Wayne Fitzgibbon
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Animal Research Compliance Liaison
Office of Compliance
Medical University of South Carolina
96 Jonathan Lucas St.
P.O. Box 250623
Charleston, SC 29425
(843) 792-1123
fitzgiwr@musc.edu
Ph.D., 1985, University of Newcastle, Shortland, N.S.W, Australia
Research emphasis: Applying microphysiological techniques to the study of hormonal regulation of mammalian renal physiology and pathophysiology
Current research projects:
- volume regulatory mechanisms of the euryhaline elasmobranch, the Atlantic stingray
Selected Publications:
- Sivritas, H.S., Ploth, D.W., and Fitzgibbon, W.R., (2008). Blockade of medullary bradykinin B2 receptors increases tubular sodium reabsorption in rats fed a normal salt diet. In Revision Am J Physiol Renal
- Janech, M.G., Gefroh, H., Cwengros, E.E., Sulikowski, J.A., Ploth, D.W. and Fitzgibbon, W.R. (2008). Cloning of Urea Transporters from the Kidneys of Two Batoid Elasmobranchs: Evidence for a Common Elasmobranch Urea Transporter Isoform. Marine Biology 153:1173-1179.
- Janech, M.G., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Nowak, M., Miller, D.H. and Ploth, D.W. (2006). Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Second Urea Transporter Isoform (strUT-2) from the Kidney of the Atlantic Stingray. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology) R844-R853.
- Janech, M.G., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Ploth, D.W., Lacy, E.R. and Miller, D.H. (2006). Effect of Environmental Salinity on Plasma Composition and Renal Function of the Atlantic Stingray, a Euryhaline Elasmobranch. American Journal of Physiology (Renal Physiol) 291:F770-780.
- Chen, J., Batta, A., Zheng S, Fitzgibbon, W.R., Ullian, M.E., Hongwei Yu, H., Tso, P., Salen, G., and Patel, S. B. (2005). Segregation Analyses of a mis-sense mutation in Abcg5 gene with phytosterolemia and hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats. BMC Genetics 6:40.