Souad Belmadani, PhD
Assistant Professor- Research
Assistant Professor- Research
Department of Pathology
1901 Perdido St., Box P5-1
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-2247
Degrees
Bio
Post doctoral fellow 2003-2005, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama
Post doctoral fellow 2005-2008, LSUHSC, New Orleans,Louisiana
Research Interests
Ischemia reperfusion injury (I/R), Coronary collateral growth and cardiac cell therapy.
Selected Publications
- Belmadani S, Matrougui K, Kolz C, Pung YF, Palen D, Prockop DJ, Chilian WM.Amplification of coronary arteriogenic capacity of multipotent stromal cells by epidermal growth factor. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009 Jun;29(6):802-8.
- Belmadani S, Palen DI, Gonzalez-Villalobos RA, Boulares HA, Matrougui K. Elevated epidermal growth factor receptor phosphorylation induces resistance artery dysfunction in diabetic db/db mice.Diabetes. 2008 Jun;57(6):1629-37.
- Belmadani S, Bernal J, Wei CC, Pallero MA, Dell'italia L, Murphy-Ullrich JE, Berecek KH. A thrombospondin-1 antagonist of transforming growth factor-beta activation blocks cardiomyopathy in rats with diabetes and elevated angiotensin II. Am J Pathol. 2007 Sep;171(3):777-89.
- Gao X, Xu X, Belmadani S, Park Y, Tang Z, Feldman AM, Chilian WM, Zhang C. TNF-alpha contributes to endothelial dysfunction by upregulating arginase in ischemia/reperfusion injury. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007 Jun;27(6):1269-75.
- Gao X, Belmadani S, Picchi A, Xu X, Potter BJ, Tewari-Singh N, Capobianco S, Chilian WM, Zhang C. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha induces endothelial dysfunction in Lepr(db) mice.Circulation. 2007 Jan 16;115(2):245-54.