Technical Manager (FNS)
University of Stirling Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Technical Manager with responsibility for Quality Control in the Nutrition Group with over 25 years experience in lipid methodology. I have responsibility for the development of chromatographic techniques and am trained in all aspects of complex lipid analysis including HPLC, GC, GC/MS & GC/MS/MS with specific focus on organic contaminants and Omega 3 fatty acid analysis in Aquaculture and Human Health.
Article
Byrne CJ, Fair S, Dick JR, Lonergan P & Kenny DA (2021) Dietary supplementation with fish oil and safflower oil, during the finishing period, alters brisket muscle fatty acid profile and n-6/n-3 ratio but not carcass traits of dairy beef bulls. Applied Animal Science, 37 (4), pp. 436-444. https://doi.org/10.15232/aas.2021-02158
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Nácher-Mestre J, Beltrán E, Strachan F, Dick JR, Pérez-Sánchez J, Berntssen MHG & Tocher DR (2020) No transfer of the non-regulated mycotoxins, beauvericin and enniatins, from feeds to farmed fish reared on plant-based diets. Food Chemistry, 323, Art. No.: 126773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126773
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Wardle SL, Macnaughton LS, McGlory C, Witard OC, Dick JR, Whitfield PD, Ferrando AA, Wolfe RR, Kim I, Hamilton DL, Moran CN, Tipton KD & Galloway SD (2020) Human skeletal muscle metabolic responses to 6 days of high-fat overfeeding are associated with dietary n-3PUFA content and muscle oxidative capacity. Physiological Reports, 8 (16), Art. No.: e14529. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14529
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Altered SPMs and age-associated decrease in brain DHA in APOE4 female mice
Martinsen A, Tejera N, Vauzour D, Harden G, Dick J, Shinde S, Barden A, Mori TA & Minihane AM (2019) Altered SPMs and age-associated decrease in brain DHA in APOE4 female mice. FASEB Journal, 33 (9), pp. 10315-10326. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201900423R
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Philpott JD, Bootsma NJ, Rodriguez-Sanchez N, Hamilton DL, MacKinlay E, Dick J, Mettler S, Galloway SD, Tipton KD & Witard OC (2019) Influence of Fish Oil-Derived n-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Changes in Body Composition and Muscle Strength During Short-Term Weight Loss in Resistance-Trained Men. Frontiers in Nutrition, 6, Art. No.: 102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2019.00102
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Mussel consumption as a "food first" approach to improve omega-3 status
Carboni S, Kaur G, Pryce A, McKee K, Desbois AP, Dick JR, Galloway SD & Hamilton DL (2019) Mussel consumption as a "food first" approach to improve omega-3 status [Mussels as a dietary source of omega-3 fatty acids]. Nutrients, 11 (6), Art. No.: 1381. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11061381
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Albalat A, Johnson L, Coates CJ, Dykes GC, Hitte F, Morro B, Dick J, Todd K & Neil DM (2019) The Effect of Temperature on the Physiological Condition and Immune-Capacity of European Lobsters (Homarus gammarus) During Long-Term Starvation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, Art. No.: 281. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00281
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Civil R, Lamb A, Loosmore D, Ross L, Livingstone K, Strachan F, Dick JR, Stevenson EJ, Brown MA & Witard OC (2019) Assessment of Dietary Intake, Energy Status, and Factors Associated With RED-S in Vocational Female Ballet Students. Frontiers in Nutrition, 5, Art. No.: 136. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2018.00136
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Jeromson S, Mackenzie I, Doherty MK, Whitfield PD, Bell JG, Dick JR, Shaw A, Rao F, Ashcroft SP, Philp A, Galloway SD, Gallagher IJ & Hamilton DL (2018) Lipid remodelling and an altered membrane-associated proteome may drive the differential effects of EPA and DHA treatment on skeletal muscle glucose uptake and protein accretion. American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 314 (6), pp. E605-E619. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00438.2015
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Guesdon W, Kosaraju R, Brophy P, Clark A, Dillingham S, Aziz S, Moyer F, Wilson K, Dick JR, Patil SP, Balestrieri N, Armstrong M, Reisdroph N & Shaikh SR (2018) Effects of fish oils on ex vivo B-cell responses of obese subjects upon BCR/TLR stimulation: a pilot study. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 53, pp. 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2017.10.009
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Philpott JD, Donnelly C, Walshe I, Dick JR, Galloway SD, Tipton K & Witard O (2018) Adding Fish Oil to Whey Protein, Leucine and Carbohydrate Over a 6 Week Supplementation Period Attenuates Muscle Soreness Following Eccentric Exercise in Competitive Soccer Players. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 28 (1), pp. 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2017-0161
Conference Abstract
