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Andrew A. Amoscato is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Cancer Research, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's main research topics include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, RNA modifications and cancer, Trace Elements in Health, Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Andrew A. Amoscato has contributed to multiple scholarly articles published in notable venues. Frequent publication venues encompass:

  • Redox Biology
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nature Chemical Biology
  • Cell chemical biology

Notable recent papers include:

  • Phospholipase iPLA2β averts ferroptosis by eliminating a redox lipid death signal, 2021, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Achieving Life through Death: Redox Biology of Lipid Peroxidation in Ferroptosis, 2020, Cell chemical biology
  • Keratinocyte death by ferroptosis initiates skin inflammation after UVB exposure, 2021, Redox Biology
  • Successive High-Resolution (H2O)n-GCIB and C60-SIMS Imaging Integrates Multi-Omics in Different Cell Types in Breast Cancer Tissue, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • Direct Mapping of Phospholipid Ferroptotic Death Signals in Cells and Tissues by Gas Cluster Ion Beam Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (GCIB-SIMS), 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Andrew A. Amoscato collaborates frequently with several scientists including Valerian E. Kagan, Hülya Bayır, Yulia Y. Tyurina, Vladimir A. Tyurin, and Alexandr A. Kapralov.

Best Publications

  • Oxidized arachidonic and adrenic PEs navigate cells to ferroptosis

    Valerian E Kagan;Gaowei Mao;Feng Qu;Jose Pedro Friedmann Angeli

  • Cytochrome c acts as a cardiolipin oxygenase required for release of proapoptotic factors

    Valerian E Kagan;Vladimir A Tyurin;Jianfei Jiang;Yulia Y Tyurina

  • Cardiolipin externalization to the outer mitochondrial membrane acts as an elimination signal for mitophagy in neuronal cells

    Charleen T. Chu;Jing Ji;Ruben K. Dagda;Jian Fei Jiang

  • PEBP1 Wardens Ferroptosis by Enabling Lipoxygenase Generation of Lipid Death Signals

    Sally E. Wenzel;Yulia Y. Tyurina;Jinming Zhao;Claudette M. St. Croix

  • The grateful dead: damage-associated molecular pattern molecules and reduction/oxidation regulate immunity.

    Michael T. Lotze;Herbert J. Zeh;Anna Rubartelli;Louis J. Sparvero

  • RAGE (Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts), RAGE Ligands, and their role in Cancer and Inflammation

    Louis J Sparvero;Denise Asafu-Adjei;Rui Kang;Daolin Tang

  • HMGB1 release and redox regulates autophagy and apoptosis in cancer cells.

    Daolin Tang;Rui Kang;Chun-Wei Cheh;Kristen M. Livesey

  • Oxidative lipidomics of apoptosis: redox catalytic interactions of cytochrome c with cardiolipin and phosphatidylserine.

    Valerian E. Kagan;Grigory G. Borisenko;Yulia Y. Tyurina;Yulia Y. Tyurina;Vladimir A. Tyurin;Vladimir A. Tyurin

  • Decreased cardiolipin synthesis corresponds with cytochrome c release in palmitate-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis.

    Darin B. Ostrander;Darin B. Ostrander;Genevieve C. Sparagna;Genevieve C. Sparagna;Andrew A. Amoscato;Jeanie B. McMillin;Jeanie B. McMillin

  • Lipidomics identifies cardiolipin oxidation as a mitochondrial target for redox therapy of brain injury

    Jing Ji;Anthony E Kline;Andrew Amoscato;Alejandro K Samhan-Arias

  • Oxidized Lipids Block Antigen Cross-Presentation by Dendritic Cells in Cancer

    Wei Cao;Rupal Ramakrishnan;Vladimir A. Tuyrin;Filippo Veglia

  • Lipid bodies containing oxidatively truncated lipids block antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells in cancer

    Filippo Veglia;Vladimir A. Tyurin;Dariush Mohammadyani;Dariush Mohammadyani;Maria Blasi

  • Phospholipase iPLA2β Averts Ferroptosis By Eliminating A Redox Lipid Death Signal

    Wan-Yang Sun;Vladimir A Tyurin;Karolina Mikulska-Ruminska;Indira H Shrivastava

  • Apoptotic interactions of cytochrome c: Redox flirting with anionic phospholipids within and outside of mitochondria

    H. Bayir;B. Fadeel;M.J. Palladino;E. Witasp

  • Selective early cardiolipin peroxidation after traumatic brain injury: an oxidative lipidomics analysis

    Hülya Bayir;Vladimir A. Tyurin;Yulia Y. Tyurina;Rosa Viner

  • Bid-cardiolipin interaction at mitochondrial contact site contributes to mitochondrial cristae reorganization and cytochrome C release.

    Tae Hyoung Kim;Tae Hyoung Kim;Yongge Zhao;Wen Xing Ding;Jin Na Shin

  • Mass spectrometric identification of increased C16 ceramide levels during apoptosis.

    Rexford L. Thomas;Christopher M. Matsko;Michael T. Lotze;Andrew A. Amoscato

  • Adsorption of surfactant lipids by single-walled carbon nanotubes in mouse lung upon pharyngeal aspiration

    Alexander A. Kapralov;Wei Hong Feng;Andrew A. Amoscato;Naveena Yanamala

  • Achieving Life through Death: Redox Biology of Lipid Peroxidation in Ferroptosis.

    Hülya Bayır;Hülya Bayır;Tamil S. Anthonymuthu;Tamil S. Anthonymuthu;Yulia Y. Tyurina;Sarju J. Patel

  • Identification of human aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A1 as a novel CD8+ T-cell-defined tumor antigen in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

    Carmen Visus;Diasuke Ito;Andrew Amoscato;Malgorzata Maciejewska-Franczak

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerian E. Kagan
Valerian E. Kagan University of Pittsburgh
Hülya Bayır
Hülya Bayır University of Pittsburgh
Yulia Y. Tyurina
Yulia Y. Tyurina University of Pittsburgh
Vladimir A. Tyurin
Vladimir A. Tyurin University of Pittsburgh
Judith Klein-Seetharaman
Judith Klein-Seetharaman Arizona State University
Joel S. Greenberger
Joel S. Greenberger University of Pittsburgh
Michael T. Lotze
Michael T. Lotze University of Pittsburgh
George F. Babcock
George F. Babcock University of Cincinnati
Michael W. Epperly
Michael W. Epperly University of Pittsburgh
Simon C. Watkins
Simon C. Watkins University of Pittsburgh

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