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Olayemi Akinyele
Journal Articles
Brignoli, T., Douglas, E., Duggan, S.,
Fagunloye, O. G
., Adhikari, R., Aman, M. J., & Massey, R. C. (2022). Wall Teichoic Acids Facilitate the Release of Toxins from the Surface of Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology spectrum, e0101122. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01011-22
Smith, Michael and Yadav, Swara and Akinyele, Olayemi and Pels, Nana Adjoa and Horton, Daniel and Alsultan, Nashwah and Borns, Andrea and Cousin, Carolyn and Dixon, Freddie and Mann, Victoria H. and Lee, Clarence and Brindley, Paul J. and El-Sayed, Najib M. and Bridger, Joanna M. and Knight, Matty. PIWI silencing mechanism involving the retrotransposon nimbus orchestrates resistance to infection with Schistosoma mansoni in the snail vector, Biomphalaria glabrata. bioRxiv. 2021. doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.12.426235
Wenxi An
Journal Articles
Reyes C, An W, Mo L, St Croix C, Shiva S. Nitrite inhibits mitofusin-1 degradation to attenuate vascular smooth muscle proliferation. In Preparation (to be submitted by July 31, 2021 to Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology)
Dennis Braden
Journal Articles
Zhu D, Dai W, Srinivasan P, McClellan H,
Braden D
, Allee-Munoz A, Hurtado PAG, Miller LH, Duffy PE. Characterization of AMA1-RON2L complex with native gel electrophoresis and capillary isoelectric focusing Electrophoresis. 2021 Oct 22. doi: 10.1002/elps.202000365. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34679212
Caitlyn Chapman
Journal Articles
Chapman, C. A
.*, Nuwer, J. L.*, & Jacob, T. C. (2022). The yin and yang of gabaergic and glutamatergic synaptic plasticity: opposites in balance by crosstalking mechanisms. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 14, 911020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsyn.2022.911020
Garrudo FFF, Mikael PE, Xia K, Silva JC, Ouyang Y,
Chapman CA
, Hoffman PR, Yu Y, Han X, Rodrigues CAV, Cabral JMS, Morgado J, Ferreira FC, Linhardt RJ. The effect of electrospun scaffolds on the glycosaminoglycan profile of differentiating neural stem cells. Biochimie. 2021 Mar;182:61-72. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.01.001. Epub: 2021 Jan 7.
Garrudo FFF, Mikael PE, Rodrigues CAV, Udangawa RW, Paradiso P,
Chapman CA
, Hoffman P, Colaço R, Cabral JMS, Morgado J, Linhardt RJ, Ferreira FC. Polyaniline-polycaprolactone fibers for neural applications: Electroconductivity enhanced by pseudo-doping. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2021 Jan;120:111680. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.111680. Epub: 2020 Nov 4
Bhattacharya S, Roy I, Tice A, Chapman C, Udangawa R, Chakrapani V, Plawsky JL, Linhardt RJ. High-Conductivity and High-Capacitance Electrospun Fibers for Supercapacitor Applications. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Apr 29;12(17):19369-19376. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b21696. Epub: 2020 Apr 20.
Garrudo, F.F.F.; Udangawa, R.N.; Hoffman, P.R.; Sordini, L.; Chapman, C.A.; Mikael, P.E.; Ferreira, F.A.; Silva, J.C.; Rodrigues, C.A.V.; Cabral, J.M.S.; Morgado, J.M.F.; Ferreira, F.C.; Linhardt, R.J.Polybenzimidazole nanofibers for neural stem cell culture. Materials Today Chemistry. December 2019;14. doi: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2019.08.004.
Fabliha Chowdhury
Journal Articles
Wu L., Chatla S., Lin Q.,
Chowdhury, F.A
., Geldenhuys W., Du W. (2021). Quinacrine-CASIN combination overcomes chemoresistance in human acute lymphoid leukemia. Nat Commun. 2021 https://doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27300-w. PMID: 34836965; PMCID: PMC8626516.
Ahmed, T.; Archie, S.R.; Faruk, A.;
Chowdhury, F.A
.; Shoyaib, A.A.; Ahsan, C.R.Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory activities of diclofenac sodium, prednisolone and atorvastatin in combination with ascorbic acid. Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 2020;19(3):291-301. doi: 10.2174/1871523018666190514112048.
Wu L, Li X, Lin Q,
Chowdhury F
, Mazumder MH, Du W. (2020). FANCD2 and HES1suppress inflammation-induced PPAR? to prevent haematopoietic stem cell exhaustion. Br J Haematol. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17230. PMID: 33222180.
