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Curtis D Eckhert, Ph.D.

Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Member, ACCESS Program: Dept. of Molecular Toxicology, School of Public Health
Associate Director, JCCC Molecular Epidemiology Program Area

Work Phone Number: (310) 825-8429

Work Email Address: ceckhert@ucla.edu

Education: Ph.D., ,
Research Interests: Dr. Eckhert has been Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences since 1998. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and nutrition from Cornell University (1974). Thereafter he conducted postdoctoral research in neurochemistry (Cornell), trace element metabolism (UC Davis) and visual biochemistry (Stanford). He joined the faculty of UCLA in 1979 where he has worked on projects involving the toxicology and beneficial effects of selenium, riboflavin and most recently the element boron.


Selected Publications:

Barranco WT, Hudak PF and Eckhert CD. Evaluation of ecological and in vitro effects of boron on prostate cancer risk.. Cancer Causes Control 2007; In Press.

Eckhert CD, Barranco WT, Kim DH. Prostate cancer a model for understanding boron biology.. Advances in Plant and Animal Boron Nutrition. 2007; .

Henderson K and Eckhert CD The Effect of Boron on the UPR in Prostate Cancer Cells is Biphasic. FASEB J, In Press 2007; .

Kim DH, Que Hee S, Norris A, Faull KF and Eckhert CD. Boric acid inhibits ADP-ribosyl cyclase non-competitively.. J. Chromatography A. 2006; 1115: 246-252.

Barranco WT and Eckhert CD. Cellular changes in boric acid-treated DU-145 prostate cancer cells. . Brit J. Cancer 2006; 94: 884-890.

Eckhert, CD Other Trace Elements.. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. 10th ed. 2005; .

Barranco WT, Eckhert CD Boric acid acts as a cADPR / RyR antagonist during inhibition of human prostate cancer cell proliferation. FASEB J 2004; 18: .

Eckhert C Concentration and variation of boron, selenium and elements associated with cancer risk in non-tumor human prostate tissue. FASEB J 2004; 18: .

Kim DH, Faull KF, Eckhert CD Determination of borate complex with cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) by electrospray ionization mass spectometry (ESI-MS). FASEB J 2004; 18: .

Barranco WT, Kim DH, Stella SL, Eckhert CD Boric Acid inhibits stored Ca2+ release in DU-145 prostate cancer cells. . Cell Bio Tox. 2008; .

Barranco WT, Eckhert CD Boric acid inhibits human prostate cancer cell proliferation.. Cancer letters. . 2004; 216(1): 21-9.

Kim DH, Faull KF, Norris AJ, Eckhert CD Borate-nucleotide complex formation depends on charge and phosphorylation state.. Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS. . 2004; 39(7): 743-51.

Cui Y, Winton MI, Zhang ZF, Rainey C, Marshall J, De Kernion JB, Eckhert CD Dietary boron intake and prostate cancer risk.. Oncology reports. . 2004; 11(4): 887-92.
Contact Information:
Work Address:
Office
76-065 CHS
Campus - 177220
CA
UNITED STATES

Work Phone Number: (310) 825-8429

Work Email Address: ceckhert@ucla.edu

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