2017
Mechanisms of bile acid mediated inflammation in the liver
Li M, Cai SY, Boyer JL. Mechanisms of bile acid mediated inflammation in the liver. Molecular Aspects Of Medicine 2017, 56: 45-53. PMID: 28606651, PMCID: PMC5662014, DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2017.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver injuryBile acidsCholestatic animal modelsCauses of cholestasisCholestatic liver injuryInnate immune cellsBiliary injuryNeutrophil recruitmentBile flowImmune cellsEffective therapyInflammatory responseAnimal modelsMolecular mediatorsCholestasisInjuryNovel targetLiverElevated levelsPathological processesMolecular mechanismsHepatocytesInflammationPatientsPathogenesis
2008
Arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase and the methylation of arsenicals in the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis
Nava G, Lee D, Cai S, Boyer J, Hernández‐Zavala A, Thomas D, Gaskins H. Arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase and the methylation of arsenicals in the invertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalis. The FASEB Journal 2008, 22: 796.1-796.1. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.796.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBranchial sacCiona intestinalisInvertebrate chordate Ciona intestinalisComparative genomics approachChordate Ciona intestinalisArsenic methyltransferaseMethylation of arsenicalsInvertebrate chordatesDimethyl arsenicGenomic approachesRT-PCR analysisBioinformatics analysisMolecular mechanismsConstitutive expressionArsenic biotransformationAS3MT geneCionaMethyltransferaseMethyl arsenicMethylationIntestinalisUseful modelOrthologsChordatesGenome