[HTML][HTML] Polystyrene and polyethylene microplastics decrease cell viability and dysregulate inflammatory and oxidative stress markers of MDCK and L929 cells in vitro

S Palaniappan, CM Sadacharan, B Rostama - Exposure and Health, 2022 - Springer
Microplastics are ubiquitous environmental pollutants that are a growing concern to many
ecosystems, as well as human health. Many of the effects of microplastics on mammalian cells …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells by the norsesterterpene peroxide …

S Cheenpracha, EJ Park, B Rostama, JM Pezzuto… - Marine drugs, 2010 - mdpi.com
Seven norsesterterpene peroxides: epimuqubilin A (1), muqubilone B (2), unnamed cyclic
peroxide ester (3), epimuqubilin B (4), sigmosceptrellin A methyl ester (5), sigmosceptrellin A (…

RhoA-mediated signaling in Notch-induced senescence-like growth arrest and endothelial barrier dysfunction

D Venkatesh, N Fredette, B Rostama… - … , and vascular biology, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective— Notch signaling has a critical role in vascular development and morphogenesis.
Activation of Notch in endothelial cells led to a senescence-like phenotype with loss of …

DLL4/Notch1 and BMP9 Interdependent Signaling Induces Human Endothelial Cell Quiescence via P27KIP1 and Thrombospondin-1

B Rostama, JE Turner, GT Seavey… - … , and vascular biology, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective— Bone morphogenetic protein-9 (BMP9)/activin-like kinase-1 and delta-like 4 (DLL4)/Notch
promote endothelial quiescence, and we aim to understand mechanistic …

[HTML][HTML] Antipsychotic-induced immune dysfunction: A consideration for COVID-19 risk

M May, M Slitzky, B Rostama, D Barlow… - Brain, Behavior, & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Patients with severe mental illness are more susceptible to infections for a variety of reasons,
some associated with the underlying disease and some due to environmental factors …

Notch signal integration in the vasculature during remodeling

B Rostama, SM Peterson, CPH Vary, L Liaw - Vascular pharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Notch signaling plays many important roles in homeostasis and remodeling in the vessel
wall, and serves a critical role in the communication between endothelial cells and smooth …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding mechanisms underlying non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mental illness: risperidone and olanzapine alter the hepatic proteomic …

B Rostama, M Beauchemin, C Bouchard… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Patients with severe mental illness have increased mortality, often linked to cardio-metabolic
disease. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) incidence is higher in patients with …

A receptor-specific function for Notch2 in mediating vascular smooth muscle cell growth arrest through cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B

JM Boucher, A Harrington, B Rostama… - Circulation …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Deregulated vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation contributes to
multiple vascular pathologies, and Notch signaling regulates VSMC phenotype. Objective: …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer Chemopreventive and Anticancer Evaluation of Extracts and Fractions from Marine Macro-and Micro-organisms Collected from Twilight Zone Waters …

…, EJ Park, L Marler, B Rostama… - Natural Product …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The cancer chemopreventive and cytotoxic properties of 50 extracts derived from Twilight
Zone (50–150 m) sponges, gorgonians and associated bacteria, together with 15 extracts from …

Effect of soluble Jagged1-mediated inhibition of Notch signaling on proliferation and differentiation of an adipocyte progenitor cell model

S Urs, B Turner, Y Tang, B Rostama, D Small, L Liaw - Adipocyte, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Adipose tissue development is dependent on multiple signaling mechanisms and cell-cell
interactions that regulate adipogenesis, angiogenesis and extracellular remodeling. The …