Valentina Todorova, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Doctoral Degree    
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology

Postdoctoral Training
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology              
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Research Interests
Antioxidants and cancer prevention; Dietary glutamine and side effects of chemotherapy; Antioxidants and signal transduction in breast cancer; Thermal ablative techniques and immunity

Email: todorovavalentinak@uams.edu

Selected publications:

Todorova, VK; Harms SA, Kaufmann Y, Luo S, Babb KB, Klimberg VS. 2006. Modulation of p53 and c-myc in DMBA-Induced Mammary Tumors by Oral Glutamine. Nutrition and cancer, 54(2), 263–273.

Todorova, VK; Harms SA, Kaufmann Y, Luo S, Luo KQ, Babb KB, Klimberg VS. 2004. Effect of dietary glutamine on tumor glutathione levels and apoptosis-related proteins in DMBA-induced breast cancer of rats. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 88(3): 247-256.

Todorova, V.K., Luo, S., Kaufmann, Y., Babb, K., Stacy A. Harms, S.A., Klimberg V. S. 2003. Oral glutamine supplementation inhibits PI-3K/Akt signaling pathway in experimental breast cancer. JPEN, 27 (6):404-410.

Johnson, A.T., Kauffman, Y.C., Luo, S., Todorova, V., Klimberg, S. 2003. Effect of glutamine on glutathione, IGF-I and TGF-beta. J Surg Res. 111(2):222-8.

Todorova, V., Stoyanov, D. 2000. Partial characterization of serine proteinases secreted by adult Trichinella spiralis. Parasitol. Res. 86, 684-687.

Moore, J., Todorova, V., Kennedy, M. 1995. A cDNA encoding ribosomal protein L3 from the parasitic nematode Toxocara canis. Gene, 165, 239-240.