2024
Chemiexcitation in preventing macular degeneration
Brash D, Gaillard E. Chemiexcitation in preventing macular degeneration. Frontiers In Photonics 2024, 5: 1451857. DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2024.1451857.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsExcited statesGround-state chemical reactionsExcited-state wavefunctionsHigh-energy statesQuantum biologyMagnetic fieldEnergy statesChemiexcitation processEnergy barrierChemiexcitationElectronReaction productsChemical reactionsWavefunctionsEnergyQuantumStateTransient mixingReactionIntermediate moleculesMoleculesGroundField
2023
Reply to Pfeffer: Macular degeneration clues from comparative anatomy
Wang K, Lyu Y, Tschulakow A, Brash D, Schraermeyer U. Reply to Pfeffer: Macular degeneration clues from comparative anatomy. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2315582120. PMID: 37871227, PMCID: PMC10622899, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2315582120.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersNext-generation sequencing methodologies to detect low-frequency mutations: “Catch me if you can”
Menon V, Brash D. Next-generation sequencing methodologies to detect low-frequency mutations: “Catch me if you can”. Mutation Research/Reviews In Mutation Research 2023, 792: 108471. PMID: 37716438, PMCID: PMC10843083, DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2023.108471.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsChemiexcitation and melanin in photoreceptor disc turnover and prevention of macular degeneration
Lyu Y, Tschulakow A, Wang K, Brash D, Schraermeyer U. Chemiexcitation and melanin in photoreceptor disc turnover and prevention of macular degeneration. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2216935120. PMID: 37155898, PMCID: PMC10194005, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216935120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinal pigment epitheliumIntravitreal injectionMacular degenerationMelanolipofuscin granulesLipofuscin accumulationAge-related macular degenerationAlbino micePigmented miceMouse modelStargardt diseasePigment epitheliumRetinal pathologyRetinal degenerationNitric oxideDegenerationMiceLipofuscinPigment lipofuscinPhotoreceptor disksAlbinoAccelerated accumulationInjectionDiseasePathologyChemiexcited Neurotransmitters and Hormones Create DNA Photoproducts in the Dark
Gonçalves L, Angelé-Martínez C, Premi S, Palmatier M, Prado F, Di Mascio P, Bastos E, Brash D. Chemiexcited Neurotransmitters and Hormones Create DNA Photoproducts in the Dark. ACS Chemical Biology 2023, 18: 484-493. PMID: 36775999, PMCID: PMC10276651, DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSinglet molecular oxygenOxidation of serotoninMolecular oxygenElectron excitationTriplet stateAdjacent pyrimidine basesAbsence of lightEnergy transferDark processPyrimidine basesSkin pigment melaninBiochemical reactionsMoleculesEnergy levelsCatecholamine neurotransmittersBiomoleculesCycloadditionUltravioletMammalian metabolismCyclobutane pyrimidine dimersOxidationAminesPigment melaninRadicalsPeroxynitriteChemiexcitation: Mammalian Photochemistry in the Dark†
Brash D, Goncalves L. Chemiexcitation: Mammalian Photochemistry in the Dark†. Photochemistry And Photobiology 2023, 99: 251-276. PMID: 36681894, PMCID: PMC10065968, DOI: 10.1111/php.13781.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsExcited statesMammalian cellsCyclobutane pyrimidine dimersEvolutionary selectionBond rearrangementUnoccupied orbitalsGround stateReaction productsPyrimidine dimersChemiexcitationRecent findingsBiologyPathogenic eventsRadicalsUltraviolet lightMoleculesDrug-induced deafnessPotential pathogenesisCellsMelaninAchilles heelMammalsBiomoleculesPhotochemistryDNA
2022
Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Hyperhotspots as Sensitive Indicators of Keratinocyte UV Exposure†
Garcia‐Ruiz A, Kornacker K, Brash DE. Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Hyperhotspots as Sensitive Indicators of Keratinocyte UV Exposure†. Photochemistry And Photobiology 2022, 98: 987-997. PMID: 35944237, PMCID: PMC9802031, DOI: 10.1111/php.13683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyclobutane pyrimidine dimersGenomic averageSequence motifsHigh-throughput DNA sequencing methodsETS family transcription factorsNucleotide resolution analysisRNA processing genesNeonatal human epidermal keratinocytesDNA sequencing methodsTranscription factorsCpG islandsSites hundredsCell physiologyProcessing genesPromoter regionCell deathDNA damageSequencing methodsBiological importanceHuman epidermal keratinocytesPyrimidine dimersGenesMotifEpidermal keratinocytesMelanocytesTriplet-Energy Quenching Functions of Antioxidant Molecules
