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Wallace TC, Blusztajn JK, Caudill MA, Klatt KC, Zeisel SH. Choline: The Neurocognitive Essential Nutrient of Interest to Obstetricians and Gynecologists. J Diet Suppl. 2020; 17(6):733-752. PMID: 31385730
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Conner SC, Benayoun L, Himali JJ, Adams SL, Yang Q, DeCarli C, Blusztajn JK, Beiser A, Seshadri S, Delalle I. Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase-B3 Risk Allele Implicated in Alzheimer's Disease Associates with Increased Odds for Brain Infarcts. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019; 68(1):357-365.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30775993; PMCID: PMC6481535; DOI: 10.3233/JAD-180977;
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Wallace TC, Blusztajn JK, Caudill MA, Klatt KC, Natker E, Zeisel SH, Zelman KM. Choline: The Underconsumed and Underappreciated Essential Nutrient. Nutr Today. 2018 Nov-Dec; 53(6):240-253. PMID: 30853718; PMCID: PMC6259877; DOI: 10.1097/NT.0000000000000302;
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Carreras I, Aytan N, Mellott T, Choi JK, Lehar M, Crabtree L, Leite-Morris K, Jenkins BG, Blusztajn JK, Dedeoglu A. Corrigendum to "Anxiety, neuroinflammation, cholinergic and GABAergic abnormalities are early markers of Gulf War illness in a mouse model of the disease" [Brain Res. 1681 (2018) 34-43]. Brain Res. 2018 06 01; 1688:113-115.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29526415
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Aytan N, Choi JK, Carreras I, Crabtree L, Nguyen B, Lehar M, Blusztajn JK, Jenkins BG, Dedeoglu A. Protective effects of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone on neuropathological and neurochemical changes in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Eur J Pharmacol. 2018 Jun 05; 828:9-17.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29510124; PMCID: PMC5971844; DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.02.045;
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Adams SL, Benayoun L, Tilton K, Mellott TJ, Seshadri S, Blusztajn JK, Delalle I. Immunohistochemical Analysis of Activin Receptor-Like Kinase 1 (ACVRL1/ALK1) Expression in the Rat and Human Hippocampus: Decline in CA3 During Progression of Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018; 63(4):1433-1443.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29843236; PMCID: PMC5988976; DOI: 10.3233/JAD-171065;
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Mellott TJ, Huleatt OM, Shade BN, Pender SM, Liu YB, Slack BE, Blusztajn JK. Correction: Perinatal Choline Supplementation Reduces Amyloidosis and Increases Choline Acetyltransferase Expression in the Hippocampus of the APPswePS1dE9 Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice. PLoS One. 2017; 12(3):e0174875.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28334015; PMCID: PMC5363934; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174875;
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Mathew RS, Mullan H, Blusztajn JK, Lehtinen MK. Comment on "Multiple repressive mechanisms in the hippocampus during memory formation". Science. 2016 Jul 29; 353(6298):453. PMID: 27482552; PMCID: PMC5026305
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Langley EA, Krykbaeva M, Blusztajn JK, Mellott TJ. High maternal choline consumption during pregnancy and nursing alleviates deficits in social interaction and improves anxiety-like behaviors in the BTBR T+Itpr3tf/J mouse model of autism. Behav Brain Res. 2015 Feb 1; 278:210-20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25300468; DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.09.043;
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Kovacheva VP, Mellott TJ, Davison JM, Wagner N, Lopez-Coviella I, Schnitzler AC, Blusztajn JK. Gestational choline deficiency causes global and Igf2 gene DNA hypermethylation by up-regulation of Dnmt1 expression. J Biol Chem. 2007 Oct 26; 282(43):31777-88.View Related Profiles. PMID: 17724018
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Song P, Sekhon HS, Jia Y, Keller JA, Blusztajn JK, Mark GP, Spindel ER. Acetylcholine is synthesized by and acts as an autocrine growth factor for small cell lung carcinoma. Cancer Res. 2003 Jan 1; 63(1):214-21. PMID: 12517800
