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Turek,
John J., Ph.D.
Director, Electron Microscopy Laboratory
Director, Core Laboratory for Image Analysis and Multidimensional
Applications Professor of Basic Medical Sciences
BS ‘74, University of Illinois; MS ‘76, University
of Illinois; PhD ‘79, University of Illinois
E-mail:jjt@vet.purdue.edu
Research Interests
Current research is focused on dietary lipid
modulation of macrophage function, wound healing, and gene
expression. Dietary lipid modulation of the immune system
in infectious disease and tissue injury and repair. Electron
microscopy and image analysis for the study of cell structure
and function.
Publications
Jia Y, Turek JJ. Polyenoic
fatty acid ratios alter fibroblast collagen production via
PGE2 and PGE receptor subtype response. Exp Biol Med (Maywood).
2004 Jul;229(7):676-83.
Turek JJ, Watkins BA, Schoenlein
IA, Allen KG, Hayek MG, Aldrich CG. Oxidized lipid depresses
canine growth, immune function, and bone formation. J Nutr
Biochem. 2003 Jan;14(1):24-31.
Asem EK, Stingley-Salazar SR, Robinson JP,
Turek JJ. Effect of basal lamina on progesterone
production by chicken granulosa cells in vitro--influence
of follicular development. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol
Pharmacol. 2000 Feb;125(2):233-44.
Asem EK, Feng S, Stingley-Salazar SR, Turek
JJ, Peter AT, Robinson JP. Basal lamina of avian
ovarian follicle: influence on morphology of granulosa cells
in-vitro.
Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2000 Feb;125(2):189-201
Gunasekar PG, Borowitz JL, Turek
JJ, Van Horn DA, Isom GE. Endogenous generation of
cyanide in neuronal tissue: involvement of a peroxidase system.
J Neurosci Res. 2000 Sep 1;61(5):570-5.
Leskovar A, Moriarty LJ, Turek JJ,
Schoenlein IA, Borgens RB. The macrophage in acute neural
injury: changes in cell numbers over time and levels of cytokine
production in mammalian central and peripheral nervous systems.
J Exp Biol. 2000 Jun;203 Pt 12:1783-95.
Guptill,L. C-C Wu, L. Glickman,
J. Turek, L. Slater, H. HogenEsch. Extracellular
Bartonella henselae and artifactual intraerythrocytic pseudoinclusions
in experimentally infected cats. Vet. Microbiol. 76:283-290,
2000.
Leskovar, A. L.J. Moriarty, J.J.
Turek, I.A. Schoenlein, R.B. Borgens. The macrophage
in acute neural injury: Changes in cell numbers over time
and levels of cytokine production in mammalian central and
peripheral nervous system. J. Exp. Biol. 203:1783-1795, 2000.
Suckow, M.A., K. Park, L. Siger, J.
Turek, D. Van Horn, D. Taylor, H. Park, T.L. Bowersock.
Immunogenicity of antigens in boiled alginate microspheres.
J. Biomaterials Sci (Polymer Edition) 11:55-68, 2000.
Asem, E.K., S. Feng, S.R. Stingley-Salazar,
J.J. Turek, A.T. Peter, J.P. Robinson. Basal
lamina of avian ovarian follicle: influence on morphology
of granulosa cells in-vitro. Comp Biochem Physiol Part C,
125:189-201, 2000.
Asem, E.K., S.R. Stingley-Salazar, J.P.
Robinson, J.J. Turek. Identification of some
components of basal lamina of avian ovarian follicle. Poultry
Sci., 79:589-601, 2000.
Hankenson, K.D., B.A. Watkins, I.A. Schoenlein,
K.G.D. Allen, and J.J. Turek. Omega-3 fatty
acids enhance ligament fibroblast collagen formation in association
with changes in interleukin-6 production. P.S.E.B.M. 223:88-95,
2000.
Robinson, J.P. and J.J. Turek.
Microscopy and image analysis. Encyclopedia of Electronics
and Engineering. Wiley-Liss. (In Press).
Hankenson, K.D. and J.J. Turek.
Porcine anterior cruciate ligament fibroblasts are similar
to cells derived from the ligamentum teres, another non-healing
intra-articular ligament. Connect. Tiss. Res. (In press).
Turek, J.J., Y. Li, I.A
Schoenlein, K.G.D. Allen, and B.A. Watkins. Modulation of
macrophage cytokine production by conjugated linoleic acids
is influenced by the dietary (n-6):(n-3) fatty acid ratio.
J. Nutr. Biochem. 9:258-266. 1998.
Mathias,C.J., S. Wang, D.J. Waters, J.J.
Turek, P.S. Low, and M.A. Green. Evaluation of 111In-DTPA-folate
as a potential folate-receptor-targeted radiopharmaceutical.
J. Nucl. Med. 39:1579-1585. 1998.
Thiagarajan, D., M Saeed, J. Turek,
and E. Asem. In vitro attachment and invasion of chicken ovarian
granulosa cells by Salmonella enteritidis phage type 8. Infect.
Immun. 64: 5015-5021. 1996.
B.A. Watkins, Xu, H.,
and J.J. Turek. Linoleate impairs collagen
synthesis in primary cultures of avian chondrocytes. Proc.
Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 212:153-159, 1996.
Turek, J.J., I.A. Schoenlein,
B.A. Watkins, W.G. Van Alstine, L.K. Clark and K. Knox. Dietary
polyunsaturated fatty acids modulate porcine response to Mycoplasma
hyopneumoniae infection. J. Nutrition. 126: 1541-1548.1996.
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