Tushar Desai

Publications

• In vitro and in vivo gene therapy vector evolution via multispecies interbreeding and retargeting of adeno-associated viruses Grimm D, Lee JS, Wang L, Desai T, Akache B, Storm TA, Kay MA. J Virol. 2008; 82 (12): 5887-5911
• Smooth muscle protein 22-alpha mediated patchy deletion of {Bmpr1a} impairs cardiac contractility but protects against pulmonary vascular remodeling. El-Bizri N, Wang L, Merklinger SL, Guignabert C, Desai T, Urashima T, Sheikh AY, Knutsen RH, Mecham RP, Mishina Y, Rabinovitch M.. Circ Res. 2008; 102 (3): 380-388
• Inhibition of Tgf beta signaling by endogenous retinoic acid is essential for primary lung bud induction. Chen F, Desai TJ, Qian J, Niederreither K, Lü J, Cardoso WV. Development. 2007; 134 (16): 2969-79
• Distinct roles for retinoic acid receptors alpha and beta in early lung morphogenesis. Desai TJ, Chen F, Lü J, Qian J, Niederreither K, Dollé P, Chambon P, Cardoso WV. Dev Biol. 2006; 291 (1): 12-24
• COPD: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Treatment Desai TJ, Karlinsky, JB. Baum's Textbook of Pulmonary Diseases (Eds: James D. Crapo, Jeffrey Glassroth, Joel Karlinsky, and Talmadge E. King Jr.). 2004 7th ed
• Retinoic acid selectively regulates Fgf10 expression and maintains cell identity in the prospective lung field of the developing foregut. Desai TJ, Malpel S, Flentke GR, Smith SM, Cardoso WV. Dev Biol. 2004; 273 (2): 402-15
• Growth factors in lung development and disease: friends or foe? Desai TJ, Cardoso WV. Respir Res. 2002: 3 2
• Participation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor in the clearance of fibrin from the lung. Hattori N, Sisson TH, Xu Y, Desai TJ, Simon RH. Am J Physiol. 1999; 277 (3 Pt 1): L573-9