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Person Details: Louise M. Ball

Superfund Research Program

Louise M. Ball

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
CB# 7431, 158 Rosenau Hall
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7431
Phone: 919-966-7306
Fax: 919-966-7911
Email: lmball@email.unc.edu

Projects

Publications

2022

  • Lai Y, Dhingra R, Zhang Z, Ball LM, Zylka MJ, Lu K. 2022. Toward elucidating the human gut microbiota-brain axis: molecules, biochemistry, and implications for health and diseases. Biochemistry 61(24):2806-2821. doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00656 PMID:34910469

2017

  • Gao L, Mutlu E, Collins LB, Walker N, Hartwell HJ, Olson J, Sun W, Gold A, Ball LM, Swenberg JA. 2017. DNA product formation in female Sprague-Dawley rats following polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbon (PHAH) exposure. Chem Res Toxicol 30(3):794-803. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00368 PMID:28207250 PMCID:PMC5363288

2016

2015

  • Yoo HS, Bradford BU, Kosyk O, Shymonyak S, Uehara T, Collins LB, Bodnar WM, Ball LM, Gold A, Rusyn I. 2015. Comparative analysis of the relationship between trichloroethylene metabolism and tissue-specific toxicity among inbred mouse strains: liver effects. J Toxicol Environ Health A 78(1):15-31. doi:10.1080/15287394.2015.958417 PMID:25424544 PMCID:PMC4281929
  • Yoo HS, Bradford BU, Kosyk O, Uehara T, Shymonyak S, Collins LB, Bodnar WM, Ball LM, Gold A, Rusyn I. 2015. Comparative analysis of the relationship between trichloroethylene metabolism and tissue-specific toxicity among inbred mouse strains: kidney effects. J Toxicol Environ Health A 78(1):32-49. doi:10.1080/15287394.2015.958418 PMID:25424545 PMCID:PMC4281933

2014

2011

  • Zhang Z, Sangaiah R, Gold A, Ball LM. 2011. Synthesis of uniformly 13C-labeled polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Org Biomol Chem 9:5431-5435. doi:10.1039/C0OB01107J PMID:21670806

2010

  • Lu K, Ye W, Zhou L, Collins LB, Chen X, Gold A, Ball LM, Swenberg JA. 2010. Structural characterization of formaldehyde-induced cross-links between amino acids and deoxynucleosides and their oligomers. J Am Chem Soc 132(10):3388-3399. doi:10.1021/ja908282f PMID:20178313 PMCID:PMC2866014

2009

  • Kim S, Boysen G, Swenberg JA, Gold A, Ball LM, Bradford BU, Rusyn I, Collins LB. 2009. Liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry analysis method for simultaneous detection of trichloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)glutathione and S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine. Toxicology 262(3):230-238. doi:10.1016/j.tox.2009.06.013 PMID:19549554 PMCID:PMC2765814
  • Ye W, Gold A, Ball LM, Swenberg JA, Lu K. 2009. Formation of S-[1-(N2-deoxyguanosinyl)methyl]glutathione between glutathione and DNA induced by formaldehyde. J Am Chem Soc 131(10):3414-3415. doi:10.1021/ja808048c PMID:19239220 PMCID:PMC3277947

2008

  • Kang-Sickel JC, Nam T, Jayaraj K, Ball LM, French JE, Klapper DG, Gold A, Nylander-French LA. 2008. S-arylcysteine-keratin adducts as biomarkers of human dermal exposure to aromatic hydrocarbons. Chem Res Toxicol 21(4):852-858. doi:10.1021/tx7003773 PMID:18361511
  • Park J, Ball LM, Richardson SD, Zhu H, Aitken MD. 2008. Oxidative mutagenicity of polar fractions from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soils. Environ Toxicol Chem 27(11):2207-2215. doi:10.1897/07-572.1 PMID:18517307

