-use mouse models to understand the complex gene-nutrient-environment interactions that contribute to birth defects, with a specific focus on neural tube defects (NTDs)
-investigate the role of pharmaceutical and environmental exposures during pregnancy that increase risk for birth defects, determine the underlying mechanisms involved, and develop strategies for prevention
Endometriosis
-use an intact, immunocompetent, minimally invasive (laparoscopic) mouse model of endometriosis to study the role of the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) in endometriosis and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer
Advances in Food and Nutrition Research Gelineau-van Waes J., etal Chapter 5 Maternal Fumonisin Exposure as a Risk Factor for Neural Tube Defects [Book Chapter] 2009
Sphingolipid Biology Riley Ronald T., etal Fumonisin inhibition of ceramide synthase [Book Chapter] 2006
Articles
Bhattacharyya Sohinee, etal Corrigendum 2017
Publications
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Voss Kenneth, etal Reduction of Fumonisin Toxicity by Extrusion and Nixtamalization (Alkaline Cooking) 65:33, p. 7088 - 7096 2017
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Gardner Nicole M., etal Elevated Nuclear Sphingoid Base-1-Phosphates and Decreased Histone Deacetylase Activity After Fumonisin B1 Treatment in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts 298, p. 56 - 65 2016
Scientific Reports Bhattacharyya S., etal Endocytic recycling protein EHD1 regulates primary cilia morphogenesis and SHH signaling during neural tube development 6, p. (23 pages) 2016
Toxicological Sciences : An Official Journal of the Society of Toxicology Gardner Nicole M., etal Elevated Nuclear and Cytoplasmic FTY720-Phosphate in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts Suggests the Potential for Multiple Mechanisms in FTY720-Induced Neural Tube Defects 150:1, p. 161 - 168 2016
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research Riley R. T., etal Evidence for fumonisin inhibition of ceramide synthase in humans consuming maize-based foods and living in high exposure communities in Guatemala 59:11, p. 2209 - 2224 2015
Food Additives & Contaminants. Part A. Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure & Risk Assessment Riley R. T., etal A blood spot method for detecting fumonisin-induced changes in putative sphingolipid biomarkers in LM/Bc mice and humans 32:6, p. 934 - 949 2015
World Mycotoxin Journal Torres O., etal Human health implications from co-exposure to aflatoxins and fumonisins in maize-based foods in Latin America: Guatemala as a case study 8:2, p. 143 - 159 2015
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research Torres Olga, etal Urinary fumonisin B1 and estimated fumonisin intake in women from high- and low-exposure communities in Guatemala 58:5, p. 973 - 983 2014
Molecular nutrition & food research Voss Kenneth A, etal Fumonisin B, induced neural tube defects were not increased in LM/Bc mice fed folate-deficient diet 58:6, p. 1190 - 1198 2014
Birth Defects Research. Part A. Clinical and Molecular Teratology Gardner N. M., etal Increased Nuclear Sphingoid Base-1-Phosphates and HDAC Inhibition after Fumonisin and FTY720-Treatment: The Link between Epigenomic Modifications and Neural Tube Defects? 97:5, p. 304 - 304 2013
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience Gelineau-van Waes Janee B., etal Tortillas and toxins: Gene–environment interactions in fumonisin-induced neural tube defects 30:8, p. 636 2012
Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology Gelineau-van Waes Janee, etal Increased sphingoid base-1-phosphates and failure of neural tube closure after exposure to fumonisin or FTY720 94:10, p. 790 - 803 2012
Molecular Nutrition and Food Research Riley Ronald T., etal The kinetics of urinary fumonisin B1 excretion in humans consuming maize-based diets 56:9, p. 1445 - 1455 2012
