Paik DC, Ramey WG, Dillon J, Tilson MD. (1997). The nitrite/elastin reaction: implications for in vivo degenerative effects. Con. Tis. Res. 36(3):241-251.

Dillon J, Skonieczna M, Mandal K, Paik DC. (1999). The photochemical attachment of the o-glucoside of 3-hydroxykynurenine to alpha-crystallin: a model for lenticular aging. Photochem Photobiol. 69(2):248-53.

Paik DC, Dillon JP. (2000). The nitrite/alpha crystallin reaction: a possible mechanism in lens matrix damage. Exp Eye Res. 70:73-80.

Paik DC, Saborio DV, Oropeza R, Freeman HP. (2001). The epidemiological enigma of gastric cancer rates in the US: was grandmother's sausage the cause? Int. J. Epi. 30;181-2.

Paik DC, Dillon J, Galicia E, Tilson MD. (2001). The nitrite/collagen reaction: non-enzymatic nitration as a model system for age-related damage. Con. Tis. Res. 42(2):111-122.

Paik DC, Fu C Bhattacharya J, Tilson MD. (2004). Ongoing angiogenesis in blood vessels of the abdominal aortic aneurysm. Exp Mol Med. 36(6):524-33.

Wang Z, Paik DC, Del Priore LV, Gaillard ER. (2005). Nitrite-modified extracellular matrix proteins deleteriously affects retinal pigment epithelial cell function and viability: a comparison study with non-enzymatic glycation mechanisms. Cur Eye Res. 30:691-702.

Paik DC, Wendel TD, Freeman HP. (2005). Cured meat consumption and hypertension: an analysis from NHANES III (1988-94). Nutr Res. 25:1049-60.

Paik DC, Saito LY, Sugirtharaj DD, Holmes JW. (2006). Nitrite induced cross-linking alters remodeling and mechanical properties of collagenous engineered tissues. Conn Tis Res. 47:163-76.

Wang Z, Paik DC, Dillon JP, Gaillard ER. (2007). Tyrosine nitration site specificity identified by LC/MS in nitrite modified collagen type IV: Implications to retinal pigment epithelial cell dysfunction. Exp Mol Med. (in press).

Paik WK, Paik DC, Kim S. (2007) An historical perspective from the field of protein methylation. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. (in press).

Jiang R, Paik DC, Hankinson JL, Barr RG. (2007). Cured Meat Consumption, Lung Function and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Among US Adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. (in press).

Pertinent Abstracts

Paik DC, Choi SH, Merriam JC, Dillon JP. (2003). Detection of 3-Nitro-Tyrosine in the Cataractous Lens. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting 2003.

Paik DC, Hu TF, Merriam JC, Dillon JP. (2004). Photonitration Induced Protein Cross-Linking in Age-related Cataract. ARVO 2004.

Paik DC. (2004). Detection of Novel Cross-link Compounds from the Nitrite/Collagen Reaction. J Am Aging Assoc. 6/2004.

Rousseva LA, Paik DC, Dillon J, Ryzhov V, Gaillard ER. (2005). Oxindolealanine as a biomarker for cataract development in the human lens. ARVO 2005.

Dillon JP, Wang Z, Paik DC, Del Priore LV, Gaillard ER. (2006). Detection of nitro-adducts by LC/MS in aged human Bruch's membrane. ARVO 2006.

Sun K, Cai H, Tezel TH, Paik D, Gaillard ER, Del Priore LV. (2006). Nitration of extracellular matrix decreases photoreceptor phagocytosis by human RPE. ARVO 2006.

Paik DC, Trokel SL, Holmes JW. (2006). Nitrite as a topical stiffening agent for corneoscleral disorders. International Congress of Corneal Cross Linking.