J. Geoffrey Pickering
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
J. Geoffrey Pickering, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Medical Biophysics
Research Interest
Our work involves the identification of pathways by which cells of the artery wall contribute to vascular disease. This includes studying the diverse behaviour patterns of the vascular smooth muscle cell. Our laboratory has international prominence in the field of smooth muscle cell motility and interactions with the extracellular matrix as well as vascular stabilization.
Publications
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van der Veer E, Ho C, O'Neil C, Barbosa N, Scott R, Cregan SP, Pickering JG. Extension of human cell lifespan by nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2007 Apr 13;282(15):10841-5.
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Gros R, Ding Q, Armstrong S, O'Neil C, Pickering JG, Feldman RD. Rapid effects of aldosterone on clonal human vascular smooth muscle cells. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 2007 Feb 1;292(2):C788-94.
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Small TW, Bolender Z, Bueno C, O’Neil C, Nong Z, Rushlow W, Rajakumar N, Kandel C, Strong J, Madrenas J, Pickering JG. Wilms’ Tumor 1–Associating Protein Regulates the Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Circulation research. 2006 Dec 8;99(12):1338-46.
