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Petersen, Robert

Ph.D.

Professor with Tenure

Biography

Dr. Petersen is a Professor of Cell Biology, Genetics and Neuroscience. He received his B.S in Biochemistry, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota as well as his Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology. He was a post-doctoral Fellow with Dr. Susan Lindquist at the University of Chicago before joining the Faculty at Case Western Reserve University where he rose through the ranks to Full Professor. His research has spanned post-transcriptional mechanisms for controlling gene expression to the discovery of a novel genetic mechanism that regulates disease phenotype. For his scientific accomplishments he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017. In education, Dr. Petersen has extensive experience in small group facilitation. He served as the Assistant Dean for Basic Science Education at Case and as the Assistant Director of their small group Program. He joined the Faculty at the CMU College of Medicine in 2017 and teaches cell biology, genetics and neuroscience.

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Xiong M, Chen H, Fan Y, Jin M, Yang D, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Petersen RB, Su H, Peng A, Wang C, Zheng L, Huang K (2023). Tubular Elabela-APJ axis attenuates ischemia-reperfusion induced acute kidney injury and the following AKI-CKD transition by protecting renal microcirculation. Theranostics.

Yang C, Xu H, Yang D, Xie Y, Xiong M, Fan Y, Liu X, Zhang Y, Xiao Y, Chen Y, Zhou Y, Song L, Wang C, Peng A, Petersen RB, Chen H, Huang K, Zheng L (2023). A renal YY1-KIM1-DR5 axis regulates the progression of acute kidney injury. Nature communications.

Fan Y, Yuan Y, Xiong M, Jin M, Zhang D, Yang D, Liu C, Petersen RB, Huang K, Peng A, Zheng L (2023). Tet1 deficiency exacerbates oxidative stress in acute kidney injury by regulating superoxide dismutase. Theranostics.

Ma L, Li X, Petersen RB, Peng A, Huang K (2023). Probing the interactions between amyloidogenic proteins and bio-membranes. Biophysical chemistry.

Petersen RB, Walter B (2023). Editorial: Insights into Parkinson's disease and aging related movement disorders. Frontiers in aging neuroscience.

Yang D, Fan Y, Xiong M, Chen Y, Zhou Y, Liu X, Yuan Y, Wang Q, Zhang Y, Petersen RB, Su H, Yue J, Zhang C, Chen H, Huang K, Zheng L (2023). Loss of renal tubular G9a benefits acute kidney injury by lowering focal lipid accumulation via CES1. EMBO reports.

Wang S, Zheng J, Ma L, Petersen RB, Xu L, Huang K (2022). Inhibiting protein aggregation with nanomaterials: The underlying mechanisms and impact factors. Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects.

Ma L, Li X, Liu C, Yan W, Ma J, Petersen RB, Peng A, Huang K (2022). Modelling Parkinson's Disease in C. elegans: Strengths and Limitations. Current pharmaceutical design.

Yuan Y, Liu C, Chen X, Sun Y, Xiong M, Fan Y, Petersen RB, Chen H, Huang K, Zheng L (2021). Vitamin C Inhibits the Metabolic Changes Induced by Tet1 Insufficiency Under High Fat Diet Stress. Molecular nutrition & food research.

Shen P, Dang J, Wang Z, Zhang W, Yuan J, Lang Y, Ding M, Mitchell M, Kong Q, Feng J, Rozemuller AJM, Cui L, Petersen RB, Zou WQ (2021). Characterization of Anchorless Human PrP With Q227X Stop Mutation Linked to Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Syndrome In Vivo and In Vitro. Molecular neurobiology.

Wang J, Xiao Y, Liu C, Huang Y, Petersen RB, Zheng L, Huang K (2021). Emerging physiological and pathological roles of MeCP2 in non-neurological systems. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics.

Yang J, Song QY, Niu SX, Chen HJ, Petersen RB, Zhang Y, Huang K (2021). Emerging roles of angiopoietin-like proteins in inflammation: Mechanisms and potential as pharmacological targets. Journal of cellular physiology.

Sun Y, Wang Q, Zhang Y, Geng M, Wei Y, Liu Y, Liu S, Petersen RB, Yue J, Huang K, Zheng L (2020). Multigenerational maternal obesity increases the incidence of HCC in offspring via miR-27a-3p. Journal of hepatology.

Thompson C, Otero P, Srinageshwar B, Petersen RB, Dunbar GL, Rossignol J (2020). Possible roles of epigenetics in stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease. Epigenomics.

Srinageshwar B, Petersen RB, Dunbar GL, Rossignol J (2020). Prion-like mechanisms in neurodegenerative disease: Implications for Huntington's disease therapy. Stem cells translational medicine.

Zhang W, Yang D, Yuan Y, Liu C, Chen H, Zhang Y, Wang Q, Petersen RB, Huang K, Zheng L (2020). Muscular G9a Regulates Muscle-Liver-Fat Axis by Musclin Under Overnutrition in Female Mice. Diabetes.

