The BMP is proud to celebrate the publications of our students for the research they completed during their enrollment. Students from the BMP are in bold.
2026
Kitano N, Li J, Taborski S, Vanderpuye CM, Muddasani P, Chaudhary S, Liu JJ, Liu S, Beier JI, Argemi J, Bataller R, Arteel GE. Calpain-4 Knockdown Modulates Cholesterol Metabolism and LXRα Nuclear Localization in Experimental Alcohol-Related Liver Disease. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2026 Jun;50(6):e70356. doi: 10.1111/acer.70356. PMID: 42307015; PMCID: PMC13273926
Li Y, Campbell AP, Balasubramanian S, Zeng X, Porter E, Cantrell PS, Sun M, Mattheyses AL, Kwiatkowski AV. The desmoglein 2 interactome in primary neonatal cardiomyocytes. J Cell Sci. 2026 Feb 1;139(3):jcs264213. doi: 10.1242/jcs.264213. Epub 2026 Feb 5.PMID: 41641743
Carleton N, Chang AC, Chen F, Puhalla SL, Foldi J, Waltermire H, Tin A, Cowher MS, Lupinacci K, Diego EJ, Sabih Q, Johnson RR, Malhotra M, Laubenthal A, Gorantla V, Balic M, Bhargava R, Joy M, Freeman T, Bridges C, Kalashnikova E, Rodriguez A, Liu MC, Oesterreich S, Lee AV, McAuliffe PF. Use of ctDNA in Older Women with ER+ Breast Cancer to Facilitate Surgical De-escalation: A Prospective, Hybrid-Decentralized Trial with Correlative Studies. Clin Cancer Res. 2026 Jul 17;32(14):2957-2967. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-4079. PMID: 41854411
Zels G, Van Baelen K, Chang AC, Pabba A, De Schepper M, Maetens M, Richard F, Van Cauwenberge J, Geukens T, Borremans K, Mahdami A, Nguyen HL, Leduc S, Neven P, Wildiers H, Vandecaveye V, Dresen R, Van Den Bogaert W, Bhargava R, Bartholow T, Carleton N, Cao Y, Liu JB, Wedn A, Waltermire H, Cody M, Miller L, Rosenzweig MQ, Foldi J, Balic M, Deible C, Hodgdon C, Walker S, Lee AV, Oesterreich S, Floris G, Desmedt C. Clinical and histopathological characterization of metastatic lobular breast cancer: lessons learned from post-mortem tissue donation programs. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2026 Feb 20;12(1):48. doi: 10.1038/s41523-026-00912-5. PMID: 41720822
Woodcock CC, Maroli G, Kim H, Tai YY, Tang Y, Okawa S, Homsi R, Kim Y, Cho ST, Jiang S, Chauvet C, Wang B, Al Aaraj Y, Lafyatis R, Saggar R, Sembrat J, Wang Q, Li Q, Frump AL, Lahm T, McCubbrey AL, Kudryashova TV, Goncharova EA, Nouraie SM, Bertero T, Yuan K, Pullamsetti SS, Chan SY. Endothelial ADAR1 Deficit Induces the NOCT-IRF7 Axis in Pulmonary Hypertension. Circ Res. 2026 Jan 2;138(1):e326277. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.326277. Epub 2025 Dec 4. PMID: 41342206; PMCID: PMC13108681.
2025
Beier JI, Luo J, Vanderpuye CM, Brizendine P, Muddasani P, Bolatimi O, Heinig SA, Ekuban FA, Siddiqui H, Ekuban A, Gripshover TC, Wahlang B, Watson WH, Cave MC. Environmental Pollutants, Occupational Exposures, and Liver Disease. Semin Liver Dis. 2025 Jun;45(2):148-166. doi: 10.1055/a-2540-2861. Epub 2025 Mar 21. PMID: 40118102; PMCID: PMC12162202.
Bahr L, Amrit FRG, Silvia PE, Wayhs B, Osman GA, Devare MN, Henry H, Bui D, Choe M, Naim N, Champion M, Man Y, Olsen CP, Ghazi A. LIPL-1 and LIPL-2 are TCER-1-regulated lysosomal lipases with distinct roles in immunity and fertility. PLoS Genet. 2025 Dec 12;21(12):e1011804. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011804. PMID: 41385585; PMCID: PMC12716718.