Angelé-Martínez C, Goncalves LCP, Premi S, Augusto FA, Palmatier MA, Amar SK, Brash DE. Triplet-Energy Quenching Functions of Antioxidant Molecules. Antioxidants 2022, 11: 357. PMID: 35204239, PMCID: PMC8868474, DOI: 10.3390/antiox11020357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSlip versus Slop: A Head-to-Head Comparison of UV-Protective Clothing to Sunscreen
Berry EG, Bezecny J, Acton M, Sulmonetti TP, Anderson DM, Beckham HW, Durr RA, Chiba T, Beem J, Brash DE, Kulkarni R, Cassidy PB, Leachman SA. Slip versus Slop: A Head-to-Head Comparison of UV-Protective Clothing to Sunscreen. Cancers 2022, 14: 542. PMID: 35158810, PMCID: PMC8833350, DOI: 10.3390/cancers14030542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImportant modifiable risk factorModifiable risk factorsSun-protective clothingSkin cancer developmentUltraviolet radiation exposureRisk factorsSun protection factorProtection factorUV-protective clothingBroad-spectrum protectionHead comparisonCancer developmentUV-protective capacityRadiation exposureUVR exposureUVR protectionSunscreensOrganic sunscreensExposureUVRHeadFactors
2020
Bruce Nathan Ames - Paradigm shifts inside the cancer research revolution
Smith CJ, Perfetti TA, Berry SC, Brash DE, Bus J, Calabrese E, Clemens RA, Fowle JRJ, Greim H, MacGregor JT, Maronpot R, Pressman P, Zeiger E, Hayes AW. Bruce Nathan Ames - Paradigm shifts inside the cancer research revolution. Mutation Research/Reviews In Mutation Research 2020, 787: 108363. PMID: 34083041, DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2020.108363.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsRethinking Causation for Data‐intensive Biology: Constraints, Cancellations, and Quantized Organisms
Brash DE. Rethinking Causation for Data‐intensive Biology: Constraints, Cancellations, and Quantized Organisms. BioEssays 2020, 42: e1900135. PMID: 32484248, PMCID: PMC7518294, DOI: 10.1002/bies.201900135.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNew mathematical toolNew mathematical approachComputational toolsMathematical toolsData-intensive biologyMathematical approachNonlinear dependenciesOptimal stateQuantized statesSingle control pointPhysical hierarchyComplex organismsCausal propertiesOrganismsSignal cancellationControl pointsExperimental strategiesBiologyConstraintsPhysicsCancellationEccentricityRecent refinementsBiologistsBiological behavior
2019
Defective postreplication repair of UV photoproducts in melanoma: a mutator phenotype
Brash DE, Seidman MM. Defective postreplication repair of UV photoproducts in melanoma: a mutator phenotype. Molecular Oncology 2019, 14: 5-7. PMID: 31821728, PMCID: PMC6944110, DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12612.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAcetyl zingerone: An efficacious multifunctional ingredient for continued protection against ongoing DNA damage in melanocytes after sun exposure ends
Chaudhuri RK, Meyer T, Premi S, Brash D. Acetyl zingerone: An efficacious multifunctional ingredient for continued protection against ongoing DNA damage in melanocytes after sun exposure ends. International Journal Of Cosmetic Science 2019, 42: 36-45. PMID: 31538664, PMCID: PMC7004018, DOI: 10.1111/ics.12582.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSun exposureSolar-simulated ultraviolet radiationReactive oxygen speciesIntracellular levelsCyclobutane pyrimidine dimersΑ-tocopherolCPD formationTraditional sunscreensScavenge peroxynitriteUVR exposureOngoing DNA damageAntioxidant α-tocopherolUltraviolet radiationUVA radiationMelanocytesROS formationExposureQuench singlet oxygenUse of AZEfficacyOxygen speciesKeratinocytesDNA damageFree radicalsHoursGenomic sites hypersensitive to ultraviolet radiation