Li Y, Yang C, Wang S, Yang D, Zhang Y, Xu L, Ma L, Zheng J, Petersen RB, Zheng L, Chen H, Huang K (2020). Copper and iron ions accelerate the prion-like propagation of α-synuclein: A vicious cycle in Parkinson's disease. International journal of biological macromolecules.

Quan C, Chen Y, Wang X, Yang D, Wang Q, Huang Y, Petersen RB, Liu X, Zheng L, Li Y, Huang K (2020). Loss of histone lysine methyltransferase EZH2 confers resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer letters.

Sun Y, Geng M, Yuan Y, Guo P, Chen Y, Yang D, Petersen RB, Huang K, Zheng L (2020). Lmo4-resistin signaling contributes to adipose tissue-liver crosstalk upon weight cycling. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

Li Y, Wang Z, Chen Y, Petersen RB, Zheng L, Huang K (2019). Salvation of the fallen angel: Reactivating mutant p53. British journal of pharmacology.

Wang Z, Yuan J, Shen P, Abskharon R, Lang Y, Dang J, Adornato A, Xu L, Chen J, Feng J, Moudjou M, Kitamoto T, Lee HG, Kim YS, Langeveld J, Appleby B, Ma J, Kong Q, Petersen RB, Zou WQ, Cui L (2019). Correction to: In Vitro Seeding Activity of Glycoform-Deficient Prions from Variably Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy and Familial CJD Associated with PrPV180I Mutation. Molecular neurobiology.

Wang Z, Yuan J, Shen P, Abskharon R, Lang Y, Dang J, Adornato A, Xu L, Chen J, Feng J, Moudjou M, Kitamoto T, Lee HG, Kim YS, Langeveld J, Appleby B, Ma J, Kong Q, Petersen RB, Zou WQ, Cui L (2019). In Vitro Seeding Activity of Glycoform-Deficient Prions from Variably Protease-Sensitive Prionopathy and Familial CJD Associated with PrPV180I Mutation. Molecular neurobiology.

Liu X, Chen Y, Li Y, Petersen RB, Huang K (2019). Targeting mitosis exit: A brake for cancer cell proliferation. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Reviews on cancer.

Wang Z, Manca M, Foutz A, Camacho MV, Raymond GJ, Race B, Orru CD, Yuan J, Shen P, Li B, Lang Y, Dang J, Adornato A, Williams K, Maurer NR, Gambetti P, Xu B, Surewicz W, Petersen RB, Dong X, Appleby BS, Caughey B, Cui L, Kong Q, Zou WQ (2019). Early preclinical detection of prions in the skin of prion-infected animals. Nature communications.

Wang Z, Manca M, Foutz A, Camacho MV, Raymond GJ, Race B, Orru CD, Yuan J, Shen P, Li B, Lang Y, Dang J, Adornato A, Williams K, Maurer NR, Gambetti P, Xu B, Surewicz W, Petersen RB, Dong X, Appleby BS, Caughey B, Cui L, Kong Q, Zou WQ (2019). Publisher Correction: Early preclinical detection of prions in the skin of prion-infected animals. Nature communications.

Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Wang Z, Gong H, Ma L, Sun D, Yang C, Li Y, Cheng B, Petersen RB, Jiang F, Liu G, Huang K (2018). Menadione sodium bisulfite inhibits the toxic aggregation of amyloid-β(1-42). Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects.

Cheng B, Li Y, Ma L, Wang Z, Petersen RB, Zheng L, Chen Y, Huang K (2018). Interaction between amyloidogenic proteins and biomembranes in protein misfolding diseases: Mechanisms, contributors, and therapy. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes.

Wang W, Wang Q, Wan D, Sun Y, Wang L, Chen H, Liu C, Petersen RB, Li J, Xue W, Zheng L, Huang K (2017). Histone HIST1H1C/H1.2 regulates autophagy in the development of diabetic retinopathy. Autophagy.

Kim HJ, Choi HS, Park JH, Kim MJ, Lee HG, Petersen RB, Kim YS, Park JB, Choi EK (2017). Regulation of RhoA activity by the cellular prion protein. Cell death & disease.

Orrú CD, Yuan J, Appleby BS, Li B, Li Y, Winner D, Wang Z, Zhan YA, Rodgers M, Rarick J, Wyza RE, Joshi T, Wang GX, Cohen ML, Zhang S, Groveman BR, Petersen RB, Ironside JW, Quiñones-Mateu ME, Safar JG, Kong Q, Caughey B, Zou WQ (2017). Prion seeding activity and infectivity in skin samples from patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Science translational medicine.

Wang W, Arakawa H, Wang L, Okolo O, Siedlak SL, Jiang Y, Gao J, Xie F, Petersen RB, Wang X (2017). Motor-Coordinative and Cognitive Dysfunction Caused by Mutant TDP-43 Could Be Reversed by Inhibiting Its Mitochondrial Localization. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy.

