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Publications

    Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

    Independent Career

  1. “Quantitative Proteomics Tools for Nitrated Proteins” Evans, Adam R.; Robinson, Renã A. S. Reviews in Analytical Chemistry (submitted)
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  3. “Positional Isomers of Fe(II)/H2O2 Oxidized Ubiquitin Characterized by Top-Down and Bottom-Up Mass Spectrometry” Gu, Liqing; Robinson, Renã A. S. (submitted)
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  5. “Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometry” Jiang, Wentao and Robinson, Renã A. S. in Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, eds R.A. Meyers, John Wiley: Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470027318.a9292. Published 15th March 2013.
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  7. “Additions to the Human Plasma Proteome via a Tandem MARS Depletion iTRAQ-Based Workflow” Cao, Zhiyin; Yende, Sachin; Kellum, John A.; Robinson, Renã A. S. International Journal of Proteomics, vol. 2013, Article ID 654356, 8 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/654356
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  9. “Effects of Fe(II)/H2O2 Oxidation on Ubiquitin Conformers Measured by Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry” Shi, Huilin*; Gu, Liqing*; Clemmer, David E.; Robinson, Renã A. S. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013, 117, 164-173. 
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  11. “Enhanced Multiplexing for Nitrotyrosine-modified Peptides using Combined Isotopic Labeling and Isobaric Tagging” Robinson, Renã A. S.; Evans, Adam R. Analytical Chemistry, 2012, 84, 4677-4686.
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  13. “Global Effects of Adriamycin Treatment on Mouse Splenic Oxidative and Protein Levels” Evans, Adam R.; Speer, Mackenzie L.; Miriyala, Sumitra; St. Clair, Daret K.; Butterfield, D. Allan, Robinson, Renã A. S. Journal of Proteome Research, 2012, 11, 1054–1064.
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  15. “Redox proteomics: from its infancy to future applications” Butterfield, D. Allan; Perluigi, Marzia; Reed, T.; Muharib, Tasneem; Hughes, Christopher P.; Robinson, Renã A. S.; Sultana, Rukhsana Antioxidant & Redox Signaling, 2012, 17(11), 1610-1655.  
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    Prior to Independent Career

