J. David Furlow
Professor
jdfurlow (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior

Office
274B Briggs Hall
(530) 754-8609


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

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



Molecular basis of hormone action, particularly during development


Department and Center Affiliations:
UCD Cancer Center

Faculty, Physiology course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Professional Societies:
The Endocrine Society
Society for Developmental Biology
American Physiological Society
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular 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
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:
NPB 101 Systemic Physiology Winter
NPB 128 Comparative Physiology: Endocrinology Winter
NPB 152 Hormones and Behavior Spring