Publications

Since arriving at BC 

(2015-)

1.  Bennett, S.A.*, Cobos, S.N.*, Son, E.§, Segal, R.§, Mathew, S.§, Yousuf, H.§, Torrente, M.P.^ Impaired RNA Binding Does Not Prevent Histone Modification Changes in a FUS ALS/FTD Yeast Model. MicroPubl Biol. (2023) Sep 8;2023:10.17912/micropub.biology.000895. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000895.*These authors contributed equally to this work; §Undergraduate co-author(s) ^Corresponding author

2. Torrente, M.P.^, Dilek, O.^ Challenges and opportunities in maintaining research momentum at a primarily undergraduate institution. Mol Biol Cell. (2023) 34(7) ^Corresponding author

3. Cobos, S.N., Janani, C.§, Cruz, G.§, Rana, N.§, Son, E.§, Frederic, R.§, Paredes Casado, J.§, Khan, M.§, Bennett, S.A., Torrente, M.P.^ [PRION+] States Are Associated with Specific Histone H3 Post-Translational Modification Changes. Pathogens (2022) 11, 1436. §Undergraduate co-author(s) ^Corresponding author

4. Cobos, S.N. and Torrente, M.P.^ Epidrugs in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Frontotemporal Dementia: Contextualizing a Role for Histone Kinase Inhibition in Neurodegenerative Disease. ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science, (2022) Jan 21;5(2):134-137.^Corresponding author 

5. Bennett, S.A., Cobos, S.N., Mirzakandova, M.§, Fallah, M.§, Son, E.§, Angelakakis, G.§, Rana, N.§, Hugais, M., and Torrente, M.P.^, Trichostatin A Relieves Growth Suppression and Restores Histone Acetylation at Specific Sites in a FUS ALS/FTD Yeast Model. Biochemistry, 60(48):3671-3675 (2021) §Undergraduate co-author(s) ^Corresponding author 

6. Hugais, M.M., Cobos, S.N., Bennett, S.A., Paredes, J. §, Foran, G.#, Torrente, M.P.^, Changes in Histone H3 Acetylation on Lysine 9 Accompany Aβ 1-40 Overexpression in an Alzheimer’s Disease Yeast Model.  microPublication Biology (2021) §Undergraduate co-author(s) #High school co-author ^Corresponding author 

7. Zhu,G., Harischandra, D.S., Prall,W., Ghaisas,S.,  Chen,L., Luna, E.,  Mack, K.L., Torrente, M.P.,  Luk, K.C.,  Shorter, J., and Yang, X., TRIM11 prevents and reverses neurodegeneration-linked protein fibrillization. Cell Reports;33(9):108418 (2020)

8. Bennett, S.A., Cobos, S.N., Meykler, M.§, Fallah, M.§, Rana, N.§, Chen, K. and Torrente, M.P.^, Characterizing Histone Post-Translational Modification Alterations In Yeast Neurodegenerative Proteinopathy Models. Journal of Visualized Experiments, (145), e59104, (2019) §Undergraduate co-author(s) ^Corresponding author 

9. Bennett, S.A., Tanaz R., Cobos, S.N., and Torrente, M.P.^, Epigenetics in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Role for Histone Post-Translational Modifications in Neurodegenerative Disease. Translational Research,204:19-30 (2019) ^Corresponding author 

10. Cobos, S.N., Bennett, S.A. and Torrente, M.P.^, The Impact of Histone Post-translational Modifications in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2019 Aug 1;1865(8):1982-1991. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.10.019. ^Corresponding author 

11. Tariq, A., Lin, J., Noll, M.M.§, Torrente, M.P., Mack, K.L., Hernandez Murillo, O.§, Jackrel, M.E., Shorter, J. Potentiating Hsp104 activity via phosphomimetic mutations in the middle domain.  FEMS Yeast Research, 18 (5) (2018) §Undergraduate co-author(s)

12. Chen, K., Bennett, S., Rana, N.§, Yosuf, H.§, Said M.§, Taaseen, S.§, Meltser, S.§, Mendo, N.§ and Torrente, M.P.^, Distinct Histone Post-Translational Modifications Are Connected To Neurodegenerative Disease Proteinopathies.  ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 18; 9(4): 838-848 (2018) §Undergraduate co-author(s) ^Corresponding author

13. Gates, S.N., Yokom, A.L., Lin, J. Jackrel, M.E., Rizo, A.N., Kendersky, N.M., Buell, C.E. §, Sweeny, E.A., Chuang, E., Torrente, M.P., Mack, K.L., Su, M., Shorter, J. and Southworth, D.R. Ratchet-like polypeptide translocation mechanism of the Hsp104 disaggregase. Science, 357 (6348): 273-279 (2017) §Undergraduate co-author(s)

14. Torrente, M.P., Chuang, E., Noll, M.M. §, Jackrel, M.E., Go, M.S., and Shorter, J. Mechanistic Insights Into Hsp104 Potentiation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291(10):5101-5115 (2016) §Undergraduate co-author(s)

Prior to BC* 

(2009-2015)

