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Reena Mourya, MPharm

Title

Research Assistant III

Email

Reena.Mourya@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-9731

Fax

513-636-5581

Credentials

MPharmSci: University of Bombay, Bombay, India, 2000.
BPharmSci: University of Bombay, Bombay, India, 1998.

Honors/Awards

University Grants Commission (UGC) Junior Research Fellowship for M. Pharm. Sci.

Current Professional Memberships

Life Member, Indian Pharmaceutical Association

Special Interests

  1. Maintaing repository of mouse and human cell lines
  2. Cell Manipulations-Gene silencing by siRNA
  3. Resequencing GeneChip" (Jaundice Chip)
  4. Biliary Atresia
  5. Liver repair and regeneration in plasminogen deficiency
  6. Functional analysis on Genespring platform

Publications, Most Recent

  1. Rudolph JA, Pratt J, Mourya R, Steinbrecher KA, Cohen MB.  Novel mechanism of cyclic AMP mediated extracellular signal regulated kinase activation in an intestinal cell line.  Cell Signal, 2007; 6:1221-1228.
  2. Liu C, Aronow BJ, Jegga AG, Wang N, Miethke A, Mourya R, Bezerra, JA.  Novel resequencing chip customized to diagnose mutations in patients with inherited syndromes of intrahepatic cholestasis.  Gastroenterology, 2007;132:119-126.
  3. Shanmukhappa K, Mourya R, Sabla GE, Degen JL, Bezerra JA. Hepatic to pancreatic switch defines a novel role of hemostatic factors in cellular plasticity in mice.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2005; 102:10182-10187.

Recent Presentations

  1. Liu C, Mourya R*, Bezerra JA.  Novel re-sequencing chip customized to diagnose mutations in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis.  Poster presented at Digestive Health Center Opening Day Research Forum, July 31, 2007, Cincinnati, Ohio. (*presenting author)
  2. Liu C, Mourya R, Bezerra JA.  Novel re-sequencing chip customized to diagnose mutations in patients with intrahepatic cholestasis.  Poster presented at 57th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, October 27-31, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts.
  3. Venkat V, Mohanty S, Pontes-Ivantes C, Mourya R, Bezerra JA.  Infection of macrophages activates a cell injury program that targets cholangiocytes in experimental biliary atresia.  Poster presented at the 19th Annual of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, October 19-22, 2006, Orlando, Florida.
  4. Shanmukhappa K, Mourya R, Sabla GE, Degen JL, Bezerra JA. Molecular switch of liver cells to a pancreatic cells defines a novel role of hemostatic factors in cellular plasticity. Poster presented at the Annual Postdoctoral Fellows Research Forum, May, 2005 of University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio [This poster received the second prize].
  5. Shanmukhappa K, Mourya R, Sabla GE, Degen JL, Bezerra JA. Hepatic to pancreatic switch defines a novel role of hemostatic factors in cellular plasticity. Poster presented at the Scientific Retreat and Meeting of the External Advisory Board of the Cincinnati DDRDC, January 22, 2005, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  6. Shanmukhappa K, Mourya R, Degen JL, Bezerra JA. Plasminogen deficiency results in a hepatic to pancreatic switch during liver repair in adult mice. Oral presentation at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, October 29-November 2, 2004, Boston, Massachusetts.