Sprague M, Betancor M, Dick JR & Tocher DR (2017) Nutritional evaluation of seafood, with respect to long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, available to UK consumers. Nutrition Society Spring Conference 2017: Nutrition and exercise for health and performance, Stirling, 28/03/2017 - 29/03/2017. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76 (OCE2), p. E38. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/nutritional-evaluation-of-seafood-with-respect-to-longchain-omega3-fatty-acids-available-to-uk-consumers/81A58EB320FD82BA230C54AEB88D4539; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665117000945
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Oboh A, Kabeya N, Carmona-Antoñanzas G, Castro LFC, Dick JR, Tocher DR & Monroig O (2017) Two alternative pathways for docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) biosynthesis are widespread among teleost fish. Scientific Reports, 7 (1), Art. No.: 3889. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04288-2
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Gravina L, Brown FF, Alexander L, Dick JR, Bell JG, Witard O & Galloway SD (2017) n-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation During 4 Weeks of Training Leads to Improved Anaerobic Endurance Capacity, But Not Maximal Strength, Speed, or Power in Soccer Players. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 27 (4), pp. 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2016-0325
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Byrne CJ, Fair S, English AM, Holden SA, Dick JR, Lonergan P & Kenny DA (2017) Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of young post-pubertal dairy bulls alters the fatty acid composition of seminal plasma and spermatozoa but has no effect on semen volume or sperm quality. Theriogenology, 90, pp. 289-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2016.12.014
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Albalat A, Nadler LE, Foo N, Dick JR, Watts AJR, Philp H, Neil DM & Monroig O (2016) Lipid Composition of Oil Extracted from Wasted Norway Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) Heads and Comparison with Oil Extracted from Antarctic Krill (Euphasia superba). Marine Drugs, 14 (12), Art. No.: 219. https://doi.org/10.3390/md14120219
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McGlory C, Wardle S, Macnaughton LS, Witard O, Scott F, Dick JR, Bell JG, Phillips SM, Galloway SD, Hamilton DL & Tipton K (2016) Fish oil supplementation suppresses resistance exercise and feeding-induced increases in anabolic signaling without affecting myofibrillar protein synthesis in young men. Physiological Reports, 4 (6), Art. No.: e12715. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12715
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Sprague M, Dick JR & Tocher DR (2016) Impact of sustainable feeds on omega-3 long-chain fatty acid levels in farmed Atlantic salmon, 2006–2015. Scientific Reports, 6, Art. No.: 21892. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21892
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Jackson PA, Forster JS, Bell JG, Dick JR, Younger I & Kennedy DO (2016) DHA Supplementation Alone or in Combination with Other Nutrients Does not Modulate Cerebral Hemodynamics or Cognitive Function in Healthy Older Adults. Nutrients, 8 (2), Art. No.: 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8020086
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Sprague M, Walton J, Campbell P, Strachan F, Dick JR & Bell JG (2015) Replacement of fish oil with a DHA-rich algal meal derived from Schizochytrium sp. on the fatty acid and persistent organic pollutant levels in diets and flesh of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L.) post-smolts. Food Chemistry, 185, pp. 413-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.03.150
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Henriques J, Dick JR, Tocher DR & Bell JG (2014) Nutritional quality of salmon products available from major retailers in the UK: content and composition of n-3 long-chain PUFA. British Journal of Nutrition, 112 (6), pp. 964-975. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114514001603
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Temporal changes in human skeletal muscle and blood lipid composition with fish oil supplementation
McGlory C, Galloway SD, Hamilton DL, McClintock C, Breen L, Dick JR, Bell JG & Tipton K (2014) Temporal changes in human skeletal muscle and blood lipid composition with fish oil supplementation. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 90 (6), pp. 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plefa.2014.03.001
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Bell JG, Gilhooly T, Mackinlay E, Younger I, McLellan R & Dick JR (2013) Development of a rapid method of analysing whole blood omega-3 levels using a fingertip blood sample and measuring breast milk omega-3 levels using automated methods. Lipid Technology, 25 (11), pp. 255-257. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lite.201300301/abstract; https://doi.org/10.1002/lite.201300301
Newspaper / Magazine
Bell JG & Dick JR (2013) A Different Kettle of Fish. Laboratory News. 25.07.2013. http://www.labnews.co.uk/features/a-different-kettle-of-fish/
