Bezerra Lab

Alexander G. Miethke, MD

Title

Clinical Fellow

Email

alexander.miethke@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-9078

Fax

513-636-7805

Credentials

MD: Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany, 2000.
Residency: General Pediatrics, CCHMC, Cincinnati, OH, 2002-2004.
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, CCHMC, Cincinnati, OH, 2005-2007.

Awards

American Liver Foundation (ALF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Sponsored by Chronic Liver Disease Consortium

Publications, Most Recent

Liu C; Aronow BJ; Jegga AG; Wang N; Miethke A.; Mourya R; Bezerra JA. Novel resequencing chip customized to diagnose mutations in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis. Gastroenterology. 2007 Jan; 132(1):119-26.

Shivakumar P.; Campbell KM.; Sabla GE.; Miethke A.; Tiao G.; McNeal MM.; Ward RL.; Bezerra JA.: Obstruction of extrahepatic bile ducts by lymphocytes is regulated by IFN-gamma in experimental biliary atresia. J Clin Invest. 2004 Aug; 114(3):322-9.

Miethke A.; Feussner M.; Planitzer G.; Richter H.; Gutsmann M.; Gossrau R.: Localization of NOS-1 in the sarcolemma region of a subpopulation of atrial cardiomyocytes including myoendocrine cells and NOS-3 in vascular and endocardial endothelial cells of the rat heart. Acta Histochem. 2003; 105(1):43-55.

Baum O.; Miethke A.; Wockel A.; Willerding G.; Planitzer G.: The specificity of the histochemical NADPH diaphorase reaction for nitric oxide synthase-1 in skeletal muscles is increased in the presence of urea. Acta Histochem. 2002; 104(1):3-14

Planitzer G.; Miethke A.; Baum O.: Nitric oxide synthase-1 is enriched in fast-twitch oxidative myofibers. Cell Tissue Res. 2001 Nov; 306(2):325-33.

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Recent Presentations

Miethke, A; Shivakumar, P; Bezerra, JA. The role of regulatory T cells in the pathogenesis of experimental biliary atresia. Poster accepted for presentation at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS), June 7-11, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Edward L Pratt Lecture: Obstruction of bile duct is regulated by Interferon-gamma in a mouse model of biliary atresia. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2004.