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Phytanic acid activation in rat liver peroxisomes is catalyzed by long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase.

Watkins PA, Howard AE, Gould SJ, Avigan J, Mihalik SJ.

J Lipid Res. 1996 Nov;37(11):2288-95.PMID: 8978480 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of G(o) alpha with mutations at the carboxyl terminus.

Avigan J, Murtagh JJ Jr, Stevens LA, Angus CW, Moss J, Vaughan M.

Biochemistry. 1992 Aug 25;31(33):7736-40.PMID: 1510959 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adrenoleukodystrophy: dietary oleic acid lowers hexacosanoate levels.

Rizzo WB, Phillips MW, Dammann AL, Leshner RT, Jennings SS, Avigan J, Proud VK.

Ann Neurol. 1987 Mar;21(3):232-9.PMID: 3037987 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adrenoleukodystrophy: oleic acid lowers fibroblast saturated C22-26 fatty acids.

Rizzo WB, Watkins PA, Phillips MW, Cranin D, Campbell B, Avigan J.

Neurology. 1986 Mar;36(3):357-61.PMID: 3951702 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity in human fibroblasts by reversible phosphorylation: modulation of enzymatic activity by low density lipoprotein, sterols, and mevalonolactone.

Beg ZH, Reznikov DC, Avigan J.

Arch Biochem Biophys. 1986 Jan;244(1):310-22.PMID: 3004340 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome: delta 5-and delta 6-fatty acid desaturases in skin fibroblasts.

Avigan J, Campbell BD, Yost DA, Hernell O, Holmgren G, Jagell SF.

Neurology. 1985 Mar;35(3):401-3.PMID: 3974899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adrenoleukodystrophy: very long-chain fatty acid metabolism in fibroblasts.

Rizzo WB, Avigan J, Chemke J, Schulman JD.

Neurology. 1984 Feb;34(2):163-9.PMID: 6538003 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Muscle carnitine deficiency: fatty acid metabolism in cultured fibroblasts and muscle cells.

Avigan J, Askanas V, Engel WK.

Neurology. 1983 Aug;33(8):1021-6.PMID: 6683796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Subcellular localization and quantification of cholesterol in cultured human fibroblasts exposed to human low density lipoprotein.

Kruth HS, Blanchette-Mackie J, Avigan J, Gamble W, Vaughan M.

J Lipid Res. 1982 Nov;23(8):1128-35.PMID: 7175370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Control of phosphorylation and decarboxylation of mevalonic acid and its metabolites in cultured human fibroblasts and in rat liver in vivo.

Mitchell ED Jr, Avigan J.

J Biol Chem. 1981 Jun 25;256(12):6170-3.PMID: 6263908 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of cell density on binding and uptake of low density lipoprotein by human fibroblasts.

Kruth HS, Avigan J, Gamble W, Vaughan M.

J Cell Biol. 1979 Dec;83(3):588-94.PMID: 230192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Procedure for determination of free and total cholesterol in micro- or nanogram amounts suitable for studies with cultured cells.

Gamble W, Vaughan M, Kruth HS, Avigan J.

J Lipid Res. 1978 Nov;19(8):1068-70.PMID: 731127 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cultured human fibroblasts in the study of atherosclerosis.

Avigan J.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1977;82:724-9. No abstract available. PMID: 200104 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Studies on the effects of hormones on cholesterol synthesis in mammalian cells in culture.

Avigan J.

Expos Annu Biochim Med. 1977;33:1-11. Review.PMID: 196905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Control of sterol synthesis and of hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase in skin fibroblasts grown from patients with homozygous type II hyperlipoproteinemia.

Avigan J, Bhathena SJ, Schreiner ME.

J Lipid Res. 1975 Mar;16(2):151-4.PMID: 236350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of insulin on sterol and fatty acid synthesis and hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase activity in mammalian cells grown in culture.

Bhathena SJ, Avigan J, Schreiner ME.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1974 Jun;71(6):2174-8.PMID: 4526203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Studies on the stereospecificity of mitochondrial oxidation of phytanic acid and of -hydroxyphytanic acid.

Tsai SC, Steinberg D, Avigan J, Fales HM.