Chang AC, Balic M, Bartholow T, Bhargava R, Brown DD, Brown L, Brufsky A, Cao Y, Carleton N, Clark AM, Cody M, Ding K, Deible C, Elangovan A, Foldi J, Geisler D, Hodgdon C, Howard N, Li Z, Liu JB, Lopez-Nunez O, Mary DJSJ, McGinn O, Miller L, Mori K, Pecar G, Priedigkeit N, Puhalla S, Rosenzweig MQ, Roy P, Savariau L, Walker S, Waltermire H, Wedn AM, Wells A, Yates ME, Xavier J, Lee AV, Oesterreich S. Hope for OTHERS (Our Tissue Helping Enhance Research & Science): research results from the University of Pittsburgh rapid autopsy program for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2025 Jun 19;27(1):111. doi: 10.1186/s13058-025-02014-9. PMID: 40537829
2024
Alahmari H, Liu CC, Rubin E, Lin VY, Rodriguez P, Chang KC. Vitamin C alleviates hyperglycemic stress in retinal pigment epithelial cells. Mol Biol Rep. 2024 May 10;51(1):637. doi: 10.1007/s11033-024-09595-2. PMID: 38727927; PMCID: PMC12165747.
Chao Y, Chen Y, Zheng W, Demanelis K, Liu Y, Connelly JA, Wang H, Li S, Wang QJ. Synthetic lethal combination of CHK1 and WEE1 inhibition for treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer. Oncogene. 2024 Mar;43(11):789-803. doi: 10.1038/s41388-024-02939-z. Epub 2024 Jan 25. PMID: 38273024; PMCID: PMC11556418.
Yates ME, Waltermire H, Mori K, Li Z, Li Y, Guzolik H, Wang X, Liu T, Atkinson JM, Hooda J, Lee AV, Oesterreich S. ESR1 Fusions Invoke Breast Cancer Subtype-Dependent Enrichment of Ligand-Independent Oncogenic Signatures and Phenotypes. Endocrinology. 2024 Aug 27;165(10):bqae111. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqae111. PMID: 39207954
2023
Liu S, He L, Bannister OB, Li J, Schnegelberger RD, Vanderpuye CM, Althouse AD, Schopfer FJ, Wahlang B, Cave MC, Monga SP, Zhang X, Arteel GE, Beier JI. Western diet unmasks transient low-level vinyl chloride-induced tumorigenesis; potential role of the (epi)transcriptome. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2023 Jun 1;468:116514. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2023.116514. Epub 2023 Apr 14. PMID: 37061008; PMCID: PMC10164119.
2022
Wallace SR, Pagano PJ, Kračun D. MicroRNAs in the Regulation of NADPH Oxidases in Vascular Diabetic and Ischemic Pathologies: A Case for Alternate Inhibitory Strategies? Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Dec 29;12(1):70. doi: 10.3390/antiox12010070. PMID: 36670932; PMCID: PMC9854786.
Wei Z, Waite K, Deng H, Najjar Y, Niranjan A, Lunsford LD. Aggressive Stereotactic Radiosurgery Coupled With Immune and Targeted Therapy for Recurrent Melanoma Brain Metastases: A Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus. 2022 Jul 4;14(7):e26553. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26553. PMID: 35936134; PMCID: PMC9348438
Knight KM, King GE, Palcsey SL, Suda A, Liang R, Moalli PA. Mesh deformation: A mechanism underlying polypropylene prolapse mesh complications in vivo. Acta Biomater. 2022 Aug;148:323-335. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.05.051. Epub 2022 Jun 6. PMID: 35671876; PMCID: PMC9453339
Hasan MN, Capuk O, Patel SM, Sun D. The Role of Metabolic Plasticity of Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Shaping the Tumor Microenvironment Immunity. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jul 8;14(14):3331. doi: 10.3390/cancers14143331. PMID: 35884391; PMCID: PMC9316955
Florentino RM, Li Q, Coard MC, Haep N, Motomura T, Diaz-Aragon R, Faccioli LAP, Amirneni S, Kocas-Kilicarslan ZN, Ostrowska A, Squires JE, Feranchak AP, Soto-Gutierrez A. Transmembrane channel activity in human hepatocytes and cholangiocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Jul;6(7):1561-1573. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1920. Epub 2022 Mar 15. PMID: 35289126; PMCID: PMC9234678
