NIEHS Environmental Toxicology Training Program at UTMB Activities ActivitiesList Monthly Trainee Journal Club Monthly Trainee Journal Club Click here for current schedule Date Presenter Article(s)/Topic October 21, 2013 Jordan Speidel Cui L., Ye W., Prestwich, E. G., Wishnok, J. S., Taghizadeh, K., Dedon, P. C., Tannenbaum, S. R. (2013) Comparative analysis of four oxidized guanine lesions from reactions of DNA with peroxynitrite, singlet oxygen, and y-radiation. Chem Res Toxicol. 26:195-202. doi:10.1021/tx300294d http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23140136 Nov 18, 2013 Daniel Jackson Patrick Allard,Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Thomas B. Knudsen, and Monica P. Colaiácovo A C. elegans screening platform for the rapid assessment of chemical disruption of germ line function. Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Jun;121(6):717-24. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1206301. Epub 2013 Apr 18. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=allard+elegans+platform December 9, 2013 Courtney Cross Joubert BR, Håberg SE, Nilsen RM, Wang X, Vollset SE, Murphy SK, Huang Z, Hoyo C, Midttun Ø, Cupul-Uicab LA, Ueland PM, Wu MC, Nystad W, Bell DA, Peddada SD, London SJ. 450K epigenome-wide scan identifies differential DNA methylation in newborns related to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Oct;120(10):1425-31. (Environmental Health Perspectives Paper of the Year) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491949/. January 13, 2014 Barb Rolls Subramanian Karthikeyan, Errol M. Thomson, Prem Kumarathasan, Josée Guénette, Debbie Rosenblatt, Tak Chan, Greg Rideout, and Renaud Vincent. Nitrogen Dioxide and Ultrafine Particles Dominate the Biological Effects of Inhaled Diesel Exhaust Treated by a Catalyzed Diesel Particulate Filter Toxicol. Sci. (2013) 135 (2): 437-450 first published online July 28, 2013 doi:10.1093/toxsci/kft162 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23897985?dopt=Abstract February 10, 2014 Dwayne Carter Ye, D., Wang, Y., Li, H., Jia, W., Man, K., Lo, C.M., Wang, Y., Lam, K.S.L., and Xu, A. (2014). FGF21 protects against acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity by Potentiating PGC-1∝-mediated antioxidant capacity in mice. Hepatology. 2014 Feb 6. doi: 10.1002/hep.27060. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24590984 March 17, 2014 Joseph Shearer Treas J, Tyagi T, Singh KP: Chronic exposure to arsenic, estrogen, and their combination causes increased growth and transformation in human prostate epithelial cells potentially by hypermethylation-mediated silencing of MLH1. Prostate 2013, 73:1660-1672. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23804311 April 21, 2014 Leopoldo Aguilera-Aguirre Botelho FM1, Llop-Guevara A, Trimble NJ, Nikota JK, Bauer CM, Lambert KN, Kianpour S, Jordana M, Stämpfli MR. Cigarette smoke differentially affects eosinophilia and remodeling in a model of house dust mite asthma. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2011 Oct;45(4):753-60. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2010-0404OC. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21317378 May 12, 2014 Jason Herring Takiguchi M, Achanzar WE, Qu W, Li G, Waalkes MP. (2003) Effects of cadmium on DNA-(Cytosine-5) methyltransferase activity and DNA methylation status during cadmium-induced cellular transformation. Exp Cell Res. 286:355-365. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12749863 Click here for 2012-2013 Journal Club References Seminars Seminars Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series - sponsored by the NIEHS Center Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar Series Preventive Medicine and Community Health Seminar Series Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology Research in Progress Seminar Series