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Fiemu Nwariaku, M.D., F.A.C.S.

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Fiemu Nwariaku
Name:
  Fiemu E. Nwariaku, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Endowed Title:
  Malcolm O. Perry, M.D. Professorship In Surgery
Academic Title:
  Associate Professor
Primary Appointment:
  Surgery
Secondary Appointment:
  Biomedical Engineering
School:
  Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Southwestern Medical School
Degree Program:
  Biomedical Engineering
Affiliations:
  Surgery - General
The James W. Aston Clinical Building
Department Website:
  Endocrine Surgery
Lab Website:
  Nwariaku Lab
Physician Profile:
  Fiemu Nwariaku, M.D., F.A.C.S.

 RESEARCH OVERVIEW
 
Our laboratories study mechanisms of tumor metastases in thyroid cancer and and the role of the endothelium in promoting inflammation and tumor angiogenesis.
 
 RESEARCH INTERESTS
 
Angiogenesis
Thyroid Cancer
Endothelial Signaling
Adrenal Tumors
Parathyroid Hormone Effects on Bone
 
 RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
Wu RF, Xu YC, Ma Z, Nwariaku FE, Sarosi GA, Terada LS, "Subcellular Targeting of Oxidants during Endothelial Migration" Journal of Cell Biology, 171(5):893-904, December 2005
Panta GR, Du L, Nwariaku FE, Kim LT, "Direct phosphorylation of proliferative and survival pathway proteins by RET" Surgery, 138(2):269-74, August 2005
Nwariaku FE, Snyder WH III, Burkey SH, Watumull L, Mathews D, "Inframanubrial parathyroid glands in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: alternatives to sternotomy" World Journal of Surgery, 29(4):491-4, April 2005
Nwariaku FE, Liu Z, Zhu X, Nahari D, Ingle C, Wu RF, Gu Y, Sarosi GA, Terada LS, "NADPH oxidase mediates vascular endothelial cadherin phosphorylation and endothelial dysfunction" Blood, 104(10):3214-20, November 2004
 
 SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
 
Nwariaku FE, Liu Z, Zhu X, Nahari D, Ingle C, Wu RF, Gu Y, Sarosi GA, Terada LS, "NADPH oxidase mediates vascular endothelial cadherin phosphorylation and endothelial dysfunction" Blood, 104(10):3214-20, November 2004
Wu RF, Xu YC, Ma Z, Nwariaku FE, Sarosi GA, Terada LS, "Subcellular targeting of oxidants during endothelial cell migration" Journal of Cell Biology, 171(5):893-904, December 2005
Burkey SH, Snyder WH, Nwariaku, Watumull L, Mathews D, "Directed Parathyroidectomy: Feasibility and Performance in 100 Consecutive Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism." Arch Surg, Vol 138 No. 6 June 2003
Miller B, Burkey SH, Lindberg G, Snyder WH, Nwariaku FE, "Prevalence of malignancy within cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules" American Journal of Surgery, 188(5):459-62, November 2004
Gu Y, Xu Y C, Wu RF, Nwariaku FE, Souza RF, Flores SC, Terada LS, "p47 phox participates in activation of RelA in endothelial cells." J Biol Chem, Vol. 4 Fall 2003
 
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