A. Catharine Ross, Ph.D.

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Professor and Occupant of Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair

Contact Information

204 Chandlee Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park PA 16802

814-865-4721

(fax) 814-865-4723

acr6@psu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1976

Research Interests

Vitamin A/retinoid metabolism

Hepatic retinoid function and gene expression

Vitamin A in infection and immunity

Vitamin A and lung development in neonatal period

Selected Publications

Zhang Y, Zolfaghari R, Ross AC. Multiple retinoic acid response elements cooperate to enhance the inducibility of CYP26A1 gene expression in liver, Gene 464:32-43, 2010.

Ross, AC, Cifelli CJ, Li, Zolfaghari R, N-q. Multiple cytochrome P450 genes are concomitantly regulated by vitamin A under steady state conditions and by retinoic acid during hepatic first-pass metabolism. Physiol. Genomics 43:57-67, 2011.

Ross AC, Manson JE, Abrams SA, Aloia JF, Brannon PM, Clinton SK, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Gallagher JC, Gallo RL, Jones G, Kovacs CS, Mayne ST, Rosen CJ, Shapses SA. The 2011 Report on Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D from the Institute of Medicine: what clinicians need to know. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 96:53-58, 2011.

Zhang, Z., Hartman TJ, Ross AC, Albert PS, Colburn NH, Rovine MJ, Bagshaw D, Ulbrecht JS, Hartman TJ. A high-legume low-glycemic index diet reduces fasting plasma leptin in middle-aged insulin-resistant and -sensitive men," Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 65:415-418, 2011.

Wray AE, Okita N, Ross AC, Cortical and trabecular bone, bone mineral density, and resistance to ex vivo fracture were not altered in response to life-long vitamin A supplementation in aging rats. J. Nutr. 141: 660-666, 2011.

Wu Y, Chen Q, Pai T, Ross AC, All-trans-retinoic acid and Erk1/2 signaling synergistically regulate the expression of CD300B in human monocytic cells. Cell. Immunol. 268:68-78, 2011.

Ross AC, Manson JE, Abrams SA, Aloia JF, Brannon PM, Clinton SK, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Gallagher JC, Gallo RL, Jones G, Kovacs CS, Mayne ST, Rosen CJ, Shapses SA. The 2011 dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D: what dietetics practitioners need to know. J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 111:524-527, 2011.

Chen Q, Mosovsky KL, Ross, AC. Retinoic acid and α-galactosylceramide differentially regulate B cell activation in vitro and augment antibody production in vivo. Clin. Vac. Immunol. 18:1015-1020, 2011.

Ross AC, Zolfaghari R. Cytochrome P450s in the regulation of cellular retinoic acid metabolism. Annu. Rev.Nutr. 21;31:65-87.

Courses Taught

NUTRN 582 Regulation of Nutrient Metabolism II (Vitamins section)

NUTRN 597D Readings in Molecular Nutrition

Strategic Themes

  • Domains of Health and Behavior