John Tayek, M.D.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1000 W. Carson Street, Box 428
Torrence, CA 90509
Telephone: (310)222-1220
E-mail: jtayek@ladhs.org
Website link:
Accepting new patients: no
Areas of Clinical Interest: Endocrinology, Diabetes, TPN, Critical Care, Sepsis, Liver physiology and liver disease
A. RESEARCH PAPERS - PEER REVIEWED:
1. Abbott, W.C., Tayek, J.A., Bistrian, B.R., Maka, T., Ainsley, B.M., Reid L.A., Blackburn, G.L. The effects of nutritional support on T-lymphocyte subpopulations in protein calorie malnutrition. J Amer College Nutrition 5:577-584, 1986.
2. Sheard, N.F., Tayek, J.A., Bistrian, B.R., Blackburn, G.L., Zeisel, S.H. Plasma choline concentration in humans fed parenterally. Amer J Clin Nutrition 43:219-224, 1986.
3. Tayek, J.A., Bistrian, B.R., Hehir, D.J., Martin, R., Moldawer L.L., Blackburn, G.L. Improved protein kinetics and albumin synthesis by branched chain amino acid-enriched total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in cancer cachexia: A prospective randomized crossover trial. Cancer 58:147-157, 1986
4. Tayek, J.A., Istfan, N.W., Jones, C.T., Hamawy, K.J., Bistrian B.R., Blackburn, G.L. Influence of Walker 256 carcinosarcoma on muscle, tumor and whole-body protein synthesis and growth rate in the cancer bearing rat. Cancer Res 46:5649-5654, 1986
5. Tayek, J.A., Bistrian, B.R., Blackburn, G.L. The effects of acute clostridium difficile diarrhea on fecal nitrogen content in adult hospitalized patients. J. Amer College Nutrition 6:255-259, 1987.
6. Tayek, J.A., Heber, D., Chlebowski, R.T. Effect of hydrazine sulphate on whole-body protein breakdown measured by 14C-lysine metabolism in lung cancer patients: A prospective randomized double-blinded placebo controlled trial. Lancet (#8553) 2:241-244, 1987.
7. Tayek, J.A., Bistrian, B.R., Blackburn, G.L. Improved food intake and weight gain in adult patients following electroconvulsive therapy for depression. J Amer Diet Assoc. 88:63-65, 1988.
8. Tayek, J.A., Blackburn, G.L., Bistrian B.R. Alterations in whole body muscle, liver and tumor tissue protein synthesis and degradation in Novikoff hepatoma and Yoshida sarcoma tumor growth studied In-Vivo. Cancer Res. 48:1554-1558, 1988.
9. Tayek, J.A., Bistrian B.R., Sheard, N.F., Zeisel, S.H., Blackburn, G.L. Abnormal liver function tests in malnourished patients receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN): A prospective randomized study. J Amer College of Nutrition 9:76-83, 1990.
10. Tayek, J.A., Brasel, J.A. Effect of tumor necrosis factor alpha on skeletal muscle and Walker 256 carcinosarcoma protein metabolism studied in-vivo. Cancer Res 50:2765-2768, 1990.
11. Tayek, J.A., Bulcavage L., Chlebowski R.T. Relationship of hepatic glucose production (HGP) to growth hormone and severity of malnutrition in a population with colorectal carcinoma. Cancer Res. 50:2119-2122, 1990.
12. Tayek, J.A., Heber, D., Byerley L.O., Steiner B., Rajfer J., Swerdloff R.S. Nutritional and metabolic effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment for prostate cancer. Metabolism 39: 1314-1319, 1990.
13. Tayek, J.A., Bergner E.A., Lee W.P. Correction of glucose carbon recycling for the determination of "true" hepatic glucose production (HGP) rates by 1-13C-glucose. Biological Mass Spectrometry, 20: 186-190, 1991.
14. Tayek, J.A., Chlebowski R.T. Metabolic response to chemotherapy in colon cancer patients. J Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 16(6): 65S-71S, 1992.
15. Tayek, J.A. Growth hormone physiology and glucose metabolism in lung cancer patients. Endocrine 2(11): 1055-1059, 1994.
16. Tayek, J.A. Low dose oral glyburide administration reduces fasting blood glucose by decreasing hepatic glucose production in normal volunteers without increasing carbohydrate oxidation. Amer. J. Medical Sciences 309:134-139,1995.
17. Fouque, D., Tayek J.A., Kopple J.D. Altered mental function during intravenous infusion of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor 1 (rhIGF-1). J Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 19:231-233, 1995.
18. Tayek, J.A., Bulcavage L., Grosvenor M., Sutter L., Chlebowski R.T. Altered metabolism and mortality in colon cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Amer J Medical Sciences 310(2):48-55, 1995.
19. Tayek, J.A. Reduced non-oxidative glucose metabolism in cancer patients is associated with a reduced triiodothyronine hormone concentrations. J Amer College Nutrition 14:341-348, 1995.
20. Tayek, J.A., Atienza V. Pituitary-adrenal axis function in systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Endocrine 3:315-318, 1995.
21. Tayek, J.A., Brasel J.A. Failure of anabolism in malnourished cancer patients receiving growth hormone. J Clin Endocrinol & Metab. 80:2082-2087, 1995.
22. Tayek, J.A. Effects of tumor necrosis factor alpha on skeletal muscle amino acid metabolism studied in-vivo. J. Amer. College Nutrit. 15:331-336, 1996.
23. Tayek, J.A., Katz, J. Glucose production, recycling, and gluconeogenesis in normals and diabetics; mass isotopomer U-13C glucose study. Amer J Physiol. 270:E709-E717, 1996.
24. Tayek, J.A., Manglik, S., Abemayor E. Insulin secretion, glucose production and insulin sensitivity in underweight and normal weight volunteers, and in underweight and normal weight cancer patients; A clinical research center study. Metabolism 46:140-145, 1997.
25. Tayek, J.A. and Katz, J. Glucose production, recycling, Cori cycle and gluconeogenesis in humans: Relationship to serum cortisol concentration. Amer J Physiol. 272: E476-E484, 1997.
26. Manglik, S., Cobnavo, B., Flores, E., Nadjafi, R., Tayek, J.A. Serum Insulin, but not but not leptin, is associated with spontaneous and GHRH stimulated growth hormone secretion patterns in normal volunteers with and without weight loss; A clinical research center study. Metabolism 47: 1127-1133, 1998.
27. Katz, J. and Tayek, J.A. Gluconeogenesis and Cori cycle in 12, 20 and 40-hour fasted humans. Amer. J. Physiol. 275:E537-E542, 1998.
28. Katz, J. and Tayek, J.A. Recycling of glucose and determination of the Cori Cycle and gluconeogenesis. Amer. J. Physiol. 277:E401-E407, 1999.
29. Chhibber, V.L., Soriano, C., Tayek, J.A. Effects of low-dose and high-dose glucagon on glucose production and gluconeogenesis in humans. Metabolism 49:39-46, 2000.
30. Novoa-Takara, L., Cornford, M., Williams, C., Tayek, J.A. Lymphocytic hypophysitis in a male presenting with hypercalcemia. Amer. J Med Sciences 2001
31. Khani, S., Tayek, J.A. Cortisol increases gluconeogenesis in humans; Its role in the metabolic syndrome. Clinical Science 101:739-747, 2001.
Certification Date: 11/17/2001
Expiration Date: 11/17/2011
Certificate Number: 1010080