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Mellott T, Lopez-Coviella I, Blusztajn JK, Berse B. Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase negatively modulates ciliary neurotrophic factor-activated choline acetyltransferase gene expression. Eur J Biochem. 2002 Feb; 269(3):850-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 11846786
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Holmes GL, Yang Y, Liu Z, Cermak JM, Sarkisian MR, Stafstrom CE, Neill JC, Blusztajn JK. Seizure-induced memory impairment is reduced by choline supplementation before or after status epilepticus. Epilepsy Res. 2002 Jan; 48(1-2):3-13. PMID: 11823105
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Guo-Ross SX, Clark S, Montoya DA, Jones KH, Obernier J, Shetty AK, White AM, Blusztajn JK, Wilson WA, Swartzwelder HS. Prenatal choline supplementation protects against postnatal neurotoxicity. J Neurosci. 2002 Jan 1; 22(1):RC195. PMID: 11756524
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López-Coviella I, Berse B, Thies RS, Blusztajn JK. Upregulation of acetylcholine synthesis by bone morphogenetic protein 9 in a murine septal cell line. J Physiol Paris. 2002 Jan-Mar; 96(1-2):53-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 11755783
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Zhao D, Frohman MA, Blusztajn JK. Generation of choline for acetylcholine synthesis by phospholipase D isoforms. BMC Neurosci. 2001; 2:16. PMID: 11734063; PMCID: PMC60648
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Martínez-Morales JR, López-Coviella I, Hernández-Jiménez JG, Reyes R, Bello AR, Hernández G, Blusztajn JK, Alonso R. Sex steroids modulate luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone secretion in a cholinergic cell line from the basal forebrain. Neuroscience. 2001; 103(4):1025-31. PMID: 11301209
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Blusztajn JK . Phosphatidylcholine, an essential phospholipid. In: "Soy and Health 2000 Clinical Evidence - Dietetic Applications." Descheemaeker K, Debruyne I, eds. Garant Publishers. Leuven. 2001; 145-156.
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Yang Y, Liu Z, Cermak JM, Tandon P, Sarkisian MR, Stafstrom CE, Neill JC, Blusztajn JK, Holmes GL. Protective effects of prenatal choline supplementation on seizure-induced memory impairment. J Neurosci. 2000 Nov 15; 20(22):RC109. PMID: 11069978
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Farber SA, Slack BE, Blusztajn JK. Acceleration of phosphatidylcholine synthesis and breakdown by inhibitors of mitochondrial function in neuronal cells: a model of the membrane defect of Alzheimer's disease. FASEB J. 2000 Nov; 14(14):2198-206.View Related Profiles. PMID: 11053240
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Montoya DA, White AM, Williams CL, Blusztajn JK, Meck WH, Swartzwelder HS. Prenatal choline exposure alters hippocampal responsiveness to cholinergic stimulation in adulthood. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2000 Sep 30; 123(1):25-32. PMID: 11020547
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Malik MA, Greenwood CE, Blusztajn JK, Berse B. Cholinergic differentiation triggered by blocking cell proliferation and treatment with all-trans-retinoic acid. Brain Res. 2000 Aug 25; 874(2):178-85.View Related Profiles. PMID: 10960602
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López-Coviella I, Berse B, Krauss R, Thies RS, Blusztajn JK. Induction and maintenance of the neuronal cholinergic phenotype in the central nervous system by BMP-9. Science. 2000 Jul 14; 289(5477):313-6.View Related Profiles. PMID: 10894782
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Fiucci G, Czarny M, Lavie Y, Zhao D, Berse B, Blusztajn JK, Liscovitch M. Changes in phospholipase D isoform activity and expression in multidrug-resistant human cancer cells. Int J Cancer. 2000 Mar 15; 85(6):882-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 10709112
