Publications

Urban JD, Covington TR, Fitch SE, Wikoff DS. Dioxin-like compounds in soils: A pilot survey updating background soil TEQ. Abstract 5147, Society of Toxicology 63rd Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2024. 

Urban JD, Wikoff DS, Chappell GA, Harris C, Haws LC. 2020. Systematic evaluation of mechanistic data in assessing in utero exposures to trichloroethylene and development of congenital heart defects. Toxicology 436:152427; doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2020.152427. PMID: 32145346.

Ring CL, Urban J, Wikoff D, Thompson C, Budinsky RA, Haws LC. Application of systematic review and quantitative evidence integration methods to support risk assessment: Characterization of the dose-response relationship between exposure to dioxin-like compounds (DLC) and sperm count. Poster at Society of Toxicology 58th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2019.

Borghoff S, Wikoff D, Urban JD, Rager JE. A systematic approach to identify plausible mode-of-actions (MOA) for an increased incidence of lung tumors in mice with chronic exposure to 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI). Society of Toxicology 57th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2018.

Wikoff D, Urban JD, Harvey S, Haws LC. 2018. Role of risk of bias in systematic review for chemical risk assessment: A case study in understanding the relationship between congenital heart defects and exposures to trichloroethylene. Int J Toxicol 37(2):125-143; doi: 10.1177/1091581818754330.

Urban JD, Thompson CM, Plunkett LM, Perry CS, Haws LC. A state of the science copper reference dose for soil remediation. Presented at Society of Toxicology 54th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2015.

Urban JD, Carakostas MC, Taylor SL. 2015. Steviol glycoside safety: Are highly purified steviol glycoside sweeteners food allergens? Food Chem Toxicol 75(Jan):71-78; doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.11.011.

Urban JD, Doepker CL, Cuellar-Kingston N, van de Ligt J, Carakostas M. Do highly purified steviol glycoside sweeteners cause food allergies? Presented at Society of Toxicology 53rd Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 2014.

Bunch AG, Perry CS, Abraham L, Wikoff DS, Tachovsky JA, Hixon JG, Urban JD, Harris MA, Haws LC. 2014. Evaluation of impact of shale gas operations in the Barnett Shale region on volatile organic compounds in air and potential human health risks. Sci Tot Environ 468-469(Jan 15):832-842; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.080. PMID: 24076504.

Urban JD, Wikoff DS, Bunch ATG, Harris MA, Haws LC. 2014. A review of background dioxin concentrations in urban/suburban and rural soils across the United States: Implications for site assessments and the establishment of soil cleanup levels. Sci Tot Environ 466-467:(Jan 1)586-597; doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.065.

Rowlands JC, Budinsky R, Gollapudi B, Black MB, Wolfinger RD, Cukovic D, Bombkowski A, Thompson CM, Urban JD, Thomas RS. 2013. A genomics-based analysis of relative potencies of dioxin-like compounds in primary rat hepatocytes. Toxicol Sci 136(2):595-604; doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kft203.

Urban JD, Carakostas MC, Brusick DJ. 2013. Steviol glycoside safety: Is the genotoxicity database sufficient? Food Chem Toxicol 51(Jan):386-390; doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.10.016.

Thompson CM, Hixon JG, Proctor DM, Haws LC, Suh M, Urban JD, Harris MA. 2012. Assessment of genotoxic potential of Cr(VI) in the mouse duodenum: An in silico comparison with mutagenic and nonmutagenic carcinogens across tissues. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 64(1):68-76; doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.05.019

Fowler, JC, Bhattacharya S, Urban JD, Vaidehi N, Mailman RB. 2012. Receptor conformations involved in dopamine D2L receptor functional selectivity induced by selected transmembrane 5 serine mutations. Mol Pharmacol 81(6):820-831; doi: 10.1124/mol.111.075457.

Perry C, Tachovsky JA, Ke M, Urban J, Haws L. Natural gas exploration and production in the Barnett Shale: Assessment of exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Presented at Society of Toxicology 51st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2012.

Urban J, Budinsky R, Rowlands J. 2012. An evaluation of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human heat shock protein 90kDa alpha and beta isoforms. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 27(2):268-278; doi: 10.2133/dmpk.DMPK-11-SC-114.

Urban J, Rowlands JC, Budinsky R, Dombkowski A, Thompson CM, Thomas RS. A genomics-based benchmark dose analyses of relative potencies of dioxin-like compounds in primary rat hepatocytes. Presented at Society of Toxicology 51st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2012.

Urban J, Fitzgerald L, Burkhalter B, Staskal D, Harris M, Haws L. BTEX serum levels in the general U.S. population: An analysis of 2003-2004 NHANES dataset. Presented at Society of Toxicology 50th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2011.

Rowlands JC, Urban J, Wikoff DS, Budinsky R. The presence and estimated functional effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms at the AIP, ARNT, HSP90AA1, AND HSP90AB1 loci in the human population. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.

Thomas RS, Rowlands JC, Budinsky RA, Thompson CM, Urban JD. Dombkowski, A. 2011. Genomic approaches for relative potency assessment. Presented at Dioxin 2011, Brussels, Belgium, August 2011.