*also publishing as Mariana Plazas-Mayorca

15. Torrente, M.P., Castellano, L.M. and Shorter, J. Suramin inhibits Hsp104 ATPase and Disaggregase Activity. PLos One, 9(10): e110115 (2014)

16. Torrente, M.P. and Shorter, J. The metazoan protein disaggregase and amyloid depolymerase system: Hsp110, Hsp70, Hsp40, and small heat shock proteins. Prion, 7(6), 457-463 (2013)

17. Ouedraogo, Y.P., Huang, L., Torrente, M.P., Proni, G., Chadwick, E., Wehmschulte, R.J., and Nesnas, N. A Direct Stereoselective Preparation of a Fish Pheromone and Application of the Zinc Porphyrin Tweezer Chiroptical Protocol in Its Stereochemical Assignment. Chirality, 25(9), 575-581 (2013)

18. Baliban, R. C.; DiMaggio, P. A.; Plazas-Mayorca, M.D.; Garcia, B. A.; Floudas, C. A., Identification of modified and unmodified proteins via high-resolution mass spectrometry and mixed-integer linear optimization. Journal of Proteome Research, 11(9), 4615-29 (2012)

19. Torrente, M.P, Freeman, W.M., and Vrana, K.V. Proteomic Biomarkers of Alcohol Abuse. Expert Reviews in Proteomics, 9(4), 425-36  (2012)

20. Torrente, M.P., Gelenberg, A., and Vrana, K.E. Boosting Serotonin in the Brain: Is it Time to Revamp the Treatment of Depression? Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(5), 629-35 (2012)

21. Torrente, M.P., Zee, B.M.; Young, N.L.; Baliban, R.C; Leroy, G.; Floudas, C.A.; Hake, S.B.; Garcia B.A., Proteomic Interrogation of Human Chromatin. PLos One, 6, (9), e24747 (2011)

22. Plazas-Mayorca, M.D. and Vrana, K.E. Proteomic investigation of epigenetics in neuropsychiatric disorders: A missing link between genetics and behavior? Journal of Proteome Research, 10 (1), 58–65 (2011)

23. Plazas-Mayorca, M.D., Bloom, J.S., Zeissler, U., LeRoy, G., Young, N.L., DiMaggio, P.A., Krugylak, L., Schneider, R. and Garcia, B.A. Quantitative Proteomics Reveals Direct and Indirect Alterations in the Histone Code Following Methyltransferase Knockdown. Molecular BioSystems, (6), 1719-1729 (2010) 

24. Baliban, R. C.; DiMaggio, P. A.; Plazas-Mayorca, M.D.; Young, N. L.; Garcia, B. A.; Floudas, C. A., A novel approach for untargeted post-translational modification identification using integer linear optimization and tandem mass spectrometry. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 9, (5), 764-79 (2010)

25. Young, N.L.*; Plazas-Mayorca, M.D.*; Flaniken, I.Z. §; DiMaggio, P. A.; Beltran, A. §; Mishra, N. §; LeRoy, G.; Floudas, C. A.; Garcia, B.A., Combined top down and bottom up mass spectrometry analysis of high mobility group protein A1a. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 21, (6), 960-70 (2010). *These authors contributed equally to this work; §Undergraduate co-author(s)

26. Young, N.L.; Plazas-Mayorca, M.D.; Garcia, B.A.  Systems-wide proteomic characterization of combinatorial post-translational modification patterns.  Expert Reviews in Proteomics, 7, (1), 79 (2010)

27. Plazas-Mayorca, M.D.; Zee, B.M.; Young, N.L.; Fingerman, I.M.; LeRoy, G.; Briggs, S.D.; Garcia B.A., One-pot shotgun quantitative mass spectrometry characterization of histones.  Journal of Proteome Research, 8, (11), 5367-74 (2009).

28. Young, N. L.; DiMaggio, P. A.; Plazas-Mayorca, M. D.; Baliban, R. C.; Floudas, C. A.; Garcia, B. A., High-throughput characterization of combinatorial histone codes. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 8, (10), 2266-84 (2009).

29. Leroy, G.; Weston, J. T. §; Zee, B. M.; Young, N. L.; Plazas-Mayorca, M. D.; Garcia, B. A., Heterochromatin protein 1 is extensively decorated with histone code-like post-translational modifications. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 8, (11), 2432-42 (2009). §Undergraduate co-author(s)

30. Leroy, G.; Plazas-Mayorca, M. D.; Young, N. L.; Garcia, B. A., Decoding the histone code by quantitative proteomics.  Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 8, (8), Supplement 1, S11, (2009).

31. Plazas-Mayorca, M.D., Young, N.L., and Garcia, B.A. Identification of Differentially Expressed Histone Codes Using HILIC and Mass Spectrometry. American Biotechnology Laboratory, 27 (2), 10-2 (2009).

32. Young, N.L., Plazas-Mayorca, M.D., and Garcia, B.A. A Method to Separate and Characterize Modified Forms of Histones Using HILIC and Electron Transfer Dissociation-Mass Spectrometry. American Biotechnology Laboratory, 27 (1), 23-5 (2009).