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Koziak K, Kaczmarek E, Kittel A, Sévigny J, Blusztajn JK, Schulte Am Esch J, Imai M, Guckelberger O, Goepfert C, Qawi I, Robson SC. Palmitoylation targets CD39/endothelial ATP diphosphohydrolase to caveolae. J Biol Chem. 2000 Jan 21; 275(3):2057-62. PMID: 10636909
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Schreiber BM, Veverbrants M, Fine RE, Blusztajn JK, Salmona M, Patel A, Sipe JD. Apolipoprotein serum amyloid A down-regulates smooth-muscle cell lipid biosynthesis. Biochem J. 1999 Nov 15; 344 Pt 1:7-13.View Related Profiles. PMID: 10548527; PMCID: PMC1220607
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Berse B, Lopez-Coviella I, Blusztajn JK. Activation of TrkA by nerve growth factor upregulates expression of the cholinergic gene locus but attenuates the response to ciliary neurotrophic growth factor. Biochem J. 1999 Sep 1; 342 ( Pt 2):301-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 10455015; PMCID: PMC1220465
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Szutowicz A, Jankowska A, Blusztajn JK, Tomaszewicz M. Acetylcholine and acetyl-CoA metabolism in differentiating SN56 septal cell line. J Neurosci Res. 1999 Jul 1; 57(1):131-6. PMID: 10397643
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Cermak JM, Blusztajn JK, Meck WH, Williams CL, Fitzgerald CM, Rosene DL, Loy R. Prenatal availability of choline alters the development of acetylcholinesterase in the rat hippocampus. Dev Neurosci. 1999; 21(2):94-104.View Related Profiles. PMID: 10449981
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Blusztajn JK, Slack BE . Signal transduction in neurons by phospholipid breakdown products. In: Elsevier’s Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. 2nd enlarged and revised edition. Adelman G, Smith Bh eds. Elsevier Science B.V. Amsterdam. 1999; 1855-1860.
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Zhao D, Berse B, Holler T, Cermak JM, Blusztajn JK. Developmental changes in phospholipase D activity and mRNA levels in rat brain. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 1998 Aug 8; 109(2):121-7.View Related Profiles. PMID: 9729325
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Blusztajn JK. Choline, a vital amine. Science. 1998 Aug 7; 281(5378):794-5. PMID: 9714685
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Blusztajn JK, Cermak JM, Holler T, Jackson DA. Imprinting of hippocampal metabolism of choline by its availability during gestation: implications for cholinergic neurotransmission. J Physiol Paris. 1998 Jun-Aug; 92(3-4):199-203. PMID: 9789808
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Johnson PI, Blusztajn JK. Sexually dimorphic activation of liver and brain phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase by dietary choline deficiency. Neurochem Res. 1998 May; 23(5):583-7. PMID: 9566595
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Cermak JM, Holler T, Jackson DA, Blusztajn JK. Prenatal availability of choline modifies development of the hippocampal cholinergic system. FASEB J. 1998 Mar; 12(3):349-57. PMID: 9506479
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Blusztajn JK, Holler T, Cermak JM, Jackson DJ . Neurochemical effects of altered prenatal choline availability in rats. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Phospholipids. "Choline, Phospholipids, Health, and Disease" Szuhaj B, Zeisel SH, eds. AOCS Press. Champaign,IL. 1998; 69-78.
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Pedersen WA, Blusztajn JK. Characterization of the acetylcholine-reducing effect of the amyloid-beta peptide in mouse SN56 cells. Neurosci Lett. 1997 Dec 19; 239(2-3):77-80. PMID: 9469660
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Li H, Leeman SE, Slack BE, Hauser G, Saltsman WS, Krause JE, Blusztajn JK, Boyd ND. A substance P (neurokinin-1) receptor mutant carboxyl-terminally truncated to resemble a naturally occurring receptor isoform displays enhanced responsiveness and resistance to desensitization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Aug 19; 94(17):9475-80.View Related Profiles. PMID: 9256507; PMCID: PMC23228
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Blusztajn JK. Inter- and intracellular signaling by choline-containing compounds. Hot Spots in Neurochemistry ISN News. 1997.
