Peter Kao

Publications

• Aerosolized amikacin for treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium infections: an observational case series. Davis KK, Kao PN, Jacobs SS, Ruoss SJ. BMC Pulm Med. 2007: 7 2
• Dynamic binding of Ku80, Ku70 and NF90 to the IL-2 promoter in vivo in activated T-cells. Shi L, Qiu D, Zhao G, Corthesy B, Lees-Miller S, Reeves WH, Kao PN. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007; 35 (7): 2302-10
• NF90 regulates inducible IL-2 gene expression in T cells. Shi L, Godfrey WR, Lin J, Zhao G, Kao PN. J Exp Med. 2007; 204 (5): 971-7
• Thrombin-activatable procarboxypeptidase B regulates activated complement C5a in vivo. Nishimura T, Myles T, Piliponsky AM, Piliposky AM, Kao PN, Berry GJ, Leung LL. Blood. 2007; 109 (5): 1992-7
• Prospective analysis of cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator mutations in adults with bronchiectasis or pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. Ziedalski TM, Kao PN, Henig NR, Jacobs SS, Ruoss SJ. Chest. 2006; 130 (4): 995-1002
• Simvastatin enhances bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II expression. Hu H, Sung A, Zhao G, Shi L, Qiu D, Nishimura T, Kao PN. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006; 339 (1): 59-64
• Granzyme B is dispensable for immunologic tolerance to self in a murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Graham KL, Thibault DL, Steinman JB, Okeke L, Kao PN, Utz PJ. Arthritis Rheum. 2005; 52 (6): 1684-93
• Lung surfactant gelation induced by epithelial cells exposed to air pollution or oxidative stress. Anseth JW, Goffin AJ, Fuller GG, Ghio AJ, Kao PN, Upadhyay D. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2005; 33 (2): 161-8
• NF45/ILF2 tissue expression, promoter analysis, and interleukin-2 transactivating function. Zhao G, Shi L, Qiu D, Hu H, Kao PN. Exp Cell Res. 2005; 305 (2): 312-23
• NF90 regulates cell cycle exit and terminal myogenic differentiation by direct binding to the 3'-untranslated region of MyoD and p21WAF1/CIP1 mRNAs. Shi L, Zhao G, Qiu D, Godfrey WR, Vogel H, Rando TA, Hu H, Kao PN. J Biol Chem. 2005; 280 (19): 18981-9
• Simvastatin treatment of pulmonary hypertension: an observational case series. Kao PN, Chest. 2005; 127 (4): 1446-52
• Longitudinal transcriptional analysis of developing neointimal vascular occlusion and pulmonary hypertension in rats. Vaszar LT, Nishimura T, Storey JD, Zhao G, Qiu D, Faul JL, Pearl RG, Kao PN. Physiol Genomics. 2004; 17 (2): 150-6
• Effect of a surgical aortocaval fistula on monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension. Nishimura T, Faul JL, Berry GJ, Kao PN, Pearl RG. Crit Care Med. 2003; 31 (4): 1213-8
• Immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of triptolide, the principal active diterpenoid from the Chinese medicinal herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f. Qiu D, Kao PN. Drugs R D. 2003; 4 (1): 1-18
• Members of the NF90/NFAR protein group are involved in the life cycle of a positive-strand RNA virus. Isken O, Grassmann CW, Sarisky RT, Kann M, Zhang S, Grosse F, Kao PN, Behrens SE. EMBO J. 2003; 22 (21): 5655-65
• Selective regulation of gene expression by nuclear factor 110, a member of the NF90 family of double-stranded RNA-binding proteins. Reichman TW, Parrott AM, Fierro-Monti I, Caron DJ, Kao PN, Lee CG, Li H, Mathews MB. J Mol Biol. 2003; 332 (1): 85-98
• Simvastatin rescues rats from fatal pulmonary hypertension by inducing apoptosis of neointimal smooth muscle cells. Nishimura T, Vaszar LT, Faul JL, Zhao G, Berry GJ, Shi L, Qiu D, Benson G, Pearl RG, Kao PN. Circulation. 2003; 108 (13): 1640-5
• High prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disease in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Chu JW, Kao PN, Faul JL, Doyle RL. Chest. 2002; 122 (5): 1668-73
• Simvastatin attenuates smooth muscle neointimal proliferation and pulmonary hypertension in rats. Nishimura T, Faul JL, Berry GJ, Vaszar LT, Qiu D, Pearl RG, Kao PN. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002; 166 (10): 1403-8
• 40-O-(2-hydroxyethyl)-rapamycin attenuates pulmonary arterial hypertension and neointimal formation in rats. Nishimura T, Faul JL, Berry GJ, Veve I, Pearl RG, Kao PN. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001; 163 (2): 498-502
• Anti-inflammatory effects of triptolide in human bronchial epithelial cells. Zhao G, Vaszar LT, Qiu D, Shi L, Kao PN. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2000; 279 (5): L958-66
