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   Tao Fu, MD, PhD
   Research Assistant Professor of Pathology          
   Tarry 7-754
   303 E. Chicago Avenue  
   Chicago, IL  60611

   t-fu@northwestern.edu  

Phone:  (312) 503-1440    
  

Medical School

Suzhou Medical College, PR China


Site of Fellowship

Medical University of South Carolina

Research Interests

Cell signaling related to biomedical research.

Selected Publications

Fu T, Kashireddy P, Borensztajn J. The peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor alpha agonist ciprofibrate severely aggravates hypercholesterolaemia and accelerates the development of atherosclerosis in mice lacking apolipoprotein E. Biochem. J. 373, 941-947, 2003.

Fu T, Kozarsky KF, Borensztajn J. Overexpression of SR-BI by adenoviral vector reverses the fibrate-induced hypercholesterolemia of ApoE-deficient mice. J. Biol. Chem. 2003 Oct. 21 [Epub ahead of print].

Fu T, Borensztajn J. Simvastatin causes the formation of cholesterol-rich remnants in mice lacking apoE. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 341:1172-1176, 2006

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