Ma, Z.; Xu, J.; Wu, L.; Wang, J.; Lin, Q.; Chowdhury, F.A.; Mazumder, M.H.H.; Hu, G.; Li, X.; Du, W.Hes1 deficiency causes hematopoietic stem cell exhaustion. Stem Cells. 1 June 2020;38(6):756-768. doi: 10.1002/stem.3169.
Lin, Q., Wu, L., Ma, Z.,
Chowdhury, F. A.
, Mazumder, H. H., & Du, W. (2020). Persistent DNA damage-induced NLRP12 improves hematopoietic stem cell function. JCI Insight, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.133365. PMID: 32434992.
Wu, L., Lin, Q., Ma, Z.,
Chowdhury, F. A
., Mazumder, M. H. H., & Du, W. (2020). Mesenchymal PGD2 activates an ILC2-Treg axis to promote proliferation of normal and malignant HSPCs. Leukemia. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-020-0843-8. PMID: 32366935
Jaclyn Connelly
Journal Articles
Zhang X,
Connelly J
, Chao Y, Wang QJ. Multifaceted Functions of Protein Kinase D in Pathological Processes and Human Diseases. Biomolecules. 2021 Mar 23;11(3):483. doi: 10.3390/biom11030483. PMID: 33807058 PMCID: PMC8005150
Zhang X,
Connelly J
, Levitan ES, Sun D, Wang JQ. Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II in Cerebrovascular Diseases. Transl Stroke Res. 2021 Aug;12(4):513-529. doi: 10.1007/s12975-021-00901-9. Epub 2021 Mar 13. PMID: 33713030
Kaylee Ermine
Journal Articles
Tong J, Tan X, Hao S,
Ermine K
, Lu X, Liu Z, Jha A, Yu J, Zhang L. Inhibition of multiple CDKs potentiates colon cancer chemotherapy via p73-mediated DR5 induction. Oncogene. 2023 Mar;42(12):869-880. doi: 10.1038/s41388-023-02598-6. Epub 2023 Jan 31. PMID: 36721000
Kuang C, Tong J,
Ermine K
, Cai M, Dai F, Hao S, Giles F, Huang Y, Yu J, Zhang L. Dual inhibition of BET and HAT/p300 suppresses colorectal cancer via DR5- and p53/PUMA-mediated cell death. Front Oncol. 2022 Oct 12;12:1018775. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1018775. eCollection 2022. PMID: 36313707
Tong J, Tan X, Song X, Gao M, Risnik D, Hao S,
Ermine K
, Wang P, Li H, Huang Y, Yu J, Zhang L. CDK4/6 Inhibition Suppresses p73 Phosphorylation and Activates DR5 to Potentiate Chemotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockade. Cancer Res. 2022 Apr 1;82(7):1340-1352. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-3062. PMID: 35149588; PMCID: PMC8983601.
Tong J, Tan X, Risnik D, Gao M, Song X,
Ermine K
, Shen L, Wang S, Yu J, Zhang L. BET protein degradation triggers DR5-mediated immunogenic cell death to suppress colorectal cancer and potentiate immune checkpoint blockade. Oncogene. 2021 Dec;40(48):6566-6578. doi: 10.1038/s41388-021-02041-8. Epub 2021 Oct 6. PMID: 34615996; PMCID: PMC8642302.
Ermine K
, Yu J, Zhang L. Role of Receptor Interacting Protein (RIP) kinases in cancer. Genes Dis. 2021 Nov 18;9(6):1579-1593. doi: 10.1016/j.gendis.2021.10.007. PMID: 36157481; PMCID: PMC9485196.
Christian Goossen
Journal Articles
Jones, S. P.,
Goossen, C.
, Lewis, S. D., Delaney, A. M., & Gleghorn, M. L. (2022). Not making the cut: Techniques to prevent RNA cleavage in structural studies of RNase-RNA complexes.
Journal of Structural Biology
: X, 6, 100066
Li Y, Kracun D, Dustin CM, El Massry M, Yuan S,
Goossen CJ
, DeVallance ER, Sahoo S, St Hilaire C, Gurkar AU, Finkel T, Straub AC, Cifuentes-Pagano E, Pagano PJ. Forestalling age-impaired angiogenesis and blood flow by targeting NOX: Interplay of NOX1, IL-6, and SASP in propagating cell senescence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Oct 19;118(42). pii: e2015666118.