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Sprague M, Dick JR, Medina A, Tocher DR, Bell JG & Mourente G (2012) Lipid and fatty acid composition, and persistent organic pollutant levels in tissues of migrating Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, L.) broodstock. Environmental Pollution, 171, pp. 61-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.07.021
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Monroig O, Navarro JC, Dick JR, Alemany F & Tocher DR (2012) Identification of a delta5-like fatty acyl desaturase from the cephalopod Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier 1797) involved in the biosynthesis of essential fatty acids. Marine Biotechnology, 14 (4), pp. 411-422. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-011-9423-2
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Bell JG, Dick JR, Strachan F, Guy DR, Berntssen MHG & Sprague M (2012) Complete replacement of fish oil with a blend of vegetable oils affects dioxin, dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in 3 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) families differing in flesh adiposity. Aquaculture, 324-325, pp. 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.11.004
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Bell JG, Mackinlay E, Dick JR, Younger I, Lands B & Gilhooly T (2011) Using a fingertip whole blood sample for rapid fatty acid measurement: Method validation and correlation with erythrocyte polar lipid compositions in UK subjects. British Journal of Nutrition, 106 (9), pp. 1408-1415. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114511001978
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Carmona-Antonanzas G, Monroig O, Dick JR, Davie A & Tocher DR (2011) Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids (C > 24) in Atlantic salmon: Cloning, functional characterisation, and tissue distribution of an Elovl4 elongase. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 159 (2), pp. 122-129. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10964959; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.02.007
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Henrotte E, Kpogue D, Mandiki SNM, Wang N, Douxfils J, Dick JR, Tocher DR & Kestemont P (2011) n-3 and n-6 fatty acid bioconversion abilities in Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) at two developmental stages. Aquaculture Nutrition, 17 (2), pp. e216-e225. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2095.2010.00754.x
Article
Karalazos V, Bendiksen EA, Dick JR, Tocher DR & Bell JG (2011) Influence of the dietary protein: lipid ratio and fish oil substitution on fatty acid composition and metabolism of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) reared at high water temperatures. British Journal of Nutrition, 105 (7), pp. 1012-1025. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BJN; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114510004605
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Monroig O, Rotllant J, Cerda-Reverter JM, Dick JR, Figueras A & Tocher DR (2010) Expression and role of Elovl4 elongases in biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids during zebrafish Danio rerio early embryonic development. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)- Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1801 (10), pp. 1145-1154. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13881981; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2010.06.005
Article
Vertebrate fatty acyl desaturase with delta4 activity
Li Y, Monroig O, Zhang L, Wang S, Zheng X, Dick JR, You C & Tocher DR (2010) Vertebrate fatty acyl desaturase with delta4 activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107 (39), pp. 16840-16845. http://www.pnas.org/content/107/39/16840.abstract; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1008429107
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Lipid and fatty acid composition of parasitic caligid copepods belonging to the genus Lepeophtheirus
Tocher JA, Dick JR, Bron J, Shinn A & Tocher DR (2010) Lipid and fatty acid composition of parasitic caligid copepods belonging to the genus Lepeophtheirus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 156 (2), pp. 107-114. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10964959; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.02.010
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Leclercq E, Dick JR, Taylor J, Bell JG, Hunter D & Migaud H (2010) Seasonal Variations in Skin Pigmentation and Flesh Quality of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.): Implications for Quality Management. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 58 (11), pp. 7036-7045. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf100723b; https://doi.org/10.1021/jf100723b
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Sprague M, Bendiksen EA, Dick JR, Strachan F, Pratoomyot J, Berntssen MHG, Tocher DR & Bell JG (2010) Effects of decontaminated fish oil or a fish and vegetable oil blend on persistent organic pollutant and fatty acid compositions in diet and flesh of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). British Journal of Nutrition, 103 (10), pp. 1442-1451. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114510000139
