David W. Busija, Phd

Chair, Dept. of Pharmacology

Regents Endowed Professor
504-988-2628
School of Medicine
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Education & Affiliations

Postdoc, Cerebral Circulation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
PhD, Physiology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
MA, Anthropology, Univeristy of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
BS, Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
MD (Hon), Physiology, University of Szeged Medical School, Hungary M

Research

 

Current Funding

R01 HL148836
Busija (PI)
02/15/2020–12/31/2023
Mitochondrial structure and function in cerebral arteries during diabetes and ischemic stress

Louisiana Board of Regents Endowed Professorship
Busija (PI)
07/01/2019–06/30/2026
State of Louisiana Board of Regents Endowed Professorship

Recent papers:

1. Chandra PK, Rutkai I, Kim H, Braun SE, Abdel-Mageed AB, Mondal D, Busija DW. Latent HIVexosomes induce mitochondrial hyperfusion due to loss of phosphorylated dynamin-related protein 1 in brain endothelium. Mol Neurobiol. 2021;58(6):2974-2989. PMCID: PMC8128843

2. Chandra PK, Cikic S, Baddoo MC, Rutkai I, Guidry JJ, Flemington EK, Katakam PV, Busija DW. Transcriptome analysis reveals sexual disparities in gene expression in rat brain microvessels. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2021 Mar 9;271678X21999553. doi: 10.1177/0271678X21999553. PMCID: PMC8392780

3. Cikic S*, Chandra PK*, Harman JC, Rutkai I, Katakam PVG, Guidry JJ, Gidday JM, Busija DW. Sexual differences in mitochondrial and related proteins in rat cerebral microvessels: A proteomic approach. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2021;41(2):379-412. *Equally contributed. PMCID: PMC8370005

4. Rutkai I, Evan WR, Bess N, Slater-Cid T, Cikic S, Chandra PK, Katakam PVG, Mostany R, Busija DW. Chronic imaging of mitochondria in the murine cerebral vasculature using in vivo two-photon microscopy. Am J Physiol, 318:H1379-1386, 2020. PMCID: PMC7311694