Blair JA, Wang C, Hernandez D, Siedlak SL, Rodgers MS, Achar RK, Fahmy LM, Torres SL, Petersen RB, Zhu X, Casadesus G, Lee HG (2016). Correction: Individual Case Analysis of Postmortem Interval Time on Brain Tissue Preservation. PloS one.

Zhang X, Liu J, Huang L, Yang X, Petersen RB, Sun Y, Gong H, Zheng L, Huang K (2016). How the imidazole ring modulates amyloid formation of islet amyloid polypeptide: A chemical modification study. Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Zhan YA, Abskharon R, Li Y, Yuan J, Zeng L, Dang J, Martinez MC, Wang Z, Mikol J, Lehmann S, Bu S, Steyaert J, Cui L, Petersen RB, Kong Q, Wang GX, Wohlkonig A, Zou WQ (2016). Quiescin-sulfhydryl oxidase inhibits prion formation in vitro. Aging.

Blair JA, Wang C, Hernandez D, Siedlak SL, Rodgers MS, Achar RK, Fahmy LM, Torres SL, Petersen RB, Zhu X, Casadesus G, Lee HG (2016). Individual Case Analysis of Postmortem Interval Time on Brain Tissue Preservation. PloS one.

Gong H, Yang X, Zhao Y, Petersen RB, Liu X, Liu Y, Huang K (2015). Amyloidogenicity of p53: a hidden link between protein misfolding and cancer. Current protein & peptide science.

Chen H, Wan D, Wang L, Peng A, Xiao H, Petersen RB, Liu C, Zheng L, Huang K (2015). Apelin protects against acute renal injury by inhibiting TGF-β1. Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Zhang B, Cowden D, Zhang F, Yuan J, Siedlak S, Abouelsaad M, Zeng L, Zhou X, O'Toole J, Das AS, Kofskey D, Warren M, Bian Z, Cui Y, Tan T, Kresak A, Wyza RE, Petersen RB, Wang GX, Kong Q, Wang X, Sedor J, Zhu X, Zhu H, Zou WQ (2015). Correction: Prion Protein Protects against Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. PloS one.

Cai R, Xue W, Liu S, Petersen RB, Huang K, Zheng L (2015). Overexpression of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase prevents neurovascular degeneration after retinal injury. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

Zhang B, Cowden D, Zhang F, Yuan J, Siedlak S, Abouelsaad M, Zeng L, Zhou X, O'Toole J, Das AS, Kofskey D, Warren M, Bian Z, Cui Y, Tan T, Kresak A, Wyza RE, Petersen RB, Wang GX, Kong Q, Wang X, Sedor J, Zhu X, Zhu H, Zou WQ (2015). Prion Protein Protects against Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. PloS one.

Zheng C, Li X, Kong C, Ke S, Peng C, Cui T, Gao M, Zhou Y, Guo W, Huang L, Petersen RB, Huang K (2015). Effect of single nucleotide polymorphism in thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor on the risk of diabetic macrovascular disease. Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis.

Petersen RB, Lissemore FM, Appleby B, Aggarwal N, Boyatzis R, Casadesus G, Cummings J, Jack A, Perry G, Safar J, Sajatovic M, Surewicz WK, Wang Y, Whitehouse P, Lerner A (2015). From Neurodegeneration to Brain Health: An Integrated Approach. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD.

Chen H, Li J, Jiao L, Petersen RB, Li J, Peng A, Zheng L, Huang K (2014). Apelin inhibits the development of diabetic nephropathy by regulating histone acetylation in Akita mouse. The Journal of physiology.

Rodrigues R, Petersen RB, Perry G (2014). Parallels between major depressive disorder and Alzheimer's disease: role of oxidative stress and genetic vulnerability. Cellular and molecular neurobiology.

Liu Z, Reba S, Chen WD, Porwal SK, Boom WH, Petersen RB, Rojas R, Viswanathan R, Devireddy L (2014). Regulation of mammalian siderophore 2,5-DHBA in the innate immune response to infection. The Journal of experimental medicine.

Ding Y, Li J, Liu S, Zhang L, Xiao H, Li J, Chen H, Petersen RB, Huang K, Zheng L (2014). DNA hypomethylation of inflammation-associated genes in adipose tissue of female mice after multigenerational high fat diet feeding. International journal of obesity (2005).

Liu X, Zhou Y, Liu X, Peng A, Gong H, Huang L, Ji K, Petersen RB, Zheng L, Huang K (2014). MPHOSPH1: a potential therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer research.

Gong H, Yang X, Zhao Y, Petersen RB, Liu X, Liu Y, Huang K (2014). Amyloidogenicity of p53: A Hidden Link Between Protein Misfolding and Cancer. Current protein & peptide science.

Yuan J, Zhan YA, Abskharon R, Xiao X, Martinez MC, Zhou X, Kneale G, Mikol J, Lehmann S, Surewicz WK, Castilla J, Steyaert J, Zhang S, Kong Q, Petersen RB, Wohlkonig A, Zou WQ (2013). Recombinant human prion protein inhibits prion propagation in vitro. Scientific reports.