Brustman K, Eagle SR, Mucha A, Trbovich A, Collins MW, Kontos AP. Association of sleep symptoms with mood and vestibular subtypes following sport-related concussion. Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2022 Jul-Sep;11(3):235-239. doi: 10.1080/21622965.2020.1788563. Epub 2020 Jul 16. PMID: 32672475
Carreño M, Pires MF, Woodcock SR, Brzoska T, Ghosh S, Salvatore SR, Chang F, Khoo NKH, Dunn M, Connors N, Yuan S, Straub AC, Wendell SG, Kato GJ, Freeman BA, Ofori-Acquah SF, Sundd P, Schopfer FJ, Vitturi DA. Immunomodulatory actions of a kynurenine-derived endogenous electrophile. Sci Adv. 2022 Jul;8(26):eabm9138. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abm9138. Epub 2022 Jun 29. PMID: 35767602; PMCID: PMC9242454
2021
Hrizo SL, Eicher SL, Myers TD, McGrath I, Wodrich APK, Venkatesh H, Manjooran D, Swoger S, Gagnon K, Bruskin M, Lebedev MV, Zheng S, Vitantonio A, Kim S, Lamb ZJ, Vogt A, Ruzhnikov MRZ, Palladino MJ. Identification of protein quality control regulators using a Drosophila model of TPI deficiency. Neurobiol Dis. 2021 May;152:105299. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105299. Epub 2021 Feb 15. PMID: 33600953; PMCID: PMC7993632
Martin B, Vanderpool RR, Henry BL, Palma JB, Gabris B, Lai YC, Hu J, Tofovic SP, Reddy RP, Mora AL, Gladwin MT, Romero G, Salama G. Relaxin Inhibits Ventricular Arrhythmia and Asystole in Rats With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Jul 6;8:668222. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.668222. PMID: 34295927; PMCID: PMC8290063
Watters RJ, Verdelis K, Lucas PC, Jiang S, Chen Y, Lu F, Martin BM, Lukashova L, Pecar G, Morales-Restrepo A, Hankins M, Zhu L, Mittwede P, Hartmaier RJ, Alexander PG, Tseng GC, Weiss KR, Galson DL, Lee AV, Lee B, Oesterreich S. A Novel Mouse Model for SNP in Steroid Receptor Co-Activator-1 Reveals Role in Bone Density and Breast Cancer Metastasis. Endocrinology. 2021 Aug 1;162(8):bqab094. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab094. PMID: 33963375; PMCID: PMC8248588
Rengasamy M, Woody M, Kovats T, Siegle G, Price RB. What's in a Face? Amygdalar Sensitivity to an Emotional Threatening Faces Task and Transdiagnostic Internalizing Disorder Symptoms in Participants Receiving Attention Bias Modification Training. Cognit Ther Res. 2021 Aug;45(4):795-804. doi: 10.1007/s10608-021-10205-9. Epub 2021 Jan 23. PMID: 34334846; PMCID: PMC8320806
Rengasamy M, Marsland A, McClain L, Kovats T, Walko T, Pan L, Price RB. Linking childhood trauma and cytokine levels in depressed adolescents. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2021 Nov;133:105398. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105398. Epub 2021 Aug 27. PMID: 34479104; PMCID: PMC8530984
Foster A, Nigam S, Tatum DS, Raphael I, Xu J, Kumar R, Plakseychuk E, Latoche JD, Vincze S, Li B, Giri R, McCarl LH, Edinger R, Ak M, Peddagangireddy V, Foley LM, Hitchens TK, Colen RR, Pollack IF, Panigrahy A, Magda D, Anderson CJ, Edwards WB, Kohanbash G. Novel theranostic agent for PET imaging and targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy of tumour-infiltrating immune cells in glioma. EBioMedicine. 2021 Sep;71:103571. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103571. Epub 2021 Sep 13. PMID: 34530385; PMCID: PMC8446777
Hwang NM, Stabile LP. Estrogen Receptor ß in Cancer: To ß(e) or not to ß(e)? Endocrinology. 2021 Nov 1;162(11):bqab162. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab162. PMID: 34370841
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, Mullett SJ, Fajt ML, Wenzel SE, Holguin F, Freeman BA, Wendell SG. Nitroalkene fatty acids modulate bile acid metabolism and lung function in obese asthma. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 7;11(1):17788. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96471-9. PMID: 34493738; PMCID: PMC8423735