Wong, N. H., Rosato, A. J., Rose, Y. M., Penix, T. S., Fung, J. B., Vanitski, A. L.,
Goossen, C
. J., Bradshaw, S. G., Lopp, S. M., Pennington, A. D., Darmohray, V. M., Steiner, K. K., Kersey, G. E., Brylow, K. B., Pridmore, M. V., Hedges, J. S., Rynkiewicz, P., & Hudson, A. O. (2020). “Isolation and Whole-Genome Sequencing of 12 Mushroom-Associated Bacterial Strains: An Inquiry-Based Laboratory Exercise in a Genomics Course at the Rochester Institute of Technology.”
Microbiology resource announcements
, 9(6), e01457-19.
Robert Hall
Journal Articles
Hall R
, Yuan S, Wood K, Katona M, Straub AC. Cytochrome b5 reductases: Redox regulators of cell homeostasis. J Biol Chem. 2022 Dec;298(12):102654. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102654. Epub 2022 Oct 29. PMID: 36441026; PMCID: PMC9706631.
Carew NT, Schmidt HM, Yuan S, Galley JC,
Hall R
, Altmann HM, Hahn SA, Miller MP, Wood KC, Gabris B, Stapleton MC, Hartwick S, Fazzari M, Wu YL, Trebak M, Kaufman BA, McTiernan CF, Schopfer FJ, Navas P, Thibodeau PH, McNamara DM, Salama G, Straub AC. Loss of cardiomyocyte CYB5R3 impairs redox equilibrium and causes sudden cardiac death. J Clin Invest. 2022 Sep 15;132(18):e147120. doi: 10.1172/JCI147120. PMID: 36106636; PMCID: PMC9479700
Trey Harkness
Journal Articles
Skoko JJ, Cao J, Gaboriau D, Attar M, Asan A, Hong L, Paulsen CE, Ma H, Liu Y, Wu H,
Harkness T
, Furdui CM, Manevich Y, Morrison CG, Brown ET, Normolle D, Spies M, Spies MA, Carroll K, Neumann CA. Redox regulation of RAD51 Cys319 and homologous recombination by peroxiredoxin 1. Redox Biol. 2022 Oct;56:102443. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102443. Epub 2022 Aug 24. PMID: 36058112; PMCID: PMC9450138.
Victoria Heinrich
Journal Articles
Heinrich VA, Manni ML, Morris A, Wendell SG. Microbial-derived, systemic mediators and lung pathophysiology in obesity-associated asthma. Review in preparation.
Santos-Lopez A, Fritz MJ, Lombardo JB, Burr AHP,
Heinrich VA
, Marshall CW, Cooper VS. Evolved resistance to a novel cationic peptide antibiotic requires high mutation supply
. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
. 2022;10(1):266-276.
Manni ML,
Heinrich VA
, Uvalle CE, Manuel A, Ellgass MR, Mullett SJ, Normann MC, Koziel C, Fajt ML, Wenzel SE, Holguin F, Freeman BA, Wendell SL. Systemic bile acids potentiate airway hyperresponsiveness and modulate Th17 cell function in obesity-associated asthma.
The Journal of Immunology
2022;208:109.10-109.10.
Manni ML,
Heinrich VA
, Buchan GJ, O’Brien JP, Uvalle C, Cechova V, Koudelka A, Ukani D, Rawas-Qalaji M, Oury TD, Hart R, Ellgass M, Mullet SJ, Fajt ML, Wenzel SE, Holguin F, Freeman BA, Wendell SG. Nitroalkene fatty acids modulate bile acid metabolism and lung function in obese asthma.
Scientific Reports.
2021; 11(1): 17788.
Angela Hinchie
Journal Articles
Sullivan, D.I.; Jiang, M.;
Hinchie, A.M
.; Roth, M.G.; Bahudhanapati, H.; Nouraie, M.; Liu, J.; McDyer, J.F.; Mallampalli, R.K.; Zhang, Y.; Kass, D.J.; Finkel, T.; Alder, J.K.Transcriptional and Proteomic Characterization of Telomere-Induced Senescence in a Human Alveolar Epithelial Cell Line. Frontiers in Medicine. 9 February 2021;8. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.600626.
Ren, X.;
Hinchie, A.
; Swomley, A.; Powell, D.K.; Butterfield, D.A.Profiles of brain oxidative damage, ventricular alterations, and neurochemical metabolites in the striatum of PINK1 knockout rats as functions of age and gender: Relevance to Parkinson disease. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 1 November 2019;143:146-152. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.08.008.
