M G Traber

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Affiliation: Oregon State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Molecular mechanisms of vitamin E transport
    M G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Department of Nutrition and Food Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331 6512, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 19:343-55. 1999
  2. ncbi Vitamin E kinetics in smokers and nonsmokers
    M G Traber
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 31:1368-74. 2001
  3. ncbi Vitamin E dose-response studies in humans with use of deuterated RRR-alpha-tocopherol
    M G Traber
    Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 68:847-53. 1998
  4. ncbi Synthetic as compared with natural vitamin E is preferentially excreted as alpha-CEHC in human urine: studies using deuterated alpha-tocopheryl acetates
    M G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97330, USA
    FEBS Lett 437:145-8. 1998
  5. ncbi Tobacco-related diseases. Is there a role for antioxidant micronutrient supplementation?
    M G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
    Clin Chest Med 21:173-87, x. 2000
  6. ncbi Utilization of vitamin E
    M G Traber
    Department of Nutrition and Food Management, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331, USA
    Biofactors 10:115-20. 1999
  7. ncbi Vitamin E kinetics and the function of tocopherol regulatory proteins
    D H Blatt
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6512, USA
    Nutrition 17:799-805. 2001
  8. ncbi Relationship of vitamin E metabolism and oxidation in exercising human subjects
    Maret G Traber
    Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 6512, USA
    Br J Nutr 96:S34-7. 2006
  9. ncbi Early feeding and dietary lipids affect broiler tissue fatty acids, vitamin E status, and cyclooxygenase-2 protein expression upon lipopolysaccharide challenge
    D Gonzalez
    Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
    Poult Sci 90:2790-800. 2011
  10. ncbi Burn and smoke inhalation injury in sheep depletes vitamin E: kinetic studies using deuterated tocopherols
    M G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 42:1421-9. 2007

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  1. ncbi Molecular mechanisms of vitamin E transport
    M G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Department of Nutrition and Food Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331 6512, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 19:343-55. 1999
    ..Finally, we focus on the future--what remains to be learned about the regulation of vitamin E in tissues...
  2. ncbi Vitamin E kinetics in smokers and nonsmokers
    M G Traber
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 31:1368-74. 2001
    ..4% +/- 0.3% while it was 2.2% +/- 0.7% (p =.0418) in the nonsmokers. These data suggest that smoking increases plasma vitamin E disappearance, but further studies are needed to confirm this finding and to assess its cause...
  3. ncbi Vitamin E dose-response studies in humans with use of deuterated RRR-alpha-tocopherol
    M G Traber
    Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 68:847-53. 1998
    ..Supplemental vitamin E does not raise plasma alpha-tocopherol concentrations more than approximately 3-fold...
  4. ncbi Synthetic as compared with natural vitamin E is preferentially excreted as alpha-CEHC in human urine: studies using deuterated alpha-tocopheryl acetates
    M G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97330, USA
    FEBS Lett 437:145-8. 1998
    ..Thus, synthetic compared with natural vitamin E is preferentially metabolized to alpha-CEHC and excreted...
  5. ncbi Tobacco-related diseases. Is there a role for antioxidant micronutrient supplementation?
    M G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
    Clin Chest Med 21:173-87, x. 2000
    ..This article discusses the possible links between the observed oxidant-induced damage related to tobacco smoking, effects on cellular mechanisms, and their potential involvement in the causation and enhancement of disease processes...
  6. ncbi Utilization of vitamin E
    M G Traber
    Department of Nutrition and Food Management, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331, USA
    Biofactors 10:115-20. 1999
    ..These possibilities will be considered in this review...
  7. ncbi Vitamin E kinetics and the function of tocopherol regulatory proteins
    D H Blatt
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6512, USA
    Nutrition 17:799-805. 2001
    ..Thus, tocopherol regulatory proteins may modulate rather than directly regulate vitamin E tissue distribution and intracellular trafficking...
  8. ncbi Relationship of vitamin E metabolism and oxidation in exercising human subjects
    Maret G Traber
    Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 6512, USA
    Br J Nutr 96:S34-7. 2006
    ..These results suggest that the mechanism of oxidative damage is operating independently of the inflammatory and muscle damage responses...
