Lauren Aleksunes, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Investigator
Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University
Recent Publications
Jia, X, Wang, T, Russo, DP, Aleksunes, LM, Xiao, S, Zhu, H. vToxiNet: An interpretable deep learning framework for hepatotoxicity prediction and mechanism exploration. J Hazard Mater. 2026;518 :143880. PubMed PMID:42892062 .
Wang, J, Unadkat, JD, Arnold, SL, Fallon, JK, Fattahi, P, Huh, DD, Ieronimakis, N, Kelly, EJ, Lutsenko, S, Stroud, RM, Tiley, JB, Yang, J, Zhou, X, Zhu, H, Rao, R, Giacomini, KM, Aleksunes, LM. Advancing Pregnancy and Pediatric Science through the NIH Transporter Elucidation Network. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2026; :. PubMed PMID:42878204 PubMed Central PMC13670881.
Fattahi, P, Younesi, M, Lee, WD, Whang, K, Kim, SJ, Kang, T, Aleksunes, LM, Huh, DD. A bioengineered model of human placental exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy. Nat Biomed Eng. 2026;10 (10):2116-2138. PubMed PMID:42855589 PubMed Central PMC13672047.
Juenke, A, Hansel, MC, Kinkade, CW, Brinker, A, Bowman, M, Smith, R, Miller, RK, Brunner, J, Buckley, B, O'Connor, TG, Aleksunes, LM, Rivera-Núñez, Z, Barrett, ES. Maternal mycoestrogen exposure in relation to timing of birth and placental corticotropin releasing hormone concentrations in a U.S. pregnancy cohort. Reprod Toxicol. 2026;144 :109304. PubMed PMID:42471151 PubMed Central PMC13618788.
Cary, CM, Gadsden, NN, Zhou, P, Joseph, LB, Nguyen, C, Polunas, M, Goedken, MJ, Aleksunes, LM, Stapleton, PA. Micro and nanoplastic inhalation during gestation disrupts placentation in the Sprague-Dawley rat. Res Sq. 2026; :. PubMed PMID:42370262 PubMed Central PMC13308420.
Rivera-Núñez, Z, Kinkade, CW, Juenke, A, Hansel, M, Heltberg, D, Sharada, A, Anthony, S, Brinker, A, Fields, J, Rosen, T, Palomares, K, Buckley, B, Aleksunes, LM, Barrett, ES. Diet and mycoestrogen exposure in a pregnancy cohort: the Jersey Babies pilot study. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2026; :. PubMed PMID:42362911 .
Asby, S, Wen, X, Goedken, M, Ames, B, Shams, S, Thompson, LE, Lanis, J, Kostka-Newman, Z, Larsen, K, Tilden, S, Lang, J, Aleksunes, LM, Joy, MS. Nephrotoxicity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Mice with a Human Immune System. bioRxiv. 2026; :. PubMed PMID:42182101 PubMed Central PMC13192905.
Campbell, MJ, Patel, M, Jiang, C, Wen, X, Xiao, S, Aleksunes, LM. Transporter-Mediated Uptake of Microcystin-LR in Human Trophoblasts: Regulation By Oxygen Concentration and Cell Fusion. bioRxiv. 2026; :. PubMed PMID:41929031 PubMed Central PMC13041809.
Jia, X, Wang, T, Russo, DP, Aleksunes, LM, Xiao, S, Zhu, H. vToxiNet: a biologically constrained deep learning framework for interpretable prediction of drug-induced hepatotoxicity. bioRxiv. 2026; :. PubMed PMID:41846970 PubMed Central PMC12991077.
Chung, E, Russo, DP, Aleksunes, LM, Warner, GR, Zhu, H. Hierarchical Mechanistic Modeling of Complex Toxicity Endpoints from Public Concentration-Response Data. Environ Sci Technol. 2026;60 (3):2539-2555. PubMed PMID:41528243 PubMed Central PMC12854766.
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