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Michael A. Trush is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their work spans several related subfields, including molecular biology, radiological and ultrasound technology, sociology and political science, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's main topics of study include air quality and health impacts, climate change and health impacts, radioactivity and radon measurements, risk perception and management, radioactive contamination and transfer, heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, and the interactions between genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress.

Among their recent published papers are the following:

  • An examination of radon awareness, risk communication, and radon risk reduction in a Hispanic community (2020) in the International Journal of Radiation Biology
  • Reactive oxygen species production by BP-1,6-quinone and its effects on the endothelial dysfunction: Involvement of the mitochondria (2020) in Toxicology Letters
  • NADPH-quinone oxidoreductase-1 mediates Benzo-[a]-pyrene-1,6-quinone-induced cytotoxicity and reactive oxygen species production in human EA.hy926 endothelial cells (2020) in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Michael A. Trush include:

  • Halley Shukla
  • Gabriella Gaje
  • Ashkon Koucheki
  • Hong Zhu
  • Zhenquan Jia

Their research has appeared in several specialized scientific journals, such as:

  • International Journal of Radiation Biology
  • Toxicology Letters
  • Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Role of quinones in toxicology.

    Judy L. Bolton;Michael A. Trush;Trevor M. Penning;Glenn Dryhurst

  • Somatic mutations of the mitochondrial genome in human colorectal tumours

    Kornelia Polyak;Kornelia Polyak;Yunbo Li;Hong Zhu;Christoph Lengauer

  • Diphenyleneiodonium, an NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor, also potently inhibits mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production.

    Yunbo Li;Michael A. Trush

  • Validation of Lucigenin (Bis-N-methylacridinium) as a Chemilumigenic Probe for Detecting Superoxide Anion Radical Production by Enzymatic and Cellular Systems*

    Yunbo Li;Hong Zhu;Periannan Kuppusamy;Valerie Roubaud

  • An overview of the relationship between oxidative stress and chemical carcinogenesis.

    Michael A. Trush;Thomas W. Kensler

  • Mitochondrial adaptations to obesity-related oxidant stress.

    ShiQi Yang;Hong Zhu;Yunbo Li;HuiZhi Lin

  • Defining ROS in Biology and Medicine.

    Y. Robert Li;Zhenquan Jia;Michael A. Trush

  • Nrf2-dependent protection from LPS induced inflammatory response and mortality by CDDO-Imidazolide

    Rajesh K. Thimmulappa;Catherine Scollick;Kassim Traore;Melinda Yates

  • Metabolism of benzo[a]pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol by human cytochrome P450 1B1.

    James H. Kim;Kevin H. Stansbury;Nigel J. Walker;Michael A. Trush

  • [39] The generation of chemiluminescence (CL) by phagocytic cells

    Michael A. Trush;Mark E. Wilson;Knox van Dyke

  • DNA damage resulting from the oxidation of hydroquinone by copper: role for a Cu(II)/Cu(I) redox cycle and reactive oxygen generation

    Yunbo Li;Michael A. Trush

  • Complete loss of ischaemic preconditioning-induced cardioprotection in mice with partial deficiency of HIF-1α

    Zheqing Cai;Hua Zhong;Marta Bosch-Marce;Karen Fox-Talbot

  • Role of NADPH oxidase in arsenic-induced reactive oxygen species formation and cytotoxicity in myeloid leukemia cells.

    Wen Chien Chou;Chunfa Jie;Andrew A. Kenedy;Richard J. Jones

  • Role of oxygen radicals in tumor promotion

    Thomas W. Kensler;Michael A. Trush

  • Preclinical evaluation of targeting the Nrf2 pathway by triterpenoids (CDDO-Im and CDDO-Me) for protection from LPS-induced inflammatory response and reactive oxygen species in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and neutrophils

    Rajesh K. Thimmulappa;Ralph J. Fuchs;Deepti Malhotra;Catherine Scollick

  • Phenotypic abnormalities in macrophages from leptin-deficient, obese mice

    Fung-Yee Janet Lee;Yunbo Li;Eun K. Yang;Shi Qi Yang

  • Nrf2 regulates an adaptive response protecting against oxidative damage following diquat-mediated formation of superoxide anion.

    William O. Osburn;Nobunao Wakabayashi;Vikas Misra;Tricia Nilles

  • Reactive Oxygen-dependent DNA Damage Resulting from the Oxidation of Phenolic Compounds by a Copper-Redox Cycle Mechanism

    Yunbo Li;Michael A. Trush

  • Tumor necrosis factor increases mitochondrial oxidant production and induces expression of uncoupling protein‐2 in the regenerating rat liver

    F. Y. Janet Lee;Yunbo Li;Hong Zhu;ShiQi Yang

  • Oxidation of hydroquinone by copper: chemical mechanism and biological effects.

    Yunbo B. Li;Michael A. Trush

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Kensler
Thomas W. Kensler Johns Hopkins University
Jay L. Zweier
Jay L. Zweier The Ohio State University
Shyam Biswal
Shyam Biswal Johns Hopkins University
Masayuki Yamamoto
Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University
Hara P. Misra
Hara P. Misra Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Thomas R. Sutter
Thomas R. Sutter University of Memphis
Barry R. Zirkin
Barry R. Zirkin Johns Hopkins University
Rajni Sharma
Rajni Sharma Johns Hopkins University
Kornelia Polyak
Kornelia Polyak Harvard University
Anna Mae Diehl
Anna Mae Diehl Duke University

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