John Baatz
Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Children's Research Institute, Room 307
173 Ashley Avenue
MSC 250513
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 792-1049
Fax: (843) 792-1844
baatzje@musc.edu
Ph.D., 1988, University of Cincinnati
Research emphasis: Mammalian lung biochemistry & molecular biology
Current research projects:
- dolphin genomics
- effects of marine-borne toxin exposure on the lung
- adaptations of diving marine mammals (such as bottlenose dolphins, pygmy sperm whales and seals) to repetitive hypoxic conditions while being able to maintain lung health
- establishment of dolphin cell lines for use as biosensors
- structural/function relationships of pulmonary surfactant proteins
Selected publications:
- Glasser SW, Witt TL, Senft AP, Baatz JE, Folger D, Maxfield MD, Akinbi HT, Newton DA, Prows DR, and Korfhagen TR. Surfactant Protein C Deficient Mice are Susceptible to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2009; [PMID: 19304906].
- Grek CL, Newton DA, Qiu Y, Wen X, Spyropoulos DD, and Baatz JE. Characterization of alveolar epithelial cells cultured in semipermeable hollow fibers. Exp Lung Res 35: 155-174, 2009; [PMID: 19263283].
- Shockey JE, O'Leary NA, de la Vega E, Browdy CL, Baatz JE, and Gross PS. The role of crustins in Litopenaeus vannamei in response to infection with shrimp pathogens: An in vivo approach. Dev Comp Immunol 33: 668-673, 2009; [PMID: 19100764].
- Nagai R, Brock JW, Blatnik M, Baatz JE, Bethard J, Walla MD, Thorpe SR, Baynes JW, and Frizzell N. Succination of protein thiols during adipocyte maturation: a biomarker of mitochondrial stress. J Biol Chem 282: 34219-34228, 2007; [PMID: 17726021].
- Newton DA, Rao KM, Dluhy RA, and Baatz JE. Hemoglobin is expressed by alveolar epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 281: 5668-5676, 2006; [PMID: 16407281].