Karam El-Bayoumy, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Karam El-Bayoumy, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health
Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health
Scientific Program:Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis
Clinical Trials
Effect of oral black raspberry administration on oral cell DNA adducts in smokers
Recent Publications
2024
Chen, KM, Sun, YW, Krebs, NM, Reinhart, L, Sun, D, Liao, J, Cook, R, Bond, PE, Mallery, SR & El-Bayoumy, K 2024, 'The Effects of Black Raspberry as a Whole Food–Based Approach on Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Buccal Cells and Urine of Smokers', Cancer Prevention Research, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-23-0153
2023
Manni, A, Sun, YW, Schell, TD, Lutsiv, T, Thompson, H, Chen, KM, Aliaga, C, Zhu, J & El-Bayoumy, K 2023, 'Complementarity between Microbiome and Immunity May Account for the Potentiating Effect of Quercetin on the Antitumor Action of Cyclophosphamide in a Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Model', Pharmaceuticals, vol. 16, no. 10, 1422. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16101422
Chen, K-M, Sun, Y-W, Hu, J, Balogh, K, Gowda, K, Aliaga, C, Sun, D, Christensen, N, Amin, S & El-Bayoumy, K 2023, 'Gender Difference in DNA Damage Induced by the Environmental Carcinogen Dibenzo[def,p]chrysene Individually and in Combination with Mouse Papillomavirus Infection in the Mouse Oral Cavity', ACS Omega. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c09611
Brendle, SA, Li, JJ, Walter, V, Schell, T, Kozak, M, Balogh, KK, Lu, S, Christensen, ND, Zhu, Y, El-Bayoumy, K & Hu, J 2023, 'Immune Responses in Oral Papillomavirus Clearance in the MmuPV1 Mouse Model', Pathogens, vol. 12, no. 12, 1452. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12121452
Manni, A & El-Bayoumy, K 2023, 'Lifestyle Modifications and Breast Cancer Risk', Cancers, vol. 15, no. 11, 2870. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15112870
2022
El-Bayoumy, K 2022, Animal studies of tobacco and cancer. in Tobacco And Cancer: The Science And The Story. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, pp. 75-100. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811239533_0003
Chen, KM, Sun, YW, Sun, D, Gowda, K, Amin, S & El-Bayoumy, K 2022, 'Black Raspberry Extract Enhances Glutathione Conjugation of the Fjord-Region Diol Epoxide Derived from the Tobacco Carcinogen Dibenzo[ def, p]chrysene in Human Oral Cells', Chemical research in toxicology, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 2152-2159. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00246
Thompson, HJ, Neil, ES, McGinley, JN, Fitzgerald, VK, El Bayoumy, K & Manni, A 2022, 'Building a foundation for precision onco-nutrition: Docosahexaenoic acid and breast cancer', Cancers, vol. 14, no. 1, 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14010157
Chen, KM, Sun, YW, Krebs, NM, Sun, D, Krzeminski, J, Reinhart, L, Gowda, K, Amin, S, Mallery, S, Richie, JP & El-Bayoumy, K 2022, 'Detection of DNA adducts derived from the tobacco carcinogens, benzo[a]pyrene and dibenzo[def,p]chrysene in human oral buccal cells', Carcinogenesis, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 746-753. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgac058
Penning, TM, Su, AL & El-Bayoumy, K 2022, 'Nitroreduction: A Critical Metabolic Pathway for Drugs, Environmental Pollutants, and Explosives', Chemical research in toxicology, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1747-1765. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00175
Su, AL, Mesaros, CA, Krzeminski, J, El-Bayoumy, K & Penning, TM 2022, 'Role of Human Aldo-Keto Reductases in the Nitroreduction of 1-Nitropyrene and 1,8-Dinitropyrene', Chemical research in toxicology, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 2296-2309. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00271
Sales, AH, Kolbanovskiy, M, Geacintov, NE, Chen, KM, Sun, YW & El-Bayoumy, K 2022, 'Treatment of Human HeLa Cells with Black Raspberry Extracts Enhances the Removal of DNA Lesions by the Nucleotide Excision Repair Mechanism', Antioxidants, vol. 11, no. 11, 2110. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11112110
El-Bayoumy, K & Stoner, G 2022, 'Use of Freeze-dried Watercress for Detoxification of Carcinogens and Toxicants in Smokers: Implications of the Findings and Potential Opportunities', Cancer Prevention Research, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 139-141. https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-21-0633
2021
Stairs, DB, Landmesser, ME, Aliaga, C, Chen, KM, Sun, YW & El-Bayoumy, K 2021, 'Black raspberry restores the expression of the tumor suppressor p120ctn in the oral cavity of mice treated with the carcinogen dibenzo[a,l] pyrene diol epoxide', PloS one, vol. 16, no. 11 November, e0259998. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259998
Sun, YW, Chen, KM, Atkins, H, Aliaga, C, Gordon, T, Guttenplan, JB & El-Bayoumy, K 2021, 'Effects of E-Cigarette Aerosols with Varying Levels of Nicotine on Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Mice', Chemical research in toxicology, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 1161-1168. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00033
Chen, KM, Thompson, H, Vanden-Heuvel, JP, Sun, YW, Trushin, N, Aliaga, C, Gowda, K, Amin, S, Stanley, B, Manni, A & El-Bayoumy, K 2021, 'Lipoxygenase catalyzed metabolites derived from docosahexaenoic acid are promising antitumor agents against breast cancer', Scientific reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 410. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79716-x
2020
El-Bayoumy, K, Christensen, ND, Hu, J, Viscidi, R, Stairs, DB, Walter, V, Chen, KM, Sun, YW, Muscat, JE & Richie, JP 2020, 'An integrated approach for preventing oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers: Two etiologies with distinct and shared mechanisms of carcinogenesis', Cancer Prevention Research, vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 649-660. https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-20-0096
Chen, KM, Sun, YW, Kawasawa, YI, Salzberg, AC, Zhu, J, Gowda, K, Aliaga, C, Amin, S, Atkins, H & El-Bayoumy, K 2020, 'Black raspberry inhibits oral tumors in mice treated with the tobacco smoke constituent dibenzo(def,p)chrysene via genetic and epigenetic alterations', Cancer Prevention Research, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 357-365. https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-19-0496
Christensen, ND, Chen, KM, Hu, J, Stairs, DB, Sun, YW, Aliaga, C, Balogh, KK, Atkins, H, Shearer, D, Li, J, Brendle, SA, Gowda, K, Amin, S, Walter, V, Viscidi, R & El-Bayoumy, K 2021, 'The environmental pollutant and tobacco smoke constituent dibenzo[def,p]chrysene is a co-factor for malignant progression of mouse oral papillomavirus infections', Chemico-Biological Interactions, vol. 333, 109321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109321