Another New Paper, and a Second In-Press!

Two more papers involving members of the Heit lab are either out, or are coming out in the very near future.

The first paper is a collaborative study with the Dikeako’s lab, an applies super-resolution micropscopy to the imaging and analysis of HIV infection:

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Dirk BS, Heit B, Dikeakos JD. Visualizing Interactions Between HIV-1 Nef and
Host Cellular Proteins Using Ground-State Depletion Microscopy. AIDS Res Hum
Retroviruses. 2015 May 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26061722.

 

 

 

Our second publication, in collaboration with the Klip lab (Toronto) investigates the mechanisms of lipid-induced inflammation and suppression of insulin transport in diabetes. It is currently available as a pre-publication PDF.

Pillon NJ, Azizi PM, Li YE, Liu J, Wang C, Chan KL, Hopperton KE, Bazinet RP,
Heit B, Bilan PJ, Lee WL, Klip A. Palmitate-induced inflammatory pathways in
human adipose microvascular endothelial cells promotes monocyte adhesion and
impairs insulin transcytosis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2015 May
5. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed PMID: 25944880.