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  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alvaro Puga is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Additional subfields in which they have contributed include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Genetics.

The scientist has produced a number of publications addressing topics such as Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Chromium effects and bioremediation, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Reproductive System and Pregnancy, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, and Trace Elements in Health.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Hexavalent chromium disrupts chromatin architecture, 2021, Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • Converging Roles of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Early Embryonic Development, Maintenance of Stemness, and Tissue Repair, 2021, Toxicological Sciences
  • Regulation of a long noncoding RNA MALAT1 by aryl hydrocarbon receptor in pancreatic cancer cells and tissues, 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Dioxin Disrupts Dynamic DNA Methylation Patterns in Genes That Govern Cardiomyocyte Maturation, 2020, Toxicological Sciences
  • Hexavalent chromium promotes differential binding of CTCF to its cognate sites in Euchromatin, 2020, Epigenetics

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Toxicological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Epigenetics

Coauthors who have collaborated frequently with Alvaro Puga include:

  • Mario Medvedovic
  • Hesbon A Zablon
  • Jacek Biesiada
  • Andrew VonHandorf
  • Chia-I Ko

In recognition of professional contributions, Alvaro Puga was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION BY REACTIVE OXYGEN

    Timothy P. Dalton;Howard G. Shertzer;Alvaro Puga

  • Role of the Ah receptor and the dioxin-inducible [Ah] gene battery in toxicity, cancer, and signal transduction.

    Daniel W. Nebert;Alvaro Puga;Vasilis Vasiliou

  • The aryl hydrocarbon receptor cross-talks with multiple signal transduction pathways.

    Alvaro Puga;Ci Ma;Jennifer L. Marlowe

  • Human Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme Polymorphisms: Effects on Risk of Toxicity and Cancer

    Daniel W. Nebert;Ross A. Mckinnon;Alvaro Puga

  • Aryl hydrocarbon receptor, cell cycle regulation, toxicity, and tumorigenesis

    Jennifer L. Marlowe;Alvaro Puga

  • Heme oxygenase-1 induction by NRF2 requires inactivation of the transcriptional repressor BACH1

    John F. Reichard;Gregory T. Motz;Alvaro Puga

  • Aromatic hydrocarbon receptor interaction with the retinoblastoma protein potentiates repression of E2F-dependent transcription and cell cycle arrest

    Alvaro Puga;Sonya J. Barnes;Timothy P. Dalton;Ching Yi Chang

  • Effects of arsenic exposure on DNA methylation and epigenetic gene regulation

    John F Reichard;Alvaro Puga

  • Long term low-dose arsenic exposure induces loss of DNA methylation.

    John F. Reichard;Michael Schnekenburger;Alvaro Puga

  • Constitutive Activation of the Aromatic Hydrocarbon Receptor

    Ching-Yi Chang;Alvaro Puga

  • Role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in cell cycle regulation.

    Alvaro Puga;Ying Xia;Cornelis Elferink

  • The transcriptional signature of dioxin in human hepatoma HepG2 cells.

    Alvaro Puga;Andrew Maier;Mario Medvedovic

  • Dioxin induces expression of c-fos and c-jun proto-oncogenes and a large increase in transcription factor AP-1.

    Alvaro Puga;Daniel W. Nebert

  • Herpes simplex virus DNA sequences in the CNS of latently infected mice

    Carlos V. Cabrera;Carlos V. Cabrera;Charles Wohlenberg;Harry Openshaw;Harry Openshaw;Manuel Rey-Mendez

  • Induction of cellular oxidative stress by aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation.

    Timothy P Dalton;Alvaro Puga;Howard G Shertzer

  • Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) by aromatic hydrocarbons: role in the regulation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) function.

    Zongqing Tan;Xiaoqing Chang;Alvaro Puga;Ying Xia

  • The Xenoestrogen Bisphenol A Induces Inappropriate Androgen Receptor Activation and Mitogenesis in Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Cells

    Yelena B. Wetherill;Christin E. Petre;Kelly R. Monk;Alvaro Puga

  • Ah receptor signals cross-talk with multiple developmental pathways.

    Alvaro Puga;Craig R. Tomlinson;Ying Xia

  • The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Functions as a Tumor Suppressor of Liver Carcinogenesis

    Yunxia Fan;Gregory P. Boivin;Erik S. Knudsen;Daniel W. Nebert

  • Dioxin causes a sustained oxidative stress response in the mouse.

    Howard G. Shertzer;Daniel W. Nebert;Alvaro Puga;Michelle Ary

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel W. Nebert
Daniel W. Nebert University of Cincinnati
Ying Xia
Ying Xia Fudan University
Mario Medvedovic
Mario Medvedovic University of Cincinnati
Howard G. Shertzer
Howard G. Shertzer University of Cincinnati
Timothy P. Dalton
Timothy P. Dalton University of Cincinnati
Maureen A. Sartor
Maureen A. Sartor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Vasilis Vasiliou
Vasilis Vasiliou Yale University
Abner Louis Notkins
Abner Louis Notkins National Institutes of Health
Robert Barouki
Robert Barouki Université Paris Cité
Pedro M. Fernandez-Salguero
Pedro M. Fernandez-Salguero University of Extremadura

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