Birth Defects Research. Part A. Clinical and Molecular Teratology Gardner Nicole M., etal Altered Expression of Sphingolipid Metabolites and TGF beta Superfamily Genes in Fumonisin and FTY720-Treated Exencephalic Embryos 94:5, p. 312 - 312 2012
The FASEB journal Callihan Phillip, etal Lysophospholipid signaling in human neural progenitors 24:S1, p. 761.3 - 761.3 2010
Toxicological Sciences Voss Kenneth A., etal Reproductive and sphingolipid metabolic effects of fumonisin B1 and its alkaline hydrolysis product in LM/Bc mice 112:2, p. 459 - 467 2009
Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology Waes Janee Gelineau Van, etal Embryonic development in the reduced folate carrier knockout mouse is modulated by maternal folate supplementation 82:7, p. 494 - 507 2008
BMC Genomics Gelineau-Van Waes Janee, etal Microarray analysis of E9.5 reduced folate carrier (RFC1; Slc19a1) knockout embryos reveals altered expression of genes in the cubilin-megalin multiligand endocytic receptor complex 9 2008
Experimental Eye Research Gelineau-van Waes J., etal Altered expression of the iron transporter Nramp1 (Slc11a1) during fetal development of the retinal pigment epithelium in microphthalmia-associated transcription factor Mitfmi and Mitfvitiligo mouse mutants 86:2, p. 419 - 433 2008
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Taparia Shveta, etal Importance of folate-homocysteine homeostasis during early embryonic development 45:12, p. 1717 - 1727 2007
Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology Zhu Huiping, etal Cardiovascular abnormalities in Folr1 knockout mice and folate rescue 79:4, p. 257 - 268 2007
The FASEB journal Finnell Richard H, etal Embryonic Consequences of Abnormal Folate Transport: Impact on Congenital Heart Defects 21:6, p. LB40 - LB40 2007
Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Bennett Gregory D., etal Failure of homocysteine to induce neural tube defects in a mouse model 77:2, p. 89 - 94 2006
Mycotoxin Research Voss K. A., etal Fumonisins 22:1, p. 61 - 69 2006
JSM Mycotoxins Voss K.A., etal Fetotoxicity and neural tube defects in CD1 mice exposed to the mycotoxin fumonisin B1 2006:Suppl4, p. 67 - 72 2006
Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology Gelineau-Van Waes Janee, etal Maternal fumonisin exposure and risk for neural tube defects 73:7, p. 487 - 497 2005
Nestlé Nutrition workshop series. Paediatric programme Rosenquist Thomas H., etal Nutrient effects upon embryogenesis, p. 29 - 40; discussion 40 2005
Maikotokishin Voss Kenneth, etal Trends in fumonisin research: Recent studies on the developmental effects of fumonisins and Fusarium verticillioides 55:2, p. 91 - 100 2005
Journal of Nutrition Marasas Walter F.O., etal Fumonisins Disrupt Sphingolipid Metabolism, Folate Transport, and Neural Tube Development in Embryo Culture and In Vivo 134:4, p. 711 - 716 2004
Epidemiology Lammer Edward J., etal Maternal smoking and the risk of orofacial clefts 15:2, p. 150 - 156 2004
Maikotokishin Voss Kenneth A., etal Fumonisins: toxicology, emerging issues, and prospects for control and detoxification 2003:Suppl3, p. 41 - 48 2003
Mycopathologia Gelineau-Van Waes J., etal Role of folate in fumonisin B1-induced neural tube defects 155:1-2 SPEC 2002
Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology Finnell Richard H., etal Molecular basis of environmentally induced birth defects 42, p. 181 - 208 2002
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Wlodarczyk Bogdan, etal Arsenic-induced congenital malformations in genetically susceptible folate binding protein-2 knockout mice 177:3, p. 238 - 246 2001
Waes Janée Gelineau Van, etal Importance of model organisms in understanding the biology and genetic basis of human nonsyndromic neural tube defects 2001
