Julia L. Cook, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Biochemistry
Co-Director, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Ochsner

New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 842-3316

Degrees

Ph.D. Genetics - 1986
North Carolina State University

Selected Publications

Alam J, Cook JL, Reporter genes for monitoring gene expression in mammalian cells. In, Gene Transfer and Expression in Mammalian Cells. S. Makrides, ed. Elsevier Science Publishing (The Netherlands), 2002, in press.

Cook JL, Giardina JF, Zhang Z, Re RN, Intracellular angiotensin II increases the long isoform of PDGF mRNA in rat hepatoma cells, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology accepted for publication, 2002.

Stewart D, Cook JL, Alam J, Regulation of heme oxygenase-1 gene transcription via the stress-response element (submitted book chapter), Physiology and Pathology of Heme Oxygenase Plenum Press, 2002.

Gong P, Stewart D, Hu B, Li N, Cook JL, Nel A, Alam J, Activation of the mouse heme oxygenase-1 by 15-deoxy-D12, 14-prostoglandin J2 is mediated by the stress response elements and transcription factor Nrf2, Antioxidants and Redox Signaling 4(2):249-258, 2002.

Cook JL, Zhang Z, Re RN, In vitro evidence for an intracellular site of angiotensin action., Circulation Research 89:1138-1146, 2001.