Xiao X, Yuan J, Haïk S, Cali I, Zhan Y, Moudjou M, Li B, Laplanche JL, Laude H, Langeveld J, Gambetti P, Kitamoto T, Kong Q, Brandel JP, Cobb BA, Petersen RB, Zou WQ (2013). Glycoform-selective prion formation in sporadic and familial forms of prion disease. PloS one.

Cheng B, Gong H, Xiao H, Petersen RB, Zheng L, Huang K (2013). Inhibiting toxic aggregation of amyloidogenic proteins: a therapeutic strategy for protein misfolding diseases. Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Zhao L, Guo H, Chen H, Petersen RB, Zheng L, Peng A, Huang K (2013). Effect of Liraglutide on endoplasmic reticulum stress in diabetes. Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

Kudo W, Petersen RB, Lee HG (2013). Cellular prion protein and Alzheimer disease: link to oligomeric amyloid-β and neuronal cell death. Prion.

Zhu X, Castellani RJ, Ziats NP, Petersen RB, Gon Lee H, Perry G (2012). Mark A. Smith: neurocytochemistry innovator. Journal of neurochemistry.

Santos RX, Correia SC, Zhu X, Lee HG, Petersen RB, Nunomura A, Smith MA, Perry G, Moreira PI (2012). Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA oxidation in Alzheimer's disease. Free radical research.

Rodrigues R, Smith MA, Wang X, Perry G, Lee HG, Zhu X, Petersen RB (2012). Molecular neuropathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: an interaction model stressing the central role of oxidative stress. Future neurology.

Rubenstein R, Bulgin MS, Chang B, Sorensen-Melson S, Petersen RB, LaFauci G (2012). PrP(Sc) detection and infectivity in semen from scrapie-infected sheep. The Journal of general virology.

Reed-Cossairt A, Zhu X, Lee HG, Reed C, Perry G, Petersen RB (2012). Alzheimer's disease and vascular deficiency: lessons from imaging studies and down syndrome. Current gerontology and geriatrics research.

Kudo W, Lee HP, Zou WQ, Wang X, Perry G, Zhu X, Smith MA, Petersen RB, Lee HG (2012). Cellular prion protein is essential for oligomeric amyloid-β-induced neuronal cell death. Human molecular genetics.

Perry G, Phelix CF, Nunomura A, Colom LV, Castellani RJ, Petersen RB, Lee HG, Zhu X (2012). Untangling the vascular web from Alzheimer disease and oxidative stress. The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques.

Wang X, Snape M, Klann E, Stone JG, Singh A, Petersen RB, Castellani RJ, Casadesus G, Smith MA, Zhu X (2012). Activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway contributes to the behavioral deficit of fragile x-syndrome. Journal of neurochemistry.

Zou RS, Fujioka H, Guo JP, Xiao X, Shimoji M, Kong C, Chen C, Tasnadi M, Voma C, Yuan J, Moudjou M, Laude H, Petersen RB, Zou WQ (2011). Characterization of spontaneously generated prion-like conformers in cultured cells. Aging.

Zou WQ, Xiao X, Yuan J, Puoti G, Fujioka H, Wang X, Richardson S, Zhou X, Zou R, Li S, Zhu X, McGeer PL, McGeehan J, Kneale G, Rincon-Limas DE, Fernandez-Funez P, Lee HG, Smith MA, Petersen RB, Guo JP (2011). Amyloid-beta42 interacts mainly with insoluble prion protein in the Alzheimer brain. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Moreira PI, Zhu X, Wang X, Lee HG, Nunomura A, Petersen RB, Perry G, Smith MA (2010). Mitochondria: a therapeutic target in neurodegeneration. Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Lee HG, Casadesus G, Nunomura A, Zhu X, Castellani RJ, Richardson SL, Perry G, Felsher DW, Petersen RB, Smith MA (2009). The neuronal expression of MYC causes a neurodegenerative phenotype in a novel transgenic mouse. The American journal of pathology.

Rolston RK, Perry G, Zhu X, Castellani RJ, Dwyer BE, Lee HG, Petersen RB, Smith MA (2009). Iron: A Pathological Mediator of Alzheimer Disease? Agro food industry hi-tech.

Singh A, Kong Q, Luo X, Petersen RB, Meyerson H, Singh N (2009). Prion protein (PrP) knock-out mice show altered iron metabolism: a functional role for PrP in iron uptake and transport. PloS one.

Friedland RP, Petersen RB, Rubenstein R (2009). Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and aquaculture. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD.

Lee HG, Casadesus G, Zhu X, Castellani RJ, McShea A, Perry G, Petersen RB, Bajic V, Smith MA (2009). Cell cycle re-entry mediated neurodegeneration and its treatment role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Neurochemistry international.

Yu S, Yin S, Pham N, Wong P, Kang SC, Petersen RB, Li C, Sy MS (2008). Ligand binding promotes prion protein aggregation--role of the octapeptide repeats. The FEBS journal.

