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Research Day

The Department's Research Day is an annual event that features poster presentations from house staff, graduate students, and other trainees. The day concludes with the annual departmental dinner.

29th Annual Research Day - June 2, 2009 - Poster Presentations

1.  Mammary Paget's Disease is Strongly Associated with the High-grade, Non-basal HER2 Over-expression Subtype of Ductal Breast Carcinoma

Todd Lester, MD, PGY-4 Pathology; J. Wang RTI Health Solution; Patricia Bourne, AAS, MLT, HT(ASCP); Q Yang; Ping Tang MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology.

2.  Diagnostic Utility of WT1 Immunostaining in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Hiroshi Miyamoto, MD PhD PGY-3 Pathology; Patricia Bourne, AAS, MLT, HT(ASCP);  Zhenhong Qu, MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology,  Jorge L. Yao MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Hanlin Wang, MD PhD Cedars Sinai Medical Center; Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology.

3.  Metastatic Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors in the Liver Express KOC

Alice J. Briones, DO PGY-3 Pathology; Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Zhenhong Qu, MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Patricia Bourne, AAS, MLT, HT(ASCP).

4.  Dual Expression of a Tocopherol (TAP) and ER in Normal Human Breast Epithelium and Its Down-regulation in ER Positive Carcinomas

Sharlin Johnykutty MD, PGY-3 Pathology ; SY Yeh PhD, Associate Professor, Urology; Ping Tang MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Xi Wang MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology.

5.  Transmission of an Occult Poorly Differentiated Neuroglial Neoplasia via Allograft Liver Transplantation

David Tretheway MD, PGY-3 Pathology; Randeep Kashyap MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery; Rochelle Simon MD PGY-4 Pathology; Mahlon Johnson MD PhD, Professor, Pathology; Nancy Wang PhD, Professor, Pathology; Paul Rothberg PhD, Professor, Pathology; Todd Laughlin, Clinical Laboratory Specialist, Pathology; Charlotte Ryan, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

6.  Should Trichrome Stain be Used on All Post-liver Transplant Biopsies with Hepatitis C Virus Infection to Estimate Fibrosis Score?

David Tretheway MD, PGY-3 Pathology; Ashok Jain MD, Professor, Surgery; Randi LaPoint MD, PGY-5 Pathology; Rajeev Sharma MD, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Surgery; Mark Orloff, MD, Professor, Surgery; Patricia Milot RN BS, Nurse Manager, Med-Surg Nursing;  Adel Bozorgzadeh MD FACS, Professor, Surgery; Charlotte Ryan, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

6A.  Transmission of an Occult Poorly Differentiated Neuroglial Neoplasia via Allograft Liver Transplantation

David Tretheway MD, PGY-3 Pathology ; Randeep Kashyap MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery; Rochelle Simon MD PGY-4 Pathology; Mahlon Johnson MD PhD, Professor, Pathology; Nancy Wang PhD, Professor, Pathology; Paul Rothberg PhD, Professor, Pathology; Todd Laughlin, Clinical Laboratory Specialist, Pathology; Charlotte Ryan, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

7.   Fatal Pulmonary Fat Embolism in a Liver Transplant Patient

Jennifer Findeis-Hosey, MD, Resident, Pathology; Bruce Goldman, MD, Professor, Pathology; Leon Metlay MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology.

8.  CD-44 is a Useful Marker for Prostatic Small Cell Carcinoma

Rochelle Simon, MD, PGY-4 Pathology; P. Anthony di Sant'Agnese MD, Professor, Pathology; Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Jorge L. Yao MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Jiaoti Huang MD PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

9.  Neuroendocrine Cells in Prostate Cancer Express CD$$ and may Represent the Putative Cancer Stem/Progenitor Cells

Guangchun Chen PhD, Post-Doctoral fellow, Pathology; Christopher R. Silvers BS, Technician, Urology; Chengyu Wu MS, Post-doctoral fellow, Pathology; Linda Salamone, BS, Technician, Urology; Heather B. Martin, BS, Technician, Pathology; Karin Williams, PhD, Post-doctoral fellow, Urology; Ganesh S. Palapattu, MD, Assistant Professor, Urology; Jiaoti Huang MD PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

10.  Axin2 is Essential for Skeletal Development

Debbie Y. Dao, MD/PhD Student, Pathology;  Xue Yang, Graduate Student, Genetics;
Di Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Matthew J. Hilton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics; Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman, Orthopaedics.

11.  TAK1 Regulates Cartilage and Joint Development

Lea M. Gunnell, MS, MD/PhD Student, Pathology; Edward M. Schwarz, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedics; Matthew J. Hilton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics; Regis J. O'Keefe, Professor & Chairman, Orthopaedics.

12.  Loss of Mmp-9 Results in Accelerated Remodeling and Earlier Functional Improvement in a Murine Model of Flexor Tendon Healing

Alayna Loiselle, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Matthew Wolenski, MD, Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery; Justin Jacobson, MD, Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery; Edward M. Schwarz, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedics; Hani Awad, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman, Orthopaedics.

13. BMP2 Inactivates TAK1-ATF2 Signaling Pathway in Chondrocytes

Lin Gao, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Tianfang Li, Sr Instructor, Orthopaedics; Di Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman, Orthopaedics.

14.  Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Conditional/Inducible TRIP-1 Transgenic (Tg) Mouse

Diana M. Metz-Estrella, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Tzong-Jen Sheu, PhD, Instructor, Orthopaedics; Rachel M. Mroczek, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; J. Edward Puzas, PhD, Donald & Mary Clark Professor, Orthopaedics.

15.  Regulation of SMURF2 during Osteoarthritis

Meina Wang, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Qiuqian Wu, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Randy Rosier, MD, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedics; Michael Zuscik, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics.

