Professor of Molecular and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Molecular and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine
Director USR Elemental Analysis Core
Molecular and Medical Genetics Graduate Program, School of Medicine
Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, School of Medicine
Education and training
Degrees
Ph.D., 1993, University of Bonn Germany
Memberships and associations:
American Chemical Society
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Areas of interest
The role of trace elements in neurodegenerative diseases
Trace metal imaging
Tool development for X-ray fluorescence microscopy
Cellular metal homeostasis
Elemental analysis of biological specimen
Honors and awards
Feodor-Lynen Fellowship
Publications
Publications
A histochemical approach to activity-based copper sensing reveals cuproplasia-dependent vulnerabilities in cancer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Marco S.Messina
LauraTorrente
Aidan T.Pezacki
Hanna I.Humpel
Erin L.Li
Sophia G.Miller
OdetteVerdejo-Torres
TeresitaPadilla-Benavides
Donita C.Brady
David W.Killilea
Alison N.Killilea
MartinaRalle
Nathan P.Ward
JunOhata
Gina M.DeNicola
Christopher J.Chang
Studies of Slc30a10 Deficiency in Mice Reveal That Intestinal Iron Transporters Dmt1 and Ferroportin Transport Manganese
CMGH
MilankumarPrajapati
Jared Z.Zhang
Grace S.Chong
LaurenChiu
Courtney J.Mercadante
Heather L.Kowalski
OlgaAntipova
BarryLai
MartinaRalle
Brian P.Jackson
TracyPunshon
ShulingGuo
MariamAghajan
Thomas B.Bartnikas
An Activity-Based Sensing Approach to Multiplex Mapping of Labile Copper Pools by Stimulated Raman Scattering
Journal of the American Chemical Society
YishuJiang
ElsyEl Khoury
Aidan T.Pezacki
NaixinQian
MikuOi
LauraTorrente
Sophia G.Miller
MartinaRalle
Gina M.DeNicola
WeiMin
Christopher J.Chang
A tandem activity-based sensing and labeling strategy reveals antioxidant response element regulation of labile iron pools
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Aidan T.Pezacki
Ryan L.Gonciarz
ToshitakaOkamura
Carson D.Matier
LauraTorrente
KeCheng
Sophia G.Miller
MartinaRalle
Nathan P.Ward
Gina M.DeNicola
Adam R.Renslo
Christopher J.Chang
ATP7A-dependent copper sequestration contributes to termination of β-CATENIN signaling during early adipogenesis
Molecular Metabolism
H.Yang
E.Kabin
Y.Dong
X.Zhang
M.Ralle
S.Lutsenko
Copper levels in cervical mucus of copper intrauterine device users versus non-users
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Leo L.Han
Alison B.Edelman
OluwadamilolaSosanya
BhartiGarg
ViviaChi
MartinaRalle
Evaluating mineral biomarkers as mediators and moderators of behavioural improvements in a randomised controlled trial of multinutrients for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
British Journal of Nutrition
Lisa M.Robinette
Jeanette M.Johnstone
PriyaSrikanth
Alisha M.Bruton
MartinaRalle
Hayleigh K.Ast
Ryan D.Bradley
BrendaLeung
L. EugeneArnold
Irene E.Hatsu
Water soluble azide functionalized cobalt oxide nanoparticles
Journal of Nanoparticle Research
ChristianScott
SophiaMiller
PierreMoenne-Loccoz
Craig EliotBarnes
MartinaRalle
FDX1-dependent and independent mechanisms of elesclomol-mediated intracellular copper delivery
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
MohammadZulkifli
Amy N.Spelbring
YutengZhang
ShivathejaSoma
SiChen
LuxiLi
TrungLe
VinitShanbhag
Michael J.Petris
Tai YenChen
MartinaRalle
David P.Barondeau
Vishal M.Gohil
α-lipoic acid ameliorates consequences of copper overload by up-regulating selenoproteins and decreasing redox misbalance
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
EkaterinaKabin
YixuanDong
ShubhrajitRoy
JuliaSmirnova
Joshua W.Smith
MartinaRalle
KellySummers
HaojunYang
SomDev
YuWang
BenjaminDevenney
Robert N.Cole
PeepPalumaa
SvetlanaLutsenko
Interactions between copper homeostasis and the fungal cell wall affect copper stress resistance
PLoS pathogens
CorinnaProbst
SarelaGarcia-Santamarina
Jacob T.Brooks
IngeVan Der Kloet
OliverBaars
MartinaRalle
Dennis J.Thiele
J. AndrewAlspaugh
Single-cell visualization and quantification of trace metals in Chlamydomonas lysosome-related organelles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
StefanSchmollinger
SiChen
DanielaStrenkert
ColleenHui
MartinaRalle
Sabeeha S.Merchant
The contact activation inhibitor AB023 in heparin-free hemodialysis
Blood
Christina U.Lorentz
Erik I.Tucker
Norah G.Verbout
Joseph J.Shatzel
Sven R.Olson
Brandon D.Markway
MichaelWallisch
MartinaRalle
Monica T.Hinds
Owen J.T.McCarty
DavidGailani
Jeffrey I.Weitz
AndrásGruber
Transcription factor-driven alternative localization of Cryptococcus neoformans superoxide dismutase
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Aaron D.Smith
SarelaGarcia-Santamarina
MartinaRalle
David R.Loiselle
Timothy A.Haystead
Dennis J.Thiele
Altered copper homeostasis underlies sensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma to copper chelation
Metallomics
Caroline I.Davis
XingxingGu
Ryan M.Kiefer
MartinaRalle
Terence P.Gade
Donita C.Brady
Analysis of Wilson disease mutations revealed that interactions between different ATP7B mutants modify their properties
Scientific Reports
ShubhrajitRoy
Courtney J.McCann
MartinaRalle
KunalRay
JharnaRay
SvetlanaLutsenko
SamuelJayakanthan
Copper Modulation and Memory Impairment due to Hippocampal Tau Pathology
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Christopher J.Harris
Nora E.Gray
MayaCaruso
MarguexHunter
MartinaRalle
Joseph F.Quinn
Lanthanide-Binding Tags for 3D X-ray Imaging of Proteins in Cells at Nanoscale Resolution
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Tiffany W.Victor
Katherine H.O'Toole
Lindsey M.Easthon
MingyuanGe
Randy J.Smith
XiaojingHuang
HanfeiYan
Yong S.Chu
SiChen
DogaGursoy
MartinaRalle
BarbaraImperiali
Karen N.Allen
Lisa M.Miller
Metallothioneins regulate ATP7A trafficking and control cell viability during copper deficiency and excess
Scientific Reports
NikitaGudekar
VinitShanbhag
YanfangWang
MartinaRalle
Gary A.Weisman
Michael J.Petris
4′-Phosphopantetheine corrects CoA, iron, and dopamine metabolic defects in mammalian models of PKAN
EMBO Molecular Medicine
Suh YoungJeong
PenelopeHogarth
AndrewPlaczek
Allison M.Gregory
RachelFox
DollyZhen
JeffreyHamada
Mariannevan der Zwaag
RoaldLambrechts
HaihongJin
AaronNilsen
JaredCobb
ThaoPham
NoraGray
MartinaRalle
MeganDuffy
LeilaSchwanemann
PuneetRai
AlisonFreed
KatrinaWakeman
Randall L.Woltjer
Ody C.M.Sibon
Susan J.Hayflick
Hemozoin produced by mammals confers heme tolerance
eLife
Rini H.Pek
XiaojingYuan
NicoleRietzschel
JianbingZhang
LaurieJackson
EijiNishibori
AnaRibeiro
WilliamSimmons
JayaJagadeesh
HiroshiSugimoto
Md ZahidulAlam
LisaGarrett
MalayHaldar
MartinaRalle
John D.Phillips
David M.Bodine
IqbalHamza
Localization of the locus coeruleus in the mouse brain
Journal of Visualized Experiments
KatharinaSchmidt
BilalBari
MartinaRalle
ClorissaWashington-Hughes
AbigaelMuchenditsi
EvanMaxey
SvetlanaLutsenko
Manganese co-localizes with calcium and phosphorus in Chlamydomonas acidocalcisomes and is mobilized in manganese-deficient conditions
Journal of Biological Chemistry
MunkhtsetsegTsednee
MadeliCastruita
Patrice A.Salomé
AjaySharma
Brianne E.Lewis
Stefan R.Schmollinger
DanielaStrenkert
KristenHolbrook
Marisa S.Otegui
KaustavKhatua
SayaniDas
AnkonaDatta
SiChen
ChristinaRamon
MartinaRalle
Peter K.Weber
Timothy L.Stemmler
JenniferPett-Ridge
Brian M.Hoffman
Sabeeha S.Merchant
Obesity is associated with copper elevation in serum and tissues
Metallomics
HaojunYang
Chin NungLiu
Risa M.Wolf
MartinaRalle
SomDev
HannahPierson
FredericAskin
Kimberley E.Steele
Thomas H.Magnuson
Michael A.Schweitzer
G. WilliamWong
SvetlanaLutsenko
Altered zinc balance in the Atp7b−/− mouse reveals a mechanism of copper toxicity in Wilson disease
Metallomics
Kelsey A.Meacham
María PazCortés
Eve M.Wiggins
AlejandroMaass
MauricioLatorre
MartinaRalle
Jason L.Burkhead
ATP7A and ATP7B copper transporters have distinct functions in the regulation of neuronal dopamine--hydroxylase