2006

  • Kang-Sickel JC, Gold A, Ball LM, Karupiah J, Nylander-French LA, Parron V, Klapper DG, French JE. 2006. Detection of naphthalene keratin adducts in human skin using ELISA. J Mol Biol 38(Suppl.2):67-68.
  • Singleton D, Sangaiah R, Gold A, Ball LM, Aitken MD. 2006. Identification and quantification of uncultivated Proteobacteria associated with pyrene degradation in a bioreactor treating PAH-contaminated soil. Environ Microbiol 8(10):1736-1745. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01112.x PMID:16958754
  • Ye W, Sangaiah R, Degen DE, Gold A, Jayaraj K, Koshlap KM, Boysen G, Williams J, Tomer KB, Ball LM. 2006. A 2-iminohydantoin from the oxidation of guanine. Chem Res Toxicol 19(4):506-10. PMID:16608161

2005

  • Jeong Y, Sangaiah R, Nakamura J, Pachkowski BF, Ranasinghe A, Gold A, Ball LM, Swenberg JA. 2005. Analysis of M(1)G-dR in DNA by aldehyde reactive probe labeling and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Chem Res Toxicol 18(1):51-60. PMID:15651849
  • Singleton D, Powell SN, Sangaiah R, Gold A, Ball LM, Aitken MD. 2005. Stable-isotope probing of bacteria capable of degrading salicylate, naphthalene, or phenanthrene in a bioreactor treating contaminated soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 71(3):1202-1209. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.3.1202-1209.2005 PMID:15746319 PMCID:PMC1065189
  • Ye W, Sangaiah R, Degen DE, Gold A, Jayaraj K, Koshlap KM, Boysen G, Ball LM. 2005. A 2-Iminohydantoin is the major product from DMDO oxidation of Guanine. In: Superfund Basic Research Program Annual Meeting, January 12-13. New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY.

2004

  • Casteel MJ, Jayaraj K, Gold A, Ball LM, Sobsey MD. 2004. Photoinactivation of hepatitis A virus by synthetic porphyrins. Photochemistry and Photobiology 80(2):294-300. PMID:15362943
  • Lin P, Sangaiah R, Ranasinghe A, Ball LM, Swenberg JA, Gold A. 2004. Synthesis of chlorinated and non-chlorinated biphenyl-2,3-and 3,4-catechols and their [H-2(3)]-isotopomers. Org Biomol Chem 2(18):2624-2629. PMID:15351827

2003

  • Gold A, Nam T, Jayaraj K, Sangaiah R, Klapper DG, Ball LM, French JE, Nylander-French LA. 2003. Synthesis of S-aryl-D,L-cysteines and incorporation into keratin sequences. Organic Preparations and Procedures International 35(4):375-382.

2001

  • Schulz MR, Hertz-Picciotto I, Todd L, Ball LM. 2001. Reconciling animal and human data in a cancer risk assessment of acrylonitrile. Scand J Work Environ Health 27(1):14-20. PMID:11266142

2000

  • Korte JE, Hertz-Picciotto I, Schulz MR, Ball LM, Duell EJ. 2000. The contribution of benzene to smoking-induced Leukemia. Environ Health Perspect 108(4):333-339. PMID:10753092

1997

  • Hertz-Picciotto I, Korte JE, Schulz MR, Chiang T, Ball LM. 1997. Carbon black risk assessment comparison is flawed. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 26(3):338-339. PMID:9441924
  • Hertz-Picciotto I, Schulz MR, Chiang T, Duell EJ, Korte JE, Ball LM. 1997. What causes bladder cancer in smokers? Questions from a quantitative risk assessment. In: Presented at the Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds. Charlotte, NC.
  • Hertz-Picciotto I, Schulz MR, Chiang T, Duell EJ, Korte JE, Ball LM. 1997. What causes lung cancer in smokers? Answers from a quantitative risk assessment. Epidemiology 8:S60.
  • Korte JE, Chiang T, Duell EJ, Hertz-Picciotto I, Ball LM. 1997. Does vinyl chloride induce primary liver cancer in smokers?. Epidemiology 8:S60.
  • Schulz MR, Chiang T, Korte JE, Duell EJ, Hertz-Picciotto I, Ball LM. 1997. What causes bladder cancer in smokers? Questions from a quantitative risk assessment. Epidemiology 8:S60.
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