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BIOMED Faculty Details: Donald G. Buerk, Ph.D.
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Donald G. Buerk, Ph.D.   [Update My Profile]
  Email: dgb28@drexel.edu

Research Keywords:
blood flow, microcirculation, nitric oxide, oxygen transport
Education:
Doctorate, Chemical Engineering,
September, 1976 – June, 1980
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Master's Degree, Biomedical Engineering