16.  The Roles of Thrombin Receptor and Protease Activated Receptor-2 in Osteoblast Differentiation and Maturation

Rachel M. Mroczek, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; J.G. Schoenecker, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Vanderbilt University; Tzong-Jen Sheu, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Michael J. Zuscik, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; J. Edward Puzas, PhD, Donald & Mary Clark Professor, Orthopaedics.

17.  Dengue Virus Cross-reactive Mouse or Humanized-Chimpanzee Monoclonal Antibodies favor Enhanced Dengue Virus Immune Complex Infectivity in Engineered Human Fcγ ReceptorCD64 or CD32-Expressing Cells

W.W. Shanaka I. Rodrigo, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Ana P. Goncalvez, PhD, Molecular Viral Biology Section, National Institutes of Health; Xia Jin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Infectious Disease; Robert C. Rose, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Infectious Disease; Ching-Juh  Lai, PhD, Molecular Viral Biology Section, National Institutes of Health; Jacob J. Schlesinger, MD, Professor, Medicine.

18.  Selective Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) Proteins STAT1 and STAT3 in Cultured Human Endothelial Cells Infected with Rickettsia rickettsii

Punsiri Mahendra Colonne, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Semion Kiriakidi, MS, Laboratory Technician, Medicine; Microbiology-Immunology, Elena Rydkina, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Medicine, Microbiology-Immunology; Sanjeev K. Sahni, PhD, Professor, Medicine, Microbiology-Immunology.

19.  GIT1 Mediates VEGF-induced Podosomes Formation in Endothelial Cell via PLCγ

Jing Wang, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI); Yoji Taba, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI; Jinjiang Pang, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine; CVRI, Guoyong Yin, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI; Michael P. Massett, MD, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Medicine; CVRI, Chen Yan, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, CVRI; Bradford Berk, MD, PhD, Professor, Medicine CVRI, CEO, URMC.

20.  Chronic Elevation of Interleukin-6 during Obesity Impairs Hepatic Insulin Responsiveness

Alicia Clementi, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Allison Gaudy, MS, Graduate Student, Pharmacology & Physiology; Robert Mooney, PhD, Professor, Pathology.

21.  Effector B-cell Contributions to the Immunopathogenesis of Primary Sjogren's Syndrome (pSS): Examination and Characterization of the Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Memory B-cells

Mustimbo Roberts, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chungwen Wei, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Medicine; Ignacio Sanz, MD, Professor, Medicine, Immunology/Rheumatology.

22.  The BH3-only Protein BIM has Several Roles in Retinal Development and Disease

Jeffrey M. Harder, Graduate Student, Pathology; Thurma V. McDaniel, MS, Laboratory Technician IV, Ophthalmology; Richard T. Libby, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology.

23.   Role of PIAS1 in NFAT-mediated Cardiac Hypertrophy

Eugene Chang, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chang-hoon Woo, DVM, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI; Carolyn McClain, MS, Technical Associate, Medicine, CVRI; Thomas Spangenberg, BS, Laboratory Technician, Medicine, CVRI; Hiroki Takahashi, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI;  Jun-ichi Abe, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, CVRI.

24.  Functional Analysis of a Novel Vascular Serine Carboxypeptidase

Ting-Hein Lee, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Joseph M. Miano, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, CVRI.

25.  Analysis of Direct Binding of Small Molecules to G-protein βγ Subunits: Biophysical Analysis and Binding Site Mapping

Pramodh Seneviratne, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Alan V. Smrcka, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology; Joseph Wedekind, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics; David Lehmann, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pharmacology & Physiology.

26.  Erythropoietin Promotes Survival of Primitive Erythroid Progenitors and Precursors

Jeffrey Malik, Graduate Student, Pathology;  Paul D. Kingsley, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Anne D. Koniski, MS, Technical Associate, Pediatrics; James Palis, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, Oncology, Biomedical Genetics.

27.  Embryonic Neural Precursor Cells as Targets for Maternal Iron Deficiency

Dawn L. Lee, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Camelia Mihaila, Graduate Student, Pharmacology & Physiology. Frederick Strathmann, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Genetics; Jordan Schramm, MD/PhD Student, Neurobiology & Anatomy;  David Parfitt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry; Anne Luebke, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy; Margot Mayer-Proschel, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Genetics.

28.  Characterization of tGRP-derived Astrocytes and their Therapeutic Potential in Spinal Cord Injury Repair

Chung-Hsuan Shih, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Frederick Strathmann, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Genetics; Margot Mayer-Proschel, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Genetics; Christoph Proschel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Genetics.

29.  Investigating the Roles of Phospholipid Scramblase 1 in Granulocytopoiesis using a Conditionally Immortalized Mouse Bone Marrow Cell Model

Chun-Wei Chen, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Mark Sowden, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology; Therese Wiedmer, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology; Peter J. Sims, MD, PhD, Professor, Pathology.

30.  Effect of Myocardin and Serum Response Factor Signaling on Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

Robert D. Bell, Graduate Student, Pathology; Rashid Deane, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Neurosurgery;  Xiaochun Long, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI;  Nienwen Chow, PhD, Sr Scientist, Socratech Research Laboratories;  Abhay Sagare, PhD, Sr Instructor, Neurosurgery;  Joseph M. Miano, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, CVRI;  Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD, Professor, Neurosurgery.

31.  Targeted Regulation of Specific Hematopoietic Stem Cell Subsets by Prostaglandin E2

Rebecca L. Porter, MD/PhD Student, Pathology; Benjamin J. Frisch, Graduate Student, Pathology; Jonathan M. Weber, MS, MBA,  Graduate Student, Pathology; Laura M. Calvi, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism.