Kingston R, Amin D, Misra S, Gross JM, Kuwajima T. Serotonin transporter-mediated molecular axis regulates regional retinal ganglion cell vulnerability and axon regeneration after nerve injury. PLoS Genet. 2021 Nov 4;17(11):e1009885. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009885. PMID: 34735454; PMCID: PMC8594818
2020
Farabaugh SM, Litzenburger BC, Elangovan A, Pecar G, Walheim L, Atkinson JM, Lee AV. IGF1R constitutive activation expands luminal progenitors and influences lineage differentiation during breast tumorigenesis. Dev Biol. 2020 Jul 1;463(1):77-87. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.04.007. Epub 2020 May 4. PMID: 32376245; PMCID: PMC7297516
Rengasamy M, Marsland A, McClain L, Kovats T, Walko T, Pan L, Price RB. Longitudinal relationships of cytokines, depression and anhedonia in depressed adolescents. Brain Behav Immun. 2021 Jan;91:74-80. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.09.004. Epub 2020 Sep 10. PMID: 32919038; PMCID: PMC7952030
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
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
Silberfeld A, Chavez B, Obidike C, Daugherty S, de Groat WC, Beckel JM. LPS-mediated release of ATP from urothelial cells occurs by lysosomal exocytosis. Neurourol Urodyn. 2020 Jun;39(5):1321-1329. doi: 10.1002/nau.24377. Epub 2020 May 6. PMID: 32374925; PMCID: PMC7304540
Mooli RGR, Mukhi D, Chen Z, Buckner N, Ramakrishnan SK. An indispensable role for dynamin-related protein 1 in beige and brown adipogenesis. J Cell Sci. 2020 Sep 15;133(18):jcs247593. doi: 10.1242/jcs.247593. PMID: 32843579
Luppi P, Drain N, To R, Stolz D, Wallace C, Watkins S, Drain P. Autocrine C-peptide protects INS1 β cells against palmitic acid-induced oxidative stress in peroxisomes by inducing catalase. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab. 2020 May 30;3(3):e00147. doi: 10.1002/edm2.147. PMID: 32704568; PMCID: PMC7375117
2019
Lorenz-Guertin JM, Bambino MJ, Das S, Weintraub ST, Jacob TC. Diazepam Accelerates GABAAR Synaptic Exchange and Alters Intracellular Trafficking. Front Cell Neurosci. 2019 Apr 26;13:163. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00163. PMID: 31080408; PMCID: PMC6497791
Roland BP, Richards KR, Hrizo SL, Eicher S, Barile ZJ, Chang TC, Savon G, Bianchi P, Fermo E, Ricerca BM, Tortorolo L, Vockley J, VanDemark AP, Palladino MJ. Missense variant in TPI1 (Arg189Gln) causes neurologic deficits through structural changes in the triosephosphate isomerase catalytic site and reduced enzyme levels in vivo. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2019 Sep 1;1865(9):2257-2266. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.05.002. Epub 2019 May 7. PMID: 31075491; PMCID: PMC6659405
Fogle KJ, Smith AR, Satterfield SL, Gutierrez AC, Hertzler JI, McCardell CS, Shon JH, Barile ZJ, Novak MO, Palladino MJ. Ketogenic and anaplerotic dietary modifications ameliorate seizure activity in Drosophila models of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy and glycolytic enzymopathy. Mol Genet Metab. 2019 Apr;126(4):439-447. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.01.008. Epub 2019 Jan 17. PMID: 30683556; PMCID: PMC6536302
Beeler E, Nobile ZL, Homanics GE. Paternal Preconception Every-Other-Day Ethanol Drinking Alters Behavior and Ethanol Consumption in Offspring. Brain Sci. 2019 Mar 6;9(3):56. doi: 10.3390/brainsci9030056. PMID: 30845665; PMCID: PMC6468863
2018
Lorenz-Guertin JM, Bambino MJ, Jacob TC. γ2 GABAAR Trafficking and the Consequences of Human Genetic Variation. Front Cell Neurosci. 2018 Aug 23;12:265. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00265. PMID: 30190672; PMCID: PMC6116786
Bell CL, Shakespeare TI, Smith AR, Murray SA. Visualization of Annular Gap Junction Vesicle Processing: The Interplay Between Annular Gap Junctions and Mitochondria. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Dec 22;20(1):44. doi: 10.3390/ijms20010044. PMID: 30583492; PMCID: PMC6337258