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Dr. Michael K. McIntosh

338 Stone Building
P.O. Box 26170
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Phone (336 334-5313 • Fax (336) 334-4129
e-mail: mcintosh@erickson.uncg.edu


     Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1987;
     R.D., 1988; L.D.N. (North Carolina), 1992

R E S E A R C H  I N T E R E S T S

     Influence of Hormones and Nutrients on the Growth and Metabolism of Adipocytes; Obesity; Energy Metabolism.

C U R R E N T  R E S E A R C H
A N D  P R O J E C T S

     Antiobesity and antidiabetic actions of the adrenal steroid dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA); Impact of DHEA on fat cell growth and metabolism; Gender and race differences in mitogenic activity of human adipocytes.

R E C E N T  P U B L I C A T I O N S

Chance, D., Wu, S.M. & McIntosh, M. (1995) Inverse relationship between peroxisomal and mitochondrial beta- oxidation in HepG2 cells treated with DHEA and clofibric acid. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 208: 378- 384.

Chance, D. & McIntosh, M. (1995) Hypolipidemic agents alter hepatic mitochondrial respiration in vitro. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 111C(2): 317-323.

Goldfarb, A., McIntosh, M., Boyer, B. & Fatouros, J. (1996) Vitamin E attenuates myocardial oxidative stress induced by DHEA in rested and exercised rats. J. Applied Physiol. 80: 486-490.

McIntosh, C. & McIntosh, M. (1996) Dietary Applications, In "The U.S. Soccer Sports Medicine Book". (W. Garret, S. Contiguglia, D. Kirkendall, eds.) Williams & Wilkens, Media, PA., pp. 28-43.

Lea-Currie, R., Wu, S.M. & McIntosh, M. (1997) Effects of acute administration of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate on adipose tissue mass and cellularity in male rats. Int. J. Obesity 21(2): 147-154.

Lea-Currie, R., Ping, W., & McIntosh, M. (1997) Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate attenuates adipocyte hyperplasia associated with feeding rats a high fat diet. Int. J. Obesity, 21(11): 1058-1064

Wen, P., Lea-Currie, R., & McIntosh, M. (1997) Dehydroepiandrosterone reduces proliferation and differentiation of 3T3L1 preadipocytes. FASEB J. 11(3): A599 (abstract).

Lea-Currie, R., Wen, P., & McIntosh, M. (1997) Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate treatment attenuates adiposity in Osborne-Mendel rats fed a high fat diet. FASEB J. 11(3): A599 (abstract).

McIntosh, M., Hausman, D., Martin, R. & Hausman, G. (1997) Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) attenuates preadipocyte proliferation and differentiation in primary cultures of stromal-vascular cells. FASEB J. 11(3): A158 (abstract).



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