John Vanden Heuvel, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Toxicology in the Department of Veterinary Science
Ph.D., Wisconsin University, 1991
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Center for Molecular Toxicology
and Carcinogenesis
325 Life Sciences Building
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-8532
Fax: (814) 863-1696
E-mail: jpv2@psu.edu
Web site personal: http://jackvh.cas.psu.edu
Web sites research: http://moltox.cas.psu.edu/research.html
Research Interests
- Nutrition and cancer
- Fatty acids and gene expression
- Molecular biology of steroid hormone receptors
Publications
- Bility MT, Thompson JT, McKee RH, David RM, Butala JH, Vanden Heuvel JP, Peters JM. Activation of mouse and human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) by phthalate monoesters. Toxicological Sciences 82 (1): 170-182 Nov 2004.
- Mueller C, Weaver V, Vanden Heuvel JP, et al. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor 7 ligands attenuate immunological symptoms of experimental allergic asthma. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 418 (2): 186-196 Oct 15 2003.
- Tien ES, Gray JP, Peters JM, Vanden Heuvel JP. Comprehensive gene expression analysis of peroxisome proliferator-treated immortalized hepatocytes: Identification of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha-dependent growth regulatory genes. Cancer Research 63 (18): 5767-5780 Sep 15 2003.
- DeGrazia MJ, Thompson J, Vanden Heuvel JP, Peterson BR.
Synthesis of a high-affinity fluorescent PPAR gamma ligand
for high-throughput fluorescence polarization assays
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 11 (20): 4325-4332 Oct 1 2003.