Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Professor, Chair of the Dept. of Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences for UGA School of Medicine
Expertise
Cardiovascular Function
Biography
Education
- Ph.D., Physiology, University of Arizona, 1986
- B.S., Biology, University of Michigan, 1980
Research Interests
- Endothelium-dependent regulation of vascular tone
- Endothelial cell signal transduction
- Microvascular alterations and local blood flow control in hypertension
- Reactive oxygen species and microvascular dysfunction
- Local and neural mechanisms of microvascular control
- Growth-dependent changes in microvascular control mechanisms
Publications
- Tang J-M, Shi N, Dong K, Brown SA, Coleman AE, Boegehold MA, Chen S. Response gene to complement 32 maintains blood pressure homeostasis by regulating a-adrenergic receptor expression. Circulation Research 123: 1080-1090, 2018.
- Kang LS, Masilamani SME, Boegehold MA. Juvenile growth reduces the influence of epithelial sodium channels on vascular tone in skeletal muscle arterioles. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol, 43: 1199-1207, 2016.
- Boegehold MA, Drenjancevic I, Lombard JH. Salt, angiotensin II, superoxide, and endothelial function.
Compr Physiol 6: 215-254, 2016. - Boegehold MA. The effect of high salt intake on endothelial function:
reduced nitric oxide in the absence of hypertension. J Vasc Res 50: 458-467, 2013. - Kang LS, Nurkiewicz TR, Wu G, Boegehold MA. Changes in eNOS phosphorylation contribute to
increased arteriolar nitric oxide release during juvenile growth. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 302: H560-H566, 2012. - Nayeem MA, Zeldin DC, Boegehold MA, Falck JR. Salt modulates vascular response through
adenosine A2A receptor in eNOS-null mice: role of CYP450 epoxygenase and soluble epoxide hydrolase.
Mol Cell Biochem 350: 101-111, 2011.
