Environmental Carcinogenesis

Professor Max Costa's research interests include molecular mechanisms of metal carcinogenesis, cancer, pharmacology, epigenetics, and chromatin structure. Dr. Costa has published over 380 papers and has authored a book on Metal Carcinogenesis Testing. He serves on the Editorial Board as an Associate Editor for the Elsevier Journal, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.

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Max Costa

1. Mechanisms of chromate carcinogenesis by chromatin alterations

Hesbon A. Zablon, Andrew VonHandorf and Alvaro Puga

2. Chemical mechanisms of DNA damage by carcinogenic chromium(VI)

Casey Krawic and Anatoly Zhitkovich

3. The dark side of NRF2 in arsenic carcinogenesis

Matthew Dodson, Jinjing Chen, Aryatara Shakya, Annadurai Anandhan and Donna D. Zhang

4. Breast carcinogenesis induced by organophosphorous pesticides

Gloria M. Calaf

5. Tungsten toxicity and carcinogenesis

Alicia M. Bolt

6. Arsenic and cancer: Evidence and mechanisms

Rachel M. Speer, Xixi Zhou, Lindsay B. Volk, Ke Jian Liu and Laurie G. Hudson

7. miRNAs and arsenic-induced carcinogenesis

Alexandra N. Nail, Ana P. Ferragut Cardoso, Lakyn K. Montero and J. Christopher States

8. Epigenetic and epitranscriptomic mechanisms of chromium carcinogenesis

Zhishan Wang and Chengfeng Yang

9. Polyadenylation of canonical histone H3.1 in carcinogenesis

Arul Veerappan, Aikaterini Stavrou and Max Costa

10. Genetic and environmental reprogramming of the sarcoma epigenome

Anne Grand’Maison, Rachael Kohrn, Emmanuel Omole, Mahek Shah, Peter Fiorica, Jennie Sims and Joyce E. Ohm

11. Epigenomic reprogramming in iAs-mediated carcinogenesis

Smitha George, Richard N. Cassidy, Wesley N. Saintilnord and Yvonne Fondufe-Mittendorf