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Transgenic control of mitochondrial fission induces mitochondrial uncoupling and relieves diabetic oxidative stress.

Publication: Journal Article

Galloway, Chad A, Hakjoo Lee, Souad Nejjar, Bong Sook Jhun, Tianzheng Yu, Wei Hsu, and Yisang Yoon. 2012. “Transgenic Control of Mitochondrial Fission Induces Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Relieves Diabetic Oxidative Stress.”. Diabetes 61 (8): 2093-104.

Adrenergic signaling regulates mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake through Pyk2-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter.

Publication: Journal Article

O-Uchi, Jin, Bong Sook Jhun, Shangcheng Xu, Stephen Hurst, Anna Raffaello, Xiaoyun Liu, Bing Yi, et al. 2014. “Adrenergic Signaling Regulates Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uptake through Pyk2-Dependent Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uniporter.”. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling 21 (6): 863-79.

α7 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates right ventricular fibrosis and diastolic dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension.

Publication: Journal Article

Vang, Alexander, Denielli da Silva Gonçalves Bos, Ana Fernandez-Nicolas, Peng Zhang, Alan R Morrison, Thomas J Mancini, Richard T Clements, et al. 2021. “α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Mediates Right Ventricular Fibrosis and Diastolic Dysfunction in Pulmonary Hypertension.”. JCI Insight 6 (12).

Intermittent Fasting Activates AMP-Kinase to Restructure Right Ventricular Lipid Metabolism and Microtubules.

Publication: Journal Article

Kazmirczak, Felipe, Lynn M Hartweck, Neal T Vogel, Jenna B Mendelson, Anna K Park, Rashmi M Raveendran, Jin O-Uchi, Bong Sook Jhun, Sasha Z Prisco, and Kurt W Prins. 2023. “Intermittent Fasting Activates AMP-Kinase to Restructure Right Ventricular Lipid Metabolism And Microtubules.”. JACC. Basic to Translational Science 8 (3): 239-54.

Congrats on Acceptance to Graduate School

News: March 06, 2026

Lily, a research scientist, has been accepted into the PhD Program in Medical Sciences at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. Congratulations on her well-deserved success!

American Physiological Society (APS) Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Undergraduate Research Award

News: April 24, 2025

Brian Rhee, a volunteer researcher, received the APS Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Undergraduate Research Award at the 2025 American Physiology Summit. Congratulations to Brian on this remarkable achievement.

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Jin O-Uchi, MD, PhD, FAHA, FCVS

Person: Collaborator, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine

His research interests include cardiac excitation-contraction/metabolism coupling, heart failure, sudden cardiac death, cardiac channelopathies, and cardiac mitochondrial biology. He mainly investigates the significance of adrenergic signaling in the heart and its regulation of cardiac ion channels...

Differential regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt, mitogen-activated protein kinase, and AMP-activated protein kinase pathways during menadione-induced oxidative stress in the kidney of young and old rats.

Publication: Journal Article

Jin, Quanri, Bong Sook Jhun, Suk Hyoung Lee, Jinhwa Lee, Yonghao Pi, Yong Ho Cho, Hyung Hwan Baik, and Insug Kang. 2004. “Differential Regulation of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, and AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways During Menadione-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Kidney of Young and Old Rats.”. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 315 (3): 555-61.

Activation of adenosine A3 receptor suppresses lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-alpha production through inhibition of PI 3-kinase/Akt and NF-kappaB activation in murine BV2 microglial cells.

Publication: Journal Article

Lee, Jung Yeon, Bong Sook Jhun, Young Taek Oh, Ju Hie Lee, Wonchae Choe, Hyung Hwan Baik, Joohun Ha, Kyung-Sik Yoon, Sung Soo Kim, and Insug Kang. 2006. “Activation of Adenosine A3 Receptor Suppresses Lipopolysaccharide-Induced TNF-Alpha Production through Inhibition of PI 3-Kinase/Akt and NF-KappaB Activation in Murine BV2 Microglial Cells.”. Neuroscience Letters 396 (1): 1-6.