Lisa Hong
Journal Articles
Lin CC, Mabe NW, Lin YT, Yang WH, Tang X,
Hong L
, Sun T, Force J, Marks JR, Yao TP, Alvarez JV, Chi JT. RIPK3 upregulation confers robust proliferation and collateral cystine-dependence on breast cancer recurrence. Cell Death Differ. 2020 Jul;27(7):2234-2247. doi: 10.1038/s41418-020-0499-y. Epub 2020 Jan 27. PMID: 31988496
Lin CC, Mabe NW, Lin YT, Yang WH, Tang X, Hong L, Sun T, Force J, Marks JR, Yao TP, Alvarez JV, Chi JT. RIPK3 upregulation confers robust proliferation and collateral cystine-dependence on breast cancer recurrence. Cell Death Differ. 2020 Jul;27(7):2234-2247. doi: 10.1038/s41418-020-0499-y. Epub 2020 Jan 27.
Aaron Johnson
Journal Articles
Seim GL, Britt EC, John SV, Yeo FJ,
Johnson AR
, Eisenstein RS, Pagliarini DJ, Fan J. Two-stage metabolic remodelling in macrophages in response to lipopolysaccharide and interferon-γ stimulation. Nat Metab. 2019 Jul;1(7):731-742. doi: 10.1038/s42255-019-0083-2. Epub 2019 Jul 12. PMID: 32259027; PMCID: PMC7108803.
Card, J.P.; Johnson, A.L.; Llewellyn-Smith, I.J.; Zheng, H.; Anand, R.; Brierley, D.I.; Trapp, S.; Rinaman, L.GLP-1 neurons form a local synaptic circuit within the rodent nucleus of the solitary tract. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 1 October 2018;526(14):2149-2164. doi: 10.1002/cne.24482.
Matthew Keeney
Journal Articles
Keeney MT
, Hoffman EK, Farmer K, Bodle CR, Fazzari M, Zharikov A, Castro SL, Hu X, Mortimer A, Kofler JK, Cifuentes-Pagano E, Pagano PJ, Burton EA, Hastings TG, Greenamyre JT, Di Maio R. NADPH oxidase 2 activity in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2022 Aug;170:105754. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105754. Epub 2022 May 13. PMID: 35577065; PMCID: PMC9284948.
Hallacli E, Kayatekin C, Nazeen S, Wang XH, Sheinkopf Z, Sathyakumar S, Sarkar S, Jiang X, Dong X, Di Maio R, Wang W,
Keeney MT
, Felsky D, Sandoe J, Vahdatshoar A, Udeshi ND, Mani DR, Carr SA, Lindquist S, De Jager PL, Bartel DP, Myers CL, Greenamyre JT, Feany MB, Sunyaev SR, Chung CY, Khurana V. The Parkinson's disease protein alpha-synuclein is a modulator of processing bodies and mRNA stability. Cell. 2022 Jun 09;185(12):2035-2056.e33. pii: S0092-8674(22)00592-X.
Rocha EM,
Keeney MT
, Di Maio R, De Miranda BR, Greenamyre JT. LRRK2 and idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Trends Neurosci. 2022 Mar;45(3):224-236. pii: S0166-2236(21)00250-2. Epub 2022 Jan 04.
Keeney, M. T
., Hoffman, E. K., Greenamyre, J. T. and Di Maio, R. (2021). Measurement of LRRK2 Kinase Activity by Proximity Ligation Assay. Bio-protocol 11(17): e4140. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4140.
Rocha EM, De Miranda BR, Castro S, Drolet R, Hatcher NG, Yao L, Smith SM,
Keeney MT
, Di Maio R, Kofler J, Hastings TG, Greenamyre JT. LRRK2 inhibition prevents endolysosomal deficits seen in human Parkinson's disease.Neurobiol Dis. 2020 Feb;134:104626. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2019.104626. Epub 2019 Oct 13. PMID: 31618685 PMCID: PMC7345850
Michelle Lynskey
Journal Articles
Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, Galaviz P, Lynskey ML, Allen JAM, Hoang S, Watkins SC, Pickett HA, O'Sullivan RJ. Anti-recombination function of MutSa restricts telomere extension by ALT-associated homology-directed repair. Cell Rep. 2021 Dec 07;37(10):110088. pii: S2211-1247(21)01579-5.
