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Kris A. Steinbrecher, PhD

Appointment

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Phone

513-636-4415

Fax

513-636-5581

Credentials

PhD: Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2001.

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2001-2005.

Awards and Honors

Poster of Distinction, Digestive Disease Week, 1998

Poster of Distinction, World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2000

Gastroenterology Research Group / American Gastroenterological Association Fellow Travel Award, 2002

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2003

American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2003 - 2005

Trustee Award, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, 2005 – 2007

Research Scholar Award, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)/FDHN Foundation, 2007

Career Development Award, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, 2007

Publications, Most Recent

Steinbrecher, K.A.; Rudolph, J.A.; Luo, G.; Cohen, M.B.: Coordinate upregulation of guanylin and uroguanylin expression by hypertonicity in HT29-18-N2 cells. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 2002; 283: C1729-37.

Steinbrecher, K.A.; Wowk, S.; Rudolph, J.A.; Witte, D.P.; Cohen, MB.: Targeted Inactivation of the Mouse Guanylin Gene Results in Increased Proliferation of Colonic Epithelia. American Journal of Pathology, 2002; 161:2169-2178.

Anest, V.; Hanson, J.L.; Cogswell, P.C.; Steinbrecher, K.A.; Strahl, B.D.; Baldwin, A.S.: A Nucleosomal Function for IκB kinase-α in NF-κB-Dependent Gene Expression.Nature, 2003; 423:659-663.

Mann, E.A.; Steinbrecher, K.A.; Stroup, C.; Witte, D.P.; Cohen, M.B.; Giannella, R.A.: Lack of Guanylyl Cyclase C, the Receptor for Escherichia coli Heat-stable Enterotoxin, Results in Reduced Polyp Formation and Increased Apoptosis in the multiple intestinal neoplasia (Min) Mouse Model. International Journal of Cancer, 2005; 116:500-5.

Steinbrecher, K.A.; Wilson, W.; Cogswell, P.C.; Baldwin, A.S.: Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Functions To Specify Gene-Specific, NF-κB-Dependent Transcription. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2005: 25(19):1-12.

Professional Organization Memberships

American Gastroenterological Association

North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America

Special Interests

Presentations, Most Recent

Guanylin, uroguanylin and guanylate cyclase C: Regulation in a mouse model of osmotic diarrhea. Experimental Biology; May 1999; Washington, DC.

Serine / threonine protein kinase pathways regulate the induction of guanylin and uroguanylin during osmotic stress. Digestive Disease Week; May 2002; San Francisco, CA.

Targeted inactivation of guanylin results in increased proliferation in mouse colonic crypts. Digestive Disease Week; May 2002; San Francisco, CA.

Regulation of NF-κB Activity by Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β. Keystone Symposia; January 2004; Snowbird, UT.

Role of GSK3β in NF-κB–dependent gene expression. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, February 2004; UNC-Chapel Hill.

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