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Holler T, Cermak JM, Blusztajn JK. Dietary choline supplementation in pregnant rats increases hippocampal phospholipase D activity of the offspring. FASEB J. 1996 Dec; 10(14):1653-9. PMID: 9002559
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Holler T, Berse B, Cermak JM, Diebler MF, Blusztajn JK. Differences in the developmental expression of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter and choline acetyltransferase in the rat brain. Neurosci Lett. 1996 Jul 12; 212(2):107-10.View Related Profiles. PMID: 8832650
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Lemere CA, Blusztajn JK, Yamaguchi H, Wisniewski T, Saido TC, Selkoe DJ. Sequence of deposition of heterogeneous amyloid beta-peptides and APO E in Down syndrome: implications for initial events in amyloid plaque formation. Neurobiol Dis. 1996 Feb; 3(1):16-32. PMID: 9173910
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Gruber JR, Desai S, Blusztajn JK, Niles RM. Retinoic acid specifically increases nuclear PKC alpha and stimulates AP-1 transcriptional activity in B16 mouse melanoma cells. Exp Cell Res. 1995 Dec; 221(2):377-84. PMID: 7493637
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Berse B, Blusztajn JK. Coordinated up-regulation of choline acetyltransferase and vesicular acetylcholine transporter gene expression by the retinoic acid receptor alpha, cAMP, and leukemia inhibitory factor/ciliary neurotrophic factor signaling pathways in a murine septal cell line. J Biol Chem. 1995 Sep 22; 270(38):22101-4.View Related Profiles. PMID: 7673184
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Brotschi EA, Hilbinger CL, Kahl EA, Vaules WA, Midis NA, Blusztajn JK, Zeisel SH. Radioactive choline metabolism in guinea pig gallbladder. Is there measurable acetylcholine release? Dig Dis Sci. 1995 Sep; 40(9):1982-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 7555453
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Pedersen WA, Berse B, Schüler U, Wainer BH, Blusztajn JK. All-trans- and 9-cis-retinoic acid enhance the cholinergic properties of a murine septal cell line: evidence that the effects are mediated by activation of retinoic acid receptor-alpha. J Neurochem. 1995 Jul; 65(1):50-8.View Related Profiles. PMID: 7790895
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Blusztajn JK, Davis RO. Use of differentiated cholinergic and second messenger endpoints to evaluate cholinesterase inhibitors. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 1995 May; 22(5):368-9. PMID: 7554433
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Hudson PL, Pedersen WA, Saltsman WS, Liscovitch M, MacLaughlin DT, Donahoe PK, Blusztajn JK. Modulation by sphingolipids of calcium signals evoked by epidermal growth factor. J Biol Chem. 1994 Aug 26; 269(34):21885-90. PMID: 8063833
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Lavie Y, Blusztajn JK, Liscovitch M. Formation of endogenous free sphingoid bases in cells induced by changing medium conditions. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1994 Feb 17; 1220(3):323-8. PMID: 8305506
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Blusztajn JK. Alzheimer's disease: prevention, models, and diagnostic tools. Neurobiol Aging. 1994; 15 Suppl 2:S37-9. PMID: 7700457
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Zeisel SH, Blusztajn JK. Choline and human nutrition. Annu Rev Nutr. 1994; 14:269-96. PMID: 7946521
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Blusztajn JK, Hudson PL, Slack BE . Sphingoid-base-containing modulators of biological signaling. In Signal-activated phospholipases. Liscovitch M ed. R.G. Landes Biomedical Publishers. Austin,TX. 1994; 213-223.
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Blusztajn JK, Berse B, Follettie M, Venturini A, Jackson DA, Schüler U, Lee HJ, Wainer BH . Cholinergic cell lines as models for testing drug efficacy and toxicity. In “Final scientific reports of CAAT grantees. Technical report no. 6 of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT). Baltimore,MD. 1994; 5-10.
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Lee HC, Fellenz-Maloney MP, Liscovitch M, Blusztajn JK. Phospholipase D-catalyzed hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine provides the choline precursor for acetylcholine synthesis in a human neuronal cell line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Nov 1; 90(21):10086-90. PMID: 8234260; PMCID: PMC47718
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Nitsch RM, Blusztajn JK, Doyle FM, Robitaille Y, Wurtman RJ, Growdon JH, Kish SJ. Phospholipid metabolite levels are altered in cerebral cortex of patients with dominantly inherited olivopontocerebellar atrophy. Neurosci Lett. 1993 Oct 29; 161(2):191-4. PMID: 8272265
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da Costa KA, Cochary EF, Blusztajn JK, Garner SC, Zeisel SH. Accumulation of 1,2-sn-diradylglycerol with increased membrane-associated protein kinase C may be the mechanism for spontaneous hepatocarcinogenesis in choline-deficient rats. J Biol Chem. 1993 Jan 25; 268(3):2100-5. PMID: 8420980
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Blusztajn JK, Venturini A, Jackson DA, Schüler U, Lee HJ, Wainer BH. Cholinergic cell lines as models for testing drug efficacy and toxicity. in Alternative Methods in Toxicology, J.K. Blusztajn, cv, Page 14. Mary Ann Liebert Inc. New York,NY. 1993; 9:3-8.
