C. L. Eric Yen

Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences
B.S. 1991, Taipei Medical College
Ph.D. 2000, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Postdoctoral Fellowship 2003, J. David Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco

Emphasis Groups:
Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition
Animal Nutrition
Human Nutrition

Research Interests:
Intestine, assimilation of dietary fat, and energy balance

Research Summary: 
Coming soon.

Representative Publications:

Yen C-LE*, Brown CH, IV, Monetti M, and Farese RV Jr. (2005) Identification of a human multifunctional O-acyltransferase expressed in the skin that catalyzes the synthesis of acylglycerols, retinyl esters, and waxes. J. Lipid Res. 46(11):2388-97

Yen C-LE*, Monetti M, Burri BJ, and Farese RV Jr. (2005) The triacylglycerol synthesis enzyme DGAT1 also catalyzes the synthesis of diacylglycerols, wax esters, and retinyl esters. J. Lipid Res. 46(7):1502-11

Yen C-LE and Farese RV Jr. (2003) MGAT2, a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase expressed in the small intestine. J. Biol. Chem. 278(20):18532-7

Yen C-LE, Stone SJ, Cases S, Zhou P, Farese RV Jr. (2002) Identification of a gene encoding MGAT1, a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 99(13):8512–8517.