Research Interests:

• Mechanisms of carcinogenesis
• Prostrate cancer
• Growth factor regulation
• Regulation of telomerase activity

Selected Publications

Wang W, Mitra A, Poole B, Falk S, Lucia MS, Tayal S, Schrier R. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice exhibit increased susceptibility to endotoxin-induced acute renal failure. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2004 Nov;287(5):F1044-8.

Werahera PN, Miller GJ, Torkko K, Crawford ED, Stewart JS, Deantoni EP, Miller HL, Lucia MS. Biomorphometric analysis of human prostatic carcinoma by using three-dimensional computer models. Hum Pathol. 2004 Jul;35(7):798-807.

Thompson IM, Pauler DK, Goodman PJ, Tangen CM, Lucia MS, Parnes HL, Minasian LM, Ford LG, Lippman SM, Crawford ED, Crowley JJ, Coltman CA Jr. Prevalence of prostate cancer among men with a prostate-specific antigen level < or =4.0 ng per milliliter. N Engl J Med. 2004 May 27;350(22):2239-46. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2004 Sep 30;351(14):1470.

Sakr WA, Lucia MS. Potential pathologic markers for prostate chemoprevention studies. Urol Clin North Am. 2004 May;31(2):227-35. Review.

Lucia MS, Torkko KC. Inflammation as a target for prostate cancer chemoprevention: pathological and laboratory rationale. J Urol. 2004 Feb;171(2 Pt 2):S30-4; discussion S35. Review.

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