Sergiy Sukhanov

Current position: Research Assistant Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans LA 70112-2699. Degrees: Master of Sciences (Ma of Sci) (1990) from TG Shevchenko Kiev State University (Kiev, Ukraine); Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (1996) from Zabolotny Microbiology Institute, Kiev, Ukraine. Research focus: study of mechanism of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1)-promoted anti-atherosclerotic effects; IGF-1 and prevention of skeletal muscle atrophy; role of 12/15-lipoxygenase in IGF-1-induced effects; cytoprotective effects of GAPDH Area of expertise: mechanism of atherosclerosis, growth factors, angiotensin II, oxidized lipids, lipid metabolism, lipoxygenases, oxidative stress, apoptosis, macrophages and inflammation, cachexia (muscle atrophy).

Biography Updated on 10 March 2013

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