Xuefeng Ren
PhD, MD
Research Topics
Environmental health and toxicology; environmental epigenetics; mechanism(s) of metal carcinogenesis; development of alternative and novel prevention and treatment approaches for human diseases related to environmental exposures; and FRY gene and cancer progression.
Selected Publications
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- Zhu J, Wang J, Chen X, Tsompana M, Gaile D, Buck M, Ren X. A time-series analysis of altered histone H3 acetylation and gene expression during the course of MMAIII-induced malignant transformation of urinary bladder cells. Carcinogenesis. 2017 Apr 1;38(4):378-390. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgx011. PMID: 28182198.
- Chen X, Guo X, He P, Nie J, Yan X, Zhu J, Zhang L, Mao G, Wu H, Liu Z, Aga D, Xu P, Smith M, Ren X. Interactive Influence of N6AMT1 and As3MT Genetic Variations on Arsenic Metabolism in the Population of Inner Mongolia, China. Toxicol Sci. 2017 Jan;155(1):124-134. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw181. PMID: 27637898.
- Wang Y, Hollis-Hansen K, Ren X, Qiu Y, Qu W. Do environmental pollutants increase obesity risk in humans? Obes Rev. 2016 Dec;17(12):1179-1197. doi: 10.1111/obr.12463. PMID: 27706898.
- Tang X, Zhu J, Zhong Z, Luo M, Li G, Gong Z, Zhang C, Fei F, Ruan X, Zhou J, Liu G, Li G, Olson J, Ren X. Mobilization and removing of cadmium from kidney by GMDTC utilizing renal glucose reabsorption pathway. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2016 Aug 15;305:143-52. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2016.06.001. PMID: 27282297.
- Zhu J, Dubois A, Ge Y, Olson JA, Ren X. Application of human haploid cell genetic screening model in identifying the genes required for resistance to environmental toxicants: Chlorpyrifos as a case study. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods. 2015 Nov-Dec;76:76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.vascn.2015.08.154. PMID: 26299976.
- Zhang H, Ge Y, He P, Chen X, Carina A, Qiu Y, Aga DS, Ren X. Interactive Effects of N6AMT1 and As3MT in Arsenic Biomethylation. Toxicol Sci. 2015 Aug;146(2):354-62. Doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfv101. PMID: 25997655.
- Ren X, Wu X, Sui G, Gong Z, Yawson E, Wu B, Lai G, Ruan X, Gao H, Zhou F, Su B, Olson JR, Tang X. Chronic trimethyltin chloride exposure and the development of kidney stones in rats. J Appl Toxicol. 2015 May;35(5):500-7. doi: 10.1002/jat.3054. PMID: 25224689.
- Ren X, Gaile DP, Gong Z, Qiu W, Ge Y, Zhang C, Huang C, Yan H, Olson JR, Kavanagh TJ, Wu H. Arsenic responsive microRNAs in vivo and their potential involvement in arsenic-induced oxidative stress. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2015 Mar 15;283(3):198-209. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2015.01.014. PMID: 25625412.
- Ge Y, Gong Z, Olson JR, Xu P, Buck MJ, Ren X. Inhibition of monomethylarsonous acid (MMA(III))-induced cell malignant transformation through restoring dysregulated histone acetylation. Toxicology. 2013 Oct 4;312:30-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2013.07.011. PMID: 23891734.
- Ren X, Graham JC, Jing L, Mikheev AM, Gao Y, Lew JP, Xie H, Kim AS, Shang X, Friedman C, Vail G, Fang MZ, Bromberg Y, Zarbl H. Mapping of Mcs30, a new mammary carcinoma susceptibility quantitative trait locus (QTL30) on rat chromosome 12: identification of fry as a candidate Mcs gene. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 2;8(9):e70930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070930. PMID: 24023717.