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Overview

Lucio G. Costa is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, focusing primarily on environmental science, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these domains, they have concentrated on several subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, clinical biochemistry, molecular biology, pollution, and animal science and zoology.

The main topics addressed in their work include air quality and health impacts, paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms, energy and environment impacts, coenzyme Q10 studies and effects, toxic organic pollutants impact, health, environment, cognitive aging, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Lucio G. Costa has contributed to research published in various scientific venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • Current Protocols
  • Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Advances in neurotoxicology
  • Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Their frequently collaborating co-authors involve:

  • Toby B. Cole
  • Jacqueline M. Garrick
  • Judit Marsillach
  • Khoi Dao
  • Michael Aschner

Among the scientific papers authored by Lucio G. Costa, the following are notable for their topics and citation impact:

  • Effects of air pollution on the nervous system and its possible role in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, 2020, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Evaluating Gait and Locomotion in Rodents with the CatWalk, 2021, Current Protocols
  • Treatments for COVID-19: emerging drugs against the coronavirus - reply., 2020, PubMed
  • Developmental exposure to diesel exhaust upregulates transcription factor expression, decreases hippocampal neurogenesis, and alters cortical lamina organization: relevance to neurodevelopmental disorders, 2020, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Perspective on halogenated organic compounds, 2023, Advances in neurotoxicology

Best Publications

  • Mice lacking serum paraoxonase are susceptible to organophosphate toxicity and atherosclerosis

    Diana M. Shih;Lingjie Gu;Yu Rong Xia;Mohamad Navab

  • Review of the toxicology of chlorpyrifos with an emphasis on human exposure and neurodevelopment.

    David L. Eaton;Robert B. Daroff;Herman Autrup;James Bridges

  • Developmental neurotoxicity of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants

    Lucio G. Costa;Gennaro Giordano

  • Xestospongins: Potent Membrane Permeable Blockers of the Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor

    Juliette Gafni;Julia A Munsch;Tien H Lam;Michelle C Catlin

  • Mechanisms of Neuroprotection by Quercetin: Counteracting Oxidative Stress and More

    Lucio G. Costa;Jacqueline M. Garrick;Pamela J. Roquè;Claudia Pellacani

  • Neurotoxicity of pesticides: a brief review.

    Lucio G. Costa;Gennaro Giordano;Marina Guizzetti;Annabella Vitalone

  • Polyphenols and health: what compounds are involved?

    D. Del Rio;L.G. Costa;M.E.J. Lean;A. Crozier

  • Developmental Neuropathology of Environmental Agents

    Lucio G. Costa;Michael Aschner;Annabella Vitalone;Tore Syversen

  • Catalytic efficiency determines the in-vivo efficacy of PON1 for detoxifying organophosphorus compounds

    Wan-Fen Li;Lucio G. Costa;Rebecca J. Richter;Tamara Hagen

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants: environmental contamination, human body burden and potential adverse health effects.

    Lucio G Costa;Gennaro Giordano;Sara Tagliaferri;Andrea Caglieri

  • Effects of air pollution on the nervous system and its possible role in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders.

    Lucio G. Costa;Lucio G. Costa;Toby B. Cole;Khoi Dao;Yu-Chi Chang

  • Functional Genomics of the Paraoxonase (PON1) Polymorphisms: Effects on Pesticide Sensitivity, Cardiovascular Disease, and Drug Metabolism

    Lucio G. Costa;Toby B. Cole;Gail P. Jarvik;Clement E. Furlong

  • Spectrophotometric assays for the enzymatic hydrolysis of the active metabolites of chlorpyrifos and parathion by plasma paraoxonase/arylesterase

    Clement E. Furlong;Rebecca J. Richter;Sharon L. Seidel;Lucio G. Costa

  • Formation of N-7-(2-carbamoyl-2-hydroxyethyl)guanine in DNA of the mouse and the rat following intraperitoneal administration of [14C]acrylamide

    Dan Segerbäck;Carl Johan Calleman;Jesara L. Schroeder;Lucio G. Costa

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers: neurobehavioral effects following developmental exposure.

    Igor Branchi;Francesca Capone;Francesca Capone;Enrico Alleva;Lucio G. Costa;Lucio G. Costa

  • Effects of perinatal exposure to a polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE 99) on mouse neurobehavioural development.

    Igor Branchi;Enrico Alleva;Lucio G. Costa;Lucio G. Costa

  • Determination of hemoglobin adducts in humans occupationally exposed to acrylamide.

    E. Bergmark;C. J. Calleman;Fengsheng He;L. G. Costa

  • Organophosphorus insecticides chlorpyrifos and diazinon and oxidative stress in neuronal cells in a genetic model of glutathione deficiency.

    Gennaro Giordano;Zhara Afsharinejad;Marina Guizzetti;Annabella Vitalone

  • A mechanistic view of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) developmental neurotoxicity.

    Lucio G. Costa;Lucio G. Costa;Rian de Laat;Sara Tagliaferri;Claudia Pellacani

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants

    Lucio G. Costa;Gennaro Giordano;Sara Tagliaferri;Andrea Caglieri

Frequent Co-Authors

Clement E. Furlong
Clement E. Furlong University of Washington
Baltasar Mayo
Baltasar Mayo Spanish National Research Council
Roberto Edoardo Villa
Roberto Edoardo Villa University of Milan
Alberto Mantovani
Alberto Mantovani Humanitas University
Noël Dierick
Noël Dierick Ghent University
Harvey Checkoway
Harvey Checkoway University of California, San Diego
Yolanda Sanz
Yolanda Sanz Spanish National Research Council
Henrik Christensen
Henrik Christensen University of Copenhagen
Pier Sandro Cocconcelli
Pier Sandro Cocconcelli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Terrance J. Kavanagh
Terrance J. Kavanagh University of Washington

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