Zaza Khuchua, PhD
Title
Research Associate Professor, Molecular and Cardiovascular Biology
Appointment
Research Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
zaza.khuchua@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-1340
Fax
513-636-5958
Credentials
MS: Moscow State University, 1981
PhD: All Union Cardiology Research Center, Moscow Russia, 1987
Position History
1986-1994: Researcher in Cardiology Research Center, Moscow, Russia
1994: Fogarty International Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis, MO
1996-2000: Research Associate, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics; St. Louis, MO
2000-2007: Research Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN
2007-present: Research Associate Professor, Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati
Research
Mitochondrial function; structure and dynamics in cardiac cells in normal and pathological conditions; role of mitochondrial phospholipds in aerobic metabolism in heart; role of lipid molecules in cell signaling systems
Publications, Most Recent
Acehan D, Khuchua Z, Houtkooper RH, Malhotra A, Kaufman J, Vaz FM, Ren M, Rockman HA, Stokes DL, Schlame M. Distinct effects of Tafazzin deletion in differentiated and undifferentiated mitochondria. Mitochondrion, in press.
Tchekneva EE, Khuchua Z, Davis LS, Kadkina V, Dunn SR, Bachman S, Ishibashi K, Rinchik EM, Harris RC, Dikov MM, Breyer MD. Single amino acid substitution in aquaporin 11 causes renal failure. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008; 10:1955-64.
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