School of Medicine

Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Biomedical Sciences (PREP)

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Publications and Presentations

Scholar names are underlined and bolded.  Mentor names are bolded.

Simon L, Torres D, Saravia A, Levitt DE, Vande Stouwe C, McGarrah H, Coleman L, Dufour JP, Amedee AM, Molina PE.  Chronic binge alcohol and ovariectomy-mediated impaired insulin responsiveness in SIV-infected female rhesus macaques. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2021 Nov 1;321(5):R699-R711. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00159.2021. Epub 2021 Sep 15. PMID: 34524906

Cucinello-Ragland JA, Mitchell-Cleveland R, Trimble WB, Lopez AU, Yeh AY, Edwards KN, Molina PE, Simon Peter L, Edwards S. Alcohol amplifies cingulate cortex signaling and facilitates limb immobilization-induced hyperalgesia in female rats. Neuroscience Letters 2021 14:761:136119

Denys A, Pederson K, Watt J, Norman A, Osborn M, Chen J, Maimone C, Littleton S, Vasiliou V, Ronis, MMJ. Binge ethanol exposure in mice represses expression of genes involved in osteoblast function and induces expression of genes involved in osteoclast differentiation independently of endogenous catalase. Toxicol Sci. 2021 Nov10;kfab135.doi:10.1093

Edwards S, Callicoatte CN, Baratinni AE, Cucinello-Ragland JA, Melain A, Edwards KN, Gilpin NW, Avegno EM, Pahng AR. Pramipexole treatment attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity in male rats experiencing chronic inflammatory pain. Neuropharmacology, In press.

Harrison-Bernard LM, Augustus-Wallace AC, Souza-Smith FM, Tsien F, Casey GP, Gunaldo TP. Knowledge gains in a professional development workshop on diversity, equity, inclusion, and implicit bias in academia. Adv Physiol Educ. Sep 1 2020;44(3):286-294

Pedersen KP, Osborn ML, Robertson AC, Williams AE, Watt J, Denys A, Schröder K, Ronis MJ.  Chronic ethanol feeding in mice decreases expression of genes for major structural bone proteins in a Nox4-independent manner. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2020 373(3): 337-346

Pedersen KP, Williams AE, Watt J, Ronis MJ. Improved method for isolating high-quality RNA from mouse bone with RNAlater at room temperature. Bone Rep. 2019 31:11:100211

Pederson KB, Denys A, Watt J, Norman A, Osborn M, Chen JR, Maimone C, Vasiliou V, Ronis MJJ. Binge alcohol exposure in mice leads to reduced bone formation, repression of genes involved in osteoblast function and induction of genes involved in osteoclast differentiation throughout the skeleton. Toxicol Sci. 2021

Ronis MJ, Watt J, Pulliam CF, Williams AE, Alund AW, Haque E, Gadupudi GS, Robertson LW. Skeletal toxicity resulting from exposure of growing male rats to coplanar PCB 126 is associated with disruption of calcium homeostasis and the GH-IGF-1 axis and direct effects on bone formation. Arch Toxicol. 2020 94:389-399

Souza-Smith FM, Albrechet-Souza L, Avegno EM, Ball CD, Ferguson TF, Harrison-Bernard LM, Molina PE. Perspectives Against Racism: educational and socialization efforts at the departmental level. Adv Physiol Educ. Dec 1 2021;45(4):720-729

Williams AE , Watt J, Robertson LW, Gadupudi G, Osborn ML, Soares MJ, Iqbal K, Pedersen KB, Shankar K, Littleton S, Maimone C, Eti NA, Suva LJ, Ronis MJJ. Skeletal toxicity of coplanar polychlorinated biphenyl congener 126 in the rat is aryl hydrocarbon receptor-dependent. Toxicol. Sci. 2020 175(1):113-125