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Contact
information:
Telephone: (514) 340-8222, ext.
3992
e-mail address:
mark.blostein@mcgill.ca
website:
Projects for Thesis
Supervision:
1. Examine the role of lipid rafts in gas6-Axl
signaling.
2. Delineate the importance of gamma-carboxyglutamic
acid for gas6-Axl interactions.
3. Development of a nanoparticle based therapy
to control external hemorrhage.
Recent
Publications:
Peng, H.T.,
Blostein, M.D. and Shek, P.N. (2009)
Experimental optimization of an in-situ-forming hydrogel for hemorrhage
control. J. Biomaterials Res. 89: 199-209.
Rajotte, I., Hasanbasic, I. and
Blostein, M.D. (2008)
Gas6-mediated signaling is dependent on the engagement of its gamma-carboxyglutamic
acid domain with phosphatidylserine. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 376:
70-73.
Ganopolsky, J.G., Abid, R., Aird, W. and
Blostein, M.D. (2008)
Gas6-induced signaling in human endothelial cells is mediated by FOXO1a.
J. Thromb. Hemostasis 6: 1804-1811.
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