  9. ncbi Early feeding and dietary lipids affect broiler tissue fatty acids, vitamin E status, and cyclooxygenase-2 protein expression upon lipopolysaccharide challenge
    D Gonzalez
    Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
    Poult Sci 90:2790-800. 2011
    ..05). These results suggest that dietary and management strategies directed at modulating tissue polyunsaturated fatty acid status may offer the promise of modulating lipid metabolism and COX-2 expression in commercial poultry...
  10. ncbi Burn and smoke inhalation injury in sheep depletes vitamin E: kinetic studies using deuterated tocopherols
    M G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 42:1421-9. 2007
    ..These findings suggest that alpha-tocopherol should be administered to burn patients to prevent vitamin E depletion and to protect against oxidative stress from burn injury...
  11. ncbi Penetration and distribution of alpha-tocopherol, alpha- or gamma-tocotrienols applied individually onto murine skin
    M G Traber
    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720 3200, USA
    Lipids 33:87-91. 1998
    ..Hence, applied vitamin E penetrates rapidly through the skin, but the highest concentrations are found in the uppermost 5 microns...
  12. ncbi Gamma-tocopherol supplementation alone and in combination with alpha-tocopherol alters biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation in subjects with metabolic syndrome
    Sridevi Devaraj
    Laboratory for Atherosclerosis and Metabolic Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 44:1203-8. 2008
    ....
  13. ncbi Cellular and molecular mechanisms of oxidants and antioxidants
    M G Traber
    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720 3200, USA
    Miner Electrolyte Metab 23:135-9. 1997
    ..The mechanisms for modulating the most potent antioxidant in plasma, vitamin E, are described. The roles of oxidants and antioxidants in the redox-sensitive signal transduction pathway of NF-kappa B are discussed...
  14. ncbi Antioxidant supplementation decreases lipid peroxidation biomarker F(2)-isoprostanes in plasma of smokers
    Marion Dietrich
    Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, 140 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:7-13. 2002
    ..The intake of antioxidants may help prevent smoking-related diseases. Smoking cessation should still be considered the most effective way to prevent smoking-related diseases...
  15. ncbi Heart disease and single-vitamin supplementation
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 85:293S-299S. 2007
    ..It is noteworthy that in most trials, biomarkers were not used nor were oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation markers used or plasma vitamin E concentrations measured...
  16. ncbi Faster plasma vitamin E disappearance in smokers is normalized by vitamin C supplementation
    Richard S Bruno
    Linus Pauling Institute, 571 Weniger Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 40:689-97. 2006
    ....
  17. ncbi Endurance exercise results in DNA damage as detected by the comet assay
    Angela Mastaloudis
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 36:966-75. 2004
    ..Thus, endurance exercise resulted in DNA damage as shown by the comet assay and AO seemed to enhance recovery in women but not in men...
  18. ncbi Antioxidant supplementation prevents exercise-induced lipid peroxidation, but not inflammation, in ultramarathon runners
    Angela Mastaloudis
    Departments of Exercise and Sport Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97731, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 36:1329-41. 2004
    ..03). Markers of inflammation were increased dramatically in response to the run regardless of treatment group. Thus, AO supplementation prevented endurance exercise-induced lipid peroxidation but had no effect on inflammatory markers...
  19. ncbi Oxidative stress in athletes during extreme endurance exercise
    A Mastaloudis
    Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 07331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 31:911-22. 2001
    ..3 x 10(-4) +/- 0.2 x 10(-4); p <.03). These data suggest that extreme endurance exercise results in the generation of lipid peroxidation with a concomitant increase in vitamin E disappearance...
  20. ncbi Antioxidants did not prevent muscle damage in response to an ultramarathon run
    Angela Mastaloudis
    Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:72-80. 2006
    ..CQ recovered at a faster rate in women than in men. CONCLUSION: Antioxidants appeared to have no effect on exercise-induced increases in muscle damage or recovery, but important sex differences were observed...
