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Overview

Ronald P. Mason is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with contributions across several subfields including Surgery, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their work spans multiple topics related to cardiovascular and liver health, cancer metabolism, and transplant outcomes. Key areas of interest include:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases

Mason has contributed to various scientific papers published in venues such as the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, UNC Libraries, Critical Care Medicine, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and French Studies. Recent publications include:

  • "NADPH oxidase-derived free radicals are key oxidants in alcohol-induced liver disease" (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • "Kinetics of generic tacrolimus in heart transplantation: A cautionary note" (2021, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation)
  • "Requirement of Arsenic Biomethylation for Oxidative DNA Damage" (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • "Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) reduces inflammation and improves nitric oxide bioavailability in pulmonary endothelial cells following exposure to air pollution particles" (2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • "Acetaminophen-induced acute liver injury in HCV transgenic mice" (2020, UNC Libraries)

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Samuel Sherratt
  • Peter Libby
  • Deepak L. Bhatt
  • Henry D. Connor
  • Hazem Dawoud

Mason's publication record includes contributions to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (9 papers), UNC Libraries (8 papers), Critical Care Medicine (2 papers), and others. The breadth of journals shows interdisciplinary collaborations and a focus on cardiology, critical care, and biomedical sciences.

Among book publications, Mason contributed to a work published by RAND Corporation eBooks titled "Department of Defense Considerations for Leveraging Commercially Developed Emerging Technologies: Preliminary Insights from Advanced Air Mobility" (2023).

Best Publications

  • The horseradish peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation of 3,5,3',5'-tetramethylbenzidine. Free radical and charge-transfer complex intermediates.

    P D Josephy;T Eling;R P Mason

  • Biomarkers of oxidative stress study II : are oxidation products of lipids, proteins, and DNA markers of CCl4 poisoning?

    M.B. Kadiiska;B.C. Gladen;D.D. Baird;D. Germolec

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Anaerobic Respiration in Biofilms: Relationships to Cystic Fibrosis Pathogenesis

    Sang Sun Yoon;Robert F. Hennigan;George M. Hilliard;Urs A. Ochsner

  • NADPH oxidase-derived free radicals are key oxidants in alcohol-induced liver disease.

    Hiroshi Kono;Ivan I Rusyn;Ming Yin;Erwin Gäbele

  • The Origin of the Hydroxyl Radical Oxygen in the Fenton Reaction

    Roger V. Lloyd;Phillip M. Hanna;Ronald P. Mason

  • Structural Chemistry of 1,2 Dilauroyl-DL-phosphatidylethanolamine: Molecular Conformation and Intermolecular Packing of Phospholipids

    Peter B. Hitchcock;Ronald Mason;K. Mark Thomas;G. Graham Shipley

  • Spin-trapping and direct electron spin resonance investigations of the redox metabolism of quinone anticancer drugs.

    B. Kalyanaraman;Edward Perez-Reyes;Ronald P. Mason

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in SOD1G93A-bearing astrocytes promotes motor neuron degeneration: prevention by mitochondrial-targeted antioxidants.

    Patricia Cassina;Adriana Cassina;Mariana Pehar;Raquel Castellanos

  • The role of catalytic superoxide formation in the O2 inhibition of nitroreductase

    Ronald P. Mason;Ronald P. Mason;Jordan L. Holtzman;Jordan L. Holtzman

  • Oxygen-sensitive and -insensitive nitroreduction by Escherichia coli and rat hepatic microsomes.

    Francis J. Peterson;Ronald P. Mason;Jerry Hovsepian;Jordan L. Holtzman

  • Evidence for free radical formation during the oxidation of 2′-7′-dichlorofluorescin to the fluorescent dye 2′-7′-dichlorofluorescein by horseradish peroxidase:: Possible implications for oxidative stress measurements

    Cristina Rota;Colin F Chignell;Ronald P Mason

  • Redox cycling and sulphydryl arylation; Their relative importance in the mechanism of quinone cytotoxicity to isolated hepatocytes

    Timothy W. Gant;D.N. Ramakrishna Rao;Ronald P. Mason;Gerald M. Cohen

  • THE ROLE OF KUPFFER CELL OXIDANT PRODUCTION IN EARLY ETHANOL-INDUCED LIVER DISEASE

    Michael D. Wheeler;Hiroshi Kono;Ming Yin;Mikio Nakagami

  • Electron spin resonance studies of anisotropic rotational reorientation and slow tumbling in liquid and frozen media. III. Perdeuterated 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone N-oxide and an analysis of fluctuating torques

    James S. Hwang;Ronald P. Mason;Lian Pin Hwang;Jack H. Freed

  • Overexpression of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Prevents Alcohol-induced Liver Injury in the Rat

    Michael D. Wheeler;Mikio Nakagami;Blair U. Bradford;Takehiko Uesugi

  • DNA damage induced by methylated trivalent arsenicals is mediated by reactive oxygen species.

    Stephen Nesnow;Barbara C. Roop;Guy Lambert;Maria Kadiiska

  • Phenoxyl free radical formation during the oxidation of the fluorescent dye 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein by horseradish peroxidase. Possible consequences for oxidative stress measurements.

    Cristina Rota;Yang C. Fann;Ronald P. Mason

  • Free radicals in toxicology.

    S.D. Aust;C.F. Chignell;T.M. Bray;B. Kalyanaraman

  • Free radical metabolite of uric acid.

    Kirk R. Maples;Ronald P. Mason

  • Biomarkers of oxidative stress study III. Effects of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents indomethacin and meclofenamic acid on measurements of oxidative products of lipids in CCl4 poisoning.

    M.B. Kadiiska;B.C. Gladen;D.D. Baird;L.B. Graham

  • Free radical metabolites of L-cysteine oxidation.

    L S Harman;C Mottley;R P Mason

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald G. Thurman
Ronald G. Thurman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas E. Eling
Thomas E. Eling National Institutes of Health
Kenneth B. Tomer
Kenneth B. Tomer National Institutes of Health
Balaraman Kalyanaraman
Balaraman Kalyanaraman Medical College of Wisconsin
Colin F. Chignell
Colin F. Chignell National Institutes of Health
Roberto Docampo
Roberto Docampo University of Georgia
Ivan Rusyn
Ivan Rusyn Texas A&M University
John J. Lemasters
John J. Lemasters Medical University of South Carolina
Carol E. Parker
Carol E. Parker National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Michael P. Waalkes
Michael P. Waalkes National Institutes of Health

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