Faculty Profile

David Furlow
Professor
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (College of Biological Sciences)
274B Briggs Hall
Office 754-8609
Lab
jdfurlow@ucdavis.edu
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Molecular basis of hormone action, particularly during development

Degrees:
1992 - PhD - University of Wisconsin, Madison - Biochemistry
1985 - BS - Pennsylvania State University - Biochemistry
- - - Postdoctoral Fellow - Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology

Department and Center Affiliations:
UCD Cancer Center
UCD Center for Genetics & Development
Faculty, Physiology course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

Professional Societies:
The Endocrine Society
Society for Developmental Biology
American Physiological Society

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology

Publications:
Denver, RJ, Scanlan TS, and JD Furlow (2009) Thyroid hormone receptor subtype specificity for hormone-dependent neurogenesis in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology (in press).

Johnsen SA, Güngör C, Prenzel T, Riethdorf, S, Riethdorf L, Taniguchi-Ishigaki N, Rau T, Tursun B, Furlow JD, Sauter G, Scheffner M, Pantel K, Gannon F, and I Bach. (2009) Identification of the LIM cofactors CLIM and RLIM as Novel Regulators of Estrogen-Dependent Transcription in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 69:128-136

Waddell DS, Baehr LM, van der Brandt J, Johnsen SA, Reichardt HM, Furlow JD, and SC Bodine (2008) The glucocorticoid receptor and FOXO1 synergistically activate the skeletal muscle atrophy related MuRF1gene. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism. 295:E785-797

Schriks M, Roessig JM, Murk AJ, Furlow JD (2007) Thyroid hormone receptor isoform selectivity of thyroid hormone disrupting compounds quantified with an in vitro reporter gene assay. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 23:320-307.

Weidner WJ, Waddell DS, Furlow JD. (2006) Measurement of the filtration coefficient (Kfc) in the lung of Gallus domesticus and the effects of increased microvascular permeability. J Comp Physiol [B] 176(6):567-574

Furlow, J.D. and E.S. Neff (2006) A developmental switch induced by thyroid hormone: Xenopus laevis metamorphosis. Trends in Endocrinolology and Metabolism 17:40-47.

Schriks M, Zvinavashe E, Furlow JD, Murk AJ. (2006) Disruption of thyroid hormone-mediated Xenopus laevis tadpole tail tip regression by hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-nonabrominated diphenyl ether (BDE206). Chemosphere. 65:1904-1908.

Lim, W., Neff, E. S., and J. D. Furlow (2004) The mouse muscle creatine kinase promoter faithfully drives reporter gene expression in transgenic Xenopus laevis. Physiological Genomics. 18:79-86

Furlow J. D., Yang, H. Y., Hsu, Y. M., Lim, W., Ermio, D. J., Chiellini, G., and T. S. Scanlan (2004) The thyroid hormone receptor agonist GC-1 preferentially induces tissue resorption in Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279:26555-26562

Luria, A. and J. D. Furlow (2004) Spatiotemporal activation of retinoid-X receptors detected in live vertebrate embryos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101:8987-8992

Lim, W, Nguyen, NH, Yang, HY, Scanlan, TS, and JD Furlow (2002) A thyroid hormone antagonist that inhibits thyroid hormone action in vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277:35664-35670

Lim, W, and JD Furlow (2002) Ribozyme suppression of endogenous thyroid hormone receptor activity in Xenopus laevis cells. Nucleic Acids Research 30:3490-3496

Furlow, JD and A Kanamori (2002) The Transcription Factor Basic Transcription Element-Binding Protein 1 is a Direct Thyroid Hormone Response Gene in the Frog Xenopus laevis. Endocrinology. 143:3295-3305

Research Interests:
Molecular basis of hormone action, particularly during development. Analysis of gene expression cascades during morphogenesis. Mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy and death.

Laboratory Personnel:
Furlow Lab, 274 Briggs Hall - Eric Neff, Cindy Chen, Monica Watson, Kari Pollock, Chris Craig-Veit

Teaching Interests:


Endocrinology, developmental biology, molecular biology.

Courses Taught:
NPB 101 Systemic Physiology - Term(s): Winter
NPB 128 Comparative Physiology: Endocrinology - Term(s): Winter
NPB 152 Hormones and Behavior - Term(s): Spring