Welcome to the Walsh Lab
The Walsh Lab is part of the
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, "established in 1974 to
foster advances in research, treatment and education in the
broad area of heart and vascular disease."
News/Recent Publications
Former Walsh lab member appointed as Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokushima.
Posted: July 11, 2008
Masataka Sata appointed as Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokushima.
Alveolar macrophage activation and an emphysema-like phenotype in adiponectin deficient mice.
Posted: June 27, 2008
To view this paper, please click
here.
Walsh lab's Cell Metabolism paper featured both in a BBC News article and on WebMD.
Posted: February 8, 2008
To view the BBC News article, please click
here. To view the WebMD press release, please click
here
Fast/Glycolytic Muscle Fiber Growth Reduces Fat Mass and Improves Metabolic Parameters in Obese Mice.
Posted: February 6, 2008
To view this
Cell Metabolism paper, please click
here. To view an editorial commentary from
Cell Metabolism on this paper, please click
here. To view the press releases on the paper, please click
here and
here.
Adiponectin modulates inflammatory reactions via calreticulin receptor-dependent clearance of early apoptotic bodies.
Posted: December 10, 2007
To view this
Journal of Clinical Investigation paper, please click
here. To view the press release on the paper, click
here.
Cardiac Growth and Angiogenesis Coordinated by intertissue interactions.
Posted December 10, 2007
To view this
Journal of Clinical Investigation review paper, please click
here.
Walsh lab featured in press release from the Lupus Foundation of America.
Posted: May 26, 2006
To view this press release, please click
here . To
view the
Journal of Experimental Medicine paper cited in the press release, please click
here.
Vacsular Endothelial Growth Factor Blockade Promotes the Transition From
Compensatory Cardiac Hypertrophy to Failure in Response to Pressure Overload.
Posted: May 11, 2006
To view this
Hypertension paper, please click
here. To view an editorial commentary from
Hypertension on this paper, please click
here .
Former Walsh lab member appointed as Director of the National Research Laboratory for Cardiovascular
Stem Cell Research, Seoul National University.
Posted: May 11, 2006
Dr Hyo-Soo Kim, a Walsh lab member from 2000-2001 and Professor of Internal Medicine at Seoul
National University was appointed Director of the National Research Laboratory for Cardiovascular Stem Cell Research
at Seoul National University.
Adiponectin protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury through AMPK- and COX 2-
depedent mechanisms.
Posted: November 22, 2005
To view this
Nature Medicine paper, please click
here .
To view a review from
Nature Medicine News and Views, click
here.
Disruption of coordinated cardiac hypertrophy and angiogenesis contributes to the transition
to heart failure.
Posted: November 21, 2005
To view this
Journal of Clinical Investigation paper, please click
here. To view the
Journal of
Clinical Investigation's editorial, click
here.
Adiponectin-mediated modulation of hypertropic signals in the heart.
Posted November 18, 2005
To view this
Nature Medicine paper, please click
here.
kwalshlab.org Moves to DreamHost
Posted: August 12, 2005
The Walsh Lab website is now being hosted by
DreamHost, which will offer us much more storage space,
as well as many more features. Please report any problems with the website to the webmaster at
walshconor@yahoo.com. To view most articles, adobe acrobat reader
is required.
Impaired revascularization in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes is associated
with the dysregulation of a complex angiogenic-regulatory network
Posted: April 22, 2005
For microarray data, please visit the
Research Data
section of the website.
New Walsh Lab Website
Posted: April 22, 2005
We are currently in the process of updating the website.
There are still sections which need to be completed, but if you cannot find what you are looking for,
or if you have any problems viewing the website, please notify the webmaster at
walshconor@yahoo.com.
Contact:
Linda Whittaker (Administrative Manager), (617) 414-2390, ldwhitt@bu.edu
Mailing Address:
Kenneth Walsh, Ph.D.
Molecular Cardiology/CVI
Boston University School of Medicine
715 Albany Street, W611
Boston, MA 02118
Shipping Address:
Walsh Lab
Molecular Cardiology/CVI
Boston University School of Medicine
700 Albany Street, W611
Boston, MA 02118