Selected Recent Publications:

• Liu L, Schlesinger PH, Slack NM, Friedman PA, Blair HC. High capacity Na+/H+ exchange activity in mineralizing osteoblasts. J Cell Physiol [Internet]. 2011;226(6):1702-12.
• Zhou Y, Lewis TL, Robinson LJ, Brundage KM, Schafer R, Martin KH, Blair HC, Soboloff J, Barnett JB. The role of calcium release activated calcium channels in osteoclast differentiation. J Cell Physiol [Internet]. 2011;226(4):1082-9.
• Ishizuka H, García-Palacios V, Lu G, Subler MA, Zhang H, Boykin CS, Choi SJ, Zhao L, Patrene K, Galson DL, Blair HC, Hadi TM, Windle JJ, Kurihara N, Roodman GD. ADAM8 enhances osteoclast precursor fusion and osteoclast formation in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research [Internet]. 2011;26(1):169-81.
• Mistrya PK, Liua J, Yanga M, Nottolic T, McGratha J, Jaine D, Zhangf K, Keutzerf J, Chuangf W-, Mehalb WZ, Zhaog H, Lin A, Maneh S, Liu X, Peng YZ, Li JH, Agrawal M, Zhu L-, Blair HC, Robinson LJ, Iqbal J, Sun L, Zaidi M. Glucocerebrosidase gene-deficient mouse recapitulates gaucher disease displaying cellular and molecular dysregulation beyond the macrophage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A [Internet]. 2010;107(45):19473-8.
• Yaroslavskiy BB, Turkova I, Wang Y, Robinson LJ, Blair HC. Functional osteoclast attachment requires inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-associated cGMP-dependent kinase substrate. Laboratory Investigation [Internet]. 2010;90(10):1533-42.
• Wilson DC, Marinov AD, Blair HC, Bushnell DS, Thompson SD, Chaly Y, Hirsch R. Follistatin-like protein 1 is a mesenchyme-derived inflammatory protein and may represent a biomarker for systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum [Internet]. 2010;62(8):2510-6.
• Zaidi M, Sun L, Robinson LJ, Tourkova IL, Liu L, Wang Y, Zhu L-, Liu X, Li J, Peng Y, Yang G, Shi X, Levine A, Iqbal J, Yaroslavskiy BB, Isales C, Blair HC. ACTH protects against glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of bone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A [Internet]. 2010;107(19):8782-7.
• Romero G, Sneddon WB, Yang Y, Wheeler D, Blair HC, Friedman PA. Parathyroid hormone receptor directly interacts with dishevelled to regulate β-catenin signaling and osteoclastogenesis. J Biol Chem [Internet]. 2010;285(19):14756-63.
• Robinson LJ, Tourkova I, Wang Y, Sharrow AC, Landau MS, Yaroslavskiy BB, Sun L, Zaidi M, Blair HC. FSH-receptor isoforms and FSH-dependent gene transcription in human monocytes and osteoclasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun [Internet]. 2010;394(1):12-7.
• Sun L, Zhang Z, Zhu L-, Peng Y, Liu X, Li J, Agrawal M, Robinson LJ, Iqbal J, Blair HC, Zaidi M. Further evidence for direct pro-resorptive actions of FSH. Biochem Biophys Res Commun [Internet]. 2010;394(1):6-11.
• Robinson LJ, Blair HC, Barnett JB, Zaidi M, Huang CL-. Regulation of bone turnover by calcium-regulated calcium channels; 2010. 351 p.
• Isales CM, Zaidi M, Blair HC. ACTH is a novel regulator of bone mass; 2010. 110 p.
• Cackowski FC, Anderson JL, Patrene KD, Choksi RJ, Shapiro SD, Windle JJ, Blair HC, Roodman GD. Osteoclasts are important for bone angiogenesis. Blood [Internet]. 2010;115(1):140-9.
• Sepulveda JL, Tanhehco YC, Frey M, Guo L, Cropcho LJ, Gibson KM, Blair HC. Variation in human erythrocyte membrane unsaturated fatty acids. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine [Internet]. 2010;134(1):73-80.
• Imam A, Iqbal J, Blair HC, Davies TF, Huang CL-, Zallone A, Zaidi M, Sun L. Role of the pituitary-bone axis in skeletal pathophysiology. Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity [Internet]. 2009;16(6):423-9.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Harry C. Blair, M.D.
Phone: (412) 383-9616
Email: hcblair@pitt.edu