Hoang, S.M.; Kaminski, N.; Bhargava, R.; Barroso-González, J.; Lynskey, M.L.; García-Expósito, L.; Roncaioli, J.L.; Wondisford, A.R.; Wallace, C.T.; Watkins, S.C.; James, D.I.; Waddell, I.D.; Ogilvie, D.; Smith, K.M.; da Veiga Leprevost, F.; Mellacharevu, D.; Nesvizhskii, A.I.; Li, J.; Ray-Gallet, D.; Sobol, R.W.; Almouzni, G.; O’Sullivan, R.J.Regulation of ALT-associated homology-directed repair by polyADP-ribosylation. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. December 2020;27(12):1152-1164. doi: 10.1038/s41594-020-0512-7.
Hoang SM, Kaminski N, Bhargava R, Barroso-González J,
Lynskey ML
, García-Expósito L, Roncaioli JL, Wondisford AR, Wallace CT, Watkins SC, James DI, Waddell ID, Ogilvie D, Smith KM, da Veiga Leprevost F, Mellacharevu D, Nesvizhskii AI, Li J, Ray-Gallet D, Sobol RW, Almouzni G, O'Sullivan RJ. Regulation of ALT-associated homology-directed repair by polyADP-ribosylation. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2020 Dec;27(12):1152-1164. doi: 10.1038/s41594-020-0512-7. Epub 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33046907 PMCID: PMC7809635
Barroso-González, J.; Sarkar, S.N.; Watkins, S.C.; O'Sullivan, R.J.; García-Expósito, L.; Hoang, S.M.; Lynskey, M.L.; Roncaioli, J.L.; Ghosh, A.; Wallace, C.T.; Modesti, M.; Bernstein, K.A.Erratum: RAD51AP1 Is an Essential Mediator of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (Molecular Cell (2019) 76(1) (11–26.e7), (S1097276519305003), (10.1016/j.molcel.2019.06.043)). Molecular Cell. 3 October 2019;76(1):217-. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.08.009.
Barroso-González J, García-Expósito L, Hoang SM,
Lynskey ML
, Roncaioli JL, Ghosh A, Wallace CT, de Vitis M, Modesti M, Bernstein KA, Sarkar SN, Watkins SC, O'Sullivan RJ. RAD51AP1 Is an Essential Mediator of Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres. Mol Cell. 2019 Oct 3;76(1):11-26.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.06.043. Epub 2019 Aug 7. PMID: 31400850 PMCID: PMC6778027
Bellina Mushala
Journal Articles
Mushala, B
., Xie, B., Sipula, I., Stoner, MW., Thapa, D., Manning, JR., Bugga, P., Vandevender, AM., Jurczak, MJ., & Scott, I. (2022). G-protein coupled receptor 19 (GPR19) knockout mice display sex-dependent metabolic dysfunction
. biorxiv
. 2022.10.29.514377. Preprint.
Thapa D, Xie B, Mushala BAS, Zhang M, Manning JR, Bugga P, Stoner MW, Jurczak MJ, Scott I. Diet-induced obese mice are resistant to improvements in cardiac function resulting from short-term adropin treatment. Curr Res Physiol. 2022 Jan 25;5:55-62. doi: 10.1016/j.crphys.2022.01.005. PMID: 35128468; PMCID: PMC8803554.
Mushala BAS
, Scott I. Adropin: a hepatokine modulator of vascular function and cardiac fuel metabolism. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2021 Jan 1;320(1):H238-H244. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00449.2020. Epub 2020 Nov 20. PMID: 33216612; PMCID: PMC7847067.
Thapa D, Bugga P,
Mushala BAS
, Manning JR, Stoner MW, McMahon B, Zeng X, Cantrell PS, Yates N, Xie B, Edmunds LR, Jurczak MJ, Scott I. GCN5L1 impairs diastolic function in mice exposed to a high fat diet by restricting cardiac pyruvate oxidation. Physiol Rep. 2022 Aug;10(15):e15415. doi: 10.14814/phy2.15415. PMID: 35924321; PMCID: PMC9350469.
Thapa, D., Manning, J.R.,
Mushala, B
., Stoner, M.W., Zhang, M. & Scott, I. (2020). Increased fatty acid oxidation enzyme activity in the hearts of mice fed a high fat diet does not correlate with improved cardiac contractile function.
Current Research in Physiology
. 3. 44-49.
Sonja Plasil
Journal Articles
Baratta, A.M.; Rathod, R.S.; Plasil, S.L.; Seth, A.; Homanics, G.E.Exposure to drugs of abuse induce effects that persist across generations. International Review of Neurobiology. January 2021;156:217-277. doi: 10.1016/bs.irn.2020.08.003.