  21. ncbi Vitamins C and E improve regrowth and reduce lipid peroxidation of blackberry shoot tips following cryopreservation
    Esther E Uchendu
    Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 7304, USA
    Plant Cell Rep 29:25-35. 2010
    ..This is the first report of the application of vitamins for improving cryopreservation of plant tissues by minimizing oxidative damage...
  22. ncbi Dietary zinc restriction and repletion affects DNA integrity in healthy men
    Yang Song
    Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences and Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 90:321-8. 2009
    ..Zinc plays an important role in antioxidant defense and the maintenance of cellular DNA integrity. However, no experimental human studies have been performed to examine the role of zinc status on DNA damage...
  23. ncbi Zinc deficiency affects DNA damage, oxidative stress, antioxidant defenses, and DNA repair in rats
    Yang Song
    Department of Nutrition and Exercise Science and 5Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    J Nutr 139:1626-31. 2009
    ..These results suggest interactions among zinc deficiency, DNA integrity, oxidative stress, and DNA repair and suggested a role for zinc in maintaining DNA integrity...
  24. ncbi Conjugated linoleic acid and fish oil in laying hen diets: effects on egg fatty acids, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, and tocopherols during storage
    G Cherian
    Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331, USA
    Poult Sci 86:953-8. 2007
    ....
  25. ncbi Does vitamin E decrease heart attack risk? summary and implications with respect to dietary recommendations
    M G Traber
    Department of Nutrition and Food Management, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-6512, USA
    J Nutr 131:395S-7S. 2001
    ..Regulation of adhesion molecule expression and inflammatory cell cytokine production by alpha-tocopherol has also been reported. More studies are required to relate alpha-tocopherol intakes to optimal tissue responses in humans...
  26. ncbi Macromolecular carbonyls in human stratum corneum: a biomarker for environmental oxidant exposure?
    J J Thiele
    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720 3200, USA
    FEBS Lett 422:403-6. 1998
    ..43 +/- 0.06 nmol/cm2) vs. lower arm (0.32 +/- 0.04, mean +/- S.E.M., n = 11; P < 0.003) and lower back (0.26 +/- 0.02) vs. buttock (0.21 +/- 0.02; n = 6, P < 0.01) indicating in vivo oxidative damage...
  27. ncbi Vitamin E revisited: do new data validate benefits for chronic disease prevention?
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
    Curr Opin Lipidol 19:30-8. 2008
    ..Vitamin E benefits in human health and chronic disease prevention are evaluated with respect to established alpha-tocopherol functions during vitamin E deficiency, adequacy, and excess...
  28. ncbi Gene-nutrient interactions exemplified by the alpha-tocopherol content of tissues from alpha-tocopherol transfer protein-null mice fed different dietary vitamin E concentrations
    Yunsook Lim
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, 571 Weniger Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1031:328-9. 2004
  29. ncbi Vitamin E, nuclear receptors and xenobiotic metabolism
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 97331 6512, USA
    Arch Biochem Biophys 423:6-11. 2004
    ..Vitamin E acting as a PXR ligand could alter these PXR-mediated reactions. Unfortunately, the extent to which pharmacologic doses of vitamin E modulate these pathways in vivo has not been determined...
  30. ncbi Genome wide responses of murine lungs to dietary alpha-tocopherol
    Saji Oommen
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Free Radic Res 41:98-109. 2007
    ..Immunohistochemical analyses of three of the encoded proteins suggest that they are expressed in lung vasculature and alveolar regions. The data suggest that the lung alpha-T status may modulate cytoarchitecture of lungs...
  31. ncbi Smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke decrease some plasma antioxidants and increase gamma-tocopherol in vivo after adjustment for dietary antioxidant intakes
    Marion Dietrich
    School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720 7360, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 77:160-6. 2003
    ..Free radicals in cigarette smoke may cause oxidative damage to macromolecules, contributing to cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Decreased plasma antioxidant concentrations may indicate cigarette smoke-related oxidative stress...