Gustaw KA, Garrett MR, Lee HG, Castellani RJ, Zagorski MG, Prakasam A, Siedlak SL, Zhu X, Perry G, Petersen RB, Friedland RP, Smith MA (2008). Antigen-antibody dissociation in Alzheimer disease: a novel approach to diagnosis. Journal of neurochemistry.

Myung NH, Zhu X, Kruman II, Castellani RJ, Petersen RB, Siedlak SL, Perry G, Smith MA, Lee HG (2008). Evidence of DNA damage in Alzheimer disease: phosphorylation of histone H2AX in astrocytes. Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands).

Yuan J, Dong Z, Guo JP, McGeehan J, Xiao X, Wang J, Cali I, McGeer PL, Cashman NR, Bessen R, Surewicz WK, Kneale G, Petersen RB, Gambetti P, Zou WQ (2008). Accessibility of a critical prion protein region involved in strain recognition and its implications for the early detection of prions. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS.

McShea A, Lee HG, Petersen RB, Casadesus G, Vincent I, Linford NJ, Funk JO, Shapiro RA, Smith MA (2007). Neuronal cell cycle re-entry mediates Alzheimer disease-type changes. Biochimica et biophysica acta.

Guo L, Gandhi PN, Wang W, Petersen RB, Wilson-Delfosse AL, Chen SG (2007). The Parkinson's disease-associated protein, leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), is an authentic GTPase that stimulates kinase activity. Experimental cell research.

Petersen RB, Nunomura A, Lee HG, Casadesus G, Perry G, Smith MA, Zhu X (2007). Signal transduction cascades associated with oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD.

LaFauci G, Carp RI, Meeker HC, Ye X, Kim JI, Natelli M, Cedeno M, Petersen RB, Kascsak R, Rubenstein R (2006). Passage of chronic wasting disease prion into transgenic mice expressing Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) PrPC. The Journal of general virology.

Xie Z, O'Rourke KI, Dong Z, Jenny AL, Langenberg JA, Belay ED, Schonberger LB, Petersen RB, Zou W, Kong Q, Gambetti P, Chen SG (2006). Chronic wasting disease of elk and deer and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: comparative analysis of the scrapie prion protein. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Sparks DL, Connor DJ, Sabbagh MN, Petersen RB, Lopez J, Browne P (2006). Circulating cholesterol levels, apolipoprotein E genotype and dementia severity influence the benefit of atorvastatin treatment in Alzheimer's disease: results of the Alzheimer's Disease Cholesterol-Lowering Treatment (ADCLT) trial. Acta neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum.

Kong Q, Huang S, Zou W, Vanegas D, Wang M, Wu D, Yuan J, Zheng M, Bai H, Deng H, Chen K, Jenny AL, O'Rourke K, Belay ED, Schonberger LB, Petersen RB, Sy MS, Chen SG, Gambetti P (2005). Chronic wasting disease of elk: transmissibility to humans examined by transgenic mouse models. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.

Petersen RB, Siedlak SL, Lee HG, Kim YS, Nunomura A, Tagliavini F, Ghetti B, Cras P, Moreira PI, Castellani RJ, Guentchev M, Budka H, Ironside JW, Gambetti P, Smith MA, Perry G (2005). Redox metals and oxidative abnormalities in human prion diseases. Acta neuropathologica.

Zaidi SI, Richardson SL, Capellari S, Song L, Smith MA, Ghetti B, Sy MS, Gambetti P, Petersen RB (2005). Characterization of the F198S prion protein mutation: enhanced glycosylation and defective refolding. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD.

Casadesus G, Smith MA, Zhu X, Aliev G, Cash AD, Honda K, Petersen RB, Perry G (2004). Alzheimer disease: evidence for a central pathogenic role of iron-mediated reactive oxygen species. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD.

Aliev G, Castellani RJ, Petersen RB, Burnstock G, Perry G, Smith MA (2004). Pathobiology of familial hypercholesterolemic atherosclerosis. Journal of submicroscopic cytology and pathology.

Lee HG, Ogawa O, Zhu X, O'Neill MJ, Petersen RB, Castellani RJ, Ghanbari H, Perry G, Smith MA (2004). Aberrant expression of metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 in the vulnerable neurons of Alzheimer's disease. Acta neuropathologica.

Honda K, Casadesus G, Petersen RB, Perry G, Smith MA (2004). Oxidative stress and redox-active iron in Alzheimer's disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Zhu X, Wang Y, Ogawa O, Lee HG, Raina AK, Siedlak SL, Harris PL, Fujioka H, Shimohama S, Tabaton M, Atwood CS, Petersen RB, Perry G, Smith MA (2004). Neuroprotective properties of Bcl-w in Alzheimer disease. Journal of neurochemistry.

Lee HG, Petersen RB, Zhu X, Honda K, Aliev G, Smith MA, Perry G (2003). Will preventing protein aggregates live up to its promise as prophylaxis against neurodegenerative diseases? Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland).

