Biomedical Sciences David Kurjiaka |
|||
|
Phone: 616-331-3318 Fax: 616-331-2090 A. Nieuwkoop, Ph.D., Chair nieuwkot@gvsu.edu Grand Valley State University 312 Padnos Allendale, MI 49401 |
EDUCATION/TRAINING Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Arizona Postdoctoral Fellow - John B. Pierce Laboratory/Yale University Ph.D. - Pennsylvania State University M.S. - University of Oklahoma COURSES TAUGHT BMS 290 - Human Physiology BMS 291 - Human Physiology Laboratory BMS 202 - Anatomy Physiology Laboratory RESEARCH INTERESTS - Normal vascular function and changes that occur in pathological conditions. - The role of gap junctions in 1) the regulation of vascular smooth muscle differentiation, and 2) vascular function during hypertension. - Communication properties of vascular gap junctions PUBLICATIONS Heyman, NS, DT Kurjiaka, JF Ek Vitorin, JM Burt. Regulation of gap junctional charge selectivity in connexin 40 and connexin 43 coexpressing cells. Am J Physiol. 290:H450-9, 2009. Sakhalkar, HS, J Hanes, J Fu, U Benavides, R Malgor, CL Borruso, LD Kohn, DT Kurjiaka, DJ Goetz. Enhanced adhesion of ligand-conjugated biodegradable particles to colitic venules. FASEB J. 10.1096/fj.04-2668fje, 2005 Kurjiaka, DT, SB Bender, DD Nye, WB Wiehler, and DG Welsh. Hypertension attenuates cell-to-cell communication in hamster retractor muscle feed arteries. Am J Physiol 288:H861-70, 2005. Kurjiaka, DT. The conduction of dilation along an arteriole is diminished in the cremaster muscle of hypertensive hamsters J Vasc Res 41:517-24, 2004. Sakhalkar, HS, MK Dalal, AK Salem, R Ansari, MF Kiani, DT Kurjiaka, J Hanes, KM Shakesheff, DJ Goetz. Leukocyte inspired biodegradable particles that selectively and avidly adhere to inflamed endothelium in vitro and in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100:15895-900, 2003. Burt, JM, AM Fletcher, TD Steele, WY Wu, GT Cottrell, DT Kurjiaka. Alteration of Cx43:Cx40 expression ratio in A7r5 cells Am J Physiol 280: C500-8, 2001. Segal, SS, DG Welsh, DT Kurjiaka. Spread of vasodilatation and vasoconstriction along resistance microvessels of hamster skeletal muscle. J Physiol (Lond.), 516: 283-91, 1999. Kurjiaka, DT, TD Steele, MV Olsen, JM Burt. Gap junction permeability is diminished in proliferating vascular smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol 275: C1674-82, 1998. Kurjiaka, DT, MV Olsen, JM Burt. Anion permeability of gap junctions is enhanced in growth arrested smooth muscle cells. In: Gap Junctions: Proceedings 8th Intl Gap Junction Conference, Ed. R. Werner, IOS Press, 1998. Kurjiaka, DT, SS Segal. Autoregulation during pressor response elevates wall shear rate in arterioles. J Appl Physiol 80:598-604, 1996. Segal, SS, DT Kurjiaka. Coordination of blood flow control in the resistance vasculature of skeletal muscle. Med Sci Sports Exer 27:1158-64, 1995. Kurjiaka, DT, SS Segal. Conducted vasodilation elevates flow in arteriole networks of hamster striated muscle. Am J Physiol 269:H1723-8, 1995. Kurjiaka, DT, SS Segal. Interaction between conducted vasodilation and sympathetic nerve activation in hamster cremaster arterioles. Circ Res 76:885-91, 1995. Segal, SS, DT Kurjiaka, AL Caston. Endurance training increases arterial wall thickness in rats. J Appl Physiol 74: 722-6, 1993. |
||
| Last Modified Date: September 9, 2009 | |||
| Copyright © 1995 - 2009 | Grand Valley State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution | ||