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Your Environment. Your Health.

Person Details: Susan C. Tilton

Superfund Research Program

Susan C. Tilton

Oregon State University
Enviro/Molecular Toxicology
1007 Ag and Life Science Bldg
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-8646
Phone: 541-737-1740
Email: susan.tilton@oregonstate.edu

Projects

Publications

2023

  • Maier ML, Siddens LK, Pennington JM, Uesugi S, Tilton SC, Vertel EA, Anderson KA, Tidwell LG, Ognibene T, Turteltaub KW, Smith JN, Williams DE. 2023. Benzo[a]pyrene toxicokinetics in humans following dietary supplementation with 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) or brussels sprouts. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 460:116377. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2023.116377 PMID:36642108 PMCID:PMC9946811
  • Rude CI, Tidwell LG, Tilton SC, Waters KM, Anderson KA, Tanguay RL. 2023. Coupling environmental whole mixture toxicity screening with unbiased RNA-Seq reveals site-specific biological responses in zebrafish. Toxics 11(3):201. doi:10.3390/toxics11030201 PMID:36976966 PMCID:PMC1005377
  • Vermillion Maier ML, Siddens LK, Pennington J, Uesugi S, Labut EM, Vertel EA, Anderson KA, Tidwell LG, Tilton SC, Ognibene T, Turteltaub KW, Smith JN, Williams DE. 2023. Impact of phenanthrene co-administration on the toxicokinetics of benzo[a]pyrene in humans. UPLC-accelerator mass spectrometry following oral microdosing. Chem Biol Interact 382:110608. doi:10.1016/j.cbi.2023.110608

2022

  • Rivera BN, Ghetu CC, Chang Y, Truong L, Tanguay RL, Anderson KA, Tilton SC. 2022. Leveraging multiple data streams for prioritization of mixtures for hazard characterization. Toxics 10(11):651. doi:10.3390/toxics10110651 PMID:36355943
  • Rivera BN, Wilson LB, Kim DN, Pande P, Anderson KA, Tilton SC, Tanguay RL. 2022. A comparative multi-system approach to characterizing bioactivity of commonly occurring chemicals. Int J Environ Res Public Health 19(7):3829. doi:10.3390/ijerph19073829 PMID:35409514 PMCID:PMC8998123
  • Vermillion Maier ML, Siddens LK, Pennington JM, Uesugi S, Anderson KA, Tidwell LG, Tilton SC, Ognibene T, Turteltaub KW, Smith JN, Williams DE. 2022. Benzo a pyrene (BaP) metabolites predominant in human plasma following escalating oral micro-dosing with C-14 -BaP. Environ Int 159:doi:10.1016/j.envint.2021.107045 PMID:34920278 PMCID:PMC8791557

2021

  • Chang Y, Rager JE, Tilton SC. 2021. Linking coregulated gene modules with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-related cancer risk in the 3D human bronchial epithelium. Chem Res Toxicol 34(6):1445-1455. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00333 PMID:34048650
  • Vermillion Maier ML, Siddens LK, Uesugi S, Choi J, Leonard SW, Pennington J, Tilton SC, Smith JN, Ho E, Chow S, Nguyen BD, Kolluri SK, Williams DE. 2021. 3,3'-diindolylmethane (BioResponse DIM) exhibits significant metabolism following oral dosing in humans. Drug Metab Dispos 49(8):doi:10.1124/dmd.120.000346 PMID:34035125 PMCID:PMC8407664 (ahead of print)

2020

2019

  • Brown J, Phillips AR, Lewis DA, Mans M, Chang Y, Tanguay RL, Peterson ES, Waters KM, Tilton SC. 2019. Bioinformatics Resource Manager: a systems biology web tool for microRNA and omics data integration. BMC Bioinformatics 20:255. doi:10.1186/s12859-019-2805-6 PMID:31101000
  • Chang Y, Siddens LK, Heine L, Sampson D, Yu Z, Fischer K, Lohr CV, Tilton SC. 2019. Comparative mechanisms of PAH toxicity by benzo a pyrene and dibenzo def,p chrysene in primary human bronchial epithelial cells cultured at air-liquid interface. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 379:114644. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2019.114644 PMID:31255691 PMCID:PMC6708476
  • Madeen E, Siddens LK, Uesugi S, McQuistan TJ, Corley RA, Smith JN, Waters KM, Tilton SC, Anderson KA, Ognibene T, Turteltaub KW, Williams DE. 2019. Toxicokinetics of benzo[a]pyrene in humans: Extensive metabolism as determined by UPLC-accelerator mass spectrometry following oral micro-dosing. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 364:97-105. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2018.12.010 PMID:30582946 PMCID:PMC6369707