Zhu X, Raina AK, Lee HG, Chao M, Nunomura A, Tabaton M, Petersen RB, Perry G, Smith MA (2003). Oxidative stress and neuronal adaptation in Alzheimer disease: the role of SAPK pathways. Antioxidants & redox signaling.

Perry G, Nunomura A, Raina AK, Aliev G, Siedlak SL, Harris PL, Casadesus G, Petersen RB, Bligh-Glover W, Balraj E, Petot GJ, Smith MA (2003). A metabolic basis for Alzheimer disease. Neurochemical research.

Perry G, Taddeo MA, Petersen RB, Castellani RJ, Harris PL, Siedlak SL, Cash AD, Liu Q, Nunomura A, Atwood CS, Smith MA (2003). Adventiously-bound redox active iron and copper are at the center of oxidative damage in Alzheimer disease. Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine.

Liu T, Li R, Pan T, Liu D, Petersen RB, Wong BS, Gambetti P, Sy MS (2002). Intercellular transfer of the cellular prion protein. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Dagvadorj A, Petersen RB, Lee HS, Cervenakova L, Shatunov A, Budka H, Brown P, Gambetti P, Goldfarb LG (2002). Spontaneous mutations in the prion protein gene causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Annals of neurology.

Capellari S, Parchi P, Wolff BD, Campbell J, Atkinson R, Posey DM, Petersen RB, Gambetti P (2002). Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with a deletion of two repeats in the prion protein gene. Neurology.

Petersen RB (2002). You can take the genome out of the organism, but can you take the organism out of the environment? Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD.

Pan T, Wong BS, Liu T, Li R, Petersen RB, Sy MS (2002). Cell-surface prion protein interacts with glycosaminoglycans. The Biochemical journal.

Liu T, Zwingman T, Li R, Pan T, Wong BS, Petersen RB, Gambetti P, Herrup K, Sy MS (2001). Differential expression of cellular prion protein in mouse brain as detected with multiple anti-PrP monoclonal antibodies. Brain research.

Hirai K, Aliev G, Nunomura A, Fujioka H, Russell RL, Atwood CS, Johnson AB, Kress Y, Vinters HV, Tabaton M, Shimohama S, Cash AD, Siedlak SL, Harris PL, Jones PK, Petersen RB, Perry G, Smith MA (2001). Mitochondrial abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.

Wong BS, Liu T, Li R, Pan T, Petersen RB, Smith MA, Gambetti P, Perry G, Manson JC, Brown DR, Sy MS (2001). Increased levels of oxidative stress markers detected in the brains of mice devoid of prion protein. Journal of neurochemistry.

Li R, Liu D, Zanusso G, Liu T, Fayen JD, Huang JH, Petersen RB, Gambetti P, Sy MS (2001). The expression and potential function of cellular prion protein in human lymphocytes. Cellular immunology.

Liu T, Li R, Wong BS, Liu D, Pan T, Petersen RB, Gambetti P, Sy MS (2001). Normal cellular prion protein is preferentially expressed on subpopulations of murine hemopoietic cells. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950).

Pan T, Colucci M, Wong BS, Li R, Liu T, Petersen RB, Chen S, Gambetti P, Sy MS (2001). Novel differences between two human prion strains revealed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Nunomura A, Perry G, Aliev G, Hirai K, Takeda A, Balraj EK, Jones PK, Ghanbari H, Wataya T, Shimohama S, Chiba S, Atwood CS, Petersen RB, Smith MA (2001). Oxidative damage is the earliest event in Alzheimer disease. Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology.

Wong BS, Liu T, Paisley D, Li R, Pan T, Chen SG, Perry G, Petersen RB, Smith MA, Melton DW, Gambetti P, Brown DR, Sy MS (2001). Induction of HO-1 and NOS in doppel-expressing mice devoid of PrP: implications for doppel function. Molecular and cellular neurosciences.

Capellari S, Zaidi SI, Long AC, Kwon EE, Petersen RB (2000). The Thr183Ala Mutation, Not the Loss of the First Glycosylation Site, Alters the Physical Properties of the Prion Protein. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD.

Lu K, Wang W, Xie Z, Wong BS, Li R, Petersen RB, Sy MS, Chen SG (2000). Expression and structural characterization of the recombinant human doppel protein. Biochemistry.

Takeda A, Perry G, Abraham NG, Dwyer BE, Kutty RK, Laitinen JT, Petersen RB, Smith MA (2000). Overexpression of heme oxygenase in neuronal cells, the possible interaction with Tau. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Wong BS, Pan T, Liu T, Li R, Petersen RB, Jones IM, Gambetti P, Brown DR, Sy MS (2000). Prion disease: A loss of antioxidant function? Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

Capellari S, Parchi P, Russo CM, Sanford J, Sy MS, Gambetti P, Petersen RB (2000). Effect of the E200K mutation on prion protein metabolism. Comparative study of a cell model and human brain. The American journal of pathology.

Kim HT, Russell RL, Raina AK, Harris PL, Siedlak SL, Zhu X, Petersen RB, Shimohama S, Smith MA, Perry G (2000). Protein disulfide isomerase in Alzheimer disease. Antioxidants & redox signaling.

