Hormones and Transport Systems

Dr. Gerald Litwack obtained M.S. and PhD degrees from the University of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry and remained there for a brief time as a Lecturer on Enzymes. Then he entered the Biochemical Institute of the Sorbonne as a Fellow of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He next moved to Rutgers University as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and later as Associate Professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. After four years he moved to the Temple University School of Medicine as Professor of Biochemistry and Deputy Director of the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, soon after, becoming the Laura H. Carnell Professor. Subsequently he was appointed chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at the Jefferson Medical College as well as Vice Dean for Research and Deputy Director of the Jefferson Cancer Institute and Director of the Institute for Apoptosis. Following the move of his family, he became a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Biological Chemistry of the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and then became the Founding Chair of the Department of Basic Sciences at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, becoming Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine and Associate Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center as his final position. During his career he was a visiting scientist at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry, London and the Wistar Institute. He was appointed Emeritus Professor and/or Chair at Rutgers University, Thomas Jefferson University and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. He has published more than 300 scientific papers, authored three textbooks and edited more than sixty-five books. Currently he lives with his family and continues his authorship and editorial work in Los Angeles.

Dietary I- Absorption: Expression and Regulation of the Na+/I- Symporter (NIS) in the Intestine
Juan Pablo Nicola, Nancy Carrasco and Ana María Masini-Repiso Apical Iodide Efflux in Thyroid
Peying Fong The Sodium/Multivitamin Transporter (SMVT): A Multipotent System With Therapeutic Implications
Matthias Quick and Lei Shi Regulation of aENaC Transcription
Lihe Chen, Xi Zhang and Wenzheng Zhang Control of ENaC-Mediated Sodium Reabsorption in the Distal Nephron by Bradykinin
Mykola Mamenko, Oleg Zaika, Nabila Boukelmoune, Eric Madden and Oleh Pochynyuk Inhibition of Enac By Endothelin-1
Andrey Sorokin and Alexander Staruschenko Pharmacological Regulation of the Cholesterol Transport Machinery in Steroidogenic Cells of the Testis
Yasaman Aghazadeh, Barry R. Zirkin and Vassilios Papadopoulos Insulin Transport Into the Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid
Denovan P. Begg Regulation of Hormone-Sensitive Renal Phosphate Transport
Jyothsna Gattineni and Peter A. Friedman Regulation of Aquaporins by Vasopressin in the Kidney
Masahiro Ikeda and Toshiyuki Matsuzaki The Structure and Function of the Dopamine Transporter and Its Role in CNS Diseases
David A. Buckley and Patrick C. McHugh Regulation of the Norepinephrine Transporter by Endothelins: A Potential Therapeutic Target
Marcelo S. Vatta, Liliana G. Bianciotti, María J. Guil and Sandra I. Hope Vitamin D-Enhanced Duodenal Calcium Transport
Kannikar Wongdee and Narattaphol Charoenphandhu Endocannabinoid Transport Revisited
Simon Nicolussi and Jürg Gertsch Adenosine Transporters and Receptors: Key Elements for Retinal Function and Neuroprotection
Alexandre dos Santos-Rodrigues, Mariana R. Pereira, Rafael Brito, Nádia A. de Oliveira and Roberto Paes-de-Carvalho