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Joseph E. Brayden, Ph.D.
 

Professor

 

Department of Pharmacology
B-303 Given Building
89 Beaumont Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405
Phone: (802) 656-1985
Fax: (802) 656-4523

 
Joe.Brayden@uvm.edu
 


Education

1973 B.S. (Biology) - Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.
1982 Ph.D. (Physiology & Biophysics) - University of Vermont, College of Medicine


Professional Positions

7/96 - present Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
7/92 - 6/96 Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
2/86 - 6/92 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
5/85 - 11/85 Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London Supervisor: Dr. Tom Bolton
7/83 - 5/85 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont Supervisor: Dr. John Bevan
9/82 - 7/83 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine Supervisor: Dr. John Bevan
1978 - 1982 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont Thesis Advisor: Dr. William Halpern
1977 - 1978 Research Technologist, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont Supervisor: Dr. Robert B. Low
1974 - 1977 Research Technologist, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont Supervisor: Dr. Norman R. Alpert


Awards and Honors

National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship, Brown University, 1968
New York State Regents Scholarship, 1969-1973
Clark Foundation Scholarship (full undergraduate tuition and fees), 1969-1973
Cum Laude graduate, Union College, 1973
PHS NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1983-1985
PHS NIH New Investigator Award, 1986-1989
Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, 1990-1995
Member of the Experimental Cardiovascular Sciences study section (Division of Research Grants, NIH), 1992 to 1996.


Publications

Reading SA, Earley S, Waldron BJ, Welsh DG, Brayden JE. TRPC3 Mediates Pyrimidine Receptor-induced Depolarization of Cerebral Artery. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2004 Dec 16; [Epub ahead of print]
Earley S, Waldron BJ, Brayden JE. Critical role for transient receptor potential channel TRPM4 in myogenic constriction of cerebral arteries. Circ Res. 2004 Oct 29;95(9):922-9.
Babu GJ, Pyne GJ, Zhou Y, Okwuchukuasanya C, Brayden JE, Osol G, Paul RJ, Low RB, Periasamy M. (2004) Isoform switching from SM-B to SM-A myosin results in decreased contractility and altered expression of thin-filament/regulatory proteins. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 287(3):C723-C729.
Taylor, M.S., Okwuchukwuasanya, C., Nickl, C.K., Tegge, W.J., Brayden, J.E., Dostmann, W.R.G. (2004). Inhibition of cGMP-dependent protein kinase by the cell-permeable peptide DT-2 reveals a novel mechanism of vasoregulation. Molecular Pharmacology 65 (5): 1111-9.
Taylor M.S., Bonev A.D., Gross T.P., Eckman D.M., Brayden J.E., Bond C.T., Adelman J.P., Nelson M.T. (2003). Altered expression of small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (SK3) channels modulates arterial tone and blood pressure. Circ Res. 93:124-131.
Osol, G, Brayden J (2002) Prologue: vascular myogenic mechanisms. Am. J. Physiol. 282:H2157-H2159.
Slish D.F., Welsh D.G., Brayden J.E. (2002) Diacylglycerol and protein kinase C activate cation channels involved in myogenic tone. Am J Physiol 283:H2196-2201.
Brayden, J.E. (2002) Functional roles of KATP channels in vascular smooth muscle. Clin. Exp. Pharmacol. Physiol. 29(4):312-6
Dostmann, W.R., Tegge, W.J., Nickl, C.K., Taylor, M.S., and Brayden, J.E. (2002) Exploring the mechanisms of vascular smooth muscle tone with highly specific, membrane permeable inhibitors of cGMP-dependent protein kinase Ia. Pharmacology & Therapeutics;93(2-3):203-15.
Teng G.Q., Nauli S.M., Brayden J.E., Pearce W.J. (2002) Maturation alters the contribution of ptassium channels to resting and 5HT-induced tone in small cerebral arteries of the sheep. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 133 (2):81-91.
Welsh, D.G., Morielli, A.D., Nelson, M.T. and Brayden, J.E. (2002) Transient receptor potential channels regulate myogenic tone of resistance arteries. Circulation Research 90:248-250
Dostmann, W.R.G., Nickl, C.K, Taylor M.S., Brayden J.E., Frank R. and Tegge, W.J. (2001) Highly specific and membrane permeant peptide inhibitors of cGMP-dependent protein kinase Ia. Cell. Biol. Mol. Lett., 6:458.
Welsh, D.G. and Brayden, J.E. (2001) Mechanisms of coronary artery depolarization by uridine triphosphate. Am J Physiol 280:H2545-H2553.


Book Chapters

Brayden, J.E. (2001) Physiological role of K+ channels in the regulation of vascular tone. In: Potassium channels in cardiovascular biology, S.L. Archer, N.J. Rusch, Eds. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers) pp.443-455.
Brayden, J.E., Bonev, A., Lounsbury, K., Knot, H., Wellman, G.C. and Nelson, M.T. (2000) Potential cardioprotective effects of estrogen involving ion channels, endothelium, and coronary artery reactivity. In: Biology of Menopuase, F.L. Bellino, Ed. (Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.) pp. 181-188.
Brayden, J.E. and Murphy, M.A. (1996) Potassium channels activated by endothelium-derived factors in mesenteric and cerebral resistance arteries. In Endothelium-derived Hyperpolarizing Factor, P.M. Vanhoutte, Ed. (Harwood Academic Publishers) pp. 137-142.
Knot, H.J, Brayden, J.E., and Nelson, M.T. (1996) Calcium channels and potassium channels in smooth muscle. In Biochemistry of Smooth Muscle Contraction, M. Barany, Ed. (Academic Press) pp. 203-217
Wellman, G.C., Brayden, J.E., and Nelson, M.T. (in press) Proposed mechanism for the cardioprotective effect of estrogen in women: enhanced endothelial nitric oxide release decreases coronary artery reactivity. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
 
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