Sabah Hussain, MD, PhD
Primary Axis:
Cardiovascular Diseases and Critical Care
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Main research interests include : a) Molecular mechanisms responsible for the regulation of ventilatory muscle function under normal and pathological conditions, b) Regulation of endothelial cell survival and apoptosis; and c) Pathogenesis of acute lung injury.Respiratory muscles, nitric oxide, oxygen radicals, NADPH oxidase, heme oxygenase, endothelins
Keywords:
Respiratory muscles, nitric oxide, oxygen radicals, NADPH oxidase, heme oxygenase, endothelins
Location:
Royal Victoria Hospital Publications:
Barreiro E, Gea J, Hussain SNA. Nitric oxide synthases and protein oxidation in the quadriceps femoris of COPD patients. American Journal of Respiration and Cellular Molecular Biology 2003; 29: 771-778.
Javesghani D, Magder S, Barreiro E, Quinn M, Hussain SNA. Molecular characterization of a superoxide generating NADPH oxidase in the ventilatory muscles. American Journal of Respiration and Critical Care Medicine 2002; 165: 412-418.
Kristof AS, Goldberg P, Laubach V, Hussain SNA. Role of the inducible nitric oxide synthase in a mouse model of lung injury induced by bacterial endotoxin. American Journal of Respiration and Critical Care Medicine 1998; 158:1883-1889.
