Staff Biography
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of all infants, children, and adolescents.
Constance (Connie) Atkins
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Biology: University of Houston at Clear Lake City , Houston, TX.
Clinical and Research Interests:
- Analysi: MicroArray; Quantitative PCR-7700; Northern, Southern and Western blot; Immunohistochemical
- Gel Shift Assays, In Situ Hybridization
- Basic molecular biological techniques
- Training undergraduate, medical students, graduate students and MD’s in current molecular techniques
Publications (selected):
- Collins RA, Gualano RC, Zosky GR, *Chiappetta CL, Turner DJ, Colasurdo GN, Hantos Z, Sly PD. Lack of long-term effects of respiratory syncytial virus infection on airway function in mice. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2006 Nov 30; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17236822
- Zhou W, Hashimotto K, Moore ML, Elias JA, Zhu Z, Durbin J, Colasurdo G, Rutigliano JA, hiappetta CL, Goleniewska K, O’Neal JF, Graham BS, Peebles RS Jr. IL-13 is associated with reduced illness and replication in primary respiratory syncytial virus infection in the mouse. Microbes Infect. 2006 Nov-Dec;8(14-15):2880-9.Epub 2006 Oct 24. PMID:17110149 [PubMed-in process]
- Fullmer JJ, Khan AM, Elidemir O, Chiappetta C, Stark JM, Colasurdo GN. Role of cysteinyl leukotrienes in airway inflammation and responsiveness following RSV infection in BALB/c mice. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2005 Nov;16(7):593-601. PMID:16238585
- Alcorn JL, Stark JM, Chiappetta CL, Jenkins G, Colasurdo GN.Effects of RSV infection on pulmonary surfactant protein SP-A in cultured human type II cells:contrasting consequences on SP-A mRNA and protein. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2005 Dec;289(6):L1113-22. Epub 2005 Jul 29. PMID:16055477 [PubMed-indexed for MEDLINE]
- Stark JM, Khan AM, Chiappetta CL, Xue H, Alcorn JL, Colasurdo GN. Immune and functional role of nitric oxide in a mouse model of respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Infect Dis 2005 Feb 1;191(3):387-95.Epub 2004 Dec 22. PMID:15633098 [PubMed-indexed for MEDLINE
*See also Chiappetta; 1985-2003.
Location & Contact
6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)
Other Locations
Other locations of the Department of Pediatrics include the following:
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Staff Biography
- Constance Atkins
Senior Research Assistant - Department of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Allergy-Immunology Medicine - University of Texas-Houston Medical School
6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.606
Houston, Texas 77030 - phone: (713) 500-5591
e-mail:Constance.L.Atkins@
uth.tmc.edu