  17. “Age-related Oxidative Stress in Spleen from Senescence-accelerated Prone Mice Prior to and Following in vivo Antioxidant Treatment” Robinson, Renã A. S.; Farr, Susan A.; Banks, William A. Banks; Morley, John E. Morley; Butterfield, D. Allan (submitted)
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  19. “Do Proteomics Analyses Provide Insights into Reduced Oxidative Stress in Brain of an Alzheimer Disease Transgenic Mouse Model with a M631L APP Substitution and thereby the Importance of Aβ-resident Methionine 35 in AD Pathogenesis?” Sultana, Rukhsana*; Robinson, Renã A. S.*; Lange, Miranda Bader; Fiorini, Ada; Galvan, Veronica; Fombonne, Joanna; Baker, Austin; Gorostiza, Olivia; Zhang, Junli; Cai, Jian; Pierce, William M.; Bredesen, Dale E.; Butterfield, D. Allan Antioxidants & Redox Signaling 2012, 17(11), 1507-1514.
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  21. “Proteomics Analysis of Brain Proteins in APP/PS-1 Human Double Mutant Knock-in Mice upon in vivo N-Acetylcysteine Treatment” Robinson, Renã A. Sowell; Joshi, Gururaj; Huang, Quanzhen; Pierce, William M.; Markesbery, William R.; Butterfield, D. Allan Proteomics, 2011, 11, 4243-4256.
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  23. "Proteomics Identification of Specifcally Carbonylated Brain Proteins in APPNLh/APPNLh X PS-1P264L/PS-1P264L Human Double Mutant Knock-in Mice Model of Alzheimer Disease as a Function of Age,”  Sultana, R.; Robinson, Renã A.S.; Abdul, Hafiz Mohammad; Di Domenico, Fabio; St. Clair, Daret. K.; Markesbery, William R.; Cai, Jian; Pierce, William M.; Butterfield,D. Allan Journal of Proteomics, 2011, 74, 2430-2440.
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  25. “Differential Expression and Redox Proteomics Analyses of an Alzheimer Disease Transgenic Mouse Model:  Effects of the Amyloid-β Peptide of APP” Robinson, Renã A. Sowell; Lange, Miranda Bader.;  Sultana, Rukhsana; Galvan, Veronica; Fombonne, Joanna; Gorostiza, Olivia; Zhang, Junli; Cai, Jian;. Pierce, William M.; Bredesen, Dale E.; Butterfield, D. Allan Neuroscience, 2011, 177, 207-222.
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  27. "Redox proteomics analysis of brains from subjects with amnestic mild cognitive impairment compared to brains from subjects with preclinical Alzheimer disease: Insights into memory loss in MCI” Aluise, Christopher D.; Robinson, Renã A. S.; Cai, Jian; Pierce, William M.; Markesbery, William R.; Butterfield, D. Allan Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2011, 23, 257-269.
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  29. “Examining the wheat germ agglutinin fractionated proteome of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment hippocampus and inferior parietal lobule:  Implications for disease pathogenesis” Di Domenico, Fabio; Owen, Joshua B.; Sultana, Rukhsana; Robinson, Renã A. Sowell; Perluigi, Marzia; Cini, Chiara; Cai, Jian.; Pierce, William M.; Butterfield, D. Allan  Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2010, 88, 3566-3577. 
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  31. Assessing Aging in the Drosophila Proteome as a Function of TemperatureRobinson, Renã A. Sowell; Kellie, John F.; Kaufman, Thomas C.; Clemmer, David E. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 2010, 131, 584-590.
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  33. Preclinical Alzheimer Disease: Brain Oxidative Stress, Aβ Peptide & ProteomicsAluise, Christopher D.; Robinson, Renã A. Sowell; Beckett, Tina L.; Murphy, M. Paul; Cai, Jian; Pierce, William M.; Markesbery, William R.; Butterfield, D. Allan Neurobiology of Disease, 2010, 39, 221-228.
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  35. In Vivo Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer Disease Transgenic Mice: Requirement for Methionine 35 in Amyloid β-Peptide of APPButterfield, D. Allan; Galvan, Veronica; Bader Lange, Miranda; Tang, Huidong; Sowell, Renã A.; Spilman, P.; Fombonne, Joanna; Gorostiza, Olivia; Zhang, Junli; Sultana, Rukhsana; Bredesen, Dale E. FRBM 2010, 48, 136-144.
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  37. Developing IMS–IMS–MS for rapid characterization of abundant proteins in human plasmaValentine, Stephen J.; Kurulugama, Ruwan T.; Bohrer, Brian C.; Merenbloom, Samual I.; Sowell, Renã A.; Clemmer, David E. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 2009, 283, 149–160.
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  39. Peptides and Proteins in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid as Biomarkers for the Prediction, Diagnosis, and Monitoring of Therapeutic Efficacy of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Aluise, Christopher D.; Sowell, Renã A.; Butterfield, D. Allan Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease 2008, 1782, 549-558. 
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  41. Proteomics in Animal Models of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases Sowell, Renã A.; Owen, Joshua B.; Butterfield, D. A. Ageing Res. Reviews 2009, 8, 1-17.
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  43. Development of a high-throughput IMS-IMS-MS approach for analyzing mixtures of biomoleculesKurulugama, Ruwan T.; Valentine, Stephen J.; Sowell, Renã A.; Clemmer, David E. J. Proteomics 2008, 71, 318-331.
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  45. Quantitative Proteomics of a Presymptomatic A53T a-synuclein Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s Disease Xun, Zhiyin; Sowell, Renã A.; Kaufman, Thomas C.; Clemmer, David E. Mol Cell Proteomics  2008, 7, 1191-1203.
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  47. Examining the Proteome of Drosophila across Organism Lifespan Sowell, Renã A.; Hersberger, Katherine E.; Kaufman, Thomas C.; Clemmer, David E. J. Proteome Res. 2007, 6, 3637-3647.
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  49. Lifetime Proteomic Profiling of an A30P α-synuclein Drosophila Model of Parkinson's DiseaseXun, Zhiyin; Sowell, Renã A.; Kaufman, Thomas C.; Clemmer, David E. J. Proteome Res. 2007, 6, 3729-3738.
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  51. Protein Expression in a Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s DiseaseXun, Zhiyin; Sowell, Renã A.; Kaufman, Thomas C.; Clemmer, David E. J. Proteome Res. 2007, 6, 348-357.
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  53. Proteome Profiling for Assessing Diversity: Analysis of Individual Heads of Drosophila melanogaster Using LC-Ion Mobility-MS Taraszka, John A.; Gao, Xinfeng; Valentine, Stephen J.; Sowell, Renã A.; Koeniger, Stormy L.; Miller, David F.; Kaufman, Thomas C.; Clemmer, David E. J. of Proteome Research 2005, 4, 1238-1247.
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  55. Mapping the Proteome of Drosophila melanogaster: Analysis of Embryos and Adult Heads by LC-IMS-MS Methods Taraszka, John A.; Kurulugama, Ruwan; Sowell, Renã A.; Valentine, Stephen J.; Koeniger, Stormy L.; Arnold, Randy J.; Miller, David F.; Kaufman, Thomas C.; Clemmer, David E.  J. of Proteome Research 2005, 4, 1223-1237.
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  57. Nanoflow LC/IMS-MS (and –CID/MS) of Protein Mixtures Sowell, Renã A.; Koeniger, Stormy L; Valentine, Stephen J.; Moon, Myeong H.; Clemmer, David E. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom.  2004, 15, 1341-1353.
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  59. Development of High-Sensitivity Ion Trap-IMS-TOF Techniques:  A High-Throughput Nano-LC/IMS/TOF Separation of the Drosophila Fly Proteome Myung, Sunnie; Lee, Young Jin L.; Moon, Myeong H.; Taraszka, John A.; Sowell, Renã; Koeniger, Stormy L.;  Hilderbrand Amy E.; Valentine, Stephen J.; Cherbas, Lucy; Cherbas, Peter; Kaufman, Thomas C.; Miller, David F.; Mechref, Yehia; Novotny, Milos V.; Ewing, Michael; Clemmer, David E. Anal. Chem.  2003, 75, 5137-5145.