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Bell JG, Miller D, MacDonald DJ, Mackinlay E, Dick JR, Cheseldine S, Boyle RM, Graham C & O'Hare AE (2010) The fatty acid compositions of erythrocyte and plasma polar lipids in children with autism, developmental delay or typically developing controls and the effect of fish oil intake. British Journal of Nutrition, 103 (8), pp. 1160-1167. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114509992881
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Petropoulos IK, Thompson K, Morgan AL, Dick JR, Tocher DR & Bell JG (2009) Effects of substitution of dietary fish oil with a blend of vegetable oils on liver and peripheral blood leucocyte fatty acid composition, plasma prostaglandin E2 and immune parameters in three strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture Nutrition, 15 (6), pp. 596-607. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2095.2008.00627.x
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Bell JG, Sprague M, Bendiksen EA, Dick JR, Strachan F, Pratoomyot J, Berntssen MHG & Tocher DR (2008) Using Decontaminated Fish Oil or a Vegetable/Fish Oil Blend to Reduce Organic Contaminant Concentrations in Diets and Flesh of Farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Organohalogen Compounds, 70, pp. 894-897.
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Kennedy SR, Bickerdike R, Berge RK, Dick JR & Tocher DR (2007) Influence of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) or tetradecylthioacetic acid (TTA) on growth, lipid composition, fatty acid metabolism and lipid gene expression of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss L.). Aquaculture, 272 (41000), pp. 489-501. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00448486; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.06.033
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Karalazos V, Bendiksen EA, Dick JR & Bell JG (2007) Effects of dietary protein and fat level and rapeseed oil on growth and tissue fatty acid composition and metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) reared at low water temperatures. Aquaculture Nutrition, 13 (4), pp. 256-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2095.2007.00471.x
Article
Membrane fatty acids, reading and spelling in dyslexic and non-dyslexic adults
Cyhlarova E, Bell JG, Dick JR, Mackinlay E, Stein JF & Richardson AJ (2007) Membrane fatty acids, reading and spelling in dyslexic and non-dyslexic adults. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 17 (2), pp. 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2006.07.003
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Tocher DR, Zheng X, Schlechtriem C, Hastings N & Dick JR (2006) Highly unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in marine fish: Cloning, functional characterization, and nutritional regulation of fatty acyl delta6 desaturase of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Lipids, 41 (11), pp. 1003-1016. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0024-4201/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-006-5051-4
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Tocher DR, Dick JR, MacGlaughlin P & Bell JG (2006) Effect of diets enriched in Delta 6 desaturated fatty acids (18:3n-6 and 18:4n-3), on growth, fatty acid composition and highly unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in two populations of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 144 (2), pp. 245-253. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10964959; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.03.001
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Kennedy SR, Leaver M, Campbell P, Zheng X, Dick JR & Tocher DR (2006) Influence of Dietary Oil Content and Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) on Lipid Metabolism Enzyme Activities and Gene Expression in Tissues of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.). Lipids, 41 (5), pp. 423-436. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0024-4201/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-006-5116-4
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Agaba MK, Tocher DR, Zheng X, Dickson C, Dick JR & Teale AJ (2005) Cloning and functional characterisation of polyunsaturated fatty acid elongases of marine and freshwater teleost fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 142 (3), pp. 342-352. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10964959; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.08.005
Conference Paper (published)
Mourente G, Dick JR, Bell JG & Tocher DR (2005) Effect of partial substitution of dietary fish oil by vegetable oils on desaturation and beta-oxidation of [1-14C]18:3n-3 (LNA) and [1-14C]20:5n-3 (EPA) in hepatocytes and enterocytes of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.). In: volume 248. 1th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding in Fish, Phuket Island, Thailand, 02.05.2004-07.05.2004. Elsevier, pp. 173-186. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00448486; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.04.023
