Faculty Biography

Nucleosomal dsDNA Stimulates APOL1 Expression in Human Cultured Podocytes by Activating the cGAS/IFI16-STING Signaling Pathway.
Shamara E Davis, Atanu K Khatua, Waldemar Popik

BK Virus Replication in the Glomerular Vascular Unit: Implications for BK Virus Associated Nephropathy.
Waldemar Popik, Atanu K Khatua, Noyna F Fabre, James E K Hildreth, Donald J Alcendor

Mesangial cells, specialized renal pericytes and cytomegalovirus infectivity: Implications for HCMV pathology in the glomerular vascular unit and post-transplant renal disease.
Waldemar Popik, Hernan Correa, Atanu Khatua, David M Aronoff, Donald J Alcendor

Role of Apolipoprotein L1 in Human Parietal Epithelial Cell Transition.
Vinod Kumar, Himanshu Vashistha, Xiqian Lan, Nirupama Chandel, Kamesh Ayasolla, Seyedeh Shadafarin Marashi Shoshtari, Rukhsana Aslam, Nitpriya Paliwal, Frank Abbruscato, Joanna Mikulak, Waldemar Popik, Mohamed G Atta, Praveen N Chander, Ashwani Malhotra, Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger, Karl Skorecki, Pravin C Singhal

Blocking the 5' splice site of exon 4 by a morpholino oligomer triggers APOL1 protein isoform switch.
Amber M Cheatham, Shamara E Davis, Atanu K Khatua, Waldemar Popik

Phosphorodiamidate morpholino targeting the 5' untranslated region of the ZIKV RNA inhibits virus replication.
Waldemar Popik, Atanu Khatua, James E K Hildreth, Benjamin Lee, Donald J Alcendor