Gary H. Perdew, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Gary H. Perdew, PhD
John T. And Paige S. Smith Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Scientific Program:Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis
Recent Publications
2025
Dong, F, Annalora, AJ, Murray, IA, Chakraborty, D, Coslo, DM, Marcus, C, Patterson, AD & Perdew, GH 2025, 'Phytochemical-Mediated Ah Receptor Activity Is Dependent on Dietary Context', Nutrients, vol. 17, no. 5, 876. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17050876
Haarmann-Stemmann, T, Reichert, D, Coumoul, X, Lawrence, BP, Perdew, GH, Sherr, DH, Weighardt, H, Rolfes, KM & Esser, C 2025, 'The Janus-facedness of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway Report of the 6th International AHR Meeting: Research, Prevention, Therapy', Biochemical Pharmacology, vol. 234, 116808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2025.116808
2024
Zhu, B, Zhu, X, Borland, MG, Ralph, DH, Chiaro, CR, Krausz, KW, Ntambi, JM, Glick, AB, Patterson, AD, Perdew, GH, Gonzalez, FJ & Peters, JM 2024, 'Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-β/δ (PPARβ/δ) in Keratinocytes by Endogenous Fatty Acids', Biomolecules, vol. 14, no. 6, 606. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14060606
Tian, Y, Rimal, B, Bisanz, JE, Gui, W, Wolfe, TM, Koo, I, Murray, IA, Nettleford, SK, Yokoyama, S, Dong, F, Koshkin, S, Prabhu, KS, Turnbaugh, PJ, Walk, ST, Perdew, GH & Patterson, AD 2024, 'Effects of Early Life Exposures to the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Ligand TCDF on Gut Microbiota and Host Metabolic Homeostasis in C57BL/6J Mice', Environmental health perspectives, vol. 132, no. 8, 087005. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13356
Chakraborty, D, Coslo, DM, Murray, IA, Vijay, A, Patterson, AD & Perdew, GH 2024, 'Immune cell-intrinsic Ah receptor facilitates the expression of antimicrobial REG3G in the small intestine', FASEB Journal, vol. 38, no. 4, e23471. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202302319R
Anitha, M, Kumar, SM, Koo, I, Perdew, GH, Srinivasan, S & Patterson, AD 2024, 'Modulation of Ceramide-Induced Apoptosis in Enteric Neurons by Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Signaling: Unveiling a New Pathway beyond ER Stress', International journal of molecular sciences, vol. 25, no. 16, 8581. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25168581
Eaton, DL, Simon, TW, Kaminski, NE, Perdew, GH & Nebert, DW 2024, 'Species differences in specific ligand-binding affinity and activation of AHR: The biological basis for calculation of relative effective potencies and toxic equivalence factors', Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, vol. 149, 105598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2024.105598
Yokoyama, S, Koo, I, Aibara, D, Tian, Y, Murray, IA, Collins, SL, Coslo, DM, Kono, M, Peters, JM, Proia, RL, Gonzalez, FJ, Perdew, GH & Patterson, AD 2024, 'Sphingosine Kinase 2 Regulates Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocation and Target Gene Activation', Advanced Science, vol. 11, no. 40, 2400794. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202400794
Eaton, DL, Simon, TW, Kaminski, NE, Perdew, GH & Nebert, DW 2024, 'The 2022 revised WHO TEFs for dioxins and dioxin-like chemicals: The importance of considering the use of species-specific information to determine relative effective potency for human-based risk assessment', Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, vol. 149, 105599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2024.105599
2023
Ganapathy, AS, Saha, K, Wang, A, Arumugam, P, Dharmaprakash, V, Yochum, G, Koltun, W, Nighot, M, Perdew, G, Thompson, TA, Ma, T & Nighot, P 2023, 'Alpha-tocopherylquinone differentially modulates claudins to enhance intestinal epithelial tight junction barrier via AhR and Nrf2 pathways', Cell Reports, vol. 42, no. 7, 112705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112705
Saha, K, Subramenium Ganapathy, A, Wang, A, Arumugam, P, Michael Morris, N, Harris, L, Yochum, G, Koltun, W, Perdew, GH, Nighot, M, Ma, T & Nighot, P 2023, 'Alpha-tocopherylquinone-mediated activation of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor regulates the production of inflammation-inducing cytokines and ameliorates intestinal inflammation', Mucosal Immunology, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 826-842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mucimm.2023.09.003
Zhou, X, Chakraborty, D, Murray, IA, Coslo, D, Kehs, Z, Vijay, A, Ton, C, Desai, D, Amin, SG, Patterson, AD & Perdew, GH 2023, 'Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation Coordinates Mouse Small Intestinal Epithelial Cell Programming', Laboratory Investigation, vol. 103, no. 2, 100012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labinv.2022.100012
Vijay, A, Boyle, NR, Kumar, SM, Perdew, GH, Srinivasan, S & Patterson, AD 2023, 'Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation affects nitrergic neuronal survival and delays intestinal motility in mice', Toxicological Sciences, vol. 192, no. 1, pp. 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfad014
