Terry D. Etherton, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Animal Nutrition and Head Department
of Dairy and Animal Science
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1978
324 Henning Bldg.
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-3665
Fax: (814) 863-6042
Email: tetherton@psu.edu
Research Interests
- Mechanisms of growth hormone action; molecular mechanisms that regulate low density lipoprotein (LDL) metabolism; animal biotechnology.
Publications
- Yin, D., S.D. Clarke and T.D. Etherton. 2001. Transcriptional regulation of fatty acid synthase gene by somatotropin in 3T3-F442A adipocytes. J. Anim. Sci. 79: 2336-2345.
- Yin, D.J., M.J. Griffin and T.D. Etherton. 2001. Analysis of the signal pathways involved in the regulation of fatty acid synthase gene expression by insulin and somatotropin. J. Anim. Sci. 79: 1194-1200.
- Etherton, T.D.. 2000. The biology of somatotropin in adipose tissue growth and nutrient partitioning. J. Nutr. 130: 2623-2625.
- Kris-Etherton, P., D.S. Taylor, S. Yu-Poth, P. Huth, K. Moriarty, V. Fishell, R.L. Hargrove, G. Zhao, and T.D. Etherton. 2000. Polyunsaturated fatty acids in the food chain in the United States. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 71(1 Suppl): 179S-188S.
- Yin, D., S.D Clarke, J. Peters and T.D. Etherton. The somatotropin-dependent decrease in fatty acid synthase mRNA abundance in 3T3-F442A adipocytes is the result of a reduction in gene transcription. Biochem. J., 331:815-820, 1998.