  32. ncbi Alpha-tocopherol modulates Cyp3a expression, increases gamma-CEHC production, and limits tissue gamma-tocopherol accumulation in mice fed high gamma-tocopherol diets
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 6512, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 38:773-85. 2005
    ..These data support the hypothesis that alpha-tocopherol modulates xenobiotic metabolism by increasing Cyp3a expression, gamma-CEHC formation, and the excretion of both gamma-tocopherol and gamma-CEHC...
  33. ncbi Regulation of the alpha-tocopherol transfer protein in mice: lack of response to dietary vitamin E or oxidative stress
    Deborah L Bella
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 6512, USA
    Lipids 41:105-12. 2006
    ..Thus, hepatic TTP concentrations may be at sufficient levels such that they are unaffected by either modulations of dietary vitamin E or by the conditions of environmentally related oxidative stress used in the present studies...
  34. ncbi Human vitamin E requirements assessed with the use of apples fortified with deuterium-labeled alpha-tocopheryl acetate
    Richard S Bruno
    Department of Food Science and Technology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 83:299-304. 2006
    ..These estimates support the current human vitamin E requirements despite the claims that the median amount of vitamin E that Americans consume is 7 mg/d...
  35. ncbi Apolipoprotein B-related gene expression and ultrastructural characteristics of lipoprotein secretion in mouse yolk sac during embryonic development
    Y Terasawa
    Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    J Lipid Res 40:1967-77. 1999
    ..secretion in mouse yolk sac during embryonic development...
  36. ncbi Absence of VLDL secretion does not affect alpha-tocopherol content in peripheral tissues
    Kaori Minehira-Castelli
    Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, University of California, San Francisco, 94158, USA
    J Lipid Res 47:1733-8. 2006
    ..We conclude that the absence of VLDL secretion has little effect on the stores of alpha-tocopherol in peripheral tissues, at least in the mouse...
  37. ncbi Regulatory mechanisms to control tissue alpha-tocopherol
    Debbie J Mustacich
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 43:610-8. 2007
    ..88, p<0.05). Increased lung MDR1 may provide protection from exposure to environmental toxins by increasing alveolar space alpha-tocopherol...
  38. ncbi Regulation of xenobiotic metabolism, the only signaling function of alpha-tocopherol?
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Mol Nutr Food Res 54:661-8. 2010
    ..We suggest that the most relevant cytochrome P450-mediated pathway is the one that is most important for the regulation and activation of vitamin K, specifically the one dependent on CYP4F2...
  39. ncbi Vitamin E, antioxidant and nothing more
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 6512, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 43:4-15. 2007
    ....
  40. ncbi Vitamin E
    Debbie J Mustacich
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
    Vitam Horm 76:1-21. 2007
    ..It is expected that the continued studies of these regulatory pathways will provide new insights into vitamin E function from which additional human health benefits will evolve...
  41. ncbi Women and smokers have elevated urinary F(2)-isoprostane metabolites: a novel extraction and LC-MS methodology
    Alan W Taylor
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331 6512, USA
    Lipids 43:925-36. 2008
    ..05). Thus, our method simultaneously allows measurement of urinary F(2)-IsoPs and their metabolites for the determination of oxidative stress...
  42. ncbi Quantitation of plasma total 15-series F(2)-isoprostanes by sequential solid phase and liquid-liquid extraction
    Alan W Taylor
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Anal Biochem 396:319-21. 2010
    ..Both changes increased the overall sensitivity of the assay. MS/MS analysis served to confirm the identity of specific peaks that may be better biomarkers than the commonly measured 8-iso-PGF(2alpha)...
  43. ncbi Vitamin E regulatory mechanisms
    Maret G Traber
    Department of Nutrition and Exercise Science, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Annu Rev Nutr 27:347-62. 2007
    ..As a result of these various mechanisms, liver alpha-tocopherol and other vitamin E concentrations are closely regulated; thus, any potential adverse vitamin E effects are limited...
  44. ncbi Benefits of prolonged gradient separation for high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry quantitation of plasma total 15-series F-isoprostanes
    Alan W Taylor
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 97331, USA
    Anal Biochem 350:41-51. 2006
    ..Ours is the first validated quantitative assay using HPLC-tandem MS applied to plasma total 15-PGFs...
