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Contact
information:
Telephone: (514) 934-1934, ext.
35946
e-mail address:
basil.petrof@mcgill.ca
website:
http://www.meakins.mcgill.ca/meakins/petrof/index.htm
Projects for Thesis
Supervision:
1. Determining the role of chemokines and
chemokine receptors in muscle regeneration and muscular dystrophy
pathogenesis in the diaphragm using transgenic mice and tissue culture
models.
2. Determining the role of the cystic fibrosis
transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in diaphragmatic and
peripheral skeletal muscle function.
3. Determining the role of Toll-like receptors
in diaphragmatic and peripheral skeletal muscle dysfunction in sepsis
and muscular dystrophy.
Recent
Publications:
Yahiaoui, L., Gvozdic, D.,
Danialou, G., Mack, M. and Petrof, B.J.
(2008)
CC family chemokines directly regulate myoblast responses to skeletal
muscle injury. J. Physiol. 586: 3991-4004.
Khairallah, M., Khairallah, R.J., Young, M.E.,
Allen, B.G., Gillis, M.A., Danialou, G., Deschepper, C.F.,
Petrof, B.J., and Des
Rosiers, C. (2008)
Sildenafil and cardiomyocyte-specific cGMP signaling prevent
cardiomyopathic changes associated with dystrophin deficiency. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. 105: 7028-7033.
Divangahi, M., Demoule, A., Danialou, G.,
Yahiaoui, L., Bao, W., Xing, Z. and
Petrof, B.J. (2007)
Impact of IL-10 on
diaphragmatic cytokine expression and contractility during Psuedomonas
infection. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 36: 504-512.
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