32.  Characterization of a Leukemia Stem Cell Niche in an Inducible Mouse Model

Benjamin Frisch, Graduate Student, Pathology; Jonathan Weber, MS, MBA, Graduate Student, Pathology; Sarah Neering, MS, Sr Technical Associate, Center for Human Genetics; Monica Guzman, PhD, Sr Instructor, Medicine, Hematology-Oncology; Craig Jordan, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Hematology-Oncology; Laura Calvi, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism.

33.  Jagged1 Stimulation by PTH (1-34) in Mature Osteoblasts is Not Required for Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Expansion

Jonathan M. Weber, MS, MBA, Graduate Student, Pathology; Benjamin J. Gigliotti, 2nd year Medical Student, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism; Rebecca L. Porter, MD/PhD Student, Pathology; Adam J. Olm-Shipman, BS, Laboratory Technician, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism; Benjamin J. Frisch, Graduate Student, Pathology; Julianne Smith (Incoming Graduate Student), Pathology, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism; Laura M. Calvi, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism.

34.  Androgen Receptor Facilitates Growth and Death by Sharing Same Mechanism: Cytoskeleton Rearrangement in Focal Adhesion and Anoikis

Wen-Lung Ma, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shengqiang Yu, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology; Chiu-Chun Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

35.  The Double-Faced Androgen Receptor Function in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Wen-Lung Ma, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Chun-Te  Pathology; Chun-Wei Chen, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Fred Wu, BS, Technician, Pathology, Cheng-Lung Hsu, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Ming-Heng Wu, MS, Research Associate, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

36.  Defects of Prostate Development and Reproductive System in the Erα Null Male Mice

Ming Chen, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Andrew Wolfe, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Iawen Hsu, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, Associate Professor, Urology.

37.  Characterization of the Function of Estrogen Receptor alpha (Erα) in Testis and Epididymis

Iawen Hsu, Graduate Student, Pathology; Ming Chen, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Urology.

38.   The Effects of Vitamin D in Prostate Cancer Metastasis within the Circulation System

Jong-Wei Hsu, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Sayeda Yasmin-Karim, MS, Research Assistant, Biomedical Engineering; Michael King, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering;  Deanne Mickelsen, BA, Technical Associate II, Pharmacology & Physiology;  Martha Blair, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology; Huei-Ju Ting, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pathology & Urology; Yi-Fen Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Urology.

39.   Androgen Receptor Promotes HBV Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis through Cooperation with HBV X Antigen

Ming-Heng Wu, MS, Research Associate, Pathology; Wen-Lung Ma, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Cheng-Lung Hsu, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

40.   Mitochondrial Dysfunction in TR4 Knockout Mice

Su Liu, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Samuel Chou, MD, Professor, retired; Paul Brookes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology; Shey-Shing Sheu, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

41.  TR4 and Prostate Cancer

Shin-Jen Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology; Yi-Fen Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Urology.

42.   Androgen Receptor in Macrophages is Essential to Inhibit Cutaneous Wound Healing

Jiann-Jyh Lai, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Kuang-Hsiang Chuang, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology; Kuo-Pao Lai, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Phillip Chang, Undergraduate, Pathology; Anthea Lo, MS, Graduate Student, MCB, SUNY Stony Brook; Wen-Jye Lin, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Chawnshang Chang, PhD. George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

43.  Androgen Receptor Roles in Mesenchymal Stem Cell

Chiung-Kuei Huang, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology; Meng-Yin Tsai, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.

44.  The Role of Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer: Dual Functions in Prostate Epithelial Cells

Tzu-Hua Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Urology and Pathology.

45.  Generation and Characterization of Prostatic Stromal Double Androgen Receptor Knockout Mice

Kuo-Pao Lai, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Urology; Chiu-Chun Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

28th Annual Research Day - June 12, 2008 - Poster Presentations

1.  Mammary Paget's Disease is Strongly Associated with the High-grade, Non-basal HER2 Over-expression Subtype of Ductal Breast Carcinoma

Todd Lester, MD, PGY-4 Pathology; J. Wang RTI Health Solution; Patricia Bourne, AAS, MLT, HT(ASCP); Q Yang; Ping Tang MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology.

 2.  Diagnostic Utility of WT1 Immunostaining in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

Hiroshi Miyamoto, MD PhD PGY-3 Pathology; Patricia Bourne, AAS, MLT, HT(ASCP);  Zhenhong Qu, MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology,  Jorge L. Yao MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Hanlin Wang, MD PhD Cedars Sinai Medical Center; Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology.

3.  Metastatic Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors in the Liver Express KOC

Alice J. Briones, DO PGY-3 Pathology; Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Zhenhong Qu, MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Patricia Bourne, AAS, MLT, HT(ASCP).

4.  Dual Expression of a Tocopherol (TAP) and ER in Normal Human Breast Epithelium and Its Down-regulation in ER Positive Carcinomas

Sharlin Johnykutty MD, PGY-3 Pathology ; SY Yeh PhD, Associate Professor, Urology; Ping Tang MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Xi Wang MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology.

5.  Transmission of an Occult Poorly Differentiated Neuroglial Neoplasia via Allograft Liver Transplantation

David Tretheway MD, PGY-3 Pathology; Randeep Kashyap MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery; Rochelle Simon MD PGY-4 Pathology; Mahlon Johnson MD PhD, Professor, Pathology; Nancy Wang PhD, Professor, Pathology; Paul Rothberg PhD, Professor, Pathology; Todd Laughlin, Clinical Laboratory Specialist, Pathology; Charlotte Ryan, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

6.  Should Trichrome Stain be Used on All Post-liver Transplant Biopsies with Hepatitis C Virus Infection to Estimate Fibrosis Score?