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Blusztajn JK, Slack BE . Signal transduction in neurons by phospholipid breakdown products. In: Neuroscience Year 1992: Supplement to the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Adelman G, Smith B eds. Birkhäuser. Boston,MA. 1993; 148-153.
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Zhang J, Blusztajn JK, Zeisel SH. Measurement of the formation of betaine aldehyde and betaine in rat liver mitochondria by a high pressure liquid chromatography-radioenzymatic assay. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1992 Oct 27; 1117(3):333-9. PMID: 1420283
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Nitsch RM, Blusztajn JK, Pittas AG, Slack BE, Growdon JH, Wurtman RJ. Evidence for a membrane defect in Alzheimer disease brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Mar 1; 89(5):1671-5.View Related Profiles. PMID: 1311847; PMCID: PMC48514
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Blusztajn JK, Venturini A, Jackson DA, Lee HJ, Wainer BH. Acetylcholine synthesis and release is enhanced by dibutyryl cyclic AMP in a neuronal cell line derived from mouse septum. J Neurosci. 1992 Mar; 12(3):793-9. PMID: 1312135
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Blusztajn JK, Growdon JH, Lee H.-C, Liscovitch M, Logue M, Lopez G-Coviella I, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Ulus I, Wurtman RJ . Abnormal phospholipid metabolism and the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease. In: Alzheimer’s disease: New treatment strategies. Kchachaturian ZS, Blass JP eds. Marcel Dekker. New York,NY. 1992; 213-222.
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Blusztajn JK, Venturini A, Lee HJ, Wainer BH . Cholinergic phenotype of septal cell lines. In: The treatment of dementias: a new generation of progress. Meyer EM, Simpkins JW, Yamamoto J, Crews FT eds. Plenum Press. New York,NY. 1992; 463-469.
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Blusztajn JK, Growdon JH, Lee H.-C, Liscovitch M, Logue M, Lopez G-Coviella I, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Ulus I, Wurtman RJ . Phospholipide und Pathophysiologie bei der Alzheimer-Krenkheit. In: Demenz: Herausforderung für Forschung, Medizin und Gesellschaft. E. Lungershausen ed. Springer-Verlag. Berlin. 1992; 58-66.
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Nitsch R, Pittas A, Blusztajn JK, Slack BE, Growdon JH, Wurtman RJ. Alterations of phospholipid metabolites in postmortem brain from patients with Alzheimer's disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1991; 640:110-3.View Related Profiles. PMID: 1663712
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Nitsch R, Pittas A, Blusztajn JK, Slack BE, Growdon JH, Wurtman RJ . Alterations of phospholipid metabolites in postmortem brain from patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 640. 1991; 110-113.
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Blusztajn JK, Lopez Gonzalez-Coviella I, Logue M, Growdon JH, Wurtman RJ. Levels of phospholipid catabolic intermediates, glycerophosphocholine and glycerophosphoethanolamine, are elevated in brains of Alzheimer's disease but not of Down's syndrome patients. Brain Res. 1990 Dec 17; 536(1-2):240-4. PMID: 2150771
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Blusztajn JK, Lopez Gonzalez-Coviella I, Logue M, Growdon JH, Wurtman RJ . Abnormal phospholipid metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases: elevations in glycerophosphocholine and glycerophosphoethanolamine levels in brain of Alzheimer’s disease but not in Down syndrome patients. In: Basic, clinical and therapeutic aspects of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Nagatsu T, Fisher A, Yoshida M, eds. Plenum Press. New York,NY. 1990; 133-138.
