Charleen T. Chu, MD, PhD
  Department of Pathology
  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


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    • RESEARCH

    Grants Currently Funded:

     Source: NIH NS053777
     Title: Regulation of PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1)
     Role on Project: Principal Investigator

     Source: The Pittsburgh Foundation, Emmerling Fund, M2005-0068
     Title: PINK1 in neurodegeneration: a multidisciplinary approach
     Role on Project: Principal Investigator

     Source: NIH HL063700
     Title: Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase in Pulmonary Fibrosis
     Role on Project: Co-Investigator

     Source: NIH AR052784
     Title: Enhanced Clinical Diagnosis of Early Osteoarthritis
     Role on Project: Co-Investigator

     Source: NIH AG025046
     Title: Understanding the Mechanisms of Neuropathogenesis
     Role on Project: Co-Investigator

    CURRENT RESEARCH/CLINICAL INTERESTS:


    1. Cell signaling and protein trafficking in oxidative neuronal injury.
    2. PINK1 and LRRK 2, kinases linked to familial parkinsonism.
    3. Autophagy, mitochondria, and pesticide exposure.
    4. Pathogenesis of Parkinson's and Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease.
    5. Neuropathology and Ophthalmic Pathology.