A pair of protein-inhibiting compounds is effective at slowing the progression of a form of muscular dystrophy in animal models, a group of University of Florida Health researchers has found.
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Professor Nihal Tümer, PhD, has co-authored two publications so far in 2017. Check the links below to read the abstracts for these research articles. Keep checking our front page to see more recent publications from department faculty. Activation of the…
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Associate Professor Brian Law co-authored a paper that was published in Oncotarget. Read the article here.
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Professor Lee Sweeney has recently added four research articles to his list of publications. The articles are: Disease-modifying effects of orally bioavailable NF-κB inhibitors in dystrophin-deficient muscle Activin Receptor Type IIB Inhibition Improves Muscle Phenotype and Function in a Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy…
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Associate Professor Brian K. Law co-authored an article published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation on how cancerous tumors increase their blood supply and grow. The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology posted an excellent writeup on the research conducted by Law and Biochemistry Associate Professor Jianrong…
Prescription opioid overdose is increasing at a rapid rate. Respiratory depression is the primary cause of death from opioid overdose, yet surprisingly little is known about the mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression. A network of neurons that are primarily situated in the brainstem controls breathing. Dr. Levitt is interested…
Dopamine (DA) is a catecholamine neurotransmitter found in the mammalian brain and regulates many critical physiological processes such as movement, cognition, motivation, reward/pleasure and hormone regulation. Dysfunction of the dopamine system has been implicated in many brain disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), schizophrenia, OCD and ADHD. The goal…
Physiology/Pharmacology doctoral candidate Joe Flores-Toro took first place the sixth annual Robert Levitt Institute for learning in retirement (ILR)/UF Aging Research Competition. Flores-Toro, who works in the lab of Pharmacology Associate Professor Jae-Sung Kim, gave his presentation on the role of calpastatin in aged ischemic livers. The competition…
An article co-authored by UF Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Professor Roger Papke, Ph.D., was published in the newest edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Papke collaborated on the article, “Critical molecular determinants of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor allosteric activation: separation of direct allosteric…
An article co-authored by UF Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Professor Roger Papke, Ph.D., was published in the newest edition of the Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy. Papke wrote the article, “Betel, the Orphan Addiction,” with Dr. Melissa Little from the University of Tennessee Health…
