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Shore SM, Byers SA, Maury W, Price DH. Identification of a novel isoform of Cdk9. Gene. 2003 Mar 27;307:175-82.

Liu X, Driskell RR, Luo M, Abbott D, Filali M, Cheng N, Sigmund CD, Engelhardt JF. Characterization of Lef-1 promoter segments that facilitate inductive developmental expression in skin. J Invest Dermatol. 2004 Aug;123(2):264-74.

Driskell RR, Liu X, Luo M, Filali M, Zhou W, Abbott D, Cheng N, Moothart C, Sigmund CD, Engelhardt JF.
Wnt-responsive element controls Lef-1 promoter expression during submucosal gland morphogenesis. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2004 Oct;287(4):L752-63.

Liu X, Yan Z, Luo M, Zak R, Li Z, Driskell RR, Huang Y, Tran N, Engelhardt JF. Targeted correction of single-base-pair mutations with adeno-associated virus vectors under nonselective conditions. J Virol. 2004 Apr;78(8):4165-75.

Driskell RR, Engelhardt JF. Current status of gene therapy for inherited lung diseases.
Annu Rev Physiol. 2003;65:585-612.

Bonangelino CJ, Nau JJ, Duex JE, Brinkman M, Wurmser AE, Gary JD, Emr SD,
Weisman LS. Osmotic stress-induced increase of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate requires Vac14p, an activator of the lipid kinase Fab1p. J Cell Biol. 2002 Mar 18;156(6):1015-28.

Wang YX, Kauffman EJ, Duex JE, Weisman LS. Fusion of docked membranes requires the armadillo repeat protein Vac8p. J Biol Chem. 2001 Sep 14;276(37):35133-40.

Catlett NL, Duex JE, Tang F, Weisman LS. Two distinct regions in a yeast myosin-V tail domain are required for the movement of different cargoes. J Cell Biol. 2000 Aug 7;150(3):513-26.


Thomas CP, Itani OA. New insights into epithelial sodium channel function in the kidney: site of action, regulation by ubiquitin ligases, serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase and proteolysis. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2004 Sep;13(5):541-548.

Itani OA, Campbell JR, Herrero J, Snyder PM, Thomas CP. Alternate promoters and variable splicing lead to hNedd4-2 isoforms with a C2 domain and varying number of WW domains. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2003 Nov;285(5):F916-29.

Itani, OA Cornish, KL, Liu, KZ and Thomas, CP. Cycloheximide increases glucocorticoid-stimulated -ENaC mRNA in collecting duct cells by p38 MAPK-dependent pathway. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2003 284: F778-F787.

Itani OA, Liu KZ, Cornish KL, Campbell JR, Thomas CP. Glucocorticoids stimulate human sgk1 gene expression by activation of a GRE in its 5'-flanking region. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Nov;283(5):E971-9.

Thomas CP, Loftus RW, Liu KZ, Itani OA. Genomic organization of the 5' end of human beta-ENaC and preliminary characterization of its promoter. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2002 May;282(5):F898-909.

Itani OA, Auerbach SD, Husted RF, Volk KA, Ageloff S, Knepper MA, Stokes JB,
Thomas CP. Glucocorticoid-stimulated lung epithelial Na(+) transport is associated with regulated ENaC and sgk1 expression. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2002 Apr;282(4):L631-41.

Mick VE, Itani OA, Loftus RW, Husted RF, Schmidt TJ, Thomas CP. The alpha-subunit of the epithelial sodium channel is an aldosterone-induced transcript in mammalian collecting ducts, and this transcriptional response is mediated via distinct cis-elements in the 5'-flanking region of the gene. Mol Endocrinol. 2001 Apr;15(4):575-88.

Auerbach SD, Loftus RW, Itani OA, Thomas CP. Human amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na+ channel gamma subunit promoter: functional analysis and identification of a polypurine-polypyrimidine tract with the potential for triplex DNA formation. Biochem J. 2000 Apr 1;347 Pt 1:105-14.


Yang J, Marden JJ, Fan C, Sanlioglu S, Weiss RM, Ritchie TC, Davisson RL, Engelhardt JF. Genetic redox preconditioning differentially modulates AP-1 and NF kappa B responses following cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury and protects against necrosis and apoptosis. Mol Ther. 2003 Mar;7(3):341-53.


Ogg PD, McDonell PJ, Ryckman BJ, Knudson CM, Roller RJ. The HSV-1 Us3 protein kinase is sufficient to block apoptosis induced by overexpression of a variety of Bcl-2 family members. Virology. 2004 Feb 20;319(2):212-24.

Chun CK, Ozer EA, Welsh MJ, Zabner J, Greenberg EP. Inactivation of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing signal by human airway epithelia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 9;101(10):3587-90.


Lentz SR, Rodionov RN, Dayal S. Hyperhomocysteinemia, endothelial dysfunction, and cardiovascular risk: the potential role of ADMA. Atheroscler Suppl. 2003 Dec;4(4):61-5.


Audic Y, Boyle B, Slevin M, Hartley RS. Cyclin E morpholino delays embryogenesis in Xenopus. Genesis. 2001 Jul;30(3):107-9.


Luke JJ, Van De Wetering CI, Knudson CM. Lymphoma development in Bax transgenic mice is inhibited by Bcl-2 and associated with chromosomal instability. Cell Death Differ. 2003 Jun;10(6):740-8.


Chen X, Wiemer AJ, Hohl RJ, Wiemer DF. Stereoselective synthesis of the 5'-hydroxy-5'-phosphonate derivatives of cytidine and cytosine arabinoside. J Org Chem. 2002 Dec 27;67(26):9331-9.

Jung KY, Hohl RJ, Wiemer AJ, Wiemer DF. Synthesis of phosphonate derivatives of uridine, cytidine, and cytosine arabinoside. Bioorg Med Chem. 2000 Oct;8(10):2501-09.