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Stone Building
P.O. Box 26170
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 24702-6170
Phone (336) 334-5313 • Fax (336) 334-4129
e-mail:
g_loo@erickson.uncg.edu
E D U C A T I O N
B.S. Dietetics - University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia,
1975
M.S. Nutrition - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee,
1980
Ph.D. Nutrition - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1986
C U R R E N T R E S E A R C H
Oxidation of lipoproteins (LDL/HDL) and atherosclerosis; oxidant stress,
lipid peroxidation and antioxidants; redox regulation of transcription factors
and gene expression; flavonoids, heat shock (stress) proteins, nitric oxide,
p53 and DNA damage and apoptosis in cancer cell lines; phytochemicals and
cancer chemoprevention
R E C E N T P U B L I C A T I O N S
Chen, C. and Loo, G. (1995) Cigarette smoke extract inhibits oxidative
modification of human low density lipoprotein. Atherosclerosis 112,
177-185.
Chen, C. and Loo, G. (1995) Inhibition of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase
activity in human blood plasma by cigarette smoke extract and reactive
aldehydes. J. Biochem. Toxicology 10, 121-128.
Chen, C. and Loo, G. (1995) Effect of peroxyl radicals on lecithin/cholesterol
acyltransferase activity in human plasma. Lipids 30, 627-631.
Lanningham-Foster, L., Chen, C., Chance, D.S. and Loo, G. (1995) Grape extract
inhibits oxidative modification of human low density lipoprotein. Biol.
Pharm.Bull. 18, 1347-1351.
Martin, K.R., Loo, G. and Failla, M.L. (1997) Human lipoproteins as a vehicle
for the delivery of -carotene and -tocopherol to HepG2 cells. Proc. Soc.
Exp. Biol. Med. 214, 367-373.
Kelly, M.R. and Loo, G. (1997) Melatonin inhibits oxidative modification
of human low density lipoprotein. J. Pineal Res. 22, 203-209.
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