverted U-shaped dose-response relationship between reactive oxygen species levels and the rate of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Aging cell · 2017 · first author
Mitochondrial oxidative stress alters a pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans strongly resembling that of bile acid biosynthesis and secretion in vertebrates.
PLoS genetics · 2012

All 4 publications

4 publications.

01

ROS regulation of RAS and vulva development in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Kramer-Drauberg M, Liu JL, Desjardins D, Wang Y, Branicky R, Hekimi S

PLoS genetics2020

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008838 PMID: 32544191

02

Antioxidants reveal an inverted U-shaped dose-response relationship between reactive oxygen species levels and the rate of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Desjardins D, Cacho-Valadez B, Liu JL, Wang Y, Yee C, Bernard K, Khaki A, Breton L, Hekimi S

Aging cell2017First author

DOI: 10.1111/acel.12528 PMID: 27683245

03

Mitochondrial oxidative stress alters a pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans strongly resembling that of bile acid biosynthesis and secretion in vertebrates.

Liu JL, Desjardins D, Branicky R, Agellon LB, Hekimi S

PLoS genetics2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002553 PMID: 22438816

04

Lipid transport and signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Branicky R, Desjardins D, Liu JL, Hekimi S

Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists2010

DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22234 PMID: 20151418

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Siegfried Hekimi

Dept. of Biology

4 shared papers, latest 2020

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