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Angela Woods

Professor of Medical Humanities, Durham University
Verified email at durham.ac.uk
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[PDF][PDF] African Americans and their distrust of the health care system: healthcare for diverse populations.

BR Kennedy, CC Mathis, AK Woods - Journal of cultural diversity, 2007 - academia.edu
" To be used in some type of experiment and then be forgotten. Why are you interested in me
now?" This is one of many sentiments felt by African Americans. In one of many surveys …

AMP-activated protein kinase: new regulation, new roles?

D Carling, C Thornton, A Woods… - Biochemical …, 2012 - portlandpress.com
The hydrolysis of ATP drives virtually all of the energy-requiring processes in living cells. A
prerequisite of living cells is that the concentration of ATP needs to be maintained at …

Culture and hallucinations: overview and future directions

F Larøi, TM Luhrmann, V Bell… - Schizophrenia …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
A number of studies have explored hallucinations as complex experiences involving
interactions between psychological, biological, and environmental factors and mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness

KS Corbett, DK Edwards, SR Leist, OM Abiona… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
A vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is needed to
control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. Structural studies have …

[PDF][PDF] LKB1 is the upstream kinase in the AMP-activated protein kinase cascade

A Woods, SR Johnstone, K Dickerson, FC Leiper… - Current biology, 2003 - cell.com
Inactivating mutations in the protein kinase LKB1 lead to a dominantly inherited cancer in
humans termed Peutz-Jeghers syndrome [1, 2]. The role of LKB1 is unclear, and only one …

[PDF][PDF] Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase-β acts upstream of AMP-activated protein kinase in mammalian cells

A Woods, K Dickerson, R Heath, SP Hong… - Cell metabolism, 2005 - cell.com
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is the downstream component of a kinase cascade
that plays a pivotal role in energy homeostasis. Activation of AMPK requires phosphorylation …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the AMP-activated protein kinase kinase from rat liver and identification of threonine 172 as the major site at which it phosphorylates AMP …

SA Hawley, M Davison, A Woods, SP Davies… - Journal of Biological …, 1996 - ASBMB
We have developed a sensitive assay for the AMP-activated protein kinase kinase, the
upstream component in the AMP-activated protein kinase cascade. Phosphorylation and …

Ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 signaling regulates mammalian life span

C Selman, JMA Tullet, D Wieser, E Irvine, SJ Lingard… - Science, 2009 - science.org
Caloric restriction (CR) protects against aging and disease, but the mechanisms by which
this affects mammalian life span are unclear. We show in mice that deletion of ribosomal S6 …

[HTML][HTML] AMP-activated protein kinase plays a role in the control of food intake

U Andersson, K Filipsson, CR Abbott, A Woods… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is the downstream component of a protein kinase
cascade that acts as an intracellular energy sensor maintaining the energy balance within …

The regulation of AMP-activated protein kinase by phosphorylation

SC STEIN, A WOODS, NA JONES… - Biochemical …, 2000 - portlandpress.com
The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) cascade is activated by an increase in the
AMP/ATP ratio within the cell. AMPK is regulated allosterically by AMP and by reversible …