Jeffrey M. Peters, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Toxicology Department of Veterinary Science
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1992
222 Fenske Lab
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-1387
Fax: (814) 863-1696
Email: jmp21@psu.edu7
Research Interests
- Delineating biological roles of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) in lipid homeostasis and cancer
- Molecular regulation of PPARs
- Modulation of atherosclerosis and cancers through dietary activation of PPARs
Publications
- Peters, J.M., Kato, S. and Gonzalez, F.J.. The United States-Japan workshop on: The role of nuclear receptors in carcinogenesis. Molecular Carcinogenesis (2004) 41: 77-84.
- Harman, F. Nicol, C.J., Marin, H.E., Ward, J.M., Gonzalez, F.J. and Peters. J.M. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-d/b (PPARd) attenuates colon carcinogenesis. Nature Medicine (2004) 10:481-483.
- Matsusue, K., Peters, J.M. and Gonzalez, F.J.. Peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor b (PPARb) potentiates PPARg-stimulated adipogenesis. The FASEB Journal (2004) 18: 1477-1479. *Equally contributing first author.
- Kim, D.J., Akiyama, T. E., Harman, F., Burns, A.M., Shan, W., Ward, J.M., Kennett, M.J., Gonzalez, F.J. and Peters, J.M. PPARb(d)-dependent regulation of ubiquitin C expression contributes to attenuation of skin carcinogenesis. The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2004) 279: 23719-23727.
- Hays, T., Rusyn, I., Burns, A.M., Gonzalez, F.J., Kennett, M.J., Ward, J.M. and Peters, J.M.. Role of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor a (PPARa) in bezafibrate-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Carcinogenesis (2004) In Press.