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Peter J. O'Brien

Researcher at University College Dublin

Publications -  318
Citations -  19961

Peter J. O'Brien is an academic researcher from University College Dublin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Glutathione & Cytotoxicity. The author has an hindex of 68, co-authored 316 publications receiving 18731 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter J. O'Brien include The Hertz Corporation & University of Toronto.

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Identification of a mutation in porcine ryanodine receptor associated with malignant hyperthermia

TL;DR: Haplotyping suggests that the mutation in all five breeds of lean, heavily muscled swine has a common origin, and the development of a noninvasive diagnostic test will provide the basis for elimination of the MH gene or its controlled inclusion in swine breeding programs.
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Potential toxicity of flavonoids and other dietary phenolics: significance for their chemopreventive and anticancer properties.

TL;DR: The current knowledge regarding potential dietary flavonoid/phenolic-induced toxicity concerns, including their pro-oxidant activity, mitochondrial toxicity (potential apoptosis-inducing properties), and interactions with drug-metabolizing enzymes are summarized.
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Molecular mechanisms of quinone cytotoxicity.

TL;DR: The higher redox potential benzoquinones and naphthoquinones are the most cytotoxic presumably because of their higher electrophilicty and thiol reactivity and/or because the quinones or GSH conjugates are more readily reduced to semiquinones which activate oxygen.
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Aldehyde sources, metabolism, molecular toxicity mechanisms, and possible effects on human health.

TL;DR: The human health risks from clinical and animal research studies are reviewed, including aldehydes as haptens in allergenic hypersensitivity diseases, respiratory allergies, and idiosyncratic drug toxicity; the potential carcinogenic risks of the carbonyl body burden.