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Edouard I. Azzam
UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School
E-mail: Aazzamei@umdj.edu


About the Project:


Radiation-Induced Modulation of Mitochondrial Protein Import Capacity in Normal Human Fibroblasts


Funded Projects:

Cellular Responses to Low Dose/Very High Dose-rate Ionizing Radiation: The Role of Endogenous Oxidative Metabolism, abstract, description.

Technical Abstracts:

Publications:

Venkatachalam, P., de Toledo, S., Pandey, B., Tephly, L.A., Carter, A.B., Little, J.B., Spitz, D.R., and Azzam, E.I. (2008) Regulation of normal cell cycle progression by flavin-containing oxidases. Oncogene 27(1):20-31.

Venkatachalam, P., de Toledo, S., Pandey, B., Tephly, L.A., Carter, A.B., Little, J.B., Spitz, D.R., and Azzam, E.I. (2008) Regulation of normal cell cycle progression by flavin-containing oxidases. Oncogene 27(1):20-31.

de Toledo, S. M., and Azzam E. I. (2006) Adaptive and bystander responses in human and rodent cell cultures exposed to low level ionizing radiation: The impact of linear energy transfer. Dose-Response 4(4):291-301.

de Toledo, S.M., Asaad, M., Venkatachalam, P., Li, L., Howell, R.W., Spitz, D.R., and Azzam, E.I.(2006) Adaptive response to low-dose/low-dose-rate γ rays in normal human fibroblast: The role of growth architecture and oxidative metabolism. Radiation Research 166:849-857.

Little, J.B., Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., and Nagasawa, H. (2005) Characteristics and mechanisms of the bystander response in monolayer cell cultures exposed to very low fluences to alpha particles. Radiation Physics and Chemistry 72:307-313.

Venkatachalam, P., de Toledo, S.M., and Azzam, E.I. (2005) Flavin-containing oxidases regulate progression from G 1 to S phase of the cell cycle in normal human diploid fibroblasts. Radiation Physics and Chemistry 72:315-321.

Azzam, E.I. and Little, J.B. (2004) The radiation-induced bystander effect: Evidence and significance. Human & Experimental Toxicology 23:61-65.

Spitz, D.R., Azzam, E.I., Li, J.J., and Gius, D. (2004) Metabolic oxidation/reduction reactions and cellular responses to radiation: A unifying concept in stress response biology. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 23:311-322.

Azzam, E.I., Nagasawa, H., Yu, Y., Li, C.-Y., and Little, J.B. (2002) Cell cycle deregulation and xeroderma pigmentosum group C cell transformation. The Society for Investigative Dermatology 119(6):1350-1354.

Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., Waker, A.J., and Little, J.B. (2000) High and low fluences of α-particles induce a G 1 checkpoint in human diploid fibroblasts. Cancer Research 60:2623-2631.

Dahlberg, W.K., Azzam, E.I., Yu, Y., and Little, J.B. (1999) Response of human tumor cells of varying radiosensitivity and radiocurability to fractionated irradiation. Cancer Research 59: 5365-5369.

Mitchel, R.E.J., Azzam, E.I., and DeToledo, S.M. (1997) Adaption to ionizing radiation in mammalian cells. In: Stress-inducible processes in higher eukaryotic cells, Kova (Ed.). New York: Plenum Press.

Azzam, E.I. , de Toldeo, S.M., and Little, B.J. (2004) Stress signaling from irradiated to non-irradiated cells. Current Cancer Drug Targets 4(1):53-64.

Azzam, E.I. (2004) Radiation induced adaptive and bystander effects in human and rodent cells exposed to low dose/fluence ionizing radiation. In: The 14th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Neti, P.V.S.V., de Toledo, S.M., Perumal, V., Azzam, E.I., and Howell, R.W. (2004) A multi-port low-fluence alpha-particle irradiator: Fabrication, testing and benchmark radiobiological studies. Radiation Research 161(6):732-738.

Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., and Little, J.B. (2003) Oxidative metabolism, gap junctions and the ionizing radiation-induced bystander effect. Oncogene 22:7050-7057.

Mamon, H.J., Dahlberg, W., Azzam, E.I., Nagasawa, H., Muto, M.G. and Little, J.B. (2003) Differing effects of breast cancer 1, early onset (BRCA1) and ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) mutations on cellular responses to ionizing radiation. Radiation Biology 79(10):817-830.

Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., and Little, J.B. (2003) Expression of CONNEXIN43 is highly sensitive to ionizing radiation and other environmental stresses. Cancer Research 63:7128-7135.

Little, J.B., Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., and Nagasawa, H. (2002) Bystander effects: Intercellular transmission of radiation damage signals. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 99(1-4):159-162.

Little, J.B., Nagasawa, H., de Toledo, S.M., and Azzam, E.I. (2002) Transmission of damge signals from irradiated to nonirradiated cells. International Congress Series 1236:229-235.

Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., Spitz, D.R., and Little, J.B. (2002) Oxidative metabolism modulates signal transduction and micronculeus formation in bystander cells from alpha-particle-irradiated normal human fibroblast cultures. Cancer Research 62:5436-5442.

Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., Waker, A.J., and Little, J.B. (2000) High and low fluences of α-particles induce a G 1 checkpoint in human diploid fibroblasts. Cancer Research 60:2623-2631.

Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., Raaphorst, G.P., and Mitchel, R.E. (1996) Low-dose ionizing radiation decreases the frequency of neoplastic transformation to a level below the spontaneous rate in C3H 10T1/2 cells. Radiation Research 146(4):369-373.

Schöllnberger, H., Mitchel, R.E., Azzam, E.I., Crawford-Brown, D.J., and Hofmann, W. (2002) Explanation of protective effects of low doses of y-radiation with a mechanistic radiobiological model. International J. of Radiation Biology 78(12):1159-1173.

Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., and Little, J.B. (2001) Direct evidence for the participation of gap junction-mediated intercellular communication in the transmission of damage signals from a-particle irradiated to nonirradiated cells. PNAS 98(2):473-478.

Azzam, E.I., de Toledo, S.M., Gooding, T., and Little, J.B (1998) Intercellular communication is involved in the bystander regulation of gene expression in human cells exposed to very low fluences of alpha particles. Radiation Research 150(5):497-504.

Azzam, E.I., Raaphorst, G.P., and Mitchel, R.E.J. (1994) Radiation-induced adaptive response for protection against micronucleus formation and neoplastic transformation in CsH 10T1/2 mouse embryo cells. Radiation Research 138(1 Suppl):S28-S31.

 



                   
                   
                   
 

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