  45. ncbi Enhanced inflammatory responses in alpha-tocopherol transfer protein null mice
    Bettina C Schock
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Arch Biochem Biophys 423:162-9. 2004
    ..Taken together, these results demonstrate that alpha-tocopherol is important for proper modulation of inflammatory responses and that sub-optimal alpha-tocopherol concentrations may derange inflammatory-immune responses...
  46. ncbi Incorporation of deuterated RRR- or all-rac-alpha-tocopherol in plasma and tissues of alpha-tocopherol transfer protein--null mice
    Scott W Leonard
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 75:555-60. 2002
    ..36:1 RRR-alpha-tocopherol to all-rac-alpha-tocopherol. CONCLUSION: Deletion of the alpha-TTP gene in mice results in an accumulation of dietary alpha-tocopherol in the liver and depletion of peripheral tissue alpha-tocopherol...
  47. ncbi Vitamin E trafficking
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 6512, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1031:1-12. 2004
    ..Clearly, critical information is lacking in our understanding of the mechanism by which alpha-TTP facilitates the preferential enrichment of VLDLs with alpha-tocopherol...
  48. ncbi Cigarette smoking increases human vitamin E requirements as estimated by plasma deuterium-labeled CEHC
    Scott W Leonard
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1031:357-60. 2004
    ..d(3)/d(6)-alpha-CEHC ratios were on average 0.29 +/- 0.05, confirming that all-rac-alpha-tocopherol is metabolized more efficiently. CEHC may be a good marker of vitamin E status, and smokers may have an increased vitamin E requirement...
  49. ncbi Cigarette smoke alters human vitamin E requirements
    Richard S Bruno
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
    J Nutr 135:671-4. 2005
    ..Last, the possibility of CEHC as a biomarker of vitamin E status will be assessed as will the question whether smokers have increased dietary requirements of vitamin E...
  50. ncbi Alpha-tocopherol modulates genes involved in hepatic xenobiotic pathways in mice
    Debbie J Mustacich
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    J Nutr Biochem 20:469-76. 2009
    ....
  51. ncbi Lower plasma alpha-carboxyethyl-hydroxychroman after deuterium-labeled alpha-tocopherol supplementation suggests decreased vitamin E metabolism in smokers
    Richard S Bruno
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 81:1052-9. 2005
    ..Consequently, evaluating the molecular mechanism or mechanisms responsible for tocopherol metabolism under conditions of oxidative stress and the mechanisms that regulate alpha-tocopherol status is warranted...
  52. ncbi Effects of vitamin E on cholesterol levels of hypercholesterolemic patients receiving statins
    Scott W Leonard
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, 571 Weniger Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Am J Health Syst Pharm 64:2257-66. 2007
    ..The effects of vitamin E supplementation on the cholesterol levels of hypercholesterolemic patients receiving statin therapy were studied...
  53. ncbi Alpha-tocopherol beta-oxidation localized to rat liver mitochondria
    Debbie J Mustacich
    Linus Pauling Institute, 571 Weniger Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 48:73-81. 2010
    ..An unexpected finding was that alpha-CEHC, the end product of alpha-tocopherol metabolism, was found almost exclusively in mitochondria. These data are the first to indicate a mitochondrial role in alpha-tocopherol metabolism...
  54. ncbi Severe vitamin E deficiency modulates airway allergic inflammatory responses in the murine asthma model
    Yunsook Lim
    Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Comparative Lung Biology and Disease, School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Free Radic Res 42:387-96. 2008
    ..It is concluded that the initial stimulation of immune responses by the TTP(-/-) mice were generally blunted compared to the TTP(+/+) mice, thus diminishing some aspects of subsequent allergic inflammatory processes...
  55. ncbi Vitamin E bioavailability from fortified breakfast cereal is greater than that from encapsulated supplements
    Scott W Leonard
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 79:86-92. 2004
    ....
