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Osvaldo Delbono, M.D., Ph.D.

Osvaldo Delbono, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
Sticht Center on Aging
WFU Primate Center

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-9802 | Department: 336-716-9802

Education & Training

  • M.D., Univ Buenos Aires Faculty of Med-Argentina , 1978
  • Ph.D., Univ Buenos Aires Faculty of Med-Argentina , 1986
  • Fellowship, Research Foundation/Grant, 1989
  • Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, 1992

Memberships

  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Biophysics Society
  • Gerontological Assn of America
Osvaldo Delbono, M.D., Ph.D.

Osvaldo Delbono, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Hypertension and Vascular Research Center
Sticht Center on Aging
WFU Primate Center

Research Interests

aging, molecular biology/molecular me

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-9802 | Department: 336-716-9802

Recent Publications

Birbrair A, Zhang T, Wang ZM, Messi ML, Enikolopov GN, Mintz A, Delbono O. Skeletal muscle neural progenitor cells exhibit properties of NG2-glia. Exp Cell Res. 2013;319(1):45-63.

Birbrair A, Zhang T, Wang Z-M, Messi ML, Enikolopov GN, Mintz A, Delbono O. Skeletal muscle pericyte subtypes differ in their differentiation potential. Stem Cell Res. 2013;10(1):67-84.

Zhang T, Birbrair A, Wang ZM, Taylor J, Messi ML, Delbono O. Troponin T nuclear localization and its role in aging skeletal muscle. Age (Dordr). 2013;35(2):353-370.

Choi SJ, Shively CA, Register TC, Feng X, Stehle J, High K, Ip E, Kritchevsky SB, Nicklas B, Delbono O. Force-generation capacity of single vastus lateralis muscle fibers and physical function decline with age in African green vervet monkeys.. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2013;68(3):258-267.

Yasuda T, Delbono O, Wang ZM, Messi ML, Girard T, Urwyler A, Treves S, Zorzato F. JP-45/JSRP1 variants affect skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling by decreasing the sensitivity of the dihydropyridine receptor. Hum Mutat. 2013;34(1):184-190.

Files DC, D'Alessio FR, Johnston LF, Kesari P, Aggarwal NR, Garibaldi BT, Mock JR, Simmers JL, DeGorordo A, Murdoch J, Willis MS, Patterson C, Tankersley CG, Messi ML, Liu C, Delbono O, Furlow JD, Bodine SC, Cohn RD, King LS, Crow MT. A critical role for muscle ring finger-1 in acute lung injury-associated skeletal muscle wasting. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012;185(8):825-834.

Wang Z-M, Tang S, Messi ML, Yang JJ, Delbono O. Residual sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ concentration after Ca2+ release in skeletal myofibers from young adult and old mice. Pflugers Arch. 2012;463(4):615-624.

Delbono O, Messi ML, Wang Z-M, Treves S, Mosca B, Bergamelli L, Nishi M, Takeshima H, Shi H, Xue B, Zorzato F. Endogenously determined restriction of food intake overcomes excitation-contraction uncoupling in JP45KO mice with aging. Exp Gerontol. 2012;47(4):304-316.

Houston DK, Messi ML, Birbrair A, Demons J, Kritchevsky SB, Delbono O. Effects of vitamin D supplementation on human skeketal muscle composition and regeneration [abstract]. FASEB J. 2012;26(Meeting Abstracts):1021.10.

Feng X, Zhang T, Xu Z, Choi SJ, Qian J, Furdui CM, Register TC, Delbono O. Myosin heavy chain isoform expression in the Vastus Lateralis muscle of aging African green vervet monkeys. Exp Gerontol. 2012;47(8):601-607.


Kute T, Stehle Jr JR, Ornelles D, Walker N, Delbono O, Vaughn JP. Understanding key assay parameters that affect measurements of trastuzumab-mediated ADCC against Her2 positive breast cancer cells. Oncoimmunology. 2012;1(6):810-821.

Zhang T, Birbrair A, Wang Z, Taylor J, Messi ML, Delbono O. Non-classical role of troponin T in skeletal muscle [abstract]. Gerontologist. 2012;52(Suppl 1):289.

Birbrair A, Wang Z-M, Messi ML, Enikolopov GN, Delbono O. Nestin-GFP transgene reveals neural precursor cells in adult skeletal muscle. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(2):e16816.

