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Cellular & Integrative Physiology

Hong Sun

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ACADEMIC DEGREES:

M.D.
Ph.D.

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Phone Number: 402-559-5040
e-mail addresses: hsu1@unmc.edu

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Beginning Grant-in-Aid: American Heart Association (0460053Z) (PI: January1, 2004 – December 31, 2006)

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Hong Sun, and William G. Mayhan. Superoxide dismutase ameliorates impaired nitric oxide synthase-dependent dilatation of the basilar artery during chronic alcohol consumption. Brain Research. 891: 116-122, 2001

Hidenori Suzuki, Kenji Kanamaru, , Hiroshi Tsunoda,  Hiroyasu Inada, Minoru Kuroki, Hong Sun, Shiro Waga, and Toshio Tanaka. The functional significance of heme oxygenase-1 gene induction in a rat vasospasm model. Acta Neurochir [Suppl]. 77: 89-91, 2001

Hong Sun, and William G. Mayhan. Temporal effect of alcohol consumption on reactivity of pial arterioles: role of oxygen radicals. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 280: H992-H1001, 2001.

Hong Sun, Kaushik K. Patel and William G. Mayhan. Tetrahydrobiopterin, a cofactor for NOS, improves endothelial dysfunction during chronic alcohol consumption. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 281(5): H1863-H1869, 2001.

William G. Mayhan, Hong Sun, Scott D. Irvine.  Influence of gender on dilatation of the basilar artery during diabetes mellitus. Brain Research. 930(1-2): 182-190, 2002

Hong Sun, Kaushik K. Patel and William G. Mayhan. Impairment of neuronal nitric oxide synthase-dependent dilatation of cerebral arterioles during chronic alcohol consumption. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 26 (5): 663-670, 2002

Qin Fang, Hong Sun, William G. Mayhan. Impairment of nitric oxide synthase-dependent dilation of cerebral arterioles during infusion of nicotine. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 284(10): H528-H534, 2003

Hong Sun, and William G. Mayhan. Glutathione improves impaired nitric oxide synthase-dependent responses of cerebral arterioles during chronic alcohol consumption. Alcohol Research. 8(2): 55-60, 2003

RoseAnn M. Schwaninger, Hong Sun, William G. Mayhan. Impaired nitric oxide synthase-dependent dilatation of cerebral arterioles in type II diabetic rats. Life Sciences. 73(26): 3415-3425, 2003

Ana K. Trauernicht, Hong Sun, Kaushik P. Patel, William G. Mayhan. Enalapril prevents impaired nitric dxide synthase-dependent dilatation of cerebral arterioles in diabetic rats. Stroke. 34(11): 2698-2703, 2003

Qin Fang, Hong Sun, William G. Mayhan. L-arginine prevents impaired endothelium-dependent cerebral arteriolar dilatation during acute infusion of nicotine. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 6(6): 1009-1014, 2004

William G. Mayhan, Hong Sun, Jill F. Mayhan, Kaushik P. Patel. Influence of exercise on dilatation of the basilar artery during diabetes mellitus. J. Appl. Physiol. 96: 1730-1737, 2004

William G. Mayhan, Jill F. Mayhan, Hong Sun, Kaushik P. Patel. In vivo properties of potassium channels in cerebral blood vessels during diabetes mellitus. Microcirculation 11: 605-613, 2004

Hong Sun, Qin Fang, William G. Mayhan. Inward rectifier potassium channels in the basilar artery during chronic alcohol consumption. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 28(10): 1557-1561, 2004

Hong Sun, and William G. Mayhan. Gender difference in nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-dependent dilatation of cerebral arterioles during chronic alcohol consumption. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 29(3): 430-436, 2005

Hong Sun, Hong Zheng, Elizabeth Molacek, Qin Fang, Kaushik P. Patel, William G. Mayhan. Role of NAD(P)H oxidase in alcohol-induced impairment of endothelial nitric oxide synthase-dependent dilation of cerebral arterioles. Stroke. 37(2): 495-500, 2006

Qin Fang, Hong Sun, Denise M. Arrick, William G. Mayhan. Inhibition of NADPH oxidase improves impaired reactivity of pial arterioles during chronic exposure to nicotine. J. Appl. Physiol. 100(2): 631-636, 2006

Hong Sun, Elizabeth Molacek, Hong Zheng, Qin Fang, Kaushik P. Patel, William G. Mayhan. Alcohol-induced impairment of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-dependent dilation of cerebral arterioles: role of NAD(P)H oxidase. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 40(2): 321-328, 2006

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  • PREVIOUS GRADUATE STUDENTS/POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS (present location):

N/A

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Influence of alcohol on cerebral vasoreactivity and ischemic stroke

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Measurement of cerebral microcirculation in rats and mice

Transient focal ischemia in rats

Measurement of oxidative stress

Protein expression: Western Blotting, Immunohistochemistry

mRNA expression: RT-PCR, Real-Time PCR

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