Recent Publications:

1. Schweitzer KS, Hatoum H, Brown MB, Gupta M, Justice MJ, Beteck B, Van Demark M, Gu Y, Presson RG Jr, Hubbard WC, Petrache I. Mechanisms of lung endothelial barrier disruption induced by cigarette smoke: role of oxidative stress and ceramides. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2011 Dec;301(6):L836-46.



2. Koerner MM, Palacio LA, Wright JW, Schweitzer KS, Ray BD, Petrache HI. Electrodynamics of lipid membrane interactions in the presence of zwitterionic buffers. Biophys J. 2011 Jul 20;101(2):362-9.



3. Clauss M, Voswinckel R, Rajashekhar G, Sigua NL, Fehrenbach H, Rush NI, Schweitzer KS, Yildirim AÖ, Kamocki K, Fisher AJ, Gu Y, Safadi B, Nikam S, Hubbard WC, Tuder RM, Twigg HL 3rd, Presson RG, Sethi S, Petrache I. Lung endothelial monocyte-activating protein 2 is a mediator of cigarette smoke-induced emphysema in mice. J Clin Invest. 2011 Jun 1;121(6):2470-9.



4. Schweitzer KS, Johnstone BH, Garrison J, Rush NI, Cooper S, Traktuev DO, Feng D, Adamowicz JJ, Van Demark M, Fisher AJ, Kamocki K, Brown MB, Presson RG Jr, Broxmeyer HE, March KL, Petrache I. Adipose stem cell treatment in mice attenuates lung and systemic injury induced by cigarette smoking. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan 15;183(2):215-25.



5. Diab KJ, Adamowicz JJ, Kamocki K, Rush NI, Garrison J, Gu Y, Schweitzer KS, Skobeleva A, Rajashekhar G, Hubbard WC, Berdyshev EV, Petrache I. Stimulation of sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling as an alveolar cell survival strategy in emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Feb 15;181(4):344-52.



6. Sohrab S, Petrusca DN, Lockett AD, Schweitzer KS, Rush NI, Gu Y, Kamocki K, Garrison J, Petrache I. Mechanism of alpha-1 antitrypsin endocytosis by lung endothelium. FASEB J. 2009 Sep;23(9):3149-5



7. Noe J, Petrusca D, Rush N, Deng P, VanDemark M, Berdyshev E, Gu Y, Smith P, Schweitzer K, Pilewsky J, Natarajan V, Xu Z, Obukhov AG, Petrache I. CFTR regulation of intracellular pH and ceramides is required for lung endothelial cell apoptosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2009 Sep;41(3):314-23.



8. Petrache I, Medler TR, Richter AT, Kamocki K, Chukwueke U, Zhen L, Gu Y, Adamowicz J, Schweitzer KS, Hubbard WC, Berdyshev EV, Lungarella G, Tuder RM. Superoxide dismutase protects against apoptosis and alveolar enlargement induced by ceramide. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Jul;295(1):L44-53.



9. Sidhaye VK, Schweitzer KS, Caterina MJ, Shimoda L, King LS. Shear stress regulates aquaporin-5 and airway epithelial barrier function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Mar 4;105(9):3345-50. Epub 2008 Feb 27. PMID:18305162



10. Schweitzer K, Li E, Sidhaye V, Leitch V, Kuznetsov S, King LS. Accumulation of aquaporin-1 during hemolysin-induced necrotic cell death. Cell Mol Biol Lett. 2008;13(2):195-211. Epub 2008 Apr 10. PMID: 17965968



11. Sidhaye VK, Güler AD, Schweitzer KS, D'Alessio F, Caterina MJ, King LS. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 regulates aquaporin-5 abundance under hypotonic conditions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Mar 21;103(12):4747-52. Epub 2006 Mar 13. PMID: 16537379



12. Schweitzer K, Decker E, Zhu L, Miller RE, Mirra SS, Spina S, Ghetti B, Wang M, Murrell J. Aberrantly regulated proteins in frontotemporal dementia. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Sep 22;348(2):465-72.



13. Schweitzer K, Cocklin R, Garrett L, Desai F, Goebl M. The ubiquitin ligase SCFGrr1 is necessary for pheromone sensitivity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. 2005 May;22(7):553-64.