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Jennifer A. Shumilla PhD

Publications during training:

Shumilla JA and Barchowsky A. Effects of chromium(VI) on basal and cytokine-induced urokinase expression. Oxygen Society, San Francisco, CA, 1997.

Shumilla JA and Barchowsky A. Inhibition of protein synthesis by chromium(VI) differentially affects expression of urokinase and its receptor in human type II pneumocytes. Toxocol Appl Pharmacol 158:288-295, 1999.

Shumilla JA and Barchowsky A. Metabolism of Cr(VI) inhibits NF-kB activity and cytokine-induced uPA expression. Proc Am Assoc Cancer Res 39:446, 1998.

Shumilla JA, Broderick RJ, Wang Y, and Barchowsky A. Chromium(VI) inhibits the transcriptional activity of nuclear factor-kB by decreasing the interaction of p65 with cAMP-responsive element-binding protein-binding protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry 274(51):36207-12, 1999.

Shumilla JA, Wetterhahn KE, and Barchowsky A. Inhibition of NF-kB DNA binding by chromium, cadmium, mercury, zinc, and arsenite in vitro: evidence of a thiol-dependent mechanism. Arch Biochem Biophys 349:356-362, 1998.

Presentations during training:

1997, 1998 - Presentations at the American Association for Cancer Research.

1997 - Presentations at the Oxygen Society.

Current position: Post-doctoral fellowship in immunology and virology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University.