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Stuart Handwerger, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Professor, Professor of Cancer and Cell Biology

Phone: 513-636-4209

Fax: 513-636-7486

Email: stuart.handwerger@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Regulation of gene expression in human placenta and uterine decidua during differentiation.

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Education and Training

MD: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1964.

Residency: Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, 1965 to 1966.

Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1968 to 1969.

Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1969; Subspecialty Boards, Pediatric Endocrinology, 1978.

Publications

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Sherafat-Kazemzadeh R, Schroeder JK, Kessler CA, Handwerger S. Parathyroid Hormone-Like Hormone (PTHLH) Represses Decidualization of Human Uterine Fibroblast Cells by an Autocrine/Paracrine Mechanism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Feb;96(2):509-14.

Hubert MA, Sherritt SL, Bachurski CJ, Handwerger S. Involvement of transcription factor NR2F2 in human trophoblast differentiation. PLoS One. 2010 Feb 25;5(2):e9417.

Handwerger S. New insights into the regulation of human cytotrophoblast cell differentiation. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2010 Jul 8;323(1):94-104.

Kessler CA, Bachurski CJ, Schroeder J, Stanek J, Handwerger S. TEAD1 inhibits prolactin gene expression in cultured human uterine decidual cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2008 Nov 25;295(1-2):32-8.

Repaske DR, Handwerger S. Making the transition from pediatric to adult endocrinology services. Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Sep;4(9):492-3.

Robins JC, Heizer A, Hardiman A, Hubert M, Handwerger S. Oxygen tension directs the differentiation pathway of human cytotrophoblast cells. Placenta. 2007 Nov-Dec;28(11-12):1141-6.

Eyal O, Jomain JB, Kessler C, Goffin V, Handwerger S. Autocrine prolactin inhibits human uterine decidualization: a novel role for prolactin. Biol Reprod. 2007 May;76(5):777-83.

Lomenick JP, Hubert MA, Handwerger S. Transcription factor FOXF1 regulates growth hormone variant gene expression. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Nov;291(5):E947-51.

Grinius L, Kessler C, Schroeder J, Handwerger S. Forkhead transcription factor FOXO1A is critical for induction of human decidualization. J Endocrinol. 2006 Apr;189(1):179-87.

Kessler CA, Schroeder JK, Brar AK, Handwerger S. Transcription factor ETS1 is critical for human uterine decidualization. Mol Hum Reprod. 2006 Feb;12(2):71-6.