• Protein-arginine methyltransferase I, the predominant protein-arginine methyltransferase in cells, interacts with and is regulated by interleukin enhancer-binding factor 3. Tang J, Kao PN, Herschman HR. J Biol Chem. 2000; 275 (26): 19866-76
• Triptolide attenuates pulmonary arterial hypertension and neointimal formation in rats. Faul JL, Nishimura T, Berry GJ, Benson GV, Pearl RG, Kao PN. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000; 162 (6): 2252-8
• Autoantibodies define a family of proteins with conserved double-stranded RNA-binding domains as well as DNA binding activity. Satoh M, Shaheen VM, Kao PN, Okano T, Shaw M, Yoshida H, Richards HB, Reeves WH. J Biol Chem. 1999; 274 (49): 34598-604
• Diaphragmatic paralysis due to Lyme disease. Faul JL, Ruoss S, Doyle RL, Kao PN. Eur Respir J. 1999; 13 (3): 700-2
• Erythromycin inhibits transcriptional activation of NF-kappaB, but not NFAT, through calcineurin-independent signaling in T cells. Aoki Y, Kao PN. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999; 43 (11): 2678-84
• Immunosuppressant PG490 (triptolide) inhibits T-cell interleukin-2 expression at the level of purine-box/nuclear factor of activated T-cells and NF-kappaB transcriptional activation. Qiu D, Zhao G, Aoki Y, Shi L, Uyei A, Nazarian S, Ng JC, Kao PN. J Biol Chem. 1999; 274 (19): 13443-50
• Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pulmonary infection in HIV-negative patients without preexisting lung disease: diagnostic and management limitations. Huang JH, Kao PN, Adi V, Ruoss SJ. Chest. 1999; 115 (4): 1033-40
• Nuclear factor-90 of activated T-cells: A double-stranded RNA-binding protein and substrate for the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase, PKR. Langland JO, Kao PN, Jacobs BL. Biochemistry. 1999; 38 (19): 6361-8
• PG490 (triptolide) cooperates with tumor necrosis factor-alpha to induce apoptosis in tumor cells. Lee KY, Chang W, Qiu D, Kao PN, Rosen GD. J Biol Chem. 1999; 274 (19): 13451-5
• Tick-borne pulmonary disease: update on diagnosis and management. Faul JL, Doyle RL, Kao PN, Ruoss SJ. Chest. 1999; 116 (1): 222-30
• Analyses of the NRAMP1 and IFN-gammaR1 genes in women with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare pulmonary disease. Huang JH, Oefner PJ, Adi V, Ratnam K, Ruoss SJ, Trako E, Kao PN. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1998; 157 (2): 377-81
• CsA-sensitive purine-box transcriptional regulator in bronchial epithelial cells contains NF45, NF90, and Ku. Aoki Y, Zhao G, Qiu D, Shi L, Kao PN. Am J Physiol. 1998; 275 (6 Pt 1): L1164-72
• DNA-dependent protein kinase interacts with antigen receptor response element binding proteins NF90 and NF45. Ting NS, Kao PN, Chan DW, Lintott LG, Lees-Miller SP. J Biol Chem. 1998; 273 (4): 2136-45
• Leukotriene B4 mediates histamine induction of NF-kappaB and IL-8 in human bronchial epithelial cells. Aoki Y, Qiu D, Zhao GH, Kao PN. Am J Physiol. 1998; 274 (6 Pt 1): L1030-9
• Cyclosporin A-sensitive calcium signaling represses NFkappaB activation in human bronchial epithelial cells and enhances NFkappaB activation in Jurkat T-cells. Aoki Y, Kao PN. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997; 234 (2): 424-31
• Human airway epithelial cells express interleukin-2 in vitro. Aoki Y, Qiu D, Uyei A, Kao PN. Am J Physiol. 1997; 272 (2 Pt 1): L276-86
• Cloning and expression of cyclosporin A- and FK506-sensitive nuclear factor of activated T-cells: NF45 and NF90. Kao PN, Chen L, Brock G, Ng J, Kenny J, Smith AJ, Corthésy B. J Biol Chem. 1994; 269 (32): 20691-9
• Purification by DNA affinity chromatography of two polypeptides that contact the NF-AT DNA binding site in the interleukin 2 promoter. Corthésy B, Kao PN. J Biol Chem. 1994; 269 (32): 20682-90
• Acetylcholine receptor binding site contains a disulfide cross-link between adjacent half-cystinyl residues. Kao PN, Karlin A. J Biol Chem. 1986; 261 (18): 8085-8
• Identification of the alpha subunit half-cystine specifically labeled by an affinity reagent for the acetylcholine receptor binding site. Kao PN, Dwork AJ, Kaldany RR, Silver ML, Wideman J, Stein S, Karlin A. J Biol Chem. 1984; 259 (19): 11662-5
• The active guanidinium group of saxitoxin and neosaxitoxin identified by the effects of pH on their activities on squid axon. Kao PN, James-Kracke MR, Kao CY. Pflugers Arch. 1983; 398 (3): 199-203