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Wurtman RJ, Blusztajn JK, Ulus IH, Coviella IL, Buyukuysal RL, Growdon JH, Slack BE. Choline metabolism in cholinergic neurons: implications for the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Adv Neurol. 1990; 51:117-25.View Related Profiles. PMID: 2403709
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Wurtman RJ, Ulus IH, Mauron C, Blusztajn JK . Use of choline in cholinergic neurons to form accetylcholine or phosphatidylcholine: implications for the pathogenesis of agerelated memory disorders. In: Aging brain and dementia: new trends in diagnosis and therapy.Alan Liss. 1990; 215-238.
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Wurtman RJ, Ulus IH, Blusztajn RJ, Lopez G.-Coviella I, Logue M, Mauron C, Growdon JH . Choline levels, the regulation of acetylcholine synthesis and phosphatidylcholine synthesis, and Alzheimer’s disease. In: Alzheimer’s disease: epidemiology, neuropathology, neurochemistry, and clinics. Maurer K, Riederer P, Beckmann H, eds. Springer. Vienna. 1990; 211-224.
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Blusztajn JK, Growdon JH, Lee H.-C, Liscovitch M, Logue M, Lopez G-Coviella I, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Ulus I, Wurtman RJ. Abnormal phospholipid turnover and pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease. Bulletin of Clinical Neurosciences 55. 1990; 91-98.
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Slack BE, Liscovitch M, Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ. Uptake of exogenous phosphatidylserine by human neuroblastoma cells stimulates the incorporation of [methyl-14C]choline into phosphatidylcholine. J Neurochem. 1989 Aug; 53(2):472-81.View Related Profiles. PMID: 2746233
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Ulus IH, Wurtman RJ, Mauron C, Blusztajn JK. Choline increases acetylcholine release and protects against the stimulation-induced decrease in phosphatide levels within membranes of rat corpus striatum. Brain Res. 1989 Apr 10; 484(1-2):217-27. PMID: 2713682
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Blusztajn JK, Zeisel SH. 1,2-sn-diacylglycerol accumulates in choline-deficient liver. A possible mechanism of hepatic carcinogenesis via alteration in protein kinase C activity? FEBS Lett. 1989 Jan 30; 243(2):267-70. PMID: 2917651
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Richardson UI, Liscovitch M, Blusztajn JK. Acetylcholine synthesis and secretion by LA-N-2 human neuroblastoma cells. Brain Res. 1989 Jan 9; 476(2):323-31. PMID: 2702472
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Wurtman RJ, Blusztajn JK, Ulus I, Lopez G-Coviella I, Buyukuysal RL, Growdon JH, Slack BE . Choline metabolism in cholinergic neurons: implications for the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. In: Alzheimer’s disease. Wurtman RJ, Corkin SC, Growdon JH, Ritter-Walker E, eds. CBSMCT. Cambridge,MA. 1989; 193-208.
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Miatto O, Blusztajn JK, Logue M, Gonzalez G, Buonanno F, Growdon JH . Detection of phospholipids in brain tissue using 31P NMR spectroscopy. In: Phospholipids in the nervous system: Biochemical and molecular pathology. Bazan NG, Horrocks LA, Toffano G, eds. Liviana Press. Padua. 1989; 243-250.
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Blusztajn JK . Die Cholinerge Hypothese der Demenz vom Alzheimer-Typ und daraus abzuleitende Behandlungsstrategien. In: Zugänge zu Ursachen, Klinik und Pharmakotherapie der Demenz vom Alzheimer-Typ. S. Hoyer ed. Vieweg,. Braunschweig. 1989; 41-51.
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Blusztajn JK, Liscovitch M, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Ulus I, Wurtman RJ . Phosphatidylcholine as a necessary component of biological membranes and as a store of choline for acetylcholine synthesis. In: Phospholipids in the nervous system: Biochemical and molecular pathology. Bazan NG, Horrocks LA, Toffano G eds. Liviana Press. Padua. 1989; 205-215.
