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Vascular Biology Trainees

2005-2006 trainees

Post Doctoral Fellows

Salius Sumanas	Lin laboratory	2004-2006
Nathan Lee	Iruela-Arispe laboratory	2005-2007

Graduate Students

Cindy Hong	Tontonoz laboratory	2003-2006
Paul Tarr	Edwards laboratory	2004-2007
Cynthia Culler	Lusis laboratory	2005-2008

Previous Trainees

Byeong Yoon	Lyon laboratory	(2002-2005)
Cory Evans	Banerjee laboratory	(2003-2005)
Kimberly Walton	Berliner laboratory	(2002-2003)
Soumya Chari	Lusis laboratory	(2002-2004)
Dina Meyers	Chen laboratory	(2002-2003)

Publications

Chari, S.	Sheth SS, Castellani LW, Chari S, Wagg C, Thipphavong CK, Bodnar JS, Tontonoz P, Attie AD, Lopaschuk GD, Lusis J. (2004) "Thioredoxin interacting protein (Txnip) deficiency disrupts the fasting-feeding metabolic transition". J Lipid Res. [Epub ahead of print]
Evans, C.	Jung SH, Evans CJ, Uemura C, Banerjee U. (2005) "The Drosophila lymph gland as a developmental model of hematopoiesis". Development. 132(11):2521-33. Evans CJ, Hartenstein V, Banerjee U.(2003) "Thicker than blood: conserved mechanisms in Drosophila and vertebrate hematopoiesis". Dev Cell. 5(5):673-90. Evans CJ, Banerjee U.(2003) "Transcriptional regulation of hematopoiesis in Drosophila". Blood Cells Mol Dis. 30(2):223-8.
Lee, N.	Lee NV, Rodriguez-Manzaneque JC, Thai SN, Twal WO, Luque A, Lyons KM, Argraves WS, Iruela-Arispe ML. (2005) "Fibulin-1 acts as a cofactor for the matrix metalloprotease ADAMTS-1". J Biol Chem. 280(41):34796-804. Krampert M, Kuenzle S, Thai SN, Lee N, Iruela-Arispe ML, Werner S. (2005) "ADAMTS1 proteinase is up-regulated in wounded skin and regulates migration of fibroblasts and endothelial cells". J Biol Chem. 280(25):23844-52.
Sumanas, S.	Sumanas S, Lin S. (2005) "Ets 1-related protein is a key regulator of vasculo- genesis in zebrafish". PLOS Biol 4: e10. Kim HJ, Schleiffarth JR, Jessurun J, Sumanas S, Petryk A, Lin S, Ekker SC. (2005) "Wnt5 signaling in vertebrate pancreas development". BMC Biol. 3:23. Kim HJ, Sumanas S, Palencia-Desai S, Dong Y, Chen JN, Lin S. (2005) "Genetic analysis of early endocrine pancreas formation in zebrafish". Mol Endocrinol. [Epub ahead of print] Sumanas S, Zhang B, Dai R, Lin S. (2005) "15-zinc finger protein Bloody Fingers is required for zebrafish morphogenetic movements during neurulation". Dev Biol. 283(1):85-96. Sumanas S, Jorniak T, Lin S. (2005) "Identification of novel vascular endothelial- specific genes by the microarray analysis of the zebrafish cloche mutants". Blood. 106(2):534-41. Epub. Sumanas S, Lin S. (2004) "Zebrafish as a model system for drug target screening and validation". Drug Disc Today: Targets 3, 89-96.
Tarr, P.	Kennedy MA, Barrera GC, Nakamura K, Baldan A, Tarr P, Fishbein MC, Frank J, Francone OL, Edwards PA. (2005) "ABCG1 has a critical role in mediating cholesterol efflux to HDL and preventing cellular lipid accumulation". Cell Metab. 121-31.
Walton, K.	Walton KA, Gugiu BG, Thoomas M, Basseri RJ, Eliav DR, Salomon RG, Berliner, JA. (Submitted Publication) "The role of the sphingomyelinase/ Ceramide Pathway in the inhibition of LPS action by phospholipid oxidation products". Walton KA, Hsieh X, Gharavi N, Wang S, Wang G, Yeh M, Cole AL, Berliner JA. (2003) "Receptors involved in the oxidized 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn- glycero-3-phosphorylcholine-mediated synthesis of interleukin-8. A role for Toll- like receptor 4 and a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein". J Biol Chem. 278(32):29661-6. Walton KA, Cole AL, Yeh M, Subbanagounder G, Krutzik SR, Modlin RL, Lucas RM, Nakai J, Smart EJ, Vora DK, Berliner JA. (2003) "Specific phospholipid oxidation products inhibit ligand activation of toll-like receptors 4 and 2". Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.23(7):1197-203.
Yoon, B.	Yoon BS, Ovchinnikov DA, Yoshii I, Mishina Y, Behringer RR, Lyons KM. (2005) "Bmpr1a and Bmpr1b have overlapping functions and are essential for chondrogenesis in vivo". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102(14):5062-7. Yoon BS, Lyons KM. (2004) "Multiple functions of BMPs in chondrogenesis". J Cell Biochem.93(1):93-103. Ivkovic S, Yoon BS, Popoff SN, Safadi FF, Libuda DE, Stephenson RC, Daluiski A, Lyons KM. (2003) "Connective tissue growth factor coordinates chondrogenesis and angiogenesis during skeletal development". Development. 130(12):2779-91. Yoon BS, Lyons KM. (2003) "Multiple functions of BMPs in chondrogenesis". J Cell Biochem. 93(1):93-103. Yi SE, LaPolt PS, Yoon BS, Chen JY, Lu JK, and Lyons KM. (2001) "The type I BMP receptor BmprlB is essential for female reproductive function". Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 98:7994-7999.