Viktor Pastukh, Ph.D.
Biography
Dr. Viktor Pastukh, Instructor, received his Master's from Taras Shevchenko Kyiv State University, Kyiv, Ukraine, his Ph.D. from Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Pharmacology at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine.
Research
Role of mitochondrial DNA damage in endothelial cell apoptosis caused by oxidative stress, role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in lung vessels remodeling; Apoptosis in lung cells; Role glucose, fatty acid and insulin in mitochondrial DNA damage in cardiomyocytes caused by oxidative stress; Insulin-linked regulators of the MPT pore; Role of the T-type Ca2+ channel in osmotic preconditioning; Cell signaling systems (Ca2+, PI 3-kinase/Akt pathway, protein kinase C) after hypoxia and in osmotic preconditioning; Apoptosis in cardiomyocytes; Role of angiotensin II in cardiomyopathy; Cell signaling systems (Ca2+, cyc