Plasil SL
, Seth A, Homanics GE. CRISPR Turbo Accelerated KnockOut (CRISPy TAKO) for Rapid in vivo Screening of Gene Function. Front Genome Ed. 2020 Oct;2:598522. doi: 10.3389/fgeed.2020.598522. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33604589 PMCID: PMC7889042
Plasil SL, Seth A, Homanics GE. CRISPR Turbo Accelerated KnockOut (CRISPy TAKO) for Rapid in vivo Screening of Gene Function. Front Genome Ed. 2020 Oct;2. pii: 598522. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
Baratta AM, Rathod RS,
Plasil SL
, Seth A, Homanics GE. Exposure to drugs of abuse induce effects that persist across generations. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2021;156:217-277. doi: 10.1016/bs.irn.2020.08.003. Epub 2020 Sep 30. PMID: 33461664 PMCID:
PMC8167819
Rathod RS, Ferguson C, Seth A, Baratta AM,
Plasil SL
, Homanics GE. Effects of Paternal Preconception Vapor Alcohol Exposure Paradigms on Behavioral Responses in Offspring. Brain Sci. 2020 Sep 22;10(9):658. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090658. PMID: 32971974 PMCID: PMC7564629
Rathod RS, Ferguson C, Seth A, Baratta AM, Plasil SL, Homanics GE. Effects of Paternal Preconception Vapor Alcohol Exposure Paradigms on Behavioral Responses in Offspring. Brain Sci. 2020 Sep 22;10(9) . pii: E658. Epub 2020 Sep 22.
Sripriya Raja
Journal Articles
Jang S, Raja SJ, Roginskaya V, Schaich MA, Watkins SC, Van Houten B. UV-DDB stimulates the activity of SMUG1 during base excision repair of 5-hydroxymethyl-2'-deoxyuridine moieties. Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 Mar 27:gkad206. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad206. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36971122
Nagpal A,
Raja S
, Van Houten B; The role of UV-DDB in processing 8-oxoguanine during base excision repair. Biochem Soc Trans 31 October 2022; 50 (5): 1481–1488. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20220748
Raja, S
., & Van Houten, B. (2021). The Multiple Cellular Roles of SMUG1 in Genome Maintenance and Cancer. International journal of molecular sciences, 22(4), 1981.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041981
Kumar N*,
Raja S*
, Van Houten B. The involvement of nucleotide excision repair proteins in the removal of oxidative DNA damage. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Nov 18;48(20):11227-11243. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa777. PMID: 33010169; PMCID: PMC7672477
Hayley Rein
Journal Articles
Prakash R, Sandoval T, Morati F, Zagelbaum JA, Lim PX, White T, Taylor B, Wang R, Desclos ECB, Sullivan MR,
Rein HL
, Bernstein KA, Krawczyk PM, Gautier J, Modesti M, Vanoli F, Jasin M. Distinct pathways of homologous recombination controlled by the SWS1-SWSAP1-SPIDR complex. Nat Commun. 2021 Jul 12;12(1):4255. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24205-6. PMID: 34253720; PMCID: PMC8275761.
Prakash R, Rawal Y, Sullivan MR, Grundy MK, Bret H, Mihalevic MJ,
Rein HL
, Baird JM, Darrah K, Zhang F, Wang R, Traina TA, Radke MR, Kaufmann SH, Swisher EM, Guérois R, Modesti M, Sung P, Jasin M, Bernstein KA. Homologous recombination-deficient mutation cluster in tumor suppressor RAD51C identified by comprehensive analysis of cancer variants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Sep 20;119(38):e2202727119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2202727119. Epub 2022 Sep 13. PMID: 36099300; PMCID: PMC9499524.
Rein, H.L.
, Bernstein, K.A., and Baldock, R.A. (2021) RAD51 paralog function in replicative DNA damage and tolerance. Current Opinions in Genetics and Development, 71:86-91
Jiang, Z.; Lai, Y.; Beaver, J.M.; Tsegay, P.S.; Zhao, M.-L.; Horton, J.K.; Zamora, M.;
Rein, H.L
.; Miralles, F.; Shaver, M.; Hutcheson, J.D.; Agoulnik, I.; Wilson, S.H.; Liu, Y.Oxidative DNA Damage Modulates DNA Methylation Pattern in Human Breast Cancer 1 (BRCA1) Gene via the Crosstalk between DNA Polymerase ß and a de novo DNA Methyltransferase. Cells. 16 January 2020;9(1). doi: 10.3390/cells9010225.
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