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Will
Foster
Graduate
Student
e-mail:whfoster@ucla.edu
Curriculum
vitae (PDF)
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Research
interest:
Currently I am a graduate student in the Molecular, Cellular
and Integrative Physiology department. My interests in the
lab are to study how the mitochondrial permeability transition
pore forms. One component of this complex is the adenine nucleotide
translocater (ANT1). It is believed to play a role in regulating
the opening of the pore. This quarter I will attempt to learn
more about the way ANT1 interacts with other proteins, in
order to further elucidate the mechanisms of apoptosis in
the heart.
Publications:
1. Foster W, Li Y, Usas
A, Somogyi G and Huard J. gInterferon as an antifibrosis agent
in skeletal muscle. J Orthop Res. 2003 Sep; 21(5): 798-804.
2.
Chan YS, Li Y Horaguchi T, Foster W, Somogyi
G, Fu F and Huard J. The antifibrotic effects of suramin in
injured skeletal muscle after laceration. J Appl Physiol.
2003 Aug;95(2):771-80.
3. Sato K, Li Y, Foster W,
Fukushima K, Badlani N, Adachi N, Usas A, Fu F, Huard J. Improvement
of muscle healing through enhancement of muscle regeneration
and prevention of fibrosis. Muscle Nerve. 2003 Sep; 28(3):365-72.
4. Li Y, Foster W, Deasy
B, Chan Y, Prisk V, Tang Y, Cummins J, Huard J. TGF-b1 autocrine
expression and fibrotic effects in skeletal muscle. Am J Pathol,
2004 Mar 164(3): 1007
5. Chan YS, Li Y, Foster W,
et al. The antifibrotic effects of suramin after strain injury.
Am J Sports Med. 2004 (In press April)
Selected
Abstracts:
1. Foster W, Li Y and Huard J. ginterferon
as an antifibrosis agent in skeletal muscle. Midwest Tissue
Engineering Meeting, April 19-20 2001. Case Western. Cleveland,
OH (podium)
2. Foster W, Li Y, Huard J. ginterferon as
an antifibrosis agent in skeletal muscle. Orthopaedic Research
Society Meeting, Dallas, TX February 2002
3. Foster W, Li Y, Horaguchi T, et al. VEGF overexpression
antagonizes muscle derived stem cell mediated regeneration.
Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA February
2004
4.
Li Y, Foster W, Chan Y, et al. Scar
tissue formation in injured skeletal muscle. American Society
for Cell Biology. (Press Book) San Francisco, CA December
2003
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