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Robert H. Tukey is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Medicine, with particular focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their scholarly work addresses key topics including Neonatal Health and Biochemistry, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism, Health Policy Implementation Science, Birth, Development, and Health, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

Recent publications by Tukey include:

  • Triclosan leads to dysregulation of the metabolic regulator FGF21 exacerbating high fat diet-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Lactational delivery of Triclosan promotes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in newborn mice, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Potential of therapeutic bile acids in the treatment of neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Intestinal UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 and Protection against Irinotecan-Induced Toxicity in a Novel UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 Tissue-Specific Humanized Mouse Model, 2021, Drug Metabolism and Disposition
  • Differential Role of Liver X Receptor (LXR) α and LXRβ in the Regulation of UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 in Humanized UGT1 Mice, 2020, Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Tukey frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Shujuan Chen (13 coauthored publications)
  • Elvira Mennillo (12 coauthored publications)
  • André Alberto Weber (10 coauthored publications)
  • Xiaojing Yang (9 coauthored publications)
  • Nicole A. Stadnick (8 coauthored publications)

The main venues where Tukey's work has been published often include:

  • Drug Metabolism and Disposition (3 publications)
  • The FASEB Journal (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Health Services (2 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (2 publications)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Human UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases: Metabolism, Expression, and Disease

    Robert H. Tukey;Christian P. Strassburg

  • Control of steroid, heme, and carcinogen metabolism by nuclear pregnane X receptor and constitutive androstane receptor

    Wen Xie;Mei-Fei Yeuh;Anna Radominska-Pandya;Simrat P. S. Saini

  • Metabolism of 2-Acetylaminofluorene and Benzo(a)pyrene and Activation of Food-derived Heterocyclic Amine Mutagens by Human Cytochromes P-450

    Michael E. McManus;Wendy M. Burgess;Maurice E. Veronese;Anthony Huggett

  • Specificity of substrate and inhibitor probes for human cytochromes P450 1A1 and 1A2.

    W Tassaneeyakul;D J Birkett;M E Veronese;M E McManus

  • Differential expression of the UGT1A locus in human liver, biliary, and gastric tissue : identification of UGT1A7 and UGT1A10 transcripts in extrahepatic tissue

    Christian P. Strassburg;Karl Oldhafer;Michael P. Manns;Robert H. Tukey

  • Expression of the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A Locus in Human Colon: IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NOVEL EXTRAHEPATIC UGT1A8 *

    Christian P. Strassburg;Michael P. Manns;Robert H. Tukey

  • Developmental aspects of human hepatic drug glucuronidation in young children and adults

    C P Strassburg;A Strassburg;S Kneip;A Barut

  • Polymorphic Gene Regulation and Interindividual Variation of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase Activity in Human Small Intestine

    Christian P. Strassburg;Susanne Kneip;Juliane Topp;Petra Obermayer-Straub

  • Genetic Multiplicity of the Human UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases and Regulation in the Gastrointestinal Tract

    Robert H. Tukey;Christian P. Strassburg

  • Triclosan: A Widespread Environmental Toxicant with Many Biological Effects

    Mei-Fei Yueh;Robert H. Tukey

  • Expression of modified human cytochrome P450 1A2 in Escherichia coli: stabilization, purification, spectral characterization, and catalytic activities of the enzyme.

    Punam Sandhu;Zuyu Guo;T. Baba;M. V. Martin

  • Caffeine metabolism by human hepatic cytochromes p450: Contributions of 1A2, 2E1 and 3A isoforms

    Wichittra Tassaneeyakul;Donald J. Birkett;Michael E. McManus;Wongwiwat Tassaneeyakul

  • The commonly used antimicrobial additive triclosan is a liver tumor promoter

    Mei-Fei Yueh;Koji Taniguchi;Shujuan Chen;Ronald M. Evans

  • UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity in human liver and colon

    Christian P. Strassburg;Nghia Nguyen;Michael P. Manns;Robert H. Tukey

  • The human CYP1A2 gene and induction by 3-methylcholanthrene. A region of DNA that supports AH-receptor binding and promoter-specific induction.

    L C Quattrochi;T Vu;R H Tukey

  • The Ah locus: Correlation of intranuclear appearance of inducer-receptor complex with induction of cytochrome P1-450 mRNA

    Robert H. Tukey;Rita R. Hannah;Masahiko Negishi;Daniel W. Nebert

  • Involvement of the xenobiotic response element (XRE) in Ah receptor-mediated induction of human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1

    Mei-Fei Yueh;Yue-Hua Huang;Anita Hiller;Shujuan Chen

  • Protein kinase C modulates regulation of the CYP1A1 gene by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor.

    Yue-Hwa Chen;Robert H. Tukey

  • Structural gene products of the Ah locus. Transcriptional regulation of cytochrome P1-450 and P3-450 mRNA levels by 3-methylcholanthrene.

    F J Gonzalez;R H Tukey;D W Nebert

  • Response of Human CYP1-Luciferase Plasmids to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    H Postlind;T P Vu;R H Tukey;L C Quattrochi

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian P. Strassburg
Christian P. Strassburg University Hospital Bonn
Michael P. Manns
Michael P. Manns Hannover Medical School
Eric F. Johnson
Eric F. Johnson AbbVie (United States)
Daniel W. Nebert
Daniel W. Nebert University of Cincinnati
Masahiko Negishi
Masahiko Negishi National Institutes of Health
Michael Karin
Michael Karin University of California, San Diego
Thomas R. Tephly
Thomas R. Tephly University of Iowa
Ronald M. Evans
Ronald M. Evans Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Yuan-Tsong Chen
Yuan-Tsong Chen Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
Frank J. Gonzalez
Frank J. Gonzalez National Institutes of Health

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