The University of Toledo

Surya Nauli

Surya Nauli
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology

419.383.1921 Lab
419.383.1909 FAX
HEB 282D
Surya.Nauli@UToledo.edu

Institutions/Degrees

B.S.		Minnesota State University Biotechnology & Chemistry
Ph.D.		Loma Linda University Pharmacology
NIH Fellow		Harvard Medical School Cilia Biology

Research Interests

• Cilia Biology
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Polycystic Kidney Disease

Selected Publications

• Nauli SM, Kawanabe Y, Kaminski JJ, Pearce WJ, Ingber DE, Zhou J.  Endothelial cilia are fluid-shear sensors that regulate calcium signaling and nitric oxide production through polycystin-1.  Circulation. 2008 Mar 4;117(9):1161-71.

• AbouAlaiwi WA, Takahashi M, Mell BR, Jones TJ, Ratnam S, Kolb RJ, Nauli SM.  Ciliary polycystin-2 is a mechanosensitive calcium channel involved in nitric oxide signaling cascades.  Circ Res. 2009 Apr 10;104(7):860-9.

• AbouAlaiwi WA, Lo ST, Nauli SM.  Primary cilia:  highly sophisticated biological sensors.  Sensors 2009; 9(9): 7003-20.

• Muntean BS, Horvat CM, Behler JH, AbouAlaiwi WA, Williams FE, Nauli SM.  A comparative study of embedded and anesthetized zebrafish in vivo on myocardiac calcium oscillation and heart muscle contraction. Front Pharmacol. 2010 Dec 6; 1(139):1-9.

• AbouAlaiwi WA, Ratnam S, Booth RL, Shah JV, Nauli SM.  Endothelial cells from humans and mice with polycystic kidney disease are characterized by polyploidy and chromosome segregation defects through survivin down-regulation.  Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Jan 15;20(2):354-67.

• Nauli SM.  Editorial Focus:  An ACE inhibitor improves vascular outcomes in a PKD model.  Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2011 Nov;301(5):F958.