Robert Cumming, Phd
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Robert Cumming, PhD Associate Professor of Department of Biology at university of Western Ontario, Canada. PhD (Molecular and Medical Genetics), University of Toronto, 2001. Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Neurobiology), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 2001-2007.
Research Interest
We currently are using a variety of biochemical, genetic, microscopic and neuroimaging techniques to examine aerobic glycolysis and antioxidant response in both cell culture and mouse models of aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
Publications
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Attenuation of LDHA expression in cancer cells leads to redox-dependent alterations in cytoskeletal structure and cell migration. Cancer letters. 2013 Sep 28;338(2):255-66.
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Newington JT, Harris RA, Cumming RC. Reevaluating metabolism in Alzheimer's disease from the perspective of the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle model. Journal of neurodegenerative diseases. 2013 Apr 23;2013. Arseneault R, Chien A, Newington JT, Rappon T, Harris R, Cumming RC.
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Harris RA, Tindale L, Cumming RC. Age-dependent metabolic dysregulation in cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Biogerontology. 2014 Dec 1;15(6):559-77.
