EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

Burton M. Altura
Burton M. Altura
Professor
Physiology and Pharmacology
Suny Downstate Medical Center
United States of America
BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Burton M. Altura is a Professor in Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Suny Downstate Medical Center in USA. He received his Ph.D. from Newyork University School of Medicine in the year 1964. Dr. Burton M. Altura scientific activities and service functions include Ad Hoc Reviewer, NIH, NSF, and USDA study sections and Reviewer for various journals and funding organizations and so on. He also serves as an Editorial Board Member for many journals. Apart from this, he has numerous publications.

Dr. Burton M. Altura laboratory is addressing two of the most important issues in vascular biology today: stroke mechanisms; and irreversible cellular destruction in the cardiovascular system caused by alcohol and substance abuse.

Dr. Burton M. Altura team using intact animals, isolated organs, tissues and cells in culture to understand how divalent cations (Mg2+ and Ca2+), sphingolipids, lipid messengers, protein kinase C and nuclear transcription factors control normal functions of vascular smooth muscle cells, cardiac myocytes and several types of neuronal cells.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Dr. Burton M. Altura research interest includes the ​role of magnesium, sphingolipids and lipid messengers in vascular biology and disease processes, such as stroke, diabetes mellitus, and atherogenesis. An additional major interest is the role of alcohol and substances of abuse in stroke etiology and many other. 



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Professor
Department of Medical Biochemistry
Port-Said University
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Selvihan Beysel
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Endocrinologist, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Afyonkocatepe University
Turkey
Manish K. Tripathi
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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USA
Anil Kumar Mandal
Courtesy Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
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USA
Rachel J. Perry
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Medicine
Section of Endocrinology
Yale University School of Medicine
USA
Ankit Gupta
Physician
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Hartford Healthcare
USA
Maria Anastasiadou
Research Institute of Animal Science
General Directory of Agricultural Research
Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter
Greece
Mariana Arruda Camara Ferreira da Silva
Medical Doctor
Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrine Unit
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Amedeo Amedei
Associate Professor
Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Italy
Massimo Collino
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Drug Science and Technology
University of Turin
Italy
Tar-Choon Aw
Director
Chemical Pathology
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Changi General Hospital
Singapore
Raveendran. A.V
Specialist in Internal Medicine
Badr Al Samaa
Sultanate of Oman
Oman
Hao Wu
Principle Investigator
Department of Internal Medicine
The Second Hospital of Jilin University
China
Akira Sugawara
Professor
Department of Molecular Endocrinology
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Japan
Bhoomika Patel
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Nirma University
India
Indra Prasad Tripathi
Professor and Dean
Faculty of Science & Environment
Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya
India
Pankaj Srivastava
Surgeon
Om Surgical Center
India
Akbar Nikkhah
Chief Highly Distinguished Professor
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Zanjan
Iran