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Larry W. Robertson

Larry W. Robertson

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
14389
World Ranking
6325
National Ranking
1920

Overview

Larry W. Robertson is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. The body of work covers a range of related subfields including molecular biology, physiology, cancer research, and nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Cardiovascular Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Their Major Metabolites, 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Comprehensive Subchronic Inhalation Toxicity Assessment of an Indoor School Air Mixture of PCBs, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A systematic evidence map for the evaluation of noncancer health effects and exposures to polychlorinated biphenyl mixtures, 2022, Environmental Research
  • The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediates reproductive toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyl congener 126 in rats, 2021, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
  • PCB126 induced toxic actions on liver energy metabolism is mediated by AhR in rats, 2021, Toxicology

Frequent co-authors working with Larry W. Robertson include:

  • Hans-Joachim Lehmler
  • Aloysius J. Klingelhutz
  • Xueshu Li
  • Susanne Flor
  • Violet E. Klenov

These collaborations have contributed to several publications in venues such as Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, Environmental Health Perspectives, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Research, and Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.

The research topics Larry W. Robertson addresses focus on toxic organic pollutants and their impact, effects and risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and air quality and health impacts. Additional themes explored include adipose tissue and metabolism, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, and fatty acid research and health.

Best Publications

  • Metabolism and metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls

    Fabian A Grimm;Dingfei Hu;Izabela Kania-Korwel;Hans-Joachim Lehmler

  • PCBs: structure-function relationships and mechanism of action.

    Stephen Safe;Stelvio Bandiera;Tom Sawyer;Larry Robertson

  • Carcinogenicity of polyhalogenated biphenyls: PCBs and PBBs.

    Eric M. Silberhorn;Howard P. Glauert;Larry W. Robertson

  • Immunochemical Quantitation of Cytochrome P-450 Isozymes and Epoxide Hydrolase in Liver Microsomes from Polychlorinated or Polybrominated Biphenyl-treated Rats A STUDY OF STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS*

    A Parkinson;S H Safe;L W Robertson;P E Thomas

  • PCBs: Recent Advances in Environmental Toxicology and Health Effects

    Larry W. Robertson;Larry G. Hansen

  • Proinflammatory Properties of Coplanar PCBs: In Vitro and in Vivo Evidence

    Bernhard Hennig;Purushothaman Meerarani;Rabih Slim;Michal Toborek

  • Oxidative DNA damage induced by activation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): implications for PCB-induced oxidative stress in breast cancer.

    Gregory G. Oakley;Udaya-sankar Devanaboyina;Larry W. Robertson;Ramesh C. Gupta

  • Identification of Catechol and Hydroquinone Metabolites of 4-Monochlorobiphenyl

    Mitch R. McLean;Udo Bauer;and Anthony R. Amaro;Larry W. Robertson

  • Metabolic activation of PCBs to quinones: reactivity toward nitrogen and sulfur nucleophiles and influence of superoxide dismutase.

    Anthony R. Amaro;Greg G. Oakley;Udo Bauer;H. Peter Spielmann

  • Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls causes endothelial cell dysfunction

    Michal Toborek;Steven W. Barger;Mark P. Mattson;Parvaneh Espandiari

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) exert thyroid hormone-like effects in the fetal rat brain but do not bind to thyroid hormone receptors.

    Kelly J Gauger;Yoshihisa Kato;Koichi Haraguchi;Hans-Joachim Lehmler

  • Dietary flavonoids modulate PCB-induced oxidative stress, CYP1A1 induction, and AhR-DNA binding activity in vascular endothelial cells.

    Pachaikani Ramadass;Purushothaman Meerarani;Michal Toborek;Larry W. Robertson

  • Regulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and transcription factor activities during the promotion of liver carcinogenesis by polychlorinated biphenyls

    Job C. Tharappel;Eun Y. Lee;Larry W. Robertson;Brett T. Spear

  • Production of DNA Strand Breaks in Vitro and Reactive Oxygen Species in Vitro and in HL-60 Cells by PCB Metabolites

    Anandi Srinivasan;Hans-Joachim Lehmler;Larry W. Robertson;Gabriele Ludewig

  • PASADENA hyperpolarization of 13C biomolecules: equipment design and installation.

    Jan Bernd Hövener;Jan Bernd Hövener;Eduard Y. Chekmenev;Eduard Y. Chekmenev;Kent C. Harris;William H. Perman

  • PCB-induced oxidative stress in endothelial cells: modulation by nutrients

    Bernhard Hennig;Bruce D. Hammock;Rabih Slim;Michal Toborek

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated biphenyls

    Antonio Agudo;Kristan J. Aronson;Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jorgensen;Pierluigi Cocco

  • Effects of selected polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners on hepatic glutathione, glutathione-related enzymes, and selenium status: implications for oxidative stress.

    Timothy P. Twaroski;Michelle L. O’Brien;Larry W. Robertson

  • Toxicity of hydroxylated and quinoid PCB metabolites: inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication and activation of aryl hydrocarbon and estrogen receptors in hepatic and mammary cells.

    Miroslav Machala;Ludek Bláha;Hans-Joachim Lehmler;Martina Plísková

  • Sulfated metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls are high-affinity ligands for the thyroid hormone transport protein transthyretin.

    Fabian A. Grimm;Hans-Joachim Lehmler;Xianran He;Larry W. Robertson

  • Chiral effects in the induction of drug-metabolizing enzymes using synthetic atropisomers of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

    Michael Püttmann;Albrecht Mannschreck;Franz Oesch;Larry Robertson

  • Differential potency of atropisomers of polychlorinated biphenyls on cytochrome P450 induction and uroporphyrin accumulation in the chick embryo hepatocyte culture.

    Larry E. Rodman;Larry E. Rodman;Steven I. Shedlofsky;Steven I. Shedlofsky;Albrecht Mannschreck;Michael Püttmann

  • Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyl-DNA adducts by 32P-postlabeling

    Greg G. Oakley;Larry W. Robertson;Ramesh C. Gupta

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Joachim Lehmler
Hans-Joachim Lehmler University of Iowa
Sean Parkin
Sean Parkin University of Kentucky
Bernhard Hennig
Bernhard Hennig University of Kentucky
Keri C. Hornbuckle
Keri C. Hornbuckle University of Iowa
Michal Toborek
Michal Toborek University of Miami
Franz Oesch
Franz Oesch Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ramesh C. Gupta
Ramesh C. Gupta University of Louisville
Peter S. Thorne
Peter S. Thorne University of Iowa
Kai Wang
Kai Wang Jilin University
Garry R. Buettner
Garry R. Buettner University of Iowa

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