Ziaeddin Shariat-Madar
Director
University of Mississippi
USA
Biography
Dr.Ziaeddin Shariat-Madar has received the Ph.D. from Medical University of Ohio and later worked as an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and as Research Associate Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.Presently he is Director of University of Mississippi Light Microscopy Core
Research Interest
Dr. Shariat-Madar is a biomedical scientist whose research has focused on the physiological role of plasma kallikrein kinin system (KKS), including application to human health and disease. We have been a major laboratory in the study of prolylcarboxypeptidase (PRCP), KKS activator, at the molecular, protein, cellular, and animal level. We aim to examine PRCP-induced KKS activation and its related function to better characterize its physiologic influence, such as blood pressure regulation, inflammation, and the metabolic syndrome. We are interested in an integration of the basic biochemistry of KKS with cell physiology which generates and maintains the local hyperacidity surrounding tumor and inflammatory cells.