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Stubhaug I, Tocher DR, Bell JG, Dick JR & Torstensen BE (2005) Fatty acid metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) hepatocytes and influence of dietary vegetable oil. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1734 (3), pp. 277-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2005.04.003
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Zheng X, Torstensen BE, Tocher DR, Dick JR, Henderson RJ & Bell JG (2005) Environmental and dietary influences on highly unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis and expression of fatty acyl desaturase and elongase genes in liver of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)- Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1734 (1), pp. 13-24. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13881981; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2005.01.006
Article
Bell JG, McGhee F, Dick JR & Tocher DR (2005) Dioxin and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Scottish farmed salmon (Salmo salar): effects of replacement of dietary marine fish oil with vegetable oils. Aquaculture, 243 (1-4), pp. 305-314. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00448486; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.10.016
Article
Schlechtriem C, Tocher DR, Dick JR & Becker K (2004) Incorporation and metabolism of fatty acids by desaturation and elongation in the nematode, Panagrellus redivivus. Nematology, 6 (6), pp. 783-795. http://www.brill.nl/nemy; https://doi.org/10.1163/1568541044038560
Article
Essential fatty acids and phospholipase A2 in autistic spectrum disorders
Bell JG, Mackinlay E, Dick JR, MacDonald DJ, Boyle RM & Glen ACA (2004) Essential fatty acids and phospholipase A2 in autistic spectrum disorders. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 71 (4), pp. 201-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plefa.2004.03.008
Article
Hastings N, Agaba MK, Tocher DR, Zheng X, Dickson C, Dick JR & Teale AJ (2004) Molecular cloning and functional characterization of fatty acyl desaturase and elongase cDNAs involved in the production of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexanoic acids from alpha-linolenic acid in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Marine Biotechnology, 6 (5), pp. 463-474. http://www.springerlink.com/content/1436-2228/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-004-3002-8
Article
Agaba MK, Tocher DR, Dickson C, Dick JR & Teale AJ (2004) Zebrafish cDNA encoding multifunctional fatty acid elongase involved in production of eicosapentaenoic (20:5n-3) and docosahexaenoic (22:6n-3) acids. Marine Biotechnology, 6 (3), pp. 251-261. http://www.springerlink.com/content/1436-2228/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-003-0029-1
Article
Tocher DR, Fonseca-Madrigal J, Dick JR, Ng W, Bell JG & Campbell P (2004) Effects of water temperature and diets containing palm oil on fatty acid desaturation and oxidation in hepatocytes and intestinal enterocytes of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 137 (1), pp. 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.10.002
Book Chapter
Abnormal fatty acid metabolism in autism and Asperger’s syndrome
Bell JG, Dick JR, Mackinlay E, Glen ACA, MacDonald DJ, Boyle RM & Riordan DV (2003) Abnormal fatty acid metabolism in autism and Asperger’s syndrome. In: Peet M, Glen I & Horrobin D (eds.) Phospholipid Spectrum Disorder in Psychiatry and Neurology. 2nd ed. Carnforth: Marius Press, pp. 521-528. http://www.mariuspress.com/books.htm
Article
Ng W, Campbell P, Dick JR & Bell JG (2003) Interactive Effects of Dietary Palm Oil Concentration and Water Temperature on Lipid Digestibility in Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Lipids, 38 (10), pp. 1031-1038. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-006-1157-y
Article
Bell JG, Tocher DR, Henderson RJ, Dick JR & Crampton V (2003) Altered fatty acid compositions in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fed diets containing linseed and rapeseed oils can be partially restored by a subsequent fish oil finishing diet. Journal of Nutrition, 133 (9), pp. 2793-2801. http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/9/2793.abstract
Article
Tocher DR, Bell JG, McGhee F, Dick JR & Fonseca-Madrigal J (2003) Effects of dietary lipid level and vegetable oil on fatty acid metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) over the whole production cycle. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 29 (3), pp. 193-209. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0920-1742/; https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AFISH.0000045722.44186.ee
Article
Tocher DR, Bell JG, Dick JR & Crampton V (2003) Effects of dietary vegetable oil on atlantic salmon hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and liver fatty acid compositions. Lipids, 38 (7), pp. 723-732. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0024-4201/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-003-1120-y
Article