2018

  • Garcia GR, Shankar P, Dunham CL, Garcia A, La Du JK, Truong L, Tilton SC, Tanguay RL. 2018. Signaling events downstream of AHR activation that contribute to toxic responses: The functional role of an AHR-dependent long noncoding RNA (slincR) using the zebrafish model. Environ Health Perspect 126(11):117002. doi:10.1289/EHP3281 PMID:30398377 PMCID:PMC6371766
  • Geier MC, Minick DJ, Truong L, Tilton SC, Pande P, Anderson KA, Teeguardan J, Tanguay RL. 2018. Systematic developmental neurotoxicity assessment of a representative PAH Superfund mixture using zebrafish. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 354:115-125. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2018.03.029 PMID:29630969 PMCID:PMC6087484
  • Hummel JM, Madeen E, Siddens LK, Uesugi S, McQuistan TJ, Anderson KA, Turteltaub KW, Ognibene T, Bench G, Krueger SK, Harris S, Smith JN, Tilton SC, Baird WM, Williams DE. 2018. Pharmacokinetics of [(14)C]-Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in humans: Impact of Co-Administration of smoked salmon and BaP dietary restriction. Food Chem Toxicol 115:136-147. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2018.03.003 PMID:29518434 PMCID:PMC5935529

2017

  • Curtis L, Bravo CF, Bayne CJ, Tilton F, Arkoosh MR, Lambertini E, Loge FJ, Collier TK, Meador J, Tilton SC. 2017. Transcriptional changes in innate immunity genes in head kidneys from Aeromonas salmonicida-challenged rainbow trout fed a mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 142:157-163. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.03.044 PMID:28407501
  • Ehrlich AK, Pennington J, Tilton SC, Wang X, Marshall NB, Rohlman D, Funatake C, Punj S, O'Donnell EF, Yu Z, Kolluri SK, Kerkvliet NI. 2017. AhR activation increases IL-2 production by alloreactive CD4+ T cells initiating the differentiation of mucosal-homing Tim3+ Lag3+ Tr1 cells. Eur J Immunol 47(11):1989-2001. doi:10.1002/eji.201747121 PMID:28833046
  • Nguyen H, Tilton SC, Kemp CJ. 2017. Non-monotonic pathway gene expression analysis reveals oncogenic role of p27/Kip1 at intermediate dose. Cancer Inform 16:1176935117740132. doi:10.1177/1176935117740132 PMID:29162974 PMCID:PMC5692148

2015

  • Goodale BC, La Du JK, Tilton SC, Sullivan CM, Bisson WH, Waters KM, Tanguay RL. 2015. Ligand-specific transcriptional mechanisms underlie aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated developmental toxicity of oxygenated PAHs. Toxicol Sci 147(2):397-411. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfv139 PMID:26141390 PMCID:PMC4612346
  • Siddens LK, Bunde KL, Harper TA, McQuistan TJ, Lohr CV, Bramer LM, Waters KM, Tilton SC, Krueger SK, Williams DE, Baird WM. 2015. Cytochrome P450 1b1 in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-induced skin carcinogenesis: Tumorigenicity of individual PAHs and coal-tar extract, DNA adduction and expression of select genes in the Cyp1b1 knockout mouse. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 287(2):149-160. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2015.05.019 PMID:26049101 PMCID:PMC4689210
  • Tilton SC, Siddens LK, Krueger SK, Larkin A, Lohr CV, Williams DE, Baird WM, Waters KM. 2015. Mechanism-based classification of PAH mixtures to predict carcinogenic potential. Toxicol Sci 146(1):135-145. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfv080 PMID:25908611 PMCID:PMC4476464