  56. ncbi Modulation of ozone-sensitive genes in alpha-tocopherol transfer protein null mice
    Vihas T Vasu
    Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
    Inhal Toxicol 22:1-16. 2010
    ..The expressions of O(3) sensitive genes-Timp1, Areg, Birc5 and Tnc-were seen to be further modulated by AT status. The present study reveals AT modulation of adaptive response of lung genome to O(3) exposure...
  57. ncbi Vitamin E delivery to human skin: studies using deuterated alpha-tocopherol measured by APCI LC-MS
    Heather Vaule
    Department of Nutrition and Food Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 36:456-63. 2004
    ..Plasma percentage d3 peaked at day 8, while skin surface lipid percentage d3 increased on average until day 19. Apparently skin employs a mechanism to deliver alpha-tocopherol into skin via lipid secretions...
  58. ncbi Ascorbylated 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal as a potential biomarker of oxidative stress response
    John Sowell
    Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 827:139-45. 2005
    ..In the present study, we utilize liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry for investigation into the use of a novel compound, ascorbylated 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, as a potential biomarker of oxidative stress...
  59. ncbi Vitamin E and K interactions--a 50-year-old problem
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
    Nutr Rev 66:624-9. 2008
    ....
  60. ncbi From animals to humans: evidence linking oxidative stress as a causative factor in muscle atrophy
    Tyler Barker
    Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    J Physiol 583:421-2. 2007
  61. ncbi Vitamin E regulation
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
    Curr Opin Gastroenterol 21:223-7. 2005
    ..This review describes these regulatory mechanisms...
  62. ncbi Quantitation of rat liver vitamin E metabolites by LC-MS during high-dose vitamin E administration
    Scott W Leonard
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
    J Lipid Res 46:1068-75. 2005
    ..Thus, LC-MS can be successfully used to quantitate alpha- and gamma-CEHC in liver samples. These data suggest that in times of excess liver alpha-tocopherol, increased metabolism of alpha-tocopherol to alpha-CEHC occurs...
  63. ncbi Alpha-tocopherol regulation of hepatic cytochrome P450s and ABC transporters in rats
    Debbie J Mustacich
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 41:1069-78. 2006
    ..Thus hepatic alpha-tocopherol concentrations altered hepatic proteins involved in metabolism and disposition of xenobiotic agents...
  64. ncbi ?-Tocopherol adipose tissue stores are depleted after burn injury in pediatric patients
    Maret G Traber
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 6512, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 92:1378-84. 2010
    ..Adipose tissue ?-tocopherol concentrations are generally accepted to reflect long-term vitamin E status...
  65. ncbi Alpha-tocopherol transfer protein deficiency in mice causes multi-organ deregulation of gene networks and behavioral deficits with age
    Kishorchandra Gohil
    Center for Comparative Respiratory and Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1031:109-26. 2004
    ..In conclusion, gene-expression profiling studies have identified novel alpha-T-modulated genes and cells in the CNS that may be causatively linked with delayed neurodegeneration and age-related decline in behavioral repertoires...
  66. ncbi Studies in humans using deuterium-labeled alpha- and gamma-tocopherols demonstrate faster plasma gamma-tocopherol disappearance and greater gamma-metabolite production
    Scott W Leonard
    Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, 571 Weniger Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 38:857-66. 2005
    ..04) in urine. Thus, gamma-tocopherol is rapidly metabolized to gamma-CEHC, and to a greater degree in women than in men, whereas alpha-tocopherol is maintained in the plasma and little is metabolized to alpha-CEHC...
  67. ncbi Vitamins E and C are safe across a broad range of intakes
    John N Hathcock
    Council for Responsible Nutrition, Washington, DC, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 81:736-45. 2005
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  68. ncbi Dietary zinc restriction in rats alters antioxidant status and increases plasma F2 isoprostanes
    Richard S Bruno
    Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
    J Nutr Biochem 18:509-18. 2007
    ..Collectively, zinc deficiency increased oxidative stress, which may be partially explained by increased CYP activity and reductions in hepatic alpha-tocopherol and gamma-tocopherol and in plasma uric acid...
