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Overview

Douglas A. Bell is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Medicine. The scientist's work intersects with specialized subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Surgery, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research covers a variety of main topics including Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Douglas A. Bell's frequent co-authors include Xuting Wang, Brian N. Chorley, Suzanne N. Martos, Michelle R. Campbell, and K. Shawn Smallwood. This collaboration network reflects a multidisciplinary approach across genetics, ecology, and respiratory health research.

They have published in several recurrent venues with multiple contributions to UNC Libraries, Journal of Wildlife Management, Cancer Research, Clinical Epigenetics, and the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Among recent published papers authored or co-authored by Douglas A. Bell are:

  • "Effects of Wind Turbine Curtailment on Bird and Bat Fatalities," 2020, Journal of Wildlife Management
  • "Mining a human transcriptome database for chemical modulators of NRF2," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Age-specific survival rates, causes of death, and allowable take of golden eagles in the western United States," 2022, Ecological Applications
  • "Germline and Somatic Genetic Variants in the p53 Pathway Interact to Affect Cancer Risk, Progression, and Drug Response," 2021, Cancer Research
  • "Single-Cell Analyses Identify Dysfunctional CD16+ CD8 T Cells in Smokers," 2020, Cell Reports Medicine

Best Publications

  • Genetic Risk and Carcinogen Exposure: a Common Inherited Defect of the Carcinogen-Metabolism Gene Glutathione S-Transferase M1 (GSTM1) That Increases Susceptibility to Bladder Cancer

    Douglas A. Bell;Jack A. Taylor;David F. Paulson;Cary N. Robertson

  • The role of the CYP2C9-Leu359 allelic variant in the tolbutamide polymorphism.

    Theresa H. Sullivan-Klose;Burhan I. Ghanayem;Douglas A. Bell;Zhi Yi Zhang

  • XRCC1 polymorphisms : effects on aflatoxin B1-DNA adducts and glycophorin A variant frequency

    Ruth M. Lunn;Ronald G. Langlois;Ling Ling Hsieh;Claudia L. Thompson

  • 450K epigenome-wide scan identifies differential DNA methylation in newborns related to maternal smoking during pregnancy

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Siri Eldevik Håberg;Roy Miodini Nilsen;Xuting Wang

  • XPD polymorphisms: effects on DNA repair proficiency

    Ruth M. Lunn;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Ram Parshad;David M. Umbach

  • Identification of novel NRF2-regulated genes by ChIP-Seq: influence on retinoid X receptor alpha

    Brian N. Chorley;Michelle R. Campbell;Xuting Wang;Mehmet Karaca

  • Nomenclature for N-acetyltransferases.

    K P Vatsis;W W Weber;D A Bell;J M Dupret

  • Glutathione S-transferase GSTT1 genotypes and susceptibility to cancer: studies of interactions with GSTM1 in lung, oral, gastric and colorectal cancers

    Deakin M;Elder J;Hendrickse C;Peckham D

  • Association of Prostate Cancer with Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism

    Jack A. Taylor;Ari Hirvonen;Mary Watson;Gary Pittman

  • Genotype/phenotype discordance for human arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) reveals a new slow-acetylator allele common in African-Americans.

    D. A. Bell;J. A. Taylor;M. A. Butler;E. A. Stephens

  • Polymorphisms In The DNA Repair Gene Xrcc1 And Breast Cancer

    Eric J. Duell;Robert C. Millikan;Gary S. Pittman;Scott Winkel

  • Association Between Glutathione S-Transferase M1, P1, and T1 Genetic Polymorphisms and Development of Breast Cancer

    Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Ornella Selmin;Ornella Selmin;Han Yao Huang;Paul T. Strickland

  • An Association between the Allele Coding for a Low Activity Variant of Catechol-O-methyltransferase and the Risk for Breast Cancer

    Jackie A. Lavigne;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Han Yao Huang;Paul T. Strickland

  • Increased risk for myelodysplastic syndromes in individuals with glutathione transferase theta 1 (GSTT1) gene defect

    H.W Chen;D.P Sandler;J.A Taylor;D.A Bell

  • Microbiota-derived acetate protects against respiratory syncytial virus infection through a GPR43-type 1 interferon response

    Krist Helen Antunes;José Luís Fachi;Rosemeire de Paula;Emanuelle Fraga da Silva

  • Glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) and T1 (GSTT1) genetic polymorphism and susceptibility to gastric and colorectal adenocarcinoma

    Takahiko Katoh;Naoki Nagata;Yusuke Kuroda;Hideaki Itoh

  • An African-specific polymorphism in the TP53 gene impairs p53 tumor suppressor function in a mouse model

    Matthew Jennis;Che-Pei Kung;Subhasree Basu;Anna Budina-Kolomets

  • Polyadenylation polymorphism in the acetyltransferase 1 gene (NAT1) increases risk of colorectal cancer.

    Douglas A. Bell;Elizabeth A. Stephens;Trisha Castranio;David M. Umbach

  • Pooled Analysis and Meta-analysis of Glutathione S-Transferase M1 and Bladder Cancer: A HuGE Review

    Lawrence S. Engel;Emanuela Taioli;Ruth Pfeiffer;Montserrat Garcia-Closas

  • Prostate cancer risk and polymorphism in 17 hydroxylase (CYP17) and steroid reductase (SRD5A2)

    Ruth M. Lunn;Douglas A. Bell;James L. Mohler;Jack A. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven R. Kleeberger
Steven R. Kleeberger National Institutes of Health
Jack A. Taylor
Jack A. Taylor National Institutes of Health
Andrew F. Olshan
Andrew F. Olshan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert C. Millikan
Robert C. Millikan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kathy J. Helzlsouer
Kathy J. Helzlsouer National Institutes of Health
Richard M. Kamens
Richard M. Kamens University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David M. DeMarini
David M. DeMarini Environmental Protection Agency
Beth Newman
Beth Newman Queensland University of Technology
Michael A. Resnick
Michael A. Resnick National Institutes of Health
Stephanie J. London
Stephanie J. London National Institutes of Health

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