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Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology

Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology

Providing extraordinary learning experiences for our students and trainees to prepare them for an ever-challenging professional career in medicine or biomedical research.


Recent Publications

Binding of RAS to PI3Kα regulates developmental and KRASG12D-induced lymphangiogenesis  

Fernandes LM, Tresemer J, Vallejo A, Yao A, Scallan JP, Dellinger MT. Dis Model Mech. 2026 Jul 30. 

99ᵐTc-DTPA-OM: Cardiac-myosin targeted SPECT agent for non-invasive myocardial infarction imaging 

Eeda V, Thakur NS, Chidipi B, Hedrick A, Awasthi V. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2026 Jul 14. 

Loss of Pericytic Integrin-β1 Exacerbates Blood-Brain Barrier Damage and Hemorrhagic Brain Injury 

Culha-Taskin I, Nasrollahi A, Yao Y. Stroke. 2026 Jul 8. 

Sex differences in renal acid-base regulation 

Halter RZ, Nogueira Coelho J, Dominguez Rieg JA, Rieg T. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2026 Jul 1. 

Therapeutic potential of liver X receptor agonist GW3965 in preserving myelin integrity following traumatic brain injury 

Zhou Y, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Yuan T, Lassance-Soares RM, Tipparaju S, Wu CY, Lee RH. Br J Pharmacol. 2026 Jul 2. 

A Dose-Response Study on Human FGF21 to Inhibit Necrosis, Spectrin Breakdown, and to Increase Intracellular Cold Shock Proteins in Cultured Cortical Neurons Subjected to Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation Injury 

Snyder K, Gorse K, C Jackson T. Mol Neurobiol. 2026 Jul 1. 

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