  69. ncbi How much vitamin E? ... Just enough!
    Maret G Traber
    Am J Clin Nutr 84:959-60. 2006
  70. ncbi Gamma-tocopherol, the new vitamin E?
    Sridevi Devaraj
    Am J Clin Nutr 77:530-1. 2003
  71. ncbi {alpha}-Tocopherol disappearance is faster in cigarette smokers and is inversely related to their ascorbic acid status
    Richard S Bruno
    Department of Human Nutrition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 81:95-103. 2005
    ..Thus, smokers have an increased requirement for both alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid...
  72. ncbi Vitamin E and transfer proteins
    Daisy E Kaempf-Rotzoll
    Department of Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Curr Opin Lipidol 14:249-54. 2003
    ..SUMMARY: Insights into the regulation of vitamin E transport and metabolism on the cellular level have made enormous advances, showing the complex interplay of influx, trafficking, efflux and metabolism of this crucial antioxidant...
  73. ncbi Lactating sows and suckling piglets preferentially incorporate RRR- over all-rac-alpha-tocopherol into milk, plasma and tissues
    Charlotte Lauridsen
    Department of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Research Centre Foulum, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    J Nutr 132:1258-64. 2002
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  74. ncbi Sex differences in the inhibition of gamma-tocopherol metabolism by a single dose of dietary sesame oil in healthy subjects
    Jan Frank
    Department of Food Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
    Am J Clin Nutr 87:1723-9. 2008
    ..Gamma-tocopherol has unique properties that may be beneficial in sustaining optimal human health, but hepatic vitamin E metabolism enhances gamma-tocopherol turnover...
  75. ncbi gamma-Tocopherol nebulization by a lipid aerosolization device improves pulmonary function in sheep with burn and smoke inhalation injury
    Atsumori Hamahata
    University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
    Free Radic Biol Med 45:425-33. 2008
    ..Pulmonary gT delivery along with a FO source may be a novel effective treatment strategy in management of patients with acute lung injury...
  76. ncbi The ABCs of vitamin E and beta-carotene absorption
    Maret G Traber
    Am J Clin Nutr 80:3-4. 2004
  77. ncbi A simple assay for frequency of chromosome breaks and loss (micronuclei) by flow cytometry of human reticulocytes
    Tal Offer
    Nutritional Genomics Center, Children's Hospital of Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California 94609, USA
    FASEB J 19:485-7. 2005
    ..This method, unlike available micronuclei assays, allows rapid evaluation of a large number of cells and therefore should prove to be useful in monitoring of human populations for genetic damage...
  78. ncbi Aerosolized alpha-tocopherol ameliorates acute lung injury following combined burn and smoke inhalation injury in sheep
    Naoki Morita
    Department of Anaesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0833, USA
    Shock 25:277-82. 2006
    ..Vitamin E nebulization therapy improved the clinical responses to burn and smoke inhalation-induced acute lung injury...
  79. ncbi Vitamin E attenuates acute lung injury in sheep with burn and smoke inhalation injury
    Naoki Morita
    The University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Anaesthesiology and Shriners Burns Hospital for Children, Galveston, Texas, USA
    Redox Rep 11:61-70. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Pretreatment with vitamin E ameliorated the acute lung injury caused by burn and smoke inhalation exposure...
  80. ncbi Consumption of sesame oil muffins decreases the urinary excretion of gamma-tocopherol metabolites in humans
    Jan Frank
    Department of Food Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7051, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1031:365-7. 2004
    ..In conclusion, a single dose of sesame oil, containing 136 mg sesame lignans (sesamin and sesamolin), reduces the urinary excretion of co-administered gamma-T in humans...
  81. ncbi Does gamma-tocopherol play a role in the primary prevention of heart disease and cancer? A review
    Marion Dietrich
    Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Nutritional Epidemiology, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    J Am Coll Nutr 25:292-9. 2006
    ..In this article, we review publications on dietary gamma-tocopherol intake, plasma gamma-tocopherol levels, cardiovascular disease and cancer risk in humans...