UMDNJ-Rutgers University
CounterACT Research
Center of Excellence

Designing therapies to counteract chemical terrorism.

Donald R. Gerecke , Ph.D.

Professor
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers University

Email: gerecke@eohsi.rutgers.edu
Room: 342 EOHSI
Phone: 732-445-0233
Fax: 732-445-0119

B.S. Animal Science, Rutgers University
M.S. Entomology and Economic Zoology, Rutgers University
Ph.D. Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Postdoctoral, Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Co-Director, UMDNJ-Rutgers University CounterACT Center of Excellence

Research Interests:

Basic microarchitecture of the skin, role of collagens and laminins during development and in disease, bridging molecules associated with the surfaces of collagen fibrils, normal and pathological assembly of collagen molecules in extracellular matrices, cell-matrix interactions, regulatory control mechanisms of fibril associated collagen (FACIT) genes, and collagen fibril alterations in hypertension and fibrosis

Recent Publications:

Koch M, Veit G, Stricker S, Bhatt P, Kutsch S, Zhou P, Reinders E, Hahn RA, Song R, Burgeson RE, Gerecke DR, Mundlos S, Gordon MK. Expression of type XXIII collagen mRNA and protein. (2006) J Biol Chem, 281(30): 21546-21557. [abstract]

Shakarjian MP, Bhatt P, Gordon MK, Chang YC, Casbohm SL, Rudge TL, Kiser RC, Sabourin CL, Casillas RP, Ohman-Strickland P, Riley DJ, Gerecke DR. Preferential expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in mouse skin after sulfur mustard exposure. (2006) J Appl Toxicol, 26(3): 239-246. [abstract]

Tzortzaki EG, Koutsopoulos AV, Dambaki KI, Lambiri I, Plataki M, Gordon MK, Gerecke DR, Siafakas NM. Active remodeling in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: evaluation of collagen types XII and XIV. (2006) J Histochem Cytochem 54(6): 693-700. [abstract]

Gerecke DR, Sabourin CLK, Bhatt P, Rudge Jr TL, Casillas RP, Kiser RC, Casbohm SL, Riley DJ, Ohman-Strickland P, Ajibade DV, and Shakarjian MP. 2004. Laminin 5 and Gelatinase alterations in mouse skin following sulfur mustard (SM) exposure. Proceedings of Bioscience Review, 211: 1-12. [paper]

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