Research Interests
cancer/oncogenesis
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hormones/cytokines/signalling
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molecular biology/molecular me
Recent Publications
Wan M, Huang W, Kute TE, Miller LD, Zhang Q, Hatcher H, Wang J, Stovall DB, Russell GB, Cao PD, Deng Z, Wang W, Zhang Q, Lei M, Torti SV, Akman SA, Sui G.
Yin Yang 1 plays an essential role in breast cancer and negatively regulates p27. Am J Pathol.
2012;
180(5):2120-2133.
Ding X, Singh R, Burke A, Hatcher H, Olson J, Kraft RA, Schmid M, Carroll D, Bourland JD, Akman S, Torti FM, Torti SV.
Development of iron-containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes for MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy. Nanomedicine (Lond).
2011;
6(8):1341-1352.
Li L, Fang CJ, Ryan JC, Niemi EC, Lebron JA, Bjorkman PJ, Arase H, Torti FM, Torti SV, Nakamura MC, et al.
Binding and uptake of H-ferritin are mediated by human transferrin receptor-1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
2010;
107(8):3505-3510.
Pinnix ZK, Miller LD, Wang W, D'Agostino R Jr, Kute T, Willingham MC, Hatcher H, Tesfay L, Sui G, Di X, Torti SV, Torti FM.
Ferroportin and iron regulation in breast cancer progression and prognosis. Sci Transl Med.
2010;
2(43):43ra56.
Jiao Y, Wilkinson J IV, Di X, Wang W, Hatcher H, Kock ND, D'Agostino R Jr, Knovich MA, Torti FM, Torti SV.
Curcumin, a cancer chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent, is a biologically active iron chelator. Blood.
2009;
113(2):462-469.
Rylander MN, Fisher J, Buchanan C, Szot C, Whitney J, Kraft R, Torti S, Burke A, Ding X.
Controlling heat shock protein expression in laser cancer therapy using multi-walled carbon nanotubes [abstract]. Lasers Surg Med.
2009;
(Suppl 21):5-6.
Laubenbacher R, Hower V, Jarrah A, Torti SV, Shulaev V, Mendes P, Torti FM, Akman S.
A systems biology view of cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta.
2009;
1796(2):129-139.
Storey JA, Connor RF, Lewis ZT, Hurd D, Pomper G, Keung YK, Lovato J, Torti SV, Torti FM, Molnar I, et al.
The transplant iron score as a predictor of stem cell transplant survival. J Hematol Oncol.
2009;
2():article 44.
Burke A, Singh R, Kraft RA, Levi-Polyachenko N, Hatcher HC, D'Agostino R Jr, Kock ND, Carroll DL, Akman S, Torti FM, Torti SV, et al.
Long-term survival following a single treatment of kidney tumors with multiwalled carbon nanotubes and near-infrared radiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
2009;
106(31):12897-902.
Blish KR, Wang W, Willingham MC, Du W, Brown JC, Hawkins GA, Garvin AJ, D'Agostino RB Jr, Torti FM, Torti SV, et al.
A human bone morphogenetic protein antagonist is down-regulated in renal cancer. Mol Biol Cell.
2008;
19(2):457-464.
Coffman LG, Brown JC, Johnson DA, Parthasarathy N, D'Agostino RB Jr, Lively MO, Hua X, Willingham MC, Torti FM, Torti SV, et al.
Cleavage of high-molecular-weight kininogen by elastase and tryptase is inhibited by ferritin. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol.
2008;
294(3):L505-L515.
Hatcher HC, Kock ND, Pettus J, Richard JR, Torti SV.
Cytoprotective effect of ferritin following oxidative stress in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury [abstract]. Free Radic Biol Med.
2008;
45(Suppl 1):S83.
Huber WW, Haslinger E, Schachner D, Parzefall W, Grasl-Kraupp B, Hochreiter A, Lang H, Torti SV, Torti FM, Schulte-Hermann R.
The carcinogen azonymethane causes necrosis and oxidative stress in rat liver within 48 hours after injection, a toxic effect that is however strongly mitigated by pretreatment with the coffee components kahweol and cafestol [abstract]. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol.
2007;
375(Suppl 1):94.
Jiao Y, Kennedy DP, Cho JH, Planalp R, Bou-Abdallah F, Chasteen ND, Wilkinson J, Wang W, Torti FM, Torti SV.
Curcumin, a cancer chemopreventive agent, is a biologically relevant iron chelator [abstract]. Am J Hematol.
2007;
82(6):515.
Han J, Seaman WE, Torti FM, Torti SV.
Ferritin-mediated iron transport via TIM-2 in mouse kidney cells [abstract]. Am J Hematol.
2007;
82(6):517.
Li L, Torti SV, Torti FM, Hayashi S, Seaman WE.
Structural requirements for the endocytosis of H-ferritin by murine TIM-2 [abstract]. Am J Hematol.
2007;
82(6):586.
Torti FM, Coffman LG, Brown JC, Torti SV, Parthasarathy N, D'Agostino RB.
Ferritin inhibits cleavage of high molecular weight kininogen by elastase and mast cell tryptase [abstract]. Am J Hematol.
2007;
82(6):508-509.
Torti FM, Wang W, Di X, Torti SV.
Extensive excess capacity of the IRP system in cellular iron regulation [abstract]. Am J Hematol.
2007;
82(6):565.
Torti SV, Byrne F, Whelan O, Levi N, Ucer B, Schmid M, Torti FM, Akman S, Liu J, Ajayan PM, et al.
Thermal ablation therapeutics based on CN(x) multi-walled nanotubes. Int J Nanomedicine.
2007;
2(4):707-714.
All Publications
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