David Tretheway MD, PGY-3 Pathology; Ashok Jain MD, Professor, Surgery; Randi LaPoint MD, PGY-5 Pathology; Rajeev Sharma MD, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Surgery; Mark Orloff, MD, Professor, Surgery; Patricia Milot RN BS, Nurse Manager, Med-Surg Nursing;  Adel Bozorgzadeh MD FACS, Professor, Surgery; Charlotte Ryan, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

6A.  Transmission of an Occult Poorly Differentiated Neuroglial Neoplasia via Allograft Liver Transplantation

David Tretheway MD, PGY-3 Pathology ; Randeep Kashyap MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery; Rochelle Simon MD PGY-4 Pathology; Mahlon Johnson MD PhD, Professor, Pathology; Nancy Wang PhD, Professor, Pathology; Paul Rothberg PhD, Professor, Pathology; Todd Laughlin, Clinical Laboratory Specialist, Pathology; Charlotte Ryan, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

 7.   Fatal Pulmonary Fat Embolism in a Liver Transplant Patient

Jennifer Findeis-Hosey, MD, Resident, Pathology; Bruce Goldman, MD, Professor, Pathology; Leon Metlay MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology.

8.  CD-44 is a Useful Marker for Prostatic Small Cell Carcinoma

Rochelle Simon, MD, PGY-4 Pathology; P. Anthony di Sant'Agnese MD, Professor, Pathology; Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Jorge L. Yao MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology; Jiaoti Huang MD PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

9.  Neuroendocrine Cells in Prostate Cancer Express CD$$ and may Represent the Putative Cancer Stem/Progenitor Cells

Guangchun Chen PhD, Post-Doctoral fellow, Pathology; Christopher R. Silvers BS, Technician, Urology; Chengyu Wu MS, Post-doctoral fellow, Pathology; Linda Salamone, BS, Technician, Urology; Heather B. Martin, BS, Technician, Pathology; Karin Williams, PhD, Post-doctoral fellow, Urology; Ganesh S. Palapattu, MD, Assistant Professor, Urology; Jiaoti Huang MD PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology.

10.  Axin2 is Essential for Skeletal Development

Debbie Y. Dao, MD/PhD Student, Pathology;  Xue Yang, Graduate Student, Genetics;
Di Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Matthew J. Hilton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics; Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman, Orthopaedics.

11.  TAK1 Regulates Cartilage and Joint Development

Lea M. Gunnell, MS, MD/PhD Student, Pathology; Edward M. Schwarz, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedics; Matthew J. Hilton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics; Regis J. O'Keefe, Professor & Chairman, Orthopaedics.

12.  Loss of Mmp-9 Results in Accelerated Remodeling and Earlier Functional Improvement in a Murine Model of Flexor Tendon Healing

Alayna Loiselle, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Matthew Wolenski, MD, Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery; Justin Jacobson, MD, Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery; Edward M. Schwarz, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedics; Hani Awad, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman, Orthopaedics.

13. BMP2 Inactivates TAK1-ATF2 Signaling Pathway in Chondrocytes

Lin Gao, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Tianfang Li, Sr Instructor, Orthopaedics; Di Chen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD, Professor & Chairman, Orthopaedics.

14.  Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Conditional/Inducible TRIP-1 Transgenic (Tg) Mouse

 Diana M. Metz-Estrella, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Tzong-Jen Sheu, PhD, Instructor, Orthopaedics; Rachel M. Mroczek, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; J. Edward Puzas, PhD, Donald & Mary Clark Professor, Orthopaedics.

15.  Regulation of SMURF2 during Osteoarthritis

Meina Wang, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Qiuqian Wu, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Randy Rosier, MD, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedics; Michael Zuscik, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics.

16.  The Roles of Thrombin Receptor and Protease Activated Receptor-2 in Osteoblast Differentiation and Maturation

Rachel M. Mroczek, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; J.G. Schoenecker, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Vanderbilt University; Tzong-Jen Sheu, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; Michael J. Zuscik, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics; J. Edward Puzas, PhD, Donald & Mary Clark Professor, Orthopaedics.

17.  Dengue Virus Cross-reactive Mouse or Humanized-Chimpanzee Monoclonal Antibodies favor Enhanced Dengue Virus Immune Complex Infectivity in Engineered Human Fcγ ReceptorCD64 or CD32-Expressing Cells

W.W. Shanaka I. Rodrigo, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Ana P. Goncalvez, PhD, Molecular Viral Biology Section, National Institutes of Health; Xia Jin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Infectious Disease; Robert C. Rose, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Infectious Disease; Ching-Juh  Lai, PhD, Molecular Viral Biology Section, National Institutes of Health; Jacob J. Schlesinger, MD, Professor, Medicine.

18.  Selective Activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) Proteins STAT1 and STAT3 in Cultured Human Endothelial Cells Infected with Rickettsia rickettsii

Punsiri Mahendra Colonne, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Semion Kiriakidi, MS, Laboratory Technician, Medicine; Microbiology-Immunology, Elena Rydkina, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Medicine, Microbiology-Immunology; Sanjeev K. Sahni, PhD, Professor, Medicine, Microbiology-Immunology.

19.  GIT1 Mediates VEGF-induced Podosomes Formation in Endothelial Cell via PLCγ

Jing Wang, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI); Yoji Taba, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI; Jinjiang Pang, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine; CVRI, Guoyong Yin, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI; Michael P. Massett, MD, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Medicine; CVRI, Chen Yan, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, CVRI; Bradford Berk, MD, PhD, Professor, Medicine CVRI, CEO, URMC.