Tocher DR, Fonseca-Madrigal J, Bell JG, Dick JR, Henderson RJ & Sargent JR (2002) Effects of diets containing linseed oil on fatty acid desaturation and oxidation in hepatocytes and intestinal enterocytes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 26 (2), pp. 157-170. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0920-1742/; https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1025416731014
Article
Bell JG, Henderson RJ, Tocher DR, McGhee F, Dick JR, Porter AR, Smullen RP & Sargent JR (2002) Substituting fish oil with crude palm oil in the diet of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) affects muscle fatty acid composition and hepatic fatty acid metabolism. Journal of Nutrition, 132 (2), pp. 222-230. http://jn.nutrition.org/content/132/2/222.abstract
Article
A vertebrate fatty acid desaturase with delta5 and delta6 activities
Hastings N, Agaba MK, Tocher DR, Leaver M, Dick JR, Sargent JR & Teale AJ (2001) A vertebrate fatty acid desaturase with delta5 and delta6 activities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98 (25), pp. 14304-14309. http://www.pnas.org/content/98/25/14304.abstract; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.251516598
Article
Tocher DR, Bell JG, MacGlaughlin P, McGhee F & Dick JR (2001) Hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of liver in salmonids: Effects of dietary vegetable oil. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 130 (2), pp. 257-270. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10964959; https://doi.org/10.1016/S1096-4959%2801%2900429-8
Article
Tocher DR, Agaba MK, Hastings N, Bell JG, Dick JR & Teale AJ (2001) Nutritional regulation of hepatocyte fatty acid desaturation and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 24 (4), pp. 309-320. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0920-1742/; https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1015022406790
Article
Tocher DR & Dick JR (2001) Effects of essential fatty acid deficiency and supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3) on cellular fatty acid compositions and fatty acyl desaturation in a cell culture model. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 64 (1), pp. 11-22. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09523278; https://doi.org/10.1054/plef.2000.0233
Article
Bell JG, Sargent JR, Tocher DR & Dick JR (2000) Red blood cell fatty acid compositions in a patient with autistic spectrum disorder: a characteristic abnormality in neurodevelopmental disorders?. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 63 (1-2), pp. 21-25. https://doi.org/10.1054/plef.2000.0186
Article
Tocher DR, Bell JG, Dick JR, Henderson RJ, McGhee F, Michell D & Morris PC (2000) Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) undergoing parr-smolt transformation and the effects of dietary linseed and rapeseed oils. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 23 (1), pp. 59-73. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0920-1742/; https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1007807201093
Article
Tocher DR & Dick JR (2000) Essential fatty acid deficiency in freshwater fish: the effects of linoleic, alpha-linolenic, gamma-linolenic and stearidonic acids on the metabolism of [1-14C]18:3n-3 in a carp cell culture model. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 22 (1), pp. 67-75. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0920-1742/; https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1007877130756
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Tocher DR & Dick JR (1999) Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in a cell culture model of essential fatty acid deficiency in a freshwater fish, carp (Cyprinus carpio). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 21 (3), pp. 257-267. http://www.springerlink.com/content/0920-1742/; https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1007832510559
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Ghioni C, Tocher DR, Bell M, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1999) Low C18 to C20 fatty acid elongase activity and limited conversion of stearidonic acid, 18:4(n-3), to eicosapentaenoic acid, 20:5(n-3), in a cell line from the turbot, Scophthalmus maximus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1437 (2), pp. 170-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1388-1981%2899%2900010-4
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Tocher DR, Bell JG, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1997) Fatty acyl desaturation in isolated hepatocytes from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Stimulation by dietary borage oil containing gamma-linolenic acid. Lipids, 32 (12), pp. 1237-1247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-006-0159-0
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Bell JG, Farndale BM, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1996) Modification of membrane fatty acid composition, eicosanoid production, and phospholipase A activity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) gill and kidney by dietary lipid. Lipids, 31 (11), pp. 1163-1171. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02524291
