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David Zaas, MD (Yale)

Department of Medicine Pulmonary Fellow (2003-2007)

Current Position: President, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raliegh NC

and Vice Chair, Department of Medicine Duke University, Durham, NC

Counteracting signaling activities in lipid rafts associated with the invasion of lung epithelial cells by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Zaas DW, Swan ZD, Brown BJ, Li G, Randell SH, Degan S, Sunday ME, Wright JR, Abraham SN. J Biol Chem. 2009 Feb 11. [Epub ahead of print]

Cyclic AMP-regulated exocytosis of Escherichia coli from infected bladder epithelial cells.Bishop BL, Duncan MJ, Song J, Li G, Zaas D, Abraham SN.Nat Med. 2007 May;13(5):625-30. Epub 2007 Apr 8.

Bacterial penetration of the mucosal barrier by targeting lipid rafts.Abraham SN, Duncan MJ, Li G, Zaas D.J Investig Med. 2005 Sep;53(6):318-21.

Pseudomonas invasion of type I pneumocytes is dependent on the expression and phosphorylation of caveolin-2.Zaas DW, Duncan MJ, Li G, Wright JR, Abraham SN.J Biol Chem. 2005 Feb 11;280(6):4864-

72. Epub 2004 Nov 15.

The role of lipid rafts in the pathogenesis of bacterial infections.Zaas DW, Duncan M, Rae Wright J, Abraham SN. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2005 Dec 30;1746(3):305-13. Epub 2005 Oct 26.