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Bilal Kerman
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Neuroscientist toiling to make our brains healthier, dad of a strong girl.
🧪#science
Our last publication for 2024. In a systematic review, we find little evidence for omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) supplementation on cognition in a general population:https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad231467
December 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM
How do brain lipids influence the development of cellular senescence in the brain? In this review, we propose over-activation of cPLA2 as a key driver of oxidized lipids and senescence and introduce the application of V-SYNTHES to develop potent cPLA2 inhibitors: www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Development of Calcium-Dependent Phospholipase A2 Inhibitors to Target Cellular Senescence and Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Diseases | Antioxidants & Redox Signaling
Significance: Cellular senescence is a critical process underlying aging and is associated with age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Lipids are implicated in cellular senescence. Fatty acids, particularly eicosanoids, have been associated with various forms of senescence and inflammation, and the associated reactive oxygen species production has been proposed as a therapeutic target for mitigating senescence. When overactivated, calcium-dependent phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic acid into eicosanoids such as leukotrienes and prostaglandins. Recent Advances: With a growing understanding of the importance of lipids as mediators and modulators of senescence, cPLA2 has emerged as a compelling drug target. cPLA2 overactivation plays a significant role in several pathways associated with senescence, including neuroinflammation and oxidative stress. Critical Issues: Previous cPLA2 inhibitors have shown potential in ameliorating inflammation and oxidative stress, but the dominant hurdles in the central nervous system-targeting drug discovery are specificity and blood–brain barrier penetrance. Future Directions: With the need for more effective drugs against neurological diseases, we emphasize the significance of discovering new brain-penetrant, potent, and specific cPLA2 inhibitors. We discuss how the recently developed Virtual Synthon Hierarchical Enumeration Screening, an iterative synthon-based approach for fast structure-based virtual screening of billions of compounds, provides an efficient exploration of large chemical spaces for the discovery of brain-penetrant cPLA2 small-molecule inhibitors. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 00, 000–000.
www.liebertpub.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Excited for my presentation at the #AAIC2024
July 28, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Today I had my 1st ride on #waymoxla. It was futuristic yet also so mundane that it's just another ride except there is no one at the driver's seat! Thank you @waymo.bsky.social
January 6, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Our last paper of 2023 (or first of 2024) is out! We discussed #microbiome's effect on #omega3 supplementation in improving cognition, specifically in #Alzheimers disease.🧪

journals.lww.com/co-clinicaln...
Can the gut microbiome inform the effects of omega-3 fatty... : Current Opinion in Clinical Nutritio...
view is to identify whether the gut microbiome together with the metabolome can provide critical insights to understand this heterogeneity in the response to n-3 PUFA supplementation. Recent findings...
journals.lww.com
January 4, 2024 at 4:56 AM
With my small contribution we've just published the method for making 18-F DHA for the first time. This tool will ultimately help us and others study the effects of APOE4 on brain DHA metabolism in humans.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... 🧪
December 4, 2023 at 6:51 PM
For those looking for a postdoc in neuroimmunology:
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#science 🧪 #sciencejobs
November 29, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by Bilal Kerman
Absolutely no link between MMR vaccination and autism.

A comprehensive study in Annals of Internal Medicine and based on 10 years of data and half a million people.

Vaccines in no way cause autism, massive new study finds 🧪
bigthink.com/health/vacci...
November 28, 2023 at 8:06 PM
Reposted by Bilal Kerman
⭐On This Day... November 24, 1859

Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species by Means
of Natural Selection" was published in England. 🏺🧪

Things would never be the same.
November 24, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Hard to type my first post. I'm glad there is a place where I can escape from X. I'm hoping blue sky will be like the good old days of Twitter.
November 17, 2023 at 4:28 AM