Dong, F, Murray, IA, Annalora, A, Coslo, DM, Desai, D, Gowda, K, Yang, J, Wang, D, Koo, I, Hao, F, Amin, SG, Patterson, AD, Marcus, C & Perdew, GH 2023, 'Complex chemical signals dictate Ah receptor activation through the gut-lung axis', FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. e23010. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202300703R
Morgan, EW, Dong, F, Annalora, AJ, Murray, IA, Wolfe, T, Erickson, R, Gowda, K, Amin, SG, Petersen, KS, Kris-Etherton, PM, Marcus, CB, Walk, ST, Patterson, AD & Perdew, GH 2023, 'Contribution of Circulating Host and Microbial Tryptophan Metabolites Toward Ah Receptor Activation', International Journal of Tryptophan Research, vol. 16. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786469231182510
Dong, F, Annalora, AJ, Murray, IA, Tian, Y, Marcus, CB, Patterson, AD & Perdew, GH 2023, 'Endogenous Tryptophan-Derived Ah Receptor Ligands are Dissociated from CYP1A1/1B1-Dependent Negative-Feedback', International Journal of Tryptophan Research, vol. 16. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786469231182508
Patel, D, Murray, IA, Dong, F, Annalora, AJ, Gowda, K, Coslo, DM, Krzeminski, J, Koo, I, Hao, F, Amin, SG, Marcus, CB, Patterson, AD & Perdew, GH 2023, 'Induction of AHR Signaling in Response to the Indolimine Class of Microbial Stress Metabolites', Metabolites, vol. 13, no. 9, 985. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13090985
Rikken, G, Smith, KJ, van den Brink, NJM, Smits, JPH, Gowda, K, Alnemri, A, Kuzu, GE, Murray, IA, Lin, JM, Smits, JGA, van Vlijmen-Willems, IM, Amin, SG, Perdew, GH & van den Bogaard, EH 2023, 'Lead optimization of aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligands for treatment of inflammatory skin disorders', Biochemical Pharmacology, vol. 208, 115400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2022.115400
Chen, X, Patterson, AD, Perdew, GH, Murray, IA & Kellogg, JJ 2023, 'Molecular networking identifies an AHR-modulating benzothiazole from white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)', Journal of Functional Foods, vol. 106, 105602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2023.105602
Perdew, GH, Esser, C, Snyder, M, Sherr, DH, van den Bogaard, EH, McGovern, K, Fernández-Salguero, PM, Coumoul, X & Patterson, AD 2023, 'The Ah Receptor from Toxicity to Therapeutics: Report from the 5th AHR Meeting at Penn State University, USA, June 2022', International journal of molecular sciences, vol. 24, no. 6, 5550. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065550
Isaacs, JT, Dalrymple, SL, Antony, L, Marc Rosen, D, Coleman, IM, Nelson, PS, Kostova, M, Murray, IA, Perdew, GH, Denmeade, SR, Akinboye, ES & Brennen, WN 2023, 'Third generation quinoline-3-carboxamide transcriptional disrupter of HDAC4, HIF-1α, and MEF-2 signaling for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer', Prostate, vol. 83, no. 15, pp. 1470-1493. https://doi.org/10.1002/pros.24606
2022
Granados, JC, Falah, K, Koo, I, Morgan, EW, Perdew, GH, Patterson, AD, Jamshidi, N & Nigam, SK 2022, 'AHR is a master regulator of diverse pathways in endogenous metabolism', Scientific reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 16625. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20572-2
Tian, Y, Rimal, B, Gui, W, Koo, I, Yokoyama, S, Perdew, GH & Patterson, AD 2022, 'Early Life Short-Term Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyl 126 in Mice Leads to Metabolic Dysfunction and Microbiota Changes in Adulthood', International journal of molecular sciences, vol. 23, no. 15, 8220. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23158220
Priyadarshini, M, Navarro, G, Reiman, DJ, Sharma, A, Xu, K, Lednovich, K, Manzella, CR, Khan, MW, Garcia, MS, Allard, S, Wicksteed, B, Chlipala, GE, Szynal, B, Bernabe, BP, Maki, PM, Gill, RK, Perdew, GH, Gilbert, J, Dai, Y & Layden, BT 2022, 'Gestational Insulin Resistance Is Mediated by the Gut Microbiome–Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Axis', Gastroenterology, vol. 162, no. 6, pp. 1675-1689.e11. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2022.01.008
Morgan, EW, Perdew, GH & Patterson, AD 2022, 'Multi-Omics Strategies for Investigating the Microbiome in Toxicology Research', Toxicological Sciences, vol. 187, no. 2, pp. 189-213. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfac029
2021
van den Bogaard, EH & Perdew, GH 2021, 'The Enigma of AHR Activation in the Skin: Interplay among Ligands, Metabolism, and Bioavailability', Journal of Investigative Dermatology, vol. 141, no. 6, pp. 1385-1388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2020.12.013
Liu, Q, Zhang, L, Allman, EL, Hubbard, TD, Murray, IA, Hao, F, Tian, Y, Gui, W, Nichols, RG, Smith, PB, Anitha, M, Perdew, GH & Patterson, AD 2021, 'The aryl hydrocarbon receptor activates ceramide biosynthesis in mice contributing to hepatic lipogenesis', Toxicology, vol. 458, 152831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2021.152831
van den Bogaard, EH, Esser, C & Perdew, GH 2021, 'The aryl hydrocarbon receptor at the forefront of host-microbe interactions in the skin: A perspective on current knowledge gaps and directions for future research and therapeutic applications', Experimental Dermatology, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 1477-1483. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.14409