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Tocher DR, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1996) Stimulation of proliferation of an essential fatty acid-deficient fish cell line by C-20 and C-22 polyunsaturated fatty acids and effects on fatty acid composition. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 55 (5), pp. 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-3278%2896%2990041-1
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Bell JG, Ashton I, Secombes CJ, Weitzel BR, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1996) Dietary lipid affects phospholipid fatty acid compositions, eicosanoid production and immune function in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 54 (3), pp. 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-3278%2896%2990013-7
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Development of an in vitro model of essential fatty acid deficiency in fish cells
Tocher DR, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1995) Development of an in vitro model of essential fatty acid deficiency in fish cells. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 53 (5), pp. 365-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/0952-3278%2895%2990058-6
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Tocher DR, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1995) Occurrence of 22∶3n−9 and 22∶4n−9 in the lipids of the topminnow (Poeciliopsis lucida) hepatic tumor cell line, PLHC-1. Lipids, 30 (6), pp. 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02537031
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Tocher DR, Castell JD, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1995) Effects of salinity on the fatty acid compositions of total lipid and individual glycerophospholipid classes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) cells in culture. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 14 (2), pp. 125-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00002456
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Tocher DR, Castell JD, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1994) Effects of salinity on the growth and lipid composition of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) and turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus ) cells in culture. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 13 (6), pp. 451-461. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00004328
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Bell JG, Dick JR, McVicar AH, Sargent JD & Thompson K (1993) Dietary sunflower, linseed and fish oils affect phospholipid fatty acid composition, development of cardiac lesions, phospholipase activity and eicosanoid production in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 49 (3), pp. 665-673. https://doi.org/10.1016/0952-3278%2893%2990075-8
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Bell JG, Dick JR & Sargent JR (1993) Effect of diets rich in linoleic or alpha-linolenic acid on phospholipid fatty acid composition and eicosanoid production in atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Lipids, 28 (9), pp. 819-826. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02536236
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Bell JG, Dick JR, Sargent JR & McVicar AH (1992) Dietary linoleic acid affects phospholipid fatty acid composition in heart and eicosanoid production by cardiomyocetes from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A: Comparative Physiology, 103 (2), pp. 337-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629%2892%2990591-D
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Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the growth of fish cells in culture
Tocher DR & Dick JR (1991) Effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the growth of fish cells in culture. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Physiology, 100 (2), pp. 461-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629%2891%2990500-C
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Tocher DR & Dick JR (1990) Incorporation and metabolism of (n-3) and (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids in phospholipid classes in cultured Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) cells. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B: Comparative Biochemistry, 96 (1), pp. 73-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-0491%2890%2990344-S
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Effects of n − 3 and n − 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the growth of fish cells in culture
Tocher DR & Dick JR (1990) Effects of n − 3 and n − 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the growth of fish cells in culture. Biochemical Society Transactions, 18 (5), pp. 915-916. http://www.biochemsoctrans.org/bst/018/bst0180915.htm; https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0180915
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Tocher DR & Dick JR (1990) Polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in cultured fish cells: Incorporation and metabolism of (n-3) and (n-6) series acids by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) cells. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 8 (4), pp. 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00003426