Jean Wei-Chen Hsu, Ph.D.
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Jean Wei-Chen Hsu, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist
Positions
- Senior Staff Scientist
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Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Education
- PhD from University of Toronto
- Toronto, Ontario Canada
- MSc from Dalhousie University
- Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Selected Publications
- Jahoor F, Hsu JW, Mehta PB, Keene KR, Gaba R, Mulukutla SN, Caducoy E, Peacock WF, Patel SG, Rasmus B, Ake L, Balasubramanyam A. "Metabolomic profiling of patients with A-β+ Ketosis-Prone Diabetes during diabetic ketoacidosis." Diabetes. 2021 May 21; Pubmed PMID: 34021044
- Tan HC, Hsu JW, Kovalik JP, Eng A, Chan WH, Khoo CM, Tai ES, Chacko S, Jahoor F "Branched-Chain Amino Acid Oxidation Is Elevated in Adults with Morbid Obesity and Decreases Significantly after Sleeve Gastrectomy." J Nutr. 2020 Dec 10;150(12):3180-3189. Pubmed PMID: 33097955
- Tan HC, Hsu JW, Tai ES, Chacko S, Wu V, Lee CF, Kovalik JP, Jahoor F "De novo glycine synthesis is reduced in adults with morbid obesity and increases following bariatric surgery." Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 Jun 9;13 Pubmed PMID: 35757406
- Kumar P, Liu C, Hsu JW, Chacko S, Minard C, Jahoor F, Sekhar RV "Glycine and N-acetylcysteine (GlyNAC) supplementation in older adults improves glutathione deficiency, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction, genotoxicity, muscle strength, and cognition." Clin Transl Med. 2021 Mar;11(3):e372. Pubmed PMID: 33783984
- Kumar P, Liu C, Suliburk J, Hsu JW, Muthupillai R, Jahoor F, Minard CG, Taffet GE, Sekhar RV "Supplementing Glycine and N-Acetylcysteine (GlyNAC) in Older Adults Improves Glutathione Deficiency, Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Inflammation, Physical Function, and Aging Hallmarks: A Randomized Clinical Trial." J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Aug 17; Pubmed PMID: 35975308
- Shivakumar N, Hsu JW, Kashyap S, Thomas T, Kurpad AV, Jahoor F "Tryptophan oxidation in young children with environmental enteric dysfunction classified by the lactulose rhamnose ratio." Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Jun 14; Pubmed PMID: 35700138
- Tosur M, Hsu JW, Deen S, Huang X, Guffey D, Uysal S, Astudillo M, Redondo MJ, Jahoor F, Balasubramanyam A "Plasma amino acid signatures define types of pediatric diabetes." Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2023 Jun 12;57:21-28. Pubmed PMID: 37739658
- Tan HC, Hsu JW, Tai ES, Chacko S, Kovalik JP, Jahoor F "The impact of obesity-associated glycine deficiency on the elimination of endogenous and exogenous metabolites via the glycine conjugation pathway." Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024 Apr 3;15:1343738. Pubmed PMID: 38633754
Memberships
- American Society for Nutrition
- Canadian Nutrition Society
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