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Yang EK, Blusztajn JK, Pomfret EA, Zeisel SH. Rat and human mammary tissue can synthesize choline moiety via the methylation of phosphatidylethanolamine. Biochem J. 1988 Dec 15; 256(3):821-8. PMID: 3223955; PMCID: PMC1135489
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Liscovitch M, Slack B, Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ. Differential regulation of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and diacylglycerol in NG108-15 neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells. J Biol Chem. 1987 Dec 25; 262(36):17487-91.View Related Profiles. PMID: 3693364
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Blusztajn JK, Liscovitch M, Richardson UI. Synthesis of acetylcholine from choline derived from phosphatidylcholine in a human neuronal cell line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Aug; 84(15):5474-7. PMID: 3474663; PMCID: PMC298880
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Blusztajn JK, Richardson UI, Liscovitch M, Mauron C, Wurtman RJ . Phospholipids in cellular survival and growth. In: Lecithin: technological, biological and therapeutic aspects. Hanin I, Ansell GB eds. Plenum Press. New York,NY. 1987; 85-94.
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Wurtman RJ, Blusztajn JK, Holbrook PG, Lakher M, Liscovitch M, Maire J-C, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Tacconi M . Use of choline in cholinergic neurons to form acetylcholine and membrane phospholipids: possible implications for Alzheimer’s disease. In: Advancing Frontiers in Alzheimer’s Disease Research. Glenner G, Wurtman RJ eds. University of Texas Press. Austin,TX. 1987; 1-9.
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Liscovitch M, Blusztajn JK, Freese A, Wurtman RJ. Stimulation of choline release from NG108-15 cells by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate. Biochem J. 1987 Jan 1; 241(1):81-6. PMID: 3566713; PMCID: PMC1147527
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Blusztajn JK, Liscovitch M, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Wurtman RJ. Phosphatidylcholine as a precursor of choline for acetylcholine synthesis. J Neural Transm Suppl. 1987; 24:247-59. PMID: 3316498
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Blusztajn JK, Liscovitch M, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Wurtman RJ . Phosphatidylcholine as a precursor of choline for acetylcholine synthesis. In: Alzheimer’s disease: advances in basic research and therapies. Wurtman RJ, Corkin SH, Growdon JH eds. CBSMCT. Cambridge, MA. 1987; 247-262.
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Liscovitch M, Freese A, Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ. Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in the neuroblastoma-glioma hybrid cell line NG108-15: stimulation by phorbol esters. J Neurochem. 1986 Dec; 47(6):1936-41. PMID: 3772385
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Blusztajn JK, Holbrook PG, Lakher M, Liscovitch M, Maire J-C, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Tacconi MT, Wurtman RJ . Relationships between acetylcholine release and membrane phosphatidylcholine turnover in brain and in cultured cholinergic neurons. In: Phospholipids in the nervous system: Biochemical and molecular pharmacology. Horrocks LA, Freysz L, Toffano G, eds. Liviana Press, Padua and Springer Verlag. Berlin. 1986; 283-290.
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Lakher M, Wurtman RJ, Blusztajn JK, Holbrook P, Mauron C, Maire J-C, Tacconi M . Brain phosphatidylcholine pools as possible sources of free choline for acetylcholine synthesis. In: Biological methylation and drug design. Borchardt RT, Creveling CR, Ueland PM eds. Humana Press. Clifton, NJ. 1986; 101-110.
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Blusztajn JK, Holbrook PG, Liscovitch M, Maire J-C, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Tacconi MT, Wurtman RJ . Pathogenesis: Possible role of choline phospholipids. In: Treatment development strategies for Alzheimer’s disease. Crook T, Bartus R, Ferris S, Gershon S, eds. Mark Pawley Associates. Madison,CT. 1986; 539-552.
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Wurtman RJ, Blusztajn JK, Maire J-C . The “autocannibalism” of cholinecontaining membrane phospholipids in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. In: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Fisher A, Hanin I, Lachman C, eds. Plenum Press. New York,NY. 1986; 69-73.
