James Perfield, Ph.D.

Selected Research Publications
	Postdoctoral Research Fellow Obesity and Metabolism Laboratory Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University 711 Washington St. Boston, MA 02111 James.Perfield@tufts.edu Cell: 607-342-1794 Lab: 617-556-3146
Education	B.S. Biology University of North Carolina-Wilmington; M.S. Animal Science Cornell University; Ph.D. Animal Science Cornell University
Research Focus	The role of adipose tissue inflammation in obesity and its associated metabolic disorders
Selected Professional Affiliations	American Society for Nutritional Sciences, NAASO The Obesity Society, American Dairy Science Association, American Oil Chemists' Society
Miyoshi, H., Perfield, J.W., Souza, S.C., Shen, W., Zhang, H., Stancheva, Z., Kraemer, F.B., Obin, M.S., Greenberg, A.S. Control of Adipose Triglyceride Lipase Action by Serine 517 of Perilipin A Globally Regulates Protein Kinase A-stimulated Lipolysis in Adipocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2007;282(2): 996-1002. Souza, S.C., Christoffolete, M.A., Ribeiro, M.O., Miyoshi, H., Strissel, K.J., Stancheva, Z.S., Rogers, N.H., D'Eon, T.M., Perfield, J.W., Imachi, H., Obin, M.S., Bianco, A.C., Greenberg, A.S. Perilipin regulates the thermogenic actions of norepinephrine in brown adipose tissue. Journal of Lipid Research. 2007;48:1273-79. Perfield II, J.W., Lock, A.L., Saebo, A., Griinari, J.M., Delmonte, P., Dwyer, D.A., Bauman, D.E. Trans-9, cis-11 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) reduces milk fat synthesis in lactating dairy cows. J Dairy Sci. 2007;90:2211-2218. Perfield II, J.W., Delmonte, P., Lock, A.L., Yurawecz, M.P., Bauman, D.E. Trans-10, trans-12 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation does not affect milk fat yield, but reduces the ?9-desaturase index in milk fat of dairy cows. J Dairy Sci. 2006;89:2559-2566. Saebo, A. Perfield II, J.W., Delmonte, P., Yurawecz, M.P., Lawrence, P., Brenna, J.T., Bauman, D.E. Milk fat synthesis is unaffected by abomasal infusion of the conjugated diene 18:3 isomers cis-6, trans-8, cis-12 and cis-6, trans-10, cis-12. 2005;Lipids 40:89-95. To see more of Dr. James Perfield's publications, please visit PubMed and search for "Perfield JE."