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CBP Faculty - Claudette M. St. Croix, Ph.D.

Claudette M. St. Croix, Ph.D.
Professor
Tel: 412-624-0180
Fax:
cls13@pitt.edu
PubMed pub. listing
CBP Research Group(s):
Cellular Organization and Cell-cell Communications
CBMP Graduate Program Groups:
Cell Communication, Signaling and Ion Channel Biology

Research Interest
Publications
  1. St. Croix, CM, Leelavanichkul, K, Cao, R, Wilson, A, Tang, Z, Wasserloos, KJ, Watkins, SC and Pitt, BR.Nitric oxide mediated zinc release contributes to hypoxic regulation of pulmonary vascular tone. In preparation.
  2. Chengelis, DA, Shade, CM, Yingling, AM, Oxley, DS, Badger, P, Watkins, SC, St Croix, CM and Petoud, S. Semiconductor CdSe Nanocrystals Emit Near-infrared Light. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Submitted March, 2006.
  3. St Croix CM, Leelavanichkul K, Watkins SC. Intravital fluorescence microscopy in pulmonary research.Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2006 Sep 15;58(7):834-40. Epub 2006 Aug 11.
  4. Stitt, M.S., Wasserloos, K.J. Tang, Z., Liu, X., Pitt, B.R. and St. Croix, C.M. Nitric Oxide-Induced Nuclear Translocation of the Metal Responsive Transcription Factor, MTF-1 is Mediated by Zinc Release from Metallothionein. Vascular Pharmacology. 44(3):149-55, 2006.
  5. Zhang L, St. Croix CM, Cao R, Wasserloos K, Watkins SC, Stevens T, Li S, Tyurin V, Kagan VE and Pitt BR.Cell-surface protein disulfide isomerase is required for transnitrosation of metallothionein by S-nitroso-albumin in intact rat pulmonary vascular endothelial cells.Experimental Biology and Medicine. 231: 1507-1515, 2006.
  6. St. Croix, C.M. , Stitt, M.S., Watkins, S.C. and Pitt, B.R. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer based assays for real time detection of nitric oxide signaling. Methods Enzymol. 396: 317-326, 2005.
  7. St. Croix, C.M., Leelavinchkul, K., Watkins, S.C., Kagan, V.E. and Pitt, B.R. Nitric oxide and zinc homeostasis in acute lung injury. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society. 2:236-242, 2005.
  8. St Croix CM, Stitt MS, Leelavanichkul K, Wasserloos KJ, Pitt BR, Watkins SC.Nitric oxide-induced modification of protein thiolate clusters as determined by spectral fluorescence resonance energy transfer in live endothelial cells.Free Radic Biol Med. 2004 Sep 15;37(6):785-92.
  9. St. Croix, C.M., Stitt, M.S., Leelavanichkul, K.,Wasserloos, K.J., Pitt, B.R. and Watkins, S.C. Nitric oxide mediated signaling in endothelial cells as determined by spectral fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine.37(6): 785-92, 2004.