Premi S, Han L, Mehta S, Knight J, Zhao D, Palmatier MA, Kornacker K, Brash DE. Genomic sites hypersensitive to ultraviolet radiation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 24196-24205. PMID: 31723047, PMCID: PMC6883822, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907860116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords5' Untranslated RegionsCells, CulturedDNA DamageFibroblastsGene Expression RegulationGenome, HumanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMelanocytesMelanomaMutationPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BiosynthesisPyrimidine DimersPyrimidine NucleotidesSkin NeoplasmsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesUltraviolet RaysConceptsCyclobutane pyrimidine dimersETS family transcription factorsIndividual gene promotersFamily transcription factorsRNA-binding proteinPrimary human melanocytesSingle-base resolutionEpigenetic marksGenomic averageTranslation regulationGenomic sitesMotif locationsTranscription factorsCell physiologyGene promoterCancer driversGenomeHuman melanocytesCell typesTumor evolutionCell pathwaysRare mutationsUV targetPyrimidine dimersApurinic sitesA call for a better understanding of causation in cell biology
Bizzarri M, Brash DE, Briscoe J, Grieneisen VA, Stern CD, Levin M. A call for a better understanding of causation in cell biology. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2019, 20: 261-262. PMID: 30962573, DOI: 10.1038/s41580-019-0127-1.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsAccelerating cancer without mutations
Brash DE. Accelerating cancer without mutations. ELife 2019, 8: e45809. PMID: 30895924, PMCID: PMC6428566, DOI: 10.7554/elife.45809.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2018
Chemiexcitation and Its Implications for Disease
Brash DE, Goncalves LCP, Bechara EJH, Group T. Chemiexcitation and Its Implications for Disease. Trends In Molecular Medicine 2018, 24: 527-541. PMID: 29751974, PMCID: PMC5975183, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2018.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHigh-energy processesQuantum mechanicsMolecular orbitalsTransfer energyHighest energy molecular orbitalChemiexcitationUltraviolet lightMutagenic cyclobutane pyrimidine dimersNumerous human diseasesPhotonsElectronsCyclobutane pyrimidine dimersOrbitalsHuman diseasesUpstream eventsPigment melaninEnergy
2017
Fluorouracil Enhances Photodynamic Therapy of Squamous Cell Carcinoma via a p53-Independent Mechanism that Increases Protoporphyrin IX levels and Tumor Cell Death
Anand S, Rollakanti KR, Brankov N, Brash DE, Hasan T, Maytin EV. Fluorouracil Enhances Photodynamic Therapy of Squamous Cell Carcinoma via a p53-Independent Mechanism that Increases Protoporphyrin IX levels and Tumor Cell Death. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2017, 16: 1092-1101. PMID: 28336806, PMCID: PMC5497500, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiosynthetic PathwaysCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell DeathCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCombined Modality TherapyDisease Models, AnimalFluorouracilGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHemeHumansMicePhotochemotherapyProtoporphyrinsTumor Suppressor Protein p53Xenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaActinic keratosesPhotodynamic therapyP53-null tumorsNew therapeutic approachesMol Cancer TherCell deathCell carcinomaTherapeutic responsePpIX levelsTherapeutic approachesMouse modelSkin cancerSCC precursorsHeme synthesis pathwayTumorsKeratosesDeathP53PDT efficacyInductionPretreatmentNeoadjuvantCombination approachSurgery
2016
Carcinogenesis: UV Radiation
Brash D, Heffernan T, Nghiem P, Cho R. Carcinogenesis: UV Radiation. 2016, 887-902. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-47398-6_56.ChaptersLarge-scale sequencing projectsUV-damaged cellsSequencing projectsDNA repairTumor suppressorSomatic point mutationsSurveillance mechanismClonal growthLow-frequency mutationsDNA damageBase changesCell behaviorPoint mutationsMutationsSomatic mutationsFree radical clearanceHuman skin cancerFrequency mutationsSpecific somatic mutationsUltraviolet radiationPTCH mutationsGenetic factorsNOTCH1 mutationsCellsVast numberChemical excitation of electrons: A dark path to melanoma
Premi S, Brash DE. Chemical excitation of electrons: A dark path to melanoma. DNA Repair 2016, 44: 169-177. PMID: 27262612, PMCID: PMC4958542, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2016.05.023.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements