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Rapid Detection of Peptide Markers for Authentication Purposes in Raw and Cooked Meat Using Ambient Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry (2014)
Journal Article
Montowska, M., Alexander, M. R., Tucker, G. A., & Barrett, D. A. (2014). Rapid Detection of Peptide Markers for Authentication Purposes in Raw and Cooked Meat Using Ambient Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 86(20), 10257-10265. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac502449w

In this paper, our previously developed ambient LESA-MS methodology is implemented to analyze five types of thermally treated meat species, namely beef, pork, horse, chicken, and turkey meat, in order to select and identify heat-stable and species-sp... Read More about Rapid Detection of Peptide Markers for Authentication Purposes in Raw and Cooked Meat Using Ambient Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry.

Fish oil omega-3 fatty acids partially prevent lipid-induced insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle without limiting acylcarnitine accumulation (2014)
Journal Article
Stephens, F. B., Mendis, B., Shannon, C. E., Cooper, S., Ortori, C. A., Barrett, D. A., …Tsintzas, K. (2014). Fish oil omega-3 fatty acids partially prevent lipid-induced insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle without limiting acylcarnitine accumulation. Clinical Science, 127(5), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1042/cs20140031

Acylcarnitine accumulation in skeletal muscle and plasma has been observed in numerous models of mitochondrial lipid overload and insulin resistance. Fish oil n3PUFA (omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) are thought to protect against lipid-induced i... Read More about Fish oil omega-3 fatty acids partially prevent lipid-induced insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle without limiting acylcarnitine accumulation.

Lipidomic analysis of plasma samples from women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2014)
Journal Article
Haoula, Z., Ravipati, S., Stekel, D. J., Ortori, C. A., Hodgman, C., Daykin, C., …Atiomo, W. (2015). Lipidomic analysis of plasma samples from women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Metabolomics, 11(3), 657-666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-014-0726-y

Abstract Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common disorder affecting between 5 and 18 % of females of reproductive age and can be diagnosed based on a combination of clinical, ultrasound and biochemical features, none of which on its own is diagn... Read More about Lipidomic analysis of plasma samples from women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

A strategy for characterization of triterpene saponins in Caulophyllum robustum hairy roots by liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (2014)
Journal Article
Xia, Y., Barrett, D., Li, G., Ortori, C., Liang, J., Yang, B., & Kuang, H. (2014). A strategy for characterization of triterpene saponins in Caulophyllum robustum hairy roots by liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 100, doi:10.1016/j.jpba.2014.07.024

Triterpene saponins are important bioactive constituents widely distributed in many plants. Saponins present in Caulophyllum (Berberidaceae) have not been fully characterized. In this study, we studied triterpene saponins from Caulophyllum robustum u... Read More about A strategy for characterization of triterpene saponins in Caulophyllum robustum hairy roots by liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

Simultaneous tissue profiling of eicosanoid and endocannabinoid lipid families in a rat model of osteoarthritis (2014)
Journal Article
Wong, A., Sagar, D. R., Ortori, C. A., Kendall, D. A., Chapman, V., & Barrett, D. A. (2014). Simultaneous tissue profiling of eicosanoid and endocannabinoid lipid families in a rat model of osteoarthritis. Journal of Lipid Research, 55(9), 1902-1913. doi:10.1194/jlr.M048694

We describe a novel LC method for the simultaneous and quantitative profiling of 43 oxylipins including eicosanoids, endocannabinoids, and structurally related bioactive lipids with modified acyl groups. The LC-MS/MS method uses switching at a define... Read More about Simultaneous tissue profiling of eicosanoid and endocannabinoid lipid families in a rat model of osteoarthritis.

Materials for stem cell factories of the future (2014)
Journal Article
Celiz, A. D., Smith, J. G., Langer, R., Anderson, D. G., Barrett, D. A., Winkler, D. A., …Alexander, M. R. (2014). Materials for stem cell factories of the future. Nature Materials, 13(6), 570-579. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3972

The materials community is now identifying polymeric substrates that could permit translation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) from lab-based research to industrial scale biomedicine. Well defined materials are required to allow cell banking a... Read More about Materials for stem cell factories of the future.

Tryptic Digestion Coupled with Ambient Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry Enabling Identification of Skeletal Muscle Proteins in Mixtures and Distinguishing between Beef, Pork, Horse, Chicken, and Turkey Meat (2014)
Journal Article
Montowska, M., Rao, W., Alexander, M. R., Tucker, G. A., & Barrett, D. A. (2014). Tryptic Digestion Coupled with Ambient Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry Enabling Identification of Skeletal Muscle Proteins in Mixtures and Distinguishing between Beef, Pork, Horse, Chicken, and Turkey Meat. Analytical Chemistry, 86(9), 4479-4487. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac5003432

The use of ambient desorption electrospray ionization (DESI-MS) mass spectrometry and liquid extraction surface analysis mass spectrometry (LESA-MS) is explored for the first time to analyse skeletal muscle proteins obtained from mixture of standard... Read More about Tryptic Digestion Coupled with Ambient Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry Enabling Identification of Skeletal Muscle Proteins in Mixtures and Distinguishing between Beef, Pork, Horse, Chicken, and Turkey Meat.

LC-MS/MS Quantitative Analysis of Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules (2014)
Book Chapter
Ortori, C. A., Ortori, C., Halliday, N., Cámara, M., Williams, P., & Barrett, D. A. (2014). LC-MS/MS Quantitative Analysis of Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules. In A. Filloux, & J. Ramos (Eds.), Pseudomonas Methods and Protocols (255-270). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0473-0_21

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. Extracts taken from spent growth media from Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be analyzed for N -acyl- L - homoserine lactones and 2-alkyl-4-(1 H)-quinolones (AQs), including the known quorum sensing signalli... Read More about LC-MS/MS Quantitative Analysis of Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules.

Reductions in Endocannabinoid Levels and Enhanced Coupling of Cannabinoid Receptors in the Striatum are Accompanied by Cognitive Impairments in the A?PPswe/PS1?E9 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease (2014)
Journal Article
Maroof, N., Ravipati, S., Pardon, M. C., Barrett, D. A., & Kendall, D. A. (2014). Reductions in Endocannabinoid Levels and Enhanced Coupling of Cannabinoid Receptors in the Striatum are Accompanied by Cognitive Impairments in the A?PPswe/PS1?E9 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 42(1), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-131961

© 2014 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. Alterations in the endocannabinoid system (ECS) are thought to play a role in learning and memory impairments observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We aimed to determine the status of the brain... Read More about Reductions in Endocannabinoid Levels and Enhanced Coupling of Cannabinoid Receptors in the Striatum are Accompanied by Cognitive Impairments in the A?PPswe/PS1?E9 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.