Tang S, Wong H-C, Wang Z-M, Huang Y, Zou J, Zhuo Y, Pennati A, Gadda G, Delbono O, Yang JJ. Design and application of a class of sensors to monitor Ca2+ dynamics in high Ca2+ concentration cellular compartments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011;108(39):16265-70.



Jimenez-Moreno R, Wang Z-M, Messi ML, Delbono O. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ depletion in adult skeletal muscle fibres measured with the biosensor D1ER. Pflugers Arch. 2010;459(5):725-735.

Loeser RF Jr, Delbono O. Aging of the muscles and joints In: Halter JB, Ouslander JG, Tinetti ME, Studenski S, High KP, Asthana S, Hazzard WR, Wollard NF, eds. Hazzard's geriatric medicine and gerontology. 6th ed. New York: McGraw Hill Medical;2009: 1355-1368.

Payne AM, Jimenez-Moreno R, Wang Z-M, Messi ML, Delbono O. Role of Ca2+, membrane excitability, and Ca2+ stores in failing muscle contraction with aging. Exp Gerontol. 2009;44(4):261-273.

Taylor JR, Zheng Z, Wang ZM, Payne AM, Messi ML, Delbono O. Increased CaVbeta1A expression with aging contributes to skeletal muscle weakness. Aging Cell. 2009;8(5):584-594.

Yoshikawa M, Vinsant S, Mansfield CM, Gifondorwa DJ, Pace L, Messi LM [sic] [Messi ML], Caress J, Cartwright M, Delbono O, Oppenheim RW, Milligan CE, et al. Identification of changes in muscle, neuromuscular junctions and spinal cord at early pre-symptomatic stages in the mutant SOD1 mouse model of ALS may provide novel insight for diagnosis and treatment development [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2009;2009(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Zorzato F, Delbono O, Treves S, Nishi M, Takeshima H. Modulation of skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling by protein components of the sarcoplasmic reticulum junctional face membrane [abstract]. J Physiol Sci. 2009;59(Suppl 1):42.

Jimenez-Moreno R, Wang Z-M, Gerring RC Delbono O. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release declines in muscle fibers from aging mice. Biophys J. 2008;94(8):3178-3188.

Jimenez-Moreno R, Wang Z-M, Messi ML, Delbono O. Failure to generate action potential in aging muscle fibers under physiological recording conditions [abstract]. Biophys J. 2008;(Suppl):310.

Nicklas BJ, Leng I, Delbono O, Kitzman DW, Marsh AP, Hundley WG, Lyles MF, O'Rourke KS, Annex BH, Kraus WE. Relationship of physical function to vastus lateralis capillary density and metabolic enzyme activity in elderly men and women. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2008;20(4):302-309.

Jimenez-Moreno R, Zheng ZL, Delbono O. Sareoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content and release analyzed with the genetically targeted chameleon Ca2+ indicators D1ER and D4ER [abstract]. Biophys J. 2007;(Suppl):255a.

Payne AM, Messi ML, Zheng ZL, Delbono O. Motor neuron targeting of IGF-1 attenuates age-related external Ca2+-dependent skeletal muscle contraction in senescent mice [abstract]. Biophys J. 2007;(Suppl):310a.

Zheng Z, Wang Z-m, Payne AM, Jimenez-Moreno R, Delbono O. DHPR beta1a subunit expression increases in aging skeletal muscle [abstract]. Biophys J. 2007;(Suppl):311a.

Zorzato F, Xia J, Treves S, Jimenez-Moreno R, Wang Z-M, Payne AM, Messi ML, Briguet A, Schaerer F, Delbono O, et al. Knockout of the gene encoding the sareoplasmic reticuhum protein JP-45 impairs excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle [abstract]. Biophys J. 2007;(Suppl):21a.



Wang ZM, Zheng Z, Messi ML, Delbono O. Muscle fibers from senescent mice retain excitation-contraction coupling properties in culture. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2007;43(7):222-234.

Delbono O, Xia J, Treves S, Wang Z-M, Jimenez-Moreno R, Payne AM, Messi ML, Briguet A, Schaerer F, Nishi M, et al. Loss of skeletal muscle strength by ablation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum protein JP45. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007;104(50):20108-113.

Moreno RJ, Messi ML, Zheng Z, Wang Z-M, Ye P, D'Ercole JA, Delbono O. Role of sustained overexpression of central nervous system IGF-I in the age-dependent decline of mouse excitation-contraction coupling. J Membr Biol. 2006;212(3):147-161.

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