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Zili Luo, MD, PhD

Address: 2-505 BSB
Phone: (319) 335-8331
Email: zili-luo@uiowa.edu

Mentor: Rory A. Fisher, PhD

PhD Institution: PhD, (Medical Sciences) Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan and MD, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Research Description

The Roles of Regulator of G Protein Signaling  6 (RGS6) in Parkinson’s Disease

Awards

  • Cardiovascular Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship (T32), 2016-present
  • ASBMB Postdoctoral Travel Award, 2015

Publications

  1. Chakravarti B, Yang J, Ahlers-Dannen KE, Luo Z, Flaherty HA, Meyerholz DK, Anderson ME, Fisher RA: Essentiality of regulator of G protein signaling 6 and oxidized Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in notch signaling and cardiovascular development.  J Am Heart Assoc 6(11), 2017.  PMCID: PMC5721783
  2. Yang, J, Platt LT, Maity B, Ahlers KE, Luo Z, Lin Z, Chakravarti B, Ibeawuchi SR, Askeland RW, Bondaruk J, Czerniak BA Fisher RA.:  RGS6 is an essential tumor suppressor that prevents bladder carcinogenesis by promoting p53 activation and DNMT1 downregulation. Oncotarget 7(43):69159-62172, 2016.  PMCID: PMC5342467
  3. Chakravarti B, Yang J, Meyerholz D, Flaherty HA, Ahlers KE, Luo Z, Anderson ME, and Fisher RA.:  Cardiovascular developmental defects elicited by combined loss of RGS6- and oxidized CaMKII-mediated Notch signaling. .  Developmental Cell (submitted).
  4. Luo Z, Costy-Bennett S, Fregosi RF.:  Prenatal nicotine exposure alters glycinergic and GABAergic control of respiratory frequency in the neonatal rat brainstem-spinal cord preparation. Respir Physiol Neurobio, 157(2-3):226-34, 2007.
  5. Luo Z, Costy-Bennett S, Fregosi RF.:  Prenatal nicotine exposure increases the strength of GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition of respiratory rhythm in neonatal rats. J Physiol 561(Pt 2):387-93, 2004.
  6. Huang YH, Brown AR, Costy-Bennett S, Luo Z, Fregosi RF.:  Influence of prenatal nicotine exposure on postnatal development of breathing pattern. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 143(1):1-8, 2004.
  7. Fregosi RF, Luo Z, Iizuka M.:  GABAA receptors mediate postnatal depression of respiratory frequency by barbiturates. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 140(3):219-30, 2004.
  8. Luo Z, Honda K, Inoué S.:  Spatio-temporal EEG power spectral patterns during a short daytime nap. Psychiatr Clin Neurosci 55:193-195, 2001.
  9. Luo Z, Inoué S.:  A short daytime nap modulates levels of emotions objectively evaluated by the emotion spectrum analysis method. Psychiatr Clin Neurosci 54(2) 207-212, 2000.
  10. Luo Z, Okano S, Honda K, Inoué S.:  Qigong-associated EEG changes in a Qigong Master and his Qi-recipients. Reports of the institute of biomaterial and bioengineering Tokyo Medical and Dental University 34:42-45, 2000.
  11. Inoué S, Nitta A, Luo Z.:  Emotions and sleep: Effects of laughter on nocturnal sleep and emotional changes during naps. Sleep Res. Online 2(Suppl. 1): 762, 1999.