Gerst JL, Raina AK, Pirim I, McShea A, Harris PL, Siedlak SL, Takeda A, Petersen RB, Smith MA (2000). Altered cell-matrix associated ADAM proteins in Alzheimer disease. Journal of neuroscience research.

Petersen RB (1999). Antemortem diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Lancet (London, England).

Siu IM, Robinson DR, Schwartz S, Kung HJ, Pretlow TG, Petersen RB, Pretlow TP (1999). The identification of monoclonality in human aberrant crypt foci. Cancer research.

Zanusso G, Petersen RB, Jin T, Jing Y, Kanoush R, Ferrari S, Gambetti P, Singh N (1999). Proteasomal degradation and N-terminal protease resistance of the codon 145 mutant prion protein. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Goedert M, Spillantini MG, Crowther RA, Chen SG, Parchi P, Tabaton M, Lanska DJ, Markesbery WR, Wilhelmsen KC, Dickson DW, Petersen RB, Gambetti P (1999). Tau gene mutation in familial progressive subcortical gliosis. Nature medicine.

Capellari S, Zaidi SI, Urig CB, Perry G, Smith MA, Petersen RB (1999). Prion protein glycosylation is sensitive to redox change. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Zanusso G, Liu D, Ferrari S, Hegyi I, Yin X, Aguzzi A, Hornemann S, Liemann S, Glockshuber R, Manson JC, Brown P, Petersen RB, Gambetti P, Sy MS (1998). Prion protein expression in different species: analysis with a panel of new mAbs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Chapman J, Cervenáková L, Petersen RB, Lee HS, Estupinan J, Richardson S, Vnencak-Jones CL, Gajdusek DC, Korczyn AD, Brown P, Goldfarb LG (1998). APOE in non-Alzheimer amyloidoses: transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Neurology.

Parchi P, Petersen RB, Chen SG, Autilio-Gambetti L, Capellari S, Monari L, Cortelli P, Montagna P, Lugaresi E, Gambetti P (1998). Molecular pathology of fatal familial insomnia. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland).

Vital C, Gray F, Vital A, Parchi P, Capellari S, Petersen RB, Ferrer X, Jarnier D, Julien J, Gambetti P (1998). Prion encephalopathy with insertion of octapeptide repeats: the number of repeats determines the type of cerebellar deposits. Neuropathology and applied neurobiology.

Swietnicki W, Petersen RB, Gambetti P, Surewicz WK (1998). Familial mutations and the thermodynamic stability of the recombinant human prion protein. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Golic MM, Rong YS, Petersen RB, Lindquist SL, Golic KG (1997). FLP-mediated DNA mobilization to specific target sites in Drosophila chromosomes. Nucleic acids research.

Singh N, Zanusso G, Chen SG, Fujioka H, Richardson S, Gambetti P, Petersen RB (1997). Prion protein aggregation reverted by low temperature in transfected cells carrying a prion protein gene mutation. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Petersen RB, Goren H, Cohen M, Richardson SL, Tresser N, Lynn A, Gali M, Estes M, Gambetti P (1997). Transthyretin amyloidosis: a new mutation associated with dementia. Annals of neurology.

Capellari S, Vital C, Parchi P, Petersen RB, Ferrer X, Jarnier D, Pegoraro E, Gambetti P, Julien J (1997). Familial prion disease with a novel 144-bp insertion in the prion protein gene in a Basque family. Neurology.

Raymond GJ, Hope J, Kocisko DA, Priola SA, Raymond LD, Bossers A, Ironside J, Will RG, Chen SG, Petersen RB, Gambetti P, Rubenstein R, Smits MA, Lansbury PT Jr, Caughey B (1997). Molecular assessment of the potential transmissibilities of BSE and scrapie to humans. Nature.

Parchi P, Capellari S, Chen SG, Petersen RB, Gambetti P, Kopp N, Brown P, Kitamoto T, Tateishi J, Giese A, Kretzschmar H (1997). Typing prion isoforms. Nature.

Parchi P, Castellani R, Capellari S, Ghetti B, Young K, Chen SG, Farlow M, Dickson DW, Sima AA, Trojanowski JQ, Petersen RB, Gambetti P (1996). Molecular basis of phenotypic variability in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Annals of neurology.

Petersen RB, Parchi P, Richardson SL, Urig CB, Gambetti P (1996). Effect of the D178N mutation and the codon 129 polymorphism on the metabolism of the prion protein. The Journal of biological chemistry.

Parchi P, Castellani R, Cortelli P, Montagna P, Chen SG, Petersen RB, Manetto V, Vnencak-Jones CL, McLean MJ, Sheller JR (1995). Regional distribution of protease-resistant prion protein in fatal familial insomnia. Annals of neurology.

Gambetti P, Parchi P, Petersen RB, Chen SG, Lugaresi E (1995). Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: clinical, pathological and molecular features. Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland).