J Biol Chem. 1973 Feb 10;248(3):1091-7. No abstract available. PMID: 4405427 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In vitro biosynthesis of lipids, proteins and deoxyribonucleic acid in aortic tissue and in culture aortic cells.

Avigan J, Bhathena SJ, Williams CD, Schreiner ME.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1972 Jun 19;270(2):279-87. No abstract available. PMID: 5041430 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vitro effects of serum proteins and lipids on lipid synthesis in human skin fibroblasts and leukocytes grown in culture.

Williams CD, Avigan J.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1972 Mar 23;260(3):413-23. No abstract available. PMID: 4338876 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measurement of metabolic activities in small samples of muscle.

Kark RA, Blass JP, Avigan J, Engel WK.

Neurology. 1970 Apr;20(4):404. No abstract available. PMID: 5535046 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A defect in pyruvate decarboxylase in a child with an intermittent movement disorder.

Blass JP, Avigan J, Uhlendorf BW.

J Clin Invest. 1970 Mar;49(3):423-32.PMID: 4313434 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A major pathway for the mammalian oxidative degradation of phytanic acid.

Mize CE, Avigan J, Steinberg D, Pittman RC, Fales HM, Milne GW.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1969 Jun 10;176(4):720-39. No abstract available. PMID: 5797085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Studies on the alpha oxidation of phytanic acid by rat liver mitochondria.

Tsai SC, Avigan J, Steinberg D.

J Biol Chem. 1969 May 25;244(10):2682-92. No abstract available. PMID: 4181515 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dimers and trimers of alpha-tocopherol: metabolic and synthetic studies.

Strauch BS, Fales HM, Pittman RC, Avigan J.

J Nutr. 1969 Feb;97(2):194-202. No abstract available. PMID: 5767126 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

On the origin of pristane in marine organisms.

Avigan J, Blumer M.

J Lipid Res. 1968 May;9(3):350-2.PMID: 5646185 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The nature of the metabolic defect in Refsum's disease.

Steinberg D, Avigan J, Mize CE, Herndon JH Jr, Fales HM, Milne GW.

Pathol Eur. 1968;3(2):450-8. No abstract available. PMID: 4176998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The occurrence of pristane and phytane in man and animals.

Avigan J, Milne GW, Highet RJ.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1967 Aug 8;144(1):127-31. No abstract available. PMID: 6055210 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Refsum's disease: nature of the enzyme defect.

Steinberg D, Herndon JH Jr, Uhlendorf BW, Mize CE, Avigan J, Milne GW.

Science. 1967 Jun 30;156(783):1740-2.PMID: 4180573 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Absorption and metabolism of uniformly 14C-labeled phytol and phytanic acid by the intestine of the rat studied with thoracic duct cannulation.

Baxter JH, Steinberg D, Mize CE, Avigan J.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1967 Apr 4;137(2):277-90. No abstract available. PMID: 4167617 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Studies on the metabolic error in Refsum's disease.

Steinberg D, Mize CE, Avigan J, Fales HM, Eldjarn L, Try K, Stokke O, Refsum S.

J Clin Invest. 1967 Mar;46(3):313-22.PMID: 4164676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Refsum's disease--a recently characterized lipidosis involving the nervous system. Combined clinical staff conference at the National Institutes of Health.

Steinberg D, Vroom FQ, Engel WK, Cammermeyer J, Mize CE, Avigan J.

Ann Intern Med. 1967 Feb;66(2):365-95. No abstract available. PMID: 4163283 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pristanic acid (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecanoic acid) and phytanic acid (3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid) content of human and animal tissues.

Avigan J.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1966 Dec 7;125(3):607-10. No abstract available. PMID: 5973200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A pathway for oxidative degradation of phytanic acid in mammals.

Mize CE, Steinberg D, Avigan J, Fales HM.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1966 Nov 11;25(3):359-65. No abstract available. PMID: 5972842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Alpha-decarboxylation, an important pathway for degradation of phytanic acid in animals.

Avigan J, Steinberg D, Gutman A, Mize CE, Milne GW.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1966 Sep 22;24(6):838-44. No abstract available. PMID: 5970517 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Metabolism of phytol-U-14C and phytanic acid-U-14C in the rat.

