College of Health

M. L. Vermilli Maier, Siddens, L. K., Uesugi, S. L., Choi, J., Leonard, S. W., Pennington, J. M., Tilton, S. C., Smith, J. N., Ho, E., Chow, H. H. Sherry, Nguyen, B. D., Kolluri, S. K., and Williams, D. E., “3,3'-Diindolylmethane (BioResponse DIM ®) Exhibits Significant Metabolism Following Oral Dosing in Humans”, Drug Metab Dispos, 2021.

A. T. Watt, Head, B., Leonard, S. W., Tanguay, R. L., and Traber, M., “Gene Expression of CRAL_TRIO Family Proteins modulated by Vitamin E Deficiency in Zebrafish (Danio Rerio).”, J Nutr Biochem, vol. 97, p. 108801, 2021.

M. Traber, Leonard, S. W., Ebenuwa, I., Violet, P. - C., Niyyati, M., Padayatty, S., Smith, S., Bobe, G., and Levine, M., “Vitamin E catabolism in women, as modulated by food and by fat, studied using 2 deuterium-labeled α-tocopherols in a 3-phase, nonrandomized crossover study.”, Am J Clin Nutr, 2020.

S. W. Leonard, Bobe, G., and Traber, M., “Stability of antioxidant vitamins in whole human blood during overnight storage at 4°C and frozen storage up to 6 months.”, Int J Vitam Nutr Res, pp. 1-7, 2019.

M. Traber, Leonard, S. W., Ebenuwa, I., Violet, P. - C., Wang, Y., Niyyati, M., Padayatty, S., Tu, H., Courville, A., Bernstein, S., Choi, J., Shamburek, R., Smith, S., Head, B., Bobe, G., Ramakrishnan, R., and Levine, M., “Vitamin E absorption and kinetics in healthy women, as modulated by food and by fat, studied using 2 deuterium-labeled α-tocopherols in a 3-phase crossover design.”, Am J Clin Nutr, 2019.

A. J. Michels, Leonard, S. W., Uesugi, S. L., Bobe, G., Frei, B., and Traber, M., “Daily Consumption of Oregon Hazelnuts Affects α-Tocopherol Status in Healthy Older Adults: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.”, J Nutr, vol. 148, no. 12, pp. 1924-1930, 2018.

K. G. Tennant, Leonard, S. W., Wong, C. P., Iwaniec, U. T., Turner, R. T., and Traber, M., “High-Dietary Alpha-Tocopherol or Mixed Tocotrienols Have No Effect on Bone Mass, Density, or Turnover in Male Rats During Skeletal Maturation.”, J Med Food, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 700-708, 2017.

M. Traber, Mah, E., Leonard, S. W., Bobe, G., and Bruno, R. S., “Metabolic syndrome increases dietary α-tocopherol requirements as assessed using urinary and plasma vitamin E catabolites: a double-blind, crossover clinical trial.”, Am J Clin Nutr, 2017.

J. Choi, Leonard, S. W., Kasper, K., McDougall, M., Stevens, J. F., Tanguay, R. L., and Traber, M., “Novel function of vitamin E in regulation of zebrafish (Danio rerio) brain lysophospholipids discovered using lipidomics.”, Journal of lipid research, 2015.

M. Traber, Leonard, S. W., Bobe, G., Fu, X., Saltzman, E., Grusak, M. A., and Booth, S. L., “α-Tocopherol disappearance rates from plasma depend on lipid concentrations: studies using deuterium-labeled collard greens in younger and older adults.”, The American journal of clinical nutrition, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 752-9, 2015.

S. B. Murer, Aeberli, I., Braegger, C. P., Gittermann, M., Hersberger, M., Leonard, S. W., Taylor, A. W., Traber, M., and Zimmermann, M. B., “Antioxidant supplements reduced oxidative stress and stabilized liver function tests but did not reduce inflammation in a randomized controlled trial in obese children and adolescents.”, The Journal of nutrition, vol. 144, no. 2, pp. 193-201, 2014.

S. M. Farley, Leonard, S. W., Stevens, J. F., and Traber, M., “Deuterium-labeled phylloquinone fed to α-tocopherol-injected rats demonstrates sensitivity of low phylloquinone-containing tissues to menaquinone-4 depletion.”, Molecular nutrition & food research, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 1610-9, 2014.

S. M. Farley, Leonard, S. W., Taylor, A. W., Birringer, M., Edson, K. Z., Rettie, A. E., and Traber, M., “ω-Hydroxylation of phylloquinone by CYP4F2 is not increased by α-tocopherol.”, Molecular nutrition & food research, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 1785-93, 2013.

S. M. Farley, Leonard, S. W., Labut, E. M., Raines, H. F., Card, D. J., Harrington, D. J., Mustacich, D. J., and Traber, M., “Vitamin E decreases extra-hepatic menaquinone-4 concentrations in rats fed menadione or phylloquinone.”, Molecular nutrition & food research, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 912-22, 2012.

S. Didenco, Gillingham, M. B., Go, M. D., Leonard, S. W., Traber, M., and McEvoy, C. T., “Increased vitamin E intake is associated with higher alpha-tocopherol concentration in the maternal circulation but higher alpha-carboxyethyl hydroxychroman concentration in the fetal circulation.”, The American journal of clinical nutrition, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 368-73, 2011.

K. M. Lebold, Grant, K. A., Freeman, W. M., Wiren, K. M., Miller, G. W., Kiley, C., Leonard, S. W., and Traber, M., “Individual differences in hyperlipidemia and vitamin E status in response to chronic alcohol self-administration in cynomolgus monkeys.”, Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 474-83, 2011.

T. Barker, Martins, T. B., Hill, H. R., Kjeldsberg, C. R., Trawick, R. H., Leonard, S. W., Walker, J. A., and Traber, M., “Vitamins E and C modulate the association between reciprocally regulated cytokines after an anterior cruciate ligament injury and surgery.”, American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists, vol. 90, no. 8, pp. 638-47, 2011.

M. Traber, Labut, E. M., Leonard, S. W., and Lebold, K. M., “α-Tocopherol injections in rats up-regulate hepatic ABC transporters, but not cytochrome P450 enzymes.”, Free radical biology & medicine, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 2031-40, 2011.

D. J. Mustacich, Gohil, K., Bruno, R. S., Yan, M., Leonard, S. W., Ho, E., Cross, C. E., and Traber, M., “Alpha-tocopherol modulates genes involved in hepatic xenobiotic pathways in mice.”, The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 469-76, 2009.

Y. Song, Leonard, S. W., Traber, M., and Ho, E., “Zinc deficiency affects DNA damage, oxidative stress, antioxidant defenses, and DNA repair in rats.”, The Journal of nutrition, vol. 139, no. 9, pp. 1626-31, 2009.

R. S. Bruno, Leonard, S. W., Atkinson, J., Montine, T. J., Ramakrishnan, R., Bray, T. M., and Traber, M., “Response to Harri Hemilä, Ph.D., M.D. - "Conclusions about intervention effects should not be based on surrogate end points.”, Free radical biology & medicine, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 579-580, 2007.

D. L. Bella, Schock, B. C., Lim, Y., Leonard, S. W., Berry, C., Cross, C. E., and Traber, M., “Regulation of the alpha-tocopherol transfer protein in mice: lack of response to dietary vitamin E or oxidative stress.”, Lipids, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 105-12, 2006.