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Victoria M. Virador, Ph.D.

Selected Publications
1)  Virador VM, Reyes Grajeda JP, Blanco-Labra A, Mendiola-Olaya E, Smith GM, Moreno A, Whitaker JR.
Cloning, Sequencing, Purification, and Crystal Structure of Grenache (Vitis vinifera) Polyphenol Oxidase.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2009. [Journal]
2)  Kassis JN, Virador VM, Guancial EA, Kimm D, Ho AS, Mishra M, Chuang EY, Cook J, Gius D, Kohn EC.
Genomic and phenotypic analysis reveals a key role for CCN1 (CYR61) in BAG3-modulated adhesion and invasion.
J. Pathol. 218: 495-504, 2009. [Journal]
3)  Virador VM, Davidson B, Czechowicz J, Mai A, Kassis J, Kohn EC.
The anti-apoptotic activity of BAG3 is restricted by caspases and the proteasome.
PLoS ONE. 4: e5136, 2009. [Journal]
4)  Virador VM, Flores-Obando RE, Berry A, Patel R, Zakhari J, Lo YC, Strain K, Anders J, Cataisson C, Hansen LA, Yuspa SH.
The human promyelocytic leukemia protein is a tumor suppressor for murine skin carcinogenesis.
Mol. Carcinog. 2008. [Journal]
5)  Crigler L, Kazhanie A, Yoon TJ, Zakhari J, Anders J, Taylor B, Virador VM.
Isolation of a mesenchymal cell population from murine dermis that contains progenitors of multiple cell lineages.
FASEB J. 2007. [Journal]
6)  Kassis JN, Guancial EA, Doong H, Virador V, Kohn EC.
CAIR-1/BAG-3 modulates cell adhesion and migration by downregulating activity of focal adhesion proteins.
Exp. Cell Res. 312: 2962-71, 2006. [Journal]
7)  Kadekaro AL, Andrade LN, Floeter-Winter LM, Rollag MD, Virador V, Vieira W, Castrucci AM.
MT-1 melatonin receptor expression increases the antiproliferative effect of melatonin on S-91 murine melanoma cells.
J. Pineal Res. 36: 204-11, 2004. [Journal]
8)  Hansen LA, Brown D, Virador V, Tanaka T, Andreola F, Strain K, Dancheck B, Riley R, Arbeit JM, De Luca LM, Kogan S, Yuspa SH.
A PMLRARA transgene results in a retinoid-deficient phenotype associated with enhanced susceptibility to skin tumorigenesis.
Cancer Res. 63: 5257-65, 2003. [Journal]
9)  Lei TC, Virador VM, Vieira WD, Hearing VJ.
A melanocyte-keratinocyte coculture model to assess regulators of pigmentation in vitro.
Anal. Biochem. 305: 260-8, 2002. [Journal]
10)  Scott MC, Wakamatsu K, Ito S, Kadekaro AL, Kobayashi N, Groden J, Kavanagh R, Takakuwa T, Virador V, Hearing VJ, Abdel-Malek ZA.
Human melanocortin 1 receptor variants, receptor function and melanocyte response to UV radiation.
J. Cell. Sci. 115: 2349-55, 2002. [Journal]
11)  Virador VM, Muller J, Wu X, Abdel-Malek ZA, Yu ZX, Ferrans VJ, Kobayashi N, Wakamatsu K, Ito S, Hammer JA, Hearing VJ.
Influence of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and ultraviolet radiation on the transfer of melanosomes to keratinocytes.
FASEB J. 16: 105-7, 2002. [Journal]
12)  Lei TC, Virador V, Yasumoto K, Vieira WD, Toyofuku K, Hearing VJ.
Stimulation of melanoblast pigmentation by 8-methoxypsoralen:the involvement of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor, the protein kinase a signal pathway, and proteasome-mediated degradation.
J. Invest. Dermatol. 119: 1341-9, 2002. [Journal]
13)  Toyofuku K, Valencia JC, Kushimoto T, Costin GE, Virador VM, Vieira WD, Ferrans VJ, Hearing VJ.
The etiology of oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) type II: the pink protein modulates the processing and transport of tyrosinase.
Pigment Cell Res. 15: 217-24, 2002. [Journal]
14)  Yoshimura K, Tsukamoto K, Okazaki M, Virador VM, Lei TC, Suzuki Y, Uchida G, Kitano Y, Harii K.
Effects of all-trans retinoic acid on melanogenesis in pigmented skin equivalents and monolayer culture of melanocytes.
J. Dermatol. Sci. 27 Suppl 1: S68-75, 2001. [Journal]
15)  Gómez-Cordovés C, Bartolomé B, Vieira W, Virador VM.
Effects of wine phenolics and sorghum tannins on tyrosinase activity and growth of melanoma cells.
J. Agric. Food Chem. 49: 1620-4, 2001. [Journal]
16)  Virador V, Matsunaga N, Matsunaga J, Valencia J, Oldham RJ, Kameyama K, Peck GL, Ferrans VJ, Vieira WD, Abdel-Malek ZA, Hearing VJ.
Production of melanocyte-specific antibodies to human melanosomal proteins: expression patterns in normal human skin and in cutaneous pigmented lesions.
Pigment Cell Res. 14: 289-97, 2001. [Journal]
17)  Virador VM, Santis C, Furumura M, Kalbacher H, Hearing VJ.
Bioactive motifs of agouti signal protein.
Exp. Cell Res. 259: 54-63, 2000. [Journal]
18)  Matsunaga N, Virador V, Santis C, Vieira WD, Furumura M, Matsunaga J, Kobayashi N, Hearing VJ.
In situ localization of agouti signal protein in murine skin using immunohistochemistry with an ASP-specific antibody.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 270: 176-82, 2000. [Journal]
19)  Virador VM, Kobayashi N, Matsunaga J, Hearing VJ.
A standardized protocol for assessing regulators of pigmentation.
Anal. Biochem. 270: 207-19, 1999. [Journal]
20)  Benathan M, Virador V, Furumura M, Kobayashi N, Panizzon RG, Hearing VJ.
Co-regulation of melanin precursors and tyrosinase in human pigment cells: roles of cysteine and glutathione.
Cell. Mol. Biol. (Noisy-le-grand). 45: 981-90, 1999. [Journal]
21)  Potterf SB, Virador V, Wakamatsu K, Furumura M, Santis C, Ito S, Hearing VJ.
Cysteine transport in melanosomes from murine melanocytes.
Pigment Cell Res. 12: 4-12, 1999. [Journal]
22)  Curto EV, Kwong C, Hermersdörfer H, Glatt H, Santis C, Virador V, Hearing VJ, Dooley TP.
Inhibitors of mammalian melanocyte tyrosinase: in vitro comparisons of alkyl esters of gentisic acid with other putative inhibitors.
Biochem. Pharmacol. 57: 663-72, 1999. [Journal]
23)  Martinez MV, Whitaker JR.
The biochemistry and control of enzymatic browning.
Trends in Food Science and Technology. 6: 195-200, 1995. [Journal]
24)  Perez-Ilzarbe FJ, Martinez V, Hernandez T, Estrella I.
Liquid chromatographic determination of apple pulp procyanidins.
Journal of Liquid Chromatography. 15: 637-646, 1992. [Journal]
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