UMDNJ-Rutgers University
CounterACT Research
Center of Excellence

Designing therapies to counteract chemical terrorism.

Debra L. Laskin, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers University

Email: laskin@eohsi.rutgers.edu
Room: 001 Pharmacy
Phone: 732-445-5862
Fax: 732-445-2534

Lab: 441 EOHSI

B.A. New York University
M.S. City University of New York
Ph.D. Medical College of Virginia
Postdoctoral, Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Investigator, UMDNJ-Rutgers University CounterACT Center of Excellence

Research Interests:

Immunotoxicology; Inflammation; and Immune Mechanisms in Liver and Lung Injury.

Recent Publications:

Gray JP, Heck DE, Mishin V, Smith PJS, Hong JY, Thiruchelvam M, Cory-Slechta DA, Laskin DL, and Laskin JD. Paraquat increases cyanide-insensitive respiration in murine lung epithelial cells by activating an NAD(P)H: Paraquat Oxidoreductase: Identification of the enzyme as thioredoxin reductase. (2007) J Biol Chem, epub ahead of print. [abstract]

Laumbach RJ, Fiedler N, Gardner CR, Laskin DL, Fan ZH, Zhang J, Weschler CJ, Lioy PJ, Devlin RB, Ohman-Strickland P, Kelly-McNeil K, Kipen HM. Nasal effects of a mixture of volatile organic compounds and their ozone oxidation products. (2005) J Occup Med, 47(11): 1182-1189. [abstract]

Martey CA, Vetrano AM, Whittemore MS, Mariano TM, Heck DE, Laskin DL, Heindel ND, Laskin JD. Inhibition of interferon-gamma signaling by a mercurio-substituted dihydropsoralen in murine keratinocytes. (2005) Biochem Pharmacol, 70 (12): 1726-1734. [abstract]

Kipen HM, Laskin DL. Smaller is not always better: nanotechnology yields nanotoxicology. (2005) Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 289(5): L696-L697.

Vetrano AM, Heck DE, Mariano TM, Mishin V, Laskin DL, Laskin JD. Characterization of the oxidase activity in mammalian catalase. (2005) J Biol chem, 280 (42): 35372-35381. [abstract]

Weinberger B, Hanna N, Laskin JD, Heck DE, Gardner CR, Gerecke DR, Laskin DL. Mechanisms mediating the biologic activity of synthetic proline, glycine, and hydroxyproline polypeptides in human neutrophils. (2005) Mediators Inflamm, 2005 (1): 31-38. [abstract]

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