Department of Pathology Clinical Fellows 2000

Department of Pathology Research Fellows

The following is a list of Research Fellows in the Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. For more information concerning an individual, please select the name of that person.

Thomas Bauernhofer, M.D.
-- Prolactin-Receptor on human Nk cells and T-cellsubsets and its relation to stress in head and neck and breast cancer patients.

Richard J Bodnar, PhD
-- To identify the signaling pathways that mediate regression of the capillary network during wound healing.

Aaron W. Bell, Ph.D
-- Transcriptional regulation of hepatocyte differentiation.

Xin Dong, Ph.D.
-- Antigen processing and presentation by dendritic cells, and lectins and glycobiology.

Tomohiko Fukuda, Ph.D.
-- Genetic analysis of PINCH (adaptor protein comprising five LIM domains) and MIBP (muscle specific beta 1 integrin binding protein) in mouse.

Chang Han, M.D. Ph.D.
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Xiaojun Huang, M.D.
-- Antiangiogenesis, TIMP gene regulation on melanoma cells.

Yao Huang, Ph.D.
-- Functional studies of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) and its related proteins in muscle differentiation.

Kelly L. Jordan-Sciutto, Ph.D.
-- Molecular mechanisms of brain development and disease.

Fumiaki Nakazawa, M.D., Ph.D.
-- Human hepatocyte transplantation in mice & cryopreservation for human hepatocyte.

Zuyao Ni, M.D.
-- Stat Signalling Pathway in Prostate Cancer

Khaja K. Rehman, Ph.D.
-- Role of growth factors (particularly HGF and IL-6) in renal regeneration, and to clarify the pathogenesis of BK and JC virus in interstitial nephritis. Gene rearrangement in the regulatory region of BK virus in post-kidney transplant patients under immunosuppressive regimes.

Latha Satish, Ph.D.
-- Main area of research interest is wound healing.

Hidenori Shiraha, M.D., Ph.D.
-- Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling and cell motility.

Irina L. Tourkova, M.D., Ph.D.
-- Research Focus

Hirokazu Tsuji, M.D., Ph.D.
-- Hepatocyte Apoptosis and Proliferation by Cytokines.

Junwei Yang, M.D. Ph.D.
-- HGF and epithelial to mesenchymal transdifferentiation.

Yongjun Zhang, Ph.D.
-- Signal transduction pathways of ILK and PINCH.

Zhenqi Zhu, Ph.D.
-- Antigen presenting capacity of dendritic cells to understand how immune responses to immunoglobulin G occur in rheumatoid arthritis.

	Thomas Bauernhofer, M.D. -- Prolactin-Receptor on human Nk cells and T-cellsubsets and its relation to stress in head and neck and breast cancer patients.
	Richard J Bodnar, PhD -- To identify the signaling pathways that mediate regression of the capillary network during wound healing.
	Aaron W. Bell, Ph.D -- Transcriptional regulation of hepatocyte differentiation.
	Xin Dong, Ph.D. -- Antigen processing and presentation by dendritic cells, and lectins and glycobiology.
	Tomohiko Fukuda, Ph.D. -- Genetic analysis of PINCH (adaptor protein comprising five LIM domains) and MIBP (muscle specific beta 1 integrin binding protein) in mouse.
	Chang Han, M.D. Ph.D. --
	Xiaojun Huang, M.D. -- Antiangiogenesis, TIMP gene regulation on melanoma cells.
	Yao Huang, Ph.D. -- Functional studies of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) and its related proteins in muscle differentiation.
	Kelly L. Jordan-Sciutto, Ph.D. -- Molecular mechanisms of brain development and disease.
	Fumiaki Nakazawa, M.D., Ph.D. -- Human hepatocyte transplantation in mice & cryopreservation for human hepatocyte.
	Zuyao Ni, M.D. -- Stat Signalling Pathway in Prostate Cancer
	Khaja K. Rehman, Ph.D. -- Role of growth factors (particularly HGF and IL-6) in renal regeneration, and to clarify the pathogenesis of BK and JC virus in interstitial nephritis. Gene rearrangement in the regulatory region of BK virus in post-kidney transplant patients under immunosuppressive regimes.
	Latha Satish, Ph.D. -- Main area of research interest is wound healing.
	Hidenori Shiraha, M.D., Ph.D. -- Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling and cell motility.
	Irina L. Tourkova, M.D., Ph.D. -- Research Focus
	Hirokazu Tsuji, M.D., Ph.D. -- Hepatocyte Apoptosis and Proliferation by Cytokines.
	Junwei Yang, M.D. Ph.D. -- HGF and epithelial to mesenchymal transdifferentiation.
	Yongjun Zhang, Ph.D. -- Signal transduction pathways of ILK and PINCH.
	Zhenqi Zhu, Ph.D. -- Antigen presenting capacity of dendritic cells to understand how immune responses to immunoglobulin G occur in rheumatoid arthritis.