Aftab Ahmad PhD

  • Department of Pediatrics
  • Assistant Professor
Phone
303-398-1969
Fax
303-398-1851
Email
ahmada@njhealth.org
Gender
Male

Education & Training

Education

Aligarh M University (Aligarh, India)
PhD, 1995
Aligarh M University (Aligarh, India)
MS, 1989

Recent or Important Publications

Asikainen, T.M., Ahmad, A., Schneider, K.B., Arend, M., Gunzler, V. and White, C.W. (2005) Stabilization of HIF-1? and HIF-2? by prolyl 4-hydroxylase inhibition in human lung endothelial and epithelial cells. (in press – Free Radic Biol Med).

Ahmad, S., Ahmad, A., Ghosh M, Leslie CC, White CW. (2004) Extracellular ATP-mediated Signaling for Survival in Hyperoxia-induced Oxidative Stress. J. Biol. Chem. 279(16): 16317-25.

Ahmad, S*., Ahmad, A*., Gerasimovskaya, E., Stenmark, K., Allen, CB. and White, CW. (2003) Hypoxia protects lung microvascular endothelial and epithelial-like cells against oxygen toxicity: role of phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase. Am J Resp Cell Mol Biol 28:179-187 (*Contributed equally to the work).

Ahmad, A., Ahmad,S., Schneider,B.K., Allen, C.B., Chang, L-Y., and White C.W. (2002) Elevated expression of Hexokinase-II protects human lung epithelial-like A549 cells against oxidative injury. Am J Physiol, Lung Cell Mol Physiol 283:L573-L584.

Riddle SR, Ahmad A, Ahmad S, Deeb SS, Malkki M, Schneider BK, Allen CB and White CW. (2000) Hypoxia induces hexokinase II gene expression in human lung cell line A549. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 278:L407 -L416.

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