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Peter W. Jurutka is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions within Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics, Biochemistry, and Immunology.

Their research topics include retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes, vitamin D research studies, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, estrogen and related hormone effects, cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, as well as gastrointestinal motility and disorders.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter W. Jurutka include:

  • Vitamin D Receptor Mediates a Myriad of Biological Actions Dependent on Its 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Ligand: Distinct Regulatory Themes Revealed by Induction of Klotho and Fibroblast Growth Factor-23, 2020, JBMR Plus
  • Dietary Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG extracellular vesicles enhance antiprogrammed cell death 1 (anti-PD-1) immunotherapy efficacy against colorectal cancer, 2023, Food & Function
  • The rexinoid V-125 reduces tumor growth in preclinical models of breast and lung cancer, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Circulating Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 and Risk of Metachronous Colorectal Adenoma, 2020, Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
  • Identification of putative transcriptomic biomarkers in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): Differential gene expression and regulation of TPH1 and SERT by vitamin D, 2022, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter W. Jurutka include:

  • Carl E. Wagner
  • Pamela A. Marshall
  • Zhela Sabir
  • Sanchita Mallick
  • Sarah Livingston

Peter W. Jurutka's work has appeared multiple times in journals such as The FASEB Journal, Cells, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biomolecules, and ACS Chemical Neuroscience, showing a consistent publication record across several venues.

Best Publications

  • The nuclear vitamin D receptor: biological and molecular regulatory properties revealed.

    M. R. Haussler;G. K. Whitfield;C. A. Haussler;J. C. Hsieh

  • Vitamin D receptor (VDR)-mediated actions of 1α,25(OH)2vitamin D3: Genomic and non-genomic mechanisms

    Mark R. Haussler;Peter W. Jurutka;Peter W. Jurutka;Mathew Mizwicki;Anthony W. Norman

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Vitamin D Action

    Mark R. Haussler;G. Kerr Whitfield;Ichiro Kaneko;Ichiro Kaneko;Carol A. Haussler

  • The polymorphic N terminus in human vitamin D receptor isoforms influences transcriptional activity by modulating interaction with transcription factor IIB

    Peter Jurutka;L. S. Remus;G. K. Whitfield;P. D. Thompson

  • Functionally relevant polymorphisms in the human nuclear vitamin D receptor gene.

    G Kerr Whitfield;Lenore S Remus;Peter W Jurutka;Heike Zitzer

  • The vitamin D hormone and its nuclear receptor: molecular actions and disease states

    M. R. Haussler;C. A. Haussler;Peter Jurutka;P. D. Thompson

  • Vitamin D receptor: molecular signaling and actions of nutritional ligands in disease prevention

    Mark R. Haussler;Carol A. Haussler;Leonid Bartik;G. Kerr Whitfield

  • Molecular Nature of the Vitamin D Receptor and its Role in Regulation of Gene Expression

    P W Jurutka;G K Whitfield;J C Hsieh;P D Thompson

  • Human vitamin D receptor is selectively phosphorylated by protein kinase C on serine 51, a residue crucial to its trans-activation function.

    Jui-Cheng Hsieh;P. W. Jurutka;M. A. Galligan;C. M. Terpening

  • Steroid hormone receptors: evolution, ligands, and molecular basis of biologic function.

    G. Kerr Whitfield;Peter W. Jurutka;Carol A. Haussler;Mark R. Haussler

  • Physical and functional interaction between the vitamin D receptor and hairless corepressor, two proteins required for hair cycling.

    Jui Cheng Hsieh;Jeanne M. Sisk;Peter W. Jurutka;Carol A. Haussler

  • 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3/VDR-mediated induction of FGF23 as well as transcriptional control of other bone anabolic and catabolic genes that orchestrate the regulation of phosphate and calcium mineral metabolism

    Thomas K. Barthel;Douglas R. Mathern;G. Kerr Whitfield;Carol A. Haussler

  • Transcription factor TFIIB and the vitamin D receptor cooperatively activate ligand-dependent transcription.

    J. C. G. Blanco;I-Ming Wang;S. Y. Tsai;Ming-Jer Tsai

  • The nuclear vitamin D receptor controls the expression of genes encoding factors which feed the “Fountain of Youth” to mediate healthful aging

    Mark R. Haussler;Carol A. Haussler;G. Kerr Whitfield;Jui Cheng Hsieh

  • Vitamin D receptor controls expression of the anti-aging klotho gene in mouse and human renal cells.

    Ryan E. Forster;Peter W. Jurutka;Jui Cheng Hsieh;Carol A. Haussler

  • The role of vitamin D in the FGF23, klotho, and phosphate bone-kidney endocrine axis

    Mark R. Haussler;G. Kerr Whitfield;Ichiro Kaneko;Ichiro Kaneko;Ryan Forster

  • The vitamin D-responsive element in the rat bone Gla protein gene is an imperfect direct repeat that cooperates with other cis-elements in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3- mediated transcriptional activation.

    Christopher M. Terpening;Carol A. Haussler;Peter W. Jurutka;Michael A. Galligan

  • Vitamin D Receptor: Key Roles in Bone Mineral Pathophysiology, Molecular Mechanism of Action, and Novel Nutritional Ligands

    Peter W. Jurutka;Leonid Bartik;G. Kerr Whitfield;Douglas R. Mathern

  • 1,25‐Dihydroxyvitamin D regulates expression of the tryptophan hydroxylase 2 and leptin genes: implication for behavioral influences of vitamin D

    Ichiro Kaneko;Marya S. Sabir;Christopher M. Dussik;G. Kerr Whitfield

  • Vitamin D receptors from patients with resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3: point mutations confer reduced transactivation in response to ligand and impaired interaction with the retinoid X receptor heterodimeric partner.

    G K Whitfield;S H Selznick;C A Haussler;J C Hsieh

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Haussler
Mark R. Haussler University of Arizona
Eugene W. Gerner
Eugene W. Gerner University of Arizona
Keiko Ozato
Keiko Ozato Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Joseph W. Ziller
Joseph W. Ziller University of California, Irvine
Jorge C. G. Blanco
Jorge C. G. Blanco Sigmovir Biosystems (United States)
David S. Alberts
David S. Alberts University of Arizona
Fayez K. Ghishan
Fayez K. Ghishan University of Arizona
Raymond C.K. Chan
Raymond C.K. Chan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Shinsei Minoshima
Shinsei Minoshima Hamamatsu University

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