Richard J Bodnar, PhD

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Dr. Bodnar is a post-doctoral fellow in the Division of Clinical Medicine with Dr. Wells. More information about this division is available here.


Office Location:

S709 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace St
Univeristy of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA.15261



Contact Information:

Office Telephone: (412) 624-9366
Lab Telephone: (412) 624-8946
Fax: (425) 790-4149
E-mail: rjb8@pitt.edu

Research Interests:

    To identify the signaling pathways that mediate regression of the capillary network during wound healing.


Grants & Awards

    NIH F32 NRS Fellowship Award (2003-2006)
    Pathology Postdoctoral Research Training Grant (2003)
    Klaus R. Unna Award (2002)

Publications:

  1. Gladding A, Bodnar RJ., Reynolds IJ., Shiraha H., Satish L., Potter DA, Blair HC., Wells A.: EGF activates m-calpain (calpain 2), at least in part, by ERK-mediated phosphorylation. (Molecular and Cell Biology)

  2. Xi X., Bodnar RJ., Li Z., Lam CT., Du X.; A critical role for the NITY sequence of the integrin b3 cytoplasmic domain in inside-out signaling and its regulation by calpain. (2003) J. Cell Bio. Vol. 163, (2) p. 238-239

  3. Bodnar RJ., Xi X., Li Z., Berndt M., Du X.; Regulation of glycoprotein Ib-IX-von Willebrand factor interaction by cAMP-dependent protein kinase -mediated phosphorylation at serine 166 of glycoprotein Ibb. (2002) JBC Vol. 277, (49) p. 47080-47087

  4. Niu J., Scheschonka A., Druey K, Davis A., Kolenko V., Bodnar RJ., Voyno-Yasenetskaya T., Du X., Dunn MJ., Kehrl J., and Dulin NO.; RGS3 interacts with 14-3-3 via the N-terminal region distinct from RGS domain. (2002) Biochem J., Vol. 365, p. 677-684

  5. Englund GD., Bodnar RJ., Li Z., Ruggeri ZM., Du X.; Regulation of vWF binding to the platelet glycoprotein Ib-IX by a membrane skeleton-dependent inside-out signal. (2001) JBC Vol. 276 (20) p. 16952-16959

  6. Dallasta LM., Wang G., Bodnar RJ., Draviam R.., Wiley CA., Achim CL., Hamilton RL.; Differential expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in chronic murine retroviral encephalitis. (2000) Neuropath. App. Neurobio. Vol. 26, p. 332-341

  7. Bodnar RJ., Gu M., Li Z., Englund GD., Du X.; The cytoplasmic domain of the platelet glycoprotein Iba is phosphorylated at serine 609. (1999) JBC Vol. 274 (47) p. 33474-33479

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