Markus R. Wenk

TL;DR: Structural characteristics based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electrospray-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF-MS) analysis suggest that carbohydrate-containing pigments such as melanoidins are the major contributors to the high antioxidant capacity of DSS.

TL;DR: It is suggested that synaptojanin 2B has a partially overlapping function with synaptoyanin 1 in nerve terminals, with additional roles in neurons and other cells including spermatids.

TL;DR: A proteomics approach is used to identify components of starvation-induced autophagic responses in the Drosophila fat body and proposes that Desat1 exerts its role in autophagy by controlling lipid biosynthesis and/or signaling necessary for autophotic responses.

TL;DR: It is found that lanosterol induces mild depolarization of mitochondria and promotes autophagy, and this results highlight a novel sterol-based neuroprotective mechanism with direct relevance to PD.

TL;DR: A derivatization-independent method for analyzing various sterols, including cholesterol and its congeners, using liquid chromatography and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry, which indicated dramatic increases of the ratio of ergosterol esters to free ergosterols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is consistent with the function of the respective enzymes.