Steven P. Jones
Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Louisville
United States of America
Biography
Steven P. Jones, professor at University of Louisville. He received his Ph.D. in Cardiovascular Physiology from Louisiana State University. He did his training in Mitochondrial Biology from Johns Hopkins University:
Research Interest
Understanding the mechanisms of cardiac muscle damage during a heart attack and developing novel therapeutics to preserve the heart, Elucidating the molecular regulation of cardiac hypertrophy and the transition to heart failure, Investigating the confounding influence of risk factors (such as diabetes) on the development of heart disease
Publications
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Teshima Y, Akao M, Jones SP, Marbán E. Uncoupling protein-2 overexpression inhibits mitochondrial death pathway in cardiomyocytes. Circulation research. 2003 Aug 8;93(3):192-200.
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Xue T, Cho HC, Akar FG, Tsang SY, Jones SP, Marbán E, Tomaselli GF, Li RA. Functional integration of electrically active cardiac derivatives from genetically engineered human embryonic stem cells with quiescent recipient ventricular cardiomyocytes. Circulation. 2005 Jan 4;111(1):11-20.
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Bueno OF, De Windt LJ, Tymitz KM, Witt SA, Kimball TR, Klevitsky R, Hewett TE, Jones SP, Lefer DJ, Peng CF, Kitsis RN. The MEK1–ERK1/2 signaling pathway promotes compensated cardiac hypertrophy in transgenic mice. The EMBO journal. 2000 Dec 1;19(23):6341-50.
