RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Temperature regulation
• Renin-angiotension system  (RAS)
• Insulin resistance

• Blood pressure measurements (direct and indirect)
• Vascular smooth muscle preparations
• Metabolic measurements
• In vivo and in vitro assessment of adrenergic and RAS function

• All of the above

1. Francis S.C., Raizada M.K.,  Mangi A.A.,  Melo L.G.,  Dzau V.J., Vale P.R., Isner J.M., Losordo D.W., Chao J., Katovich M.J., Berecek K.H.  “Genetic Targeting for Cardiovascular Therapeutics: Are We Near the Summit or Just Beginning the Climb?”  Physiol Genomics, 7:79-94 (2002).
2. Pachori A.S., Numan M.T., Ferrario C.M., Diz D.M., Raizada M.K., Katovich M.J.  “Blood Pressure Independent Attenuation of Cardiac Hypertrophy by AT1R-AS Gene Therapy.”  J. Hypertens., 39:969-975 (2002).
3. Katovich M.J., Aerni J.D., Cespedes A.T., Rowland N.E.  “Perinatal Dietary NACL Level: Effect on Angiotensin-induced Thermal and Dipsogenic Responses in Adult Rats.”  Physiol & Behav., 72:621-627 (2001).
4. Katovich M.J., Reaves P.Y., Francis S.C., Pachori A.S., Raizada M.K.  “Gene Therapy Attenuates the Elevated Blood Pressure and Glucose Intolerance in an Insulin Resistant Model of Hypertension.”  J. Hypertens., 19:1553-1558 (2001).
5. Katovich M.J., Pachori A.  “Effects of Inhibition of the Renin Angiotensin System on the Cardiovascular Actions of Insulin.”  Diab.  Obes. Metab., 2:3-14 (2000).
6. Raizada M.K., Francis S.C., Wang H.W., Gelband C.H., Reaves P.Y., Katovich M.J. “Targeting of the Renin-angiotensin System by Antisense Gene Therapy: A Possible Strategy for the Long-term Control of Hypertension.”  J. Hypertens, 18:353-362 (2000).
7. Pachori A.S., Reaves P.Y., Gelband S.H., Katovich M.J., Raizada M.K.  “Inability to Induce Hypertension in Normotensive Rats Expressing AT1 Receptor Antisense.”  Circ. Res., 86:1167-1172 (2000).