2014

2013

  • Franzosa JA, Bugel SM, Tal TL, La Du JK, Tilton SC, Waters KM, Tanguay RL. 2013. Retinoic acid-dependent regulation of miR-19 expression elicits vertebrate axis defects. FASEB J 27(12):4866-4876. doi:10.1096/fj.12-225524 PMID:23975936 PMCID:PMC3834785
  • Goodale BC, Tilton SC, Corvi MM, Wilson GR, Janszen DB, Anderson KA, Waters KM, Tanguay RL. 2013. Structurally distinct polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons induce differential transcriptional responses in developing zebrafish. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 272(3):656-670. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2013.04.024 PMID:23656968 PMCID:PMC4098828
  • Larkin A, Siddens LK, Krueger SK, Tilton SC, Waters KM, Williams DE, Baird WM. 2013. Application of a fuzzy neural network model in predicting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-mediated perturbations of the Cyp1b1 transcriptional regulatory network in mouse skin. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 267(2):192-199. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2012.12.011 PMID:23274566 PMCID:PMC3626406
  • Saili KS, Tilton SC, Waters KM, Tanguay RL. 2013. Global gene expression analysis reveals pathway differences between teratogenic and non-teratogenic exposure concentrations of bisphenol A and 17β-estradiol in embryonic zebrafish. Reprod Toxicol 38:89-101. doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2013.03.009 PMID:23557687 PMCID:PMC3690774
  • Truong L, Tilton SC, Zaikova T, Richman E, Waters KM, Hutchison JE, Tanguay RL. 2013. Surface functionalities of gold nanoparticles impact embryonic gene expression responses. Nanotechnology 7:192-201. doi:10.3109/17435390.2011.648225 PMID:22263968 PMCID:PMC3399027

2012

  • Chen J, Huang C, Truong L, La Du JK, Tilton SC, Waters KM, Lin K, Tanguay RL, Dong Q. 2012. Early life stage trimethyltin exposure induces ADP-ribosylation factor expression and perturbs the vascular system in zebrafish. Toxicology 302:129-139. doi:10.1016/j.tox.2012.09.004 PMID:23000284 PMCID:PMC3511642
  • Siddens LK, Larkin A, Krueger SK, Bradfield CA, Waters KM, Tilton SC, Pereira CB, Lohr CV, Arlt VM, Phillips DH, Williams DE, Baird WM. 2012. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as skin carcinogens: comparison of benzo[a]pyrene, dibenzo[def,p]chrysene and three environmental mixtures in the FVB/N mouse. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 264(3):377-386. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2012.08.014 PMID:22935520 PMCID:PMC3483092
  • Tal TL, Franzosa JA, Tilton SC, Philbrick KA, Iwaniec UT, Turner RT, Waters KM, Tanguay RL. 2012. MicroRNAs control neurobehavioral development and function in zebrafish. FASEB J 26(4):1452-1461. doi:10.1096/fj.11-194464 PMID:22253472 PMCID:PMC3316906
  • Tilton SC, Tal TL, Scroggins SM, Franzosa JA, Peterson ES, Tanguay RL, Waters KM. 2012. Bioinformatics resource manager v2.3: an integrated software environment for systems biology with microRNA and cross-species analysis tools. BMC Bioinformatics 13(1):311. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-13-311 PMID:23174015 PMCID:PMC3534564

2011

  • Tilton F, Tilton SC, Bammler TK, Beyer RP, Stapleton PL, Scholz N, Gallagher EP. 2011. Transcriptional impact of organophosphate and metal mixtures on olfaction: Copper dominates the chlorpyrifos-induced response in adult zebrafish. Aquat Toxicol 102(3-4):205-215. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.01.012 PMID:21356183 PMCID:PMC3991301

2009

  • Lefebvre KA, Tilton SC, Bammler TK, Beyer RP, Srinouanprachanh SL, Stapleton PL, Farin FM, Gallagher EP. 2009. Gene expression profiles in zebrafish brain after acute exposure to domoic acid at symptomatic and asymptomatic doses. Toxicol Sci 107(1):65-77. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfn207 PMID:18936300 PMCID:PMC2735419

2008

  • Tilton F, Tilton SC, Bammler TK, Beyer RP, Farin FM, Stapleton PL, Gallagher EP. 2008. Transcriptional biomarkers and mechanisms of copper-induced olfactory injury in zebrafish. Environ Sci Technol 42(24):9404-11. doi:10.1021/es801636v PMID:19174923
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