Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Faculty
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Yunchao Su, Ph.D., M.D. Research Assistant Professor Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of Florida College of Medicine Box 100225 University of Florida Health Science Center Gainesville, Florida 32610-0225 Phone (352) 376-1611 ext: 5218 Email id: suy@medicine.ufl.edu |
Educational Background
- 1991 Ph.D. Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical University, China
- 1985 M.D. Medical Doctor, Tongji Medical University, China
Research Interests
- - Lung angiogenesis in Physiology
- - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- - Nitric oxide synthase regulation
Professional Societies
- American Thoracic Society
- American Physiological Society
- American Heart Association Scientific Council
Grants Awarded
Florida DOH Biomedical Research Program, Team Science Project, Co-Investigator “Tobacco smoke induced cellular injury in lung compartments” 2004-2006
Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute: Principal Investigator “Effect of Side-stream Cigarette Smoke on Lung Endothelial Angiogenesis Induced by Epidermal Growth Factor”, 2004-2007
NIH: Co- Investigator “eNOS Regulation by Calpain in Hypoxic Lung Endothelium” 2001-2005
Publications (2004 onwards)
- Yunchao Su, Wengang Cao, Zhaosheng Han, Edward R. Block. Cigarette smoke extract inhibits angiogenesis of pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAEC) ― Role of calpain. American Journal of Physiology Lung Cell Mol Physiol.2004, 287:L794-L800. (Corresponding author: YSU).
- Wang, C-Y., Shi, J-D., Yang, P., Kumar, P.G., Li, Q-Z., Run, Q-G., Su, Y., Scott, H.S., Kao, K-J., She, J-X., Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel gene family of four ancient conserved domain proteins (ACDP), Gene 2003; 306:37-44.
- Su, Y., Sophia Edwards-Bennett, Michael R. Bubb, Edward R. Block. Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by the actin cytoskeleton, American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology, 2003; 284 (6):C1542-C1576. ― (Corresponding author: YSU)
- Su, Y., Kondrikov, D. and Block, E.R. Cytoskeletal regulation of nitric oxide synthase. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 2004; Accepted. (review) (Corresponding author: YSU).
For a complete list of the publications,
Visit Pubmed, US National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Honors and Awards
1989-90 Postgraduate Excellence Awards
Certificate of Biotechnology Training Program, Tool for recombinant DNA analysis, University of Florida
Certificate of Education Commission of Foreign Medical Graduate, Philadelphia, PA