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Blusztajn JK, Holbrook PG, Lakher M, Liscovitch M, Maire JC, Mauron C, Richardson UI, Tacconi M, Wurtman RJ. "Autocannibalism" of membrane choline-phospholipids: physiology and pathology. Psychopharmacol Bull. 1986; 22(3):781-6. PMID: 3025910
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Wurtman RJ, Blusztajn JK, Maire J-C . The “autocannibalism” of cholinecontaining membrane phospholipids in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. In: New concepts in Alzheimer’s disease. Briley M, Kato A, Weber M, eds. Macmillan Press. Houndmills. 1986; 17-22.
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Maire J-C, Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ . Effects of exogenous choline on acetylcholine and choline release in striatal slices. In: Dynamics of cholinergic function. Hanin I, ed. Plenum Press. New York,NY. 1986; 575-581.
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Blusztajn JK, Zeisel SH, Wurtman RJ. Developmental changes in the activity of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferases in rat brain. Biochem J. 1985 Dec 1; 232(2):505-11. PMID: 4091805; PMCID: PMC1152909
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Liscovitch M, Freese A, Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ. High-performance liquid chromatography of water-soluble choline metabolites. Anal Biochem. 1985 Nov 15; 151(1):182-7. PMID: 4091278
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Wurtman RJ, Blusztajn JK, Maire JC. "Autocannibalism" of choline-containing membrane phospholipids in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease-A hypothesis. Neurochem Int. 1985; 7(2):369-72. PMID: 20492936
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Blusztajn JK, Tacconi MT, Zeisel SH, Wurtman RJ . Are phospholipids in cholinergic neurons a source of choline for acetylcholine synthesis. In: Phospholipids in the nervous system. Physiological Roles. Horrocks LA, Kanfer JN, Porcellati G eds. Raven Press. New York,NY. 1985; 2:229-236.
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Blusztajn JK, Maire JC, Tacconi M, Wurtman RJ . The possible role of neuronal choline metabolism in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease: a hypothesis. In: Alzheimer’s disease: advances in basic research and therapies. Wurtman RJ, Corkin SH, Growdon JH eds., CBSMCT. Cambridge,MA. 1984; 183-198.
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Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ. Choline and cholinergic neurons. Science. 1983 Aug 12; 221(4611):614-20. PMID: 6867732
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Zeisel SH, Wishnok JS, Blusztajn JK. Formation of methylamines from ingested choline and lecithin. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1983 May; 225(2):320-4. PMID: 6842395
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Leprohon CE, Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ. Dopamine stimulation of phosphatidylcholine (lecithin) biosynthesis in rat brain neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Apr; 80(7):2063-6. PMID: 6572961; PMCID: PMC393753
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Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ . The Syntheses of Choline and Acetylcholine in Brain. In: Handbook Of Neurochemistry, A. Lajtha ed. Plenum. New York,NY. 1983; 5:295-310.
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Blusztajn JK, Zeisel SH, Wurtman RJ . Phospholipid methylation and cholinergic neurons. In: Biochemistry of S-adenosylmethionine and related compounds. Borchardt R, Usdin E, Creveling C eds. MacMillan Press. London,UK. 1982; 155-164.
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Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ. Choline biosynthesis by a preparation enriched in synaptosomes from rat brain. Nature. 1981 Apr 2; 290(5805):417-8. PMID: 7219528
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Zeisel SH, Milunsky A, Blusztajn JK. Prenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects. V. The value of amniotic fluid cholinesterase studies. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1980 Jun 15; 137(4):481-5.View Related Profiles. PMID: 6155784
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Blusztajn JK, Zeisel SH, Wurtman RJ. Synthesis of lecithin (phosphatidylcholine) from phosphatidylethanolamine in bovine brain. Brain Res. 1979 Dec 28; 179(2):319-27. PMID: 509240
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Milunsky A, Blusztajn JK, Zeisel SH. Amniotic-fluid total cholinesterase and neural-tube defects. Lancet. 1979 Jul 7; 2(8132):36.View Related Profiles. PMID: 87905
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Zeisel SH, Blusztajn JK, Wurtman RJ. Brain lecithin synthesis: evidence that bovine brain can make choline molecules. In: Nutrition and the Brain, Barbeau A, Growdon JH, Wurtman RJ eds. Raven Press. New York. 1979; 5:47-56.