Seminars in Pediatric Neurology Gelineau-Van Waes Janee, etal Genetics of neural tube defects 8:3, p. 160 - 164 2001
Toxicology Letters Ruan Ying, etal Folic acid protects SWV/Fnn embryo fibroblasts against arsenic toxicity 117:3, p. 129 - 137 2000
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Finnell Richard H., etal Genetic basis of susceptibility to environmentally induced neural tube defects 919, p. 261 - 277 2000
Nature genetics Piedrahita Jorge A., etal Mice lacking the folic acid-binding protein Folbp1 are defective in early embryonic development 23:2, p. 228 - 232 1999
Teratology Gelineau-Van Waes Janee, etal Phenytoin-induced alterations in craniofacial gene expression 59:1, p. 23 - 34 1999
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences JOHNSTON C. A., etal Physiological Significance and Interactions between Oxytocin and Central Neuropeptide and Monoamine Neurotransmitters in the Regulation of the Preovulatory Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone 652:1, p. 440 - 442 1992
Invited Speaker: Symposium on Nongenetic Factors Causing Neural Tube Defects: "Fumonisin B1 and Fingolimod: Tortilla Toxin and Oral Therapeutic Target Sphingolipid Pathways During Neural Tube Closure. 2018
Tortillas and Toxins: Fumonisin Exposure as a Risk Factor for NTDs Hot Topics Session on Washington State NTD Cluster, 54th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society, Bellevue, WA 2014
Tortillas, Toxins, and Neural Tube Defects Molecular Basis of Human Disease, University of Nebraska Medical Center 2014
Gene-Environment Interactions in Susceptibility to Fumonisin-Induced Neural Tube Defects 8th International Conference on Neural Tube Defects, Austin, TX 2013
Invited Seminar: NWI VA Medical Center Research Seminar Series, Omaha, NE, Dec. 7, 2012 "Tortillas, Toxins, and Neural Tube Defects" 2012
Invited Speaker: March of Dimes Prematurity Summit, Omaha, NE, Oct. 15, 2012 "Tortillas, Toxins, and Neural Tube Defects" 2012
Teratology Society Annual Meeting 2012
Faculty Club at Center Stage 2012
Neural Tube Defect Symposium, International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, Mumbai, India, "Gene-Environment Interactions in Fumonisin-Induced Neural Tube Defects: Genetic Variants and Metabolic Toxin Converge on a Bicistronic Modulator of CNS Development" 2012
Southeastern Regional Lipid Conference 2011
7th International Conference on Neural Tube Defects, Austin, TX, "Gene-Environment Interactions in Fumonisin-Induced Neural Tube Defects: Genetic Variants and Metabolic Toxin Converge on a Bicistronic Modulator of CNS Development" 2011
"Embryonic Development and Birth Defects: Gene-Nutrient-Environment Interactions: A Multifactorial Perspective" 2011
Invited Seminar: Molecular Cell Biology Seminar Series, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, May 7, 2010 "Of Maize and Men: A Tale of Tortillas, Toxins, and Teratogens" 2011
Guest Lecture: Environmental Health Sciences Webinar, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, April 14, 2011 "Food Safety and Pregnancy: Mycotoxins and Risk for Birth Defects" 2011
Invited Seminar: Nebraska Wesleyan University Developmental Biology Class, Lincoln, NE, April 7, 2011 "Gestational Exposure to Fumonisin and Risk for Neural Tube Defects" 2011
Invited Seminar: Biomedical Sciences Departmental Seminar, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, Feb. 28, 2011 "Tortillas, Toxins and Pregnancy: Deciphering the Enigma of Fumonisin and Birth Defects" 2011
Molecular Cell Biology Seminar 2010
Biology Seminar, Wesleyan University 2010
Molecular Basis of Human Disease graduate lecture (UNMC) 2010
Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences Webinar, University of Georgia 2010
Society of Toxicology, Salt Lake City, UT 2010
FASEB Conference: Cilia, Signaling, and Human Disease, Monterey, CA 2010
Sphingolipid Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA 2010