Anuradha Rao, Ph.D., Instructor Internal Medicine-Molecular Medicine

Anuradha Rao, Ph.D.

Instructor, Molecular Medicine

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-4377 | Department: 336-716-2011

Email: arao@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

Ph.D., WFU School of Medicine , 2013
Fellowship, Molecular Genetics, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2010

Anuradha Rao, Ph.D.

Instructor, Molecular Medicine

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-4377 | Department: 336-716-2011

Email: arao@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Lan T, Rao A, Haywood J, Kock ND, Dawson PA. Mouse organic solute transporter alpha deficiency alters FGF15 expression and bile acid metabolism. J Hepatol. 2012;57(2):359-365.

Liu TF, Brown CM, El Gazzar M, McPhail L, Millet P, Rao A, Vachharajani VT, Yoza BK, McCall CE. Fueling the flame: bioenergy couples metabolism and inflammation. J Leukoc Biol. 2012;92(3):499-507.

Rao A, Lan T, Haywood J, Dawson P. Analysis of the contribution of Mrp3 (Abcc3) to intestinal bile acid transport and the adaptive response in organic solute transporter (OST) alpha knockout mice [abstract]. Hepatology. 2012;56(Suppl 1):539A.

Lan T, Haywood J, Rao A, Dawson PA. Molecular mechanisms of altered bile acid homeostasis in organic solute transporter-alpha knockout mice. Dig Dis. 2011;29(1):18-22.

Simon T, Cook VR, Rao A, Weinberg RB. Impact of murine intestinal apolipoprotein A-IV expression on regional lipid absorption, gene expression, and growth. J Lipid Res. 2011;52(11):1984-1994.

Xu J, Chang B-L, Cramer SD, Rao A, inventors; Wake Forest University Health Sciences, assignee. Genetic polymorphisms in the prostate-specific antigen gene promoter. United States patent US 7,993,843. 2011 Aug 9. 2011;():.

Cramer SD, Rao A, Xu J, Chang B-l, inventors; Wake Forest University Health Sciences, assignee. Genetic polymorphisms in the prostate-specific antigen gene promoter. United States patent US 7,718,372. 2010 May 18. 2010;():.

Dawson PA, Hubbert ML, Rao A. Getting the mOST from OST: Role of organic solute transporter, OSTalpha-OSTbeta, in bile acid and steroid metabolism. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010;1801(9):994-1004.

Lan TA, Haywood JH, Rao A, Dawson PA. Inactivation of organic solute transporter (OST)alpha alters bile acid homeostasis via the FXR-FGF15 pathway [abstract]. Hepatology. 2010;52(4 Suppl):431A.

Deng Z, Wan M, Cao P, Rao A, Cramer SD, Sui G. Yin Yang 1 regulates the transcriptional activity of androgen receptor. Oncogene. 2009;28(42):3746-3757.

Dawson PA, Lan T, Rao A. Bile acid transporters. J Lipid Res. 2009;50(12):2340-2357.

Lan T, Rao A, Haywood J, Davis CB, Han C, Garver E, Dawson PA. Interaction of macrolide antibiotics with intestinally expressed human and rat organic anion-transporting polypeptides. Drug Metab Dispos. 2009;37(12):2375-2382.

Rao A, Haywood J, Dawson PA. Role of the organic solute transporter Ost alpha-Ost beta in intestinal basolateral bile acid transport and bile acid homeostasis In: Keppler D, Beuers U, Steihl A, Trauner M, eds. Bile acid biology and therapeutic actions. Proceedings of Falk Symposium 165; 2008 June 13-14; Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Dordrecht (The Netherlands): Springer;2009: 69-75.

Rao A, Haywood J, Craddock AL, Belinsky MG, Kruh GD, Dawson PA. The organic solute transporter alpha-beta, Ostalpha-Ostbeta, is essential for intestinal bile acid transport and homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008;105(10):3891-3896.

Haywood J, Rao A, Dawson P. Inactivation of the ileal bile acid transporter reduces ileal fibroblast growth factor 15 expression and limits atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E and LDL receptor null mice [abstract]. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008;28(6):e-121.

Simon T, Cook VR, Rao A, Weinberg RB. ApoA-IV expression alters the proximal-distal gradient of intestinal triglyceride absorption efficiency [abstract]. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008;28(6):e-98.

Garver E, Hugger ED, Shearn SP, Rao A, Dawson PA, Davis CB, Han C. Involvement of intestinal uptake transporters in the absorption of azithromycin and clarithromycin in the rat. Drug Metab Dispos. 2008;36(12):2492-2498.

Rao A, Haywood J, Craddock AL, Belinsky MG, Kruh GD, Dawson PA. The basolateral transporter Ost alpha-Ost beta is essential for intestinal bile acid absorption and homeostasis [abstract]. Hematology. 2007;46(4 Suppl 1):271A.

Rao A, Haywood J, Craddock AL, Dawson PA. Molecular mechanism of intestinal basolateral bile acid transport In: Keppler D, Beuers U, Leuschner U, Stiehl A, Trauner M, Paumgartner G, eds. Bile acids: biological actions and clinical relevance. Proceedings of the Falk Symposium 155; 2006 Oct 6-7; Freiberg (Germany). Dordrecht (The Netherlands): Springer;2007: 76-84.