Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
Byeong (Jake) Cha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, College of Medicine Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology
Contact Info
12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd
MDC 8
Tampa FL 33612
Academic Email: bcha@usf.edu
Academic Phone:(813) 396-2535
Education
- Postdoc, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2005
- PhD, Biology, University of Utah, 1999
- MSc, Biology, Seoul National University, 1990
- BS, Biology, Seoul National University, 1988
Recent Publications
- Trujillo AN, Katnik C, Cuevas J, Cha B, Taylor-Clark TE, Breslin JW. Modulation of Mesenteric Collecting Lymphatic Contractions by Sigma-1 Receptor Activation and Nitric Oxide Production. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology. : ajpheart.00702.2016, 2017.
- Bass HM, Beard RS, Cha BJ, Yuan SY, & Nelson PR. Thrombomodulin Induces a Quiescent Phenotype and Inhibits Migration in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 30: 149-56, 2016.
- Yip KP, Cha BJ, Tse CM, Amin ME, & Amin J. Functional Expression of Aquaporin-2 Tagged with Photoconvertible Fluorescent Protein in mpkCCD Cells. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry: International Journal of Experimental Cellular Physiology, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology. 36(2) : 670-82, 2015.
- Lima A, Cha BJ, Amin J, Smith LK, & Anderson B. Zebrafish embryo model of Bartonella henselae infection. Zebrafish. 11(5) : 434-46, 2014.
- Beard RS, Haines RJ, Wu KY, Reynolds JJ, Davis SM, Elliott JE, Malinin NL, Chatterjee V, Cha BJ, Wu MH, Yuan SY. Non-muscle Mlck is required for β-catenin- and FoxO1-dependent downregulation of Cldn5 in IL-1β-mediated barrier dysfunction in brain endothelial cells. Journal of cell science. 127(Pt 8) : 1840-53, 2014.
- San-Juan-Vergara H, Sampayo-Escobar V, Reyes N, Cha B, Pacheco-Lugo L, Wong T, Peeples ME, Collins PL, Castaño ME, & Mohapatra SS. Cholesterol-rich microdomains as docking platforms for respiratory syncytial virus in normal human bronchial epithelial cells. Journal of Virology. 86(3) : 1832-43, 2012.
- Takada S & Cha BJ. In vivo live-analysis of cell cycle checkpoints in Drosophila early embryos. Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.). 782: 75-92, 2011.
- Izu Y, Sun M, Zwolanek D, Veit G, Williams V, Cha B, Jepsen KJ, Koch M, & Birk DE. Type XII collagen regulates osteoblast polarity and communication during bone formation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 193(6) : 1115-30, 2011.
- Smith CJ, Watson JD, Spencer WC, O''Brien T, Cha B, Albeg A, Treinin M, & Miller DM. Time-lapse imaging and cell-specific expression profiling reveal dynamic branching and molecular determinants of a multi-dendritic nociceptor in C. elegans. Developmental Biology. 345(1) : 18-33, 2010.