20.  Chronic Elevation of Interleukin-6 during Obesity Impairs Hepatic Insulin Responsiveness

Alicia Clementi, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Allison Gaudy, MS, Graduate Student, Pharmacology & Physiology; Robert Mooney, PhD, Professor, Pathology.

21.  Effector B-cell Contributions to the Immunopathogenesis of Primary Sjogren's Syndrome (pSS): Examination and Characterization of the Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Memory B-cells

Mustimbo Roberts, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chungwen Wei, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Medicine; Ignacio Sanz, MD, Professor, Medicine, Immunology/Rheumatology.

22.  The BH3-only Protein BIM has Several Roles in Retinal Development and Disease

Jeffrey M. Harder, Graduate Student, Pathology; Thurma V. McDaniel, MS, Laboratory Technician IV, Ophthalmology; Richard T. Libby, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology.

23.   Role of PIAS1 in NFAT-mediated Cardiac Hypertrophy

Eugene Chang, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chang-hoon Woo, DVM, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI; Carolyn McClain, MS, Technical Associate, Medicine, CVRI; Thomas Spangenberg, BS, Laboratory Technician, Medicine, CVRI; Hiroki Takahashi, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI;  Jun-ichi Abe, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, CVRI.

24.  Functional Analysis of a Novel Vascular Serine Carboxypeptidase

Ting-Hein Lee, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Joseph M. Miano, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, CVRI.

25.  Analysis of Direct Binding of Small Molecules to G-protein βγ Subunits: Biophysical Analysis and Binding Site Mapping

Pramodh Seneviratne, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Alan V. Smrcka, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology; Joseph Wedekind, PhD, Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics; David Lehmann, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pharmacology & Physiology.

26.  Erythropoietin Promotes Survival of Primitive Erythroid Progenitors and Precursors

Jeffrey Malik, Graduate Student, Pathology;  Paul D. Kingsley, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Anne D. Koniski, MS, Technical Associate, Pediatrics; James Palis, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, Oncology, Biomedical Genetics.

27.  Embryonic Neural Precursor Cells as Targets for Maternal Iron Deficiency

Dawn L. Lee, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Camelia Mihaila, Graduate Student, Pharmacology & Physiology. Frederick Strathmann, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Genetics; Jordan Schramm, MD/PhD Student, Neurobiology & Anatomy;  David Parfitt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry; Anne Luebke, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy; Margot Mayer-Proschel, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Genetics.

28.  Characterization of tGRP-derived Astrocytes and their Therapeutic Potential in Spinal Cord Injury Repair

Chung-Hsuan Shih, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Frederick Strathmann, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Genetics; Margot Mayer-Proschel, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Genetics; Christoph Proschel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Genetics

29.  Investigating the Roles of Phospholipid Scramblase 1 in Granulocytopoiesis using a Conditionally Immortalized Mouse Bone Marrow Cell Model

Chun-Wei Chen, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Mark Sowden, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology; Therese Wiedmer, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology; Peter J. Sims, MD, PhD, Professor, Pathology.

30.  Effect of Myocardin and Serum Response Factor Signaling on Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

Robert D. Bell, Graduate Student, Pathology; Rashid Deane, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Neurosurgery;  Xiaochun Long, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, CVRI;  Nienwen Chow, PhD, Sr Scientist, Socratech Research Laboratories;  Abhay Sagare, PhD, Sr Instructor, Neurosurgery;  Joseph M. Miano, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, CVRI;  Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD, Professor, Neurosurgery.

31.  Targeted Regulation of Specific Hematopoietic Stem Cell Subsets by Prostaglandin E2

Rebecca L. Porter, MD/PhD Student, Pathology; Benjamin J. Frisch, Graduate Student, Pathology; Jonathan M. Weber, MS, MBA,  Graduate Student, Pathology; Laura M. Calvi, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism.

32.  Characterization of a Leukemia Stem Cell Niche in an Inducible Mouse Model

Benjamin Frisch, Graduate Student, Pathology; Jonathan Weber, MS, MBA, Graduate Student, Pathology; Sarah Neering, MS, Sr Technical Associate, Center for Human Genetics; Monica Guzman, PhD, Sr Instructor, Medicine, Hematology-Oncology; Craig Jordan, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Hematology-Oncology; Laura Calvi, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism.

33.  Jagged1 Stimulation by PTH (1-34) in Mature Osteoblasts is Not Required for Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) Expansion

Jonathan M. Weber, MS, MBA, Graduate Student, Pathology; Benjamin J. Gigliotti, 2nd year Medical Student, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism; Rebecca L. Porter, MD/PhD Student, Pathology; Adam J. Olm-Shipman, BS, Laboratory Technician, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism; Benjamin J. Frisch, Graduate Student, Pathology; Julianne Smith (Incoming Graduate Student), Pathology, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism; Laura M. Calvi, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Endocrine-Metabolism.

34.  Androgen Receptor Facilitates Growth and Death by Sharing Same Mechanism: Cytoskeleton Rearrangement in Focal Adhesion and Anoikis

Wen-Lung Ma, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shengqiang Yu, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology; Chiu-Chun Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

35.  The Double-Faced Androgen Receptor Function in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Wen-Lung Ma, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Chun-Te  Pathology; Chun-Wei Chen, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Fred Wu, BS, Technician, Pathology, Cheng-Lung Hsu, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Ming-Heng Wu, MS, Research Associate, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

36.  Defects of Prostate Development and Reproductive System in the Erα Null Male Mice

Ming Chen, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Andrew Wolfe, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Iawen Hsu, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, Associate Professor, Urology.