Premkumar DR, Smith MA, Richey PL, Petersen RB, Castellani R, Kutty RK, Wiggert B, Perry G, Kalaria RN (1995). Induction of heme oxygenase-1 mRNA and protein in neocortex and cerebral vessels in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of neurochemistry.

Tabaton M, Rolleri M, Masturzo P, Cammarata S, Angelini G, Hansen LA, Saitoh T, Petersen RB, Perry G, Richey P (1995). Apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele frequency is not increased in progressive supranuclear palsy. Neurology.

Petersen RB, Tabaton M, Chen SG, Monari L, Richardson SL, Lynch T, Manetto V, Lanska DJ, Markesbery WR, Lynches T [corrected to Lynch T] (1995). Familial progressive subcortical gliosis: presence of prions and linkage to chromosome 17. Neurology.

Monari L, Chen SG, Brown P, Parchi P, Petersen RB, Mikol J, Gray F, Cortelli P, Montagna P, Ghetti B (1994). Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: different prion proteins determined by a DNA polymorphism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Smith MA, Kutty RK, Richey PL, Yan SD, Stern D, Chader GJ, Wiggert B, Petersen RB, Perry G (1994). Heme oxygenase-1 is associated with the neurofibrillary pathology of Alzheimer's disease. The American journal of pathology.

Yu J, Nagarajan S, Ueda E, Knez JJ, Petersen RB, Medof ME (1994). Characterization of alternatively spliced PIG-A transcripts in normal and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria cells. Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas.

Dellavalle RP, Petersen R, Lindquist S (1994). Preferential deadenylation of Hsp70 mRNA plays a key role in regulating Hsp70 expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular and cellular biology.

Petersen RB, Goldfarb LG, Tabaton M, Brown P, Monari L, Cortelli P, Montagna P, Autilio-Gambetti L, Gajdusek DC, Lugaresi E (1994). A novel mechanism of phenotypic heterogeneity demonstrated by the effect of a polymorphism on a pathogenic mutation in the PRNP (prion protein gene). Molecular neurobiology.

Grant MP, Cohen M, Petersen RB, Halmagyi GM, McDougall A, Tusa RJ, Leigh RJ (1993). Abnormal eye movements in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Annals of neurology.

Petersen RB, Tabaton M, Berg L, Schrank B, Torack RM, Leal S, Julien J, Vital C, Deleplanque B, Pendlebury WW (1992). Analysis of the prion protein gene in thalamic dementia. Neurology.

Goldfarb LG, Petersen RB, Tabaton M, Brown P, LeBlanc AC, Montagna P, Cortelli P, Julien J, Vital C, Pendelbury WW (1992). Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: disease phenotype determined by a DNA polymorphism. Science (New York, N.Y.).

Hackett PB, Dalton MW, Johnson DP, Petersen RB (1991). Phylogenetic and physical analysis of the 5' leader RNA sequences of avian retroviruses. Nucleic acids research.

Lindquist S, Petersen R (1990). Selective translation and degradation of heat-shock messenger RNAs in Drosophila. Enzyme.

Yost HJ, Petersen RB, Lindquist S (1990). RNA metabolism: strategies for regulation in the heat shock response. Trends in genetics : TIG.

Petersen RB, Lindquist S (1989). Regulation of HSP70 synthesis by messenger RNA degradation. Cell regulation.

Hensel CH, Petersen RB, Hackett PB (1989). Effects of alterations in the leader sequence of Rous sarcoma virus RNA on initiation of translation. Journal of virology.

Petersen RB, Moustakas A, Hackett PB (1989). A mutation in the short 5'-proximal open reading frame on Rous sarcoma virus RNA alters virus production. Journal of virology.

Petersen R, Lindquist S (1988). The Drosophila hsp70 message is rapidly degraded at normal temperatures and stabilized by heat shock. Gene.

Hackett PB, Petersen RB, Hensel CH, Albericio F, Gunderson SI, Palmenberg AC, Barany G (1986). Synthesis in vitro of a seven amino acid peptide encoded in the leader RNA of Rous sarcoma virus. Journal of molecular biology.

Petersen RB, Hackett PB (1985). Characterization of ribosome binding on Rous sarcoma virus RNA in vitro. Journal of virology.

Petersen RB, Hensel CH, Hackett PB (1984). Identification of a ribosome-binding site for a leader peptide encoded by Rous sarcoma virus RNA. Journal of virology.

Brown BG, Josephson MA, Petersen RB, Pierce CD, Wong M, Hecht HS, Bolson E, Dodge HT (1981). Intravenous dipyridamole combined with isometric handgrip for near maximal acute increase in coronary flow in patients with coronary artery disease. The American journal of cardiology.
John R. Carter Excellence in Medical Student Teaching
Michael E. Lamm Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award
Kavli Foundation Frontiers in Science Alumni 1996 German-American Frontiers
AAAS Fellow
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota (MN)
B.S. Magna Cum Laude, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota (MN)
American Society for Cell Biology
International Association of Medical Science Educators
American Society for Microbiology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Society of Neuroscience