Mize CE, Avigan J, Baxter JH, Fales HM, Steinberg D.

J Lipid Res. 1966 Sep;7(5):692-7.PMID: 5971048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of dietary phytol and phytanic acid in animals.

Steinberg D, Avigan J, Mize CE, Baxter JH, Cammermeyer J, Fales HM, Highet PF.

J Lipid Res. 1966 Sep;7(5):684-91.PMID: 4165840 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The presence of phytanic acid in normal human and animal plasma.

Avigan J.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1966 Apr 4;116(2):391-4. No abstract available. PMID: 4163202 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dietary effects on serum-phytanic-acid levels and on clinical manifestations in heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis.

Eldjarn L, Try K, Stokke O, Munthe-Kaas AW, Refsum S, Steinberg D, Avigan J, Mize C.

Lancet. 1966 Mar 26;1(7439):691-3. No abstract available. PMID: 4159604 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sterol and bile acid excretion in man and the effects of dietary fat.

Avigan J, Steinberg D.

J Clin Invest. 1965 Nov;44(11):1845-56. No abstract available. PMID: 5843715 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The effect of dietary fat on the turnover of cholic acid and on the composition of the biliary bile acids in man.

Lindstedt S, Avigan J, Goodman DS, Sjövall J, Steinberg D.

J Clin Invest. 1965 Nov;44(11):1754-65. No abstract available. PMID: 5843709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Conversion of U-C14-phytol to phytanic acid and its oxidation in heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis.

Steinberg D, Avigan J, Mize C, Eldjarn L, Try K, Refsum S.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1965 Jun 9;19(6):783-9. No abstract available. PMID: 4158442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

PHYTANIC ACID FORMATION AND ACCUMULATION IN PHYTOL-FED RATS.

STEINBERG D, AVIGAN J, MIZE C, BAXTER J.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1965 May 3;19:412-6. No abstract available. PMID: 14338984 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MYCOPLASMA CELLS AND MEMBRANES.

RAZIN S, ARGAMAN M, AVIGAN J.

J Gen Microbiol. 1963 Dec;33:477-87. No abstract available. PMID: 14118039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

EFFECT OF TRIPARANOL ON ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND ON STEROL COMPOSITION AND CONCENTRATION IN SERUM AND AORTA OF THE CHICKEN.

WONG HY, AVIGAN J, RAIFORD RL, BUTLER A, VROMAN HE.

J Lipid Res. 1963 Oct;4:477-80. No abstract available. PMID: 14168192 [PubMed - OLDMEDLINE]Related articles

STEROLS OF SKIN IN THE NORMAL AND TRIPARANOL-TREATED RAT.

HORLICK L, AVIGAN J.

J Lipid Res. 1963 Apr;4:160-5. No abstract available. PMID: 14168146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Studies of cholesterol biosynthesis. IV. Reduction of lanosterol to 24,25-dihydrolanosterol by rat liver homogenates.

AVIGAN J, GOODMAN DS, STEINBERG D.

J Biol Chem. 1963 Apr;238:1283-6. No abstract available. PMID: 13965665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Studies of cholesterol biosynthesis. V. The time course and pathway of the later stages of cholesterol biosynthesis in the livers of intact rats.

GOODMAN DS, AVIGAN J, STEINBERG D.

J Biol Chem. 1963 Apr;238:1287-93. No abstract available. PMID: 13949089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY OF STEROLS AND STEROIDS.

AVIGAN J, GOODMAN DS, STEINBERG D.

J Lipid Res. 1963 Jan;4:100-1. No abstract available. PMID: 14167651 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis in the rat by 3 beta-(2-diethylaminoethoxy) androst5-en-17-one hydrochloride.

PHILLIPS WA, AVIGAN J.

Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1963 Jan;112:233-6. No abstract available. PMID: 13943170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The in vitro metabolism of desmosterol with adrenal and liver preparations.

GOODMAN DS, AVIGAN J, WILSON H.

J Clin Invest. 1962 Dec;41:2135-41. No abstract available. PMID: 13949087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article