37.  Characterization of the Function of Estrogen Receptor alpha (Erα) in Testis and Epididymis

Iawen Hsu, Graduate Student, Pathology; Ming Chen, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Urology.

38.   The Effects of Vitamin D in Prostate Cancer Metastasis within the Circulation System

Jong-Wei Hsu, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Sayeda Yasmin-Karim, MS, Research Assistant, Biomedical Engineering; Michael King, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering;  Deanne Mickelsen, BA, Technical Associate II, Pharmacology & Physiology;  Martha Blair, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology; Huei-Ju Ting, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pathology & Urology; Yi-Fen Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Urology.

39.   Androgen Receptor Promotes HBV Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis through Cooperation with HBV X Antigen

Ming-Heng Wu, MS, Research Associate, Pathology; Wen-Lung Ma, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Cheng-Lung Hsu, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

40.   Mitochondrial Dysfunction in TR4 Knockout Mice

Su Liu, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Samuel Chou, MD, Professor, retired; Paul Brookes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology; Shey-Shing Sheu, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

41.  TR4 and Prostate Cancer

Shin-Jen Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology; Yi-Fen Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Urology.

42.   Androgen Receptor in Macrophages is Essential to Inhibit Cutaneous Wound Healing

Jiann-Jyh Lai, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Kuang-Hsiang Chuang, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology; Kuo-Pao Lai, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Phillip Chang, Undergraduate, Pathology; Anthea Lo, MS, Graduate Student, MCB, SUNY Stony Brook; Wen-Jye Lin, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto; Chawnshang Chang, PhD. George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

43.  Androgen Receptor Roles in Mesenchymal Stem Cell

Chiung-Kuei Huang, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology; Meng-Yin Tsai, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.

 44.  The Role of Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer: Dual Functions in Prostate Epithelial Cells

Tzu-Hua Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Urology and Pathology.

 45.  Generation and Characterization of Prostatic Stromal Double Androgen Receptor Knockout Mice

Kuo-Pao Lai, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Urology; Chiu-Chun Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Chawnshang Chang, PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology.

46.  The Role of Stromal Androgen Receptor in Prostate Development

Chiu-Chun Lin, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Caixia Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Urology, Zhongnan Hospital; Kuo-Pao Lai, MS, Graduate Student, Pathology; Shuyuan Yeh, PhD, Associate Professor, Urology and Pathology.

47.   Prostate Cancer in a Dish: The Role of the Stroma in Mediating Carcinogenesis

Nikesha Haynes, Graduate Student, Pathology, William Ricke, PhD, Assistant Professor, Urology & Pathology; Karin Williams, PhD, Sr Instructor, Urology.

48.  Stress and Breast Tumor Growth:  The Role of Sympathetic Innervation & Norepinephrine

Mercedes Szpunar, MD/PhD Student, Pathology; Kelley Madden, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Edward Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering.

27th Annual Research Day - June 12, 2007 - Poster Presentations

1. Cox-2 and BMP-2 Dysregulation and Delayed Fracture Healing in Aged Mice

Authors: Amish A. Naik MS, MD/PhD Student, Pathology, Chao Xie MD, Instructor, CMR, Michael Zuscik PhD, Assistant Professor, CMR, Edward Schwarz PhD, Professor, CMR, Hicham Drissi PhD, Associate Professor, CMR, Quiqian Wu MD PhD, Research Assistant Professor, CMR, Di Chen MD PhD, Associate Professor, CMR, Paul Kingsley PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology, Xinping Zhang PhD, Assistant Professor, CMR, Robert Guldberg PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Regis J. O'Keefe MD PhD, Professor & Chair, Orthopaedics, Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

2. TRIP-1: An Important Co-Regulator of Bone Formation in Skeletal Remodeling

Authors: Diana M. Metz-Estrella BS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Tzong-Jen Sheu PhD, Instructor, CMR, Rachel Mroczek MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, J. Edward Puzas PhD, Donald & Mary Clark Professor, CMR

3. Characterization of the Axin 3/4 Knock-out Mouse

Authors: Debbie Y. Dao MA, MD/PhD Student, Pathology, Shirley Yang, Graduate Student, Genetics, Regis O'Keefe MD PhD, Professor & Chair, Orthopaedics, Director Center for Musculoskeletal Research

4. Regulation of Surmf 2 During Osteoarthritis

Authors: Meina Wang MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Michael J. Zuscik, PhD, Assistant Professor, CMR, Randy N. Rosier MD PhD, CMR

5. Investigating the Role of Wnt/b-catenin Signaling in Osteoarthritis

Authors: Jeffrey Malik, Graduate Student, Pathology, Michael Zuscik PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, Regis O'Keefe MD PhD, Professor & Chair, Orthopaedics, Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

6. Dlx2 Enhances the Chondrocytes Apoptosis through the Interaction with FKBP38

Authors: Yu Zhang MD MBA, Graduate Student, Pathology, Tianfang Li MD PhD, Instructor, CMR, Roman Eliseev MD PhD, Research Assistant Professor, CMR, Regis J. O'Keefe, MD PhD, Professor & Chair, Orthopaedics, Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

7. BMP-2 Inhibits P38-ATF2 Activation in Chondrocytes

Authors: Lin Gao, Graduate Student, Pathology, Tianfang Li MD PhD, Instructor, CMR, Regis J. O'Keefe MD PhD, Professor & Chair, Orthopaedics, Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

8. Prostaglandin E2 Delays Hypertrophy of Primary Murine Chondrocytes through Impairment of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling

Authors: Christine Ann Clark MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Kyung OK-Kim PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, CMR, Michael Zuscik PhD, Assistant Professor, CMR, Hicham Drissi PhD, Associate Professor, CMR, Regis J. O'Keefe MD PhD, Professor & Chair, Orthopaedics, Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

9. The Role of Protease Activated Receptors in Osteoblast Differentiation

Authors: Rachel Mroczek MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Jonathan Schoenecker MD PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tzong Sheu PhD, Instructor, CMR, Michael Zuscik PhD, Assistant Professor, CMR, J. Edward Puzas PhD, Donald & Mary Clark Professor, CMR

10. Murine Intrasynovial Tendons Heal with Fibrosis, Adhesions and Reduced Scleraxis Expression

Authors: Alayna Loiselle MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Gwynne Bragdon MD, Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery, Edward Schwarz PhD, Professor, CMR, Regis J. O'Keefe MD PhD, Professor & Chair, Orthopaedics, Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

11. Tocopherol-Associated Protein (TAP) Expression in Human Breast Cancer

Authors: Sharlin Johnykutty MD, Resident, Pathology, Shu-Yuan Yeh PhD, Associate Professor, Urology, Ping Tang MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology, Xi Wang MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology

12. Metastatic Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in the Mediastinal Lymph Nodes: A Clinico-Pathologic-Radiologic Study of Seven Cases

Authors: David Wagner MD, Resident, Pathology, Patricia Bourne, AAS, MLT, HT (ASCP), Pathology, Qi Yang MLT,HT, Pathology, James Lewis MD, Assistant Professor, Cytogenetics, Washington University at St. Louis; Bruce I. Goldman MD PhD, Professor, Pathology, Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology

13. Expression of Titromon in the Prostate: Implications for Carcinogenesis and Tumor- associated Hypercoagulation

Authors: Todd Lester MD, Resident, Pathology, Jiaoti Huang MD PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology, Manish Kohli MD, Associate Professor, Medical/Oncology, Jorge L. Yao MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology

14. Prostate Cancer is Associated with Increased Expression of Nuclear Cyclin D1

Authors: Rochelle Simon MD, Resident, Pathology, P. Anthony di Sant'Agnese MD, Professor, Pathology, Jorge L. Yao MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology, Patricia Bourne, AAS, MLT, HT (ASCP), Pathology, Kate Bohrer, BS, Pathology; Jiaoti Huang MD PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology

15. Rapid Method for Detection of Mutations in the Nucleophosmin Gene (NPM1) in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Authors: Todd S. Laughlin BS, Technician, Pathology, Michael W. Becker MD, Assistant Professor, Jane L. Liesveld MD, Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Deborah A. Mulford MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Camille N. Abboud MD, Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Paul G. Rothberg PhD, Professor, Pathology

16. Pulmonary Metastases from Uterine Neoplasms with a Long Tumor-Free Interval after Hysterectomy

Authors: Hiroshi Miyamoto, MD PhD, Resident, Pathology, Carolyn E Jones MD, Asst. Professor, Surgery, Daniel R Raymond MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery, John C Wandtke MD, Professor, Imaging Sciences, John Strang MD, Associate Professor, Imaging Sciences, Patricia A. Bourne AS, Pathology, Thomas A. Bonfiglio MD, Professor, Pathology, Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology

17. The Role of Androgen Receptor in Cutaneous Wound Healing

Authors: Jiann-Jyh Lai MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Kuang-Hsiang Chuang PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Functional Genomic Center, Kuo-Pao Lai MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Anthea Lo MS, Graduate Student, MCB, SUNY Stony Brook, Phillip Chang, Undergraduate, Pathology, Wen-Jye Lin, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Toronto, Chawnshang Chang PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology

18. Increased Proliferation and Resistant to Apoptosis of Thymocytes in Mice Lacking Androgen Receptor

Authors: Kuo-Pao Lai MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Saleh Altuwaijri PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology, Jiann-Jyh Lai MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Kuang-Hsiang Chuang PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology, Chawnshang Chang PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology

19. Androgen Receptor Increases Susceptibility of Hepatocarcinogenisis by Enhancing Intracellular Oxidative Stress and DNA Damage

Authors: Wen-Lung Ma MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Chung-Lung Hsu MD PhD, Taiwan, Chun-The Wu MD PhD, Taiwan, Chun-Wei David Chen MS, Pathology, Cheng-Chia Wu BS, Medical Student, I-Chen Yu MS, Graduate Student, Neuroscience, Hung-Yun Lin PhD, Pathology

20. Roles of Androgen Receptor in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression and Metastasis

Authors: Wen-Lung Ma MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Cheng-Chia Wu BS, Medical Student, Chung-Wei David Chen MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Chung-Lung Hsu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Taiwan, Chun-The Wu MD PhD, Taiwan, I-Chen Yu MS, Graduate Student, Neuroscience, Chawnshang Chang PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology

21. Duo Blade of AR on Cell Physiology: Elaborated Cytoskeleton Mediates Cell Growth and Anoikis

Authors: Wen-Lung Ma MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Jiann-Jyh Lai MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Jong-Wei Hsu MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Chun-Wei David Chen MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Cheng-Chia Wu BS, Medical Student, I-Chen Yu MS, Graduate Student, Neuroscience, Richard Shih MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Ming-Hung Wu MS, Exchange Graduate Student, Inst for Basic Medical Sciences, Nat’l Cheng-Kung Univ, Taiwan, Chawnshang Chang PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology

22. Regulation of Hepatitis B Virus Replicationby Androgen Receptor Facilitates Hepatocarcinogenesis

Authors: Ming-Hung Wu MS, Exchange Graduate Student, Pathology, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, Wen-Lung Ma MS, Pathology, Chung-Lung Hsu MD PhD, Taiwan, I-Chen Yu MS, Graduate Student, Neuroscience, Chawnshang Chang PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology

23. TR4 and Prostate Cancer

Authors: Shin-Jen Lin MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Chawnshang Chang PhD, Whipple Professor, Yi-Fen Lee PhD, Assistant Professor, Urology

24. Mitochondrial Dysfunction in TR4-/- mice

Authors: Su Liu MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Yi-Fen Lee PhD, Assistant Professor, Urology, Samuel M. Chou MD PhD, Depts of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease, Neurology and Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Hsin-Chiu Ho MD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, CMR, Chawnshang Chang PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology

25. Lipoatrophy with Increased ß-oxidation and Insulin Sensitivity in Mice Lacking TR4 Orphan Nuclear Receptor

Authors: Ning-Chun Liu MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Eungseok Kim PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pathology, Chawnshang Chang PhD, George Whipple Professor, Pathology

26. Androgens and Estrogens Induce Neovascularization in Early Stages of Human Prostatic Carcinoma Progression

Authors: Robert D. Bell BS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Karin Williams PhD, Senior Instructor, Urology, Emily A. Ricke MS, Technical Associate, Urology, William A. Ricke PhD, Assistant Professor, Urology

27. The Potential Function of Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Epidydimis

Authors: Ia-Wen Hsu BS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Shu-Yuan Yeh PhD, Associate Professor, Urology, Ming Chen MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Jing Ni, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Urology

28. Generation and Characterization of Tissue-Specific Estrogen Receptor a Knock-out Mice

Authors: Ming Chen MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Andrew Wolf PhD, Associate Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Shu-Yuan Yeh PhD, Associate Professor, Urology

29. The Effects of Vitamin D in Prostate Cancer Metastasis

Authors: Jong-Wei Hsu MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Wen-Lung Ma MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Yi-Fen Lee PhD, Assistant Professor, Urology, Chawnshang Chang PhD, GeorgeWhipple Professor, Pathology

30. Castration Decreases Bladder Tumor Growth in Mice

Authors: Aimee M. Johnson MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Mary J. O'Connell BS, Senior Technical Associate, Pathology, Vikram S. Dogra MD, Residency Program Director, Imaging Science, Dragon Golijanin MD, Resident, Urology, Jiaoti Huang MD PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology, Edward M. Messing MD FACS, WW Scott Professor & Chair, Urology, Ruola Ning PhD, Professor, Imaging Science, Ronald W. Wood PhD, Research Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Jorge L. Yao MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology, Jay E. Reeder PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Pathology

31. SENP2 SUMO Protease in the Development of Trophoblast Stem Cell

Authors: Shang-Yi Chiu MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Naoya Asai PhD, Assistant Professor, Nagoya University, Japan, Wei Hsu PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Genetics

32. Liver Macrophage Involvement in Hepatic Insulin Resistance and Steatosis During Obesity

Authors: Alicia Clementi MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Allison Gaudy MS, Graduate Student, Pharmacology/Physiology, Janet Sparks PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology, Robert H. Pierce MD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Pathology, Robert A. Mooney PhD, Professor & Director of Biomedical Genetics, Pathology

33. Git1 Mediates Angiogenesis by Affecting EC Podosome Formation and Migration

Authors: Jing Wang MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Yoji Taba MD PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, CVRI, Jin Jiang Pang MD PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, CVRI, Mike Massett PhD, Research Assistant Professor, CVRI, Chen Yan PhD, Assistant Professor, CVRI, Bradford Berk MD PhD, Professor & Sr Vice President of Health Sciences and CEO, URMC and Strong Health, CVRI


34. Activation of p90RSK Prolongs Cardiac Repolarization and Provokes Cardiac Arrhythmias by Attenuation of Outward K+ Currents

Authors: Zhibo Lu PhD, Research Associate, Pathology, Jun-Ichi Abe MD PhD, CVRI, Haodong Xu MD PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology

35. Genetic and Developmental Analysis of BCRIABL Mediate Lymphoid Blast Crisis

Authors: Pin-Yi Wang MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Fay Young MD, Associate Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Timothy Bushnell PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Pedicatric Biomedical Research, Randall Rossi MS, Associate, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology, Andrea Bottaro PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine-Immunology/Rheumatology, David Heinrich BS, Lab Technician, Medicine-Immunology/Rheumatology, Craig Jordan PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology

36. The B Tail Domain Participates in Multiple Interactions during Folding and Self-association of Nucleosome Arrays

Authors: Pu-Yeh Kan MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Xu Lu PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Colorado State University, Jeffrey Hayes PhD, Professor, Biochemistry, Jeffrey Hansen PhD, Professor, Colorado State University

37. Establishment of a Method of Memory B-Lymphocyte Immortalization and Antibody Production

Authors: Mustimbo Roberts BS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Laura Miguel MS, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine, Ignacio Sanz MD, Professor, Chief, Medicine-Immunology/Rheumatology

38. Cell Death Pathways in Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration

Authors: Jeffrey Harder BS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Richard Libby PhD, Assistant Professor, Opthalmology, Dana Wright, Technical Associate II, Opthalmology

39. Functional Analysis of a Novel Serine Carboxypeptidase Scpep1

Authors: Ting-Hein Lee MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Jiyuan Chen MD PhD, Postdoctoral Reseach Associate, CVRI, Mary A. Georger BS, Technical Associate II, CVRI, Joseph M. Miano PhD, Associate Professor, CVRI

40. Homologous Recombination Knock-in of Phospholipid Scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) Mutants

Authors: Chun-Wei David Chen MS, Graduate Student, Pathology, Mark P. Sowden PhD, Research Associate Professor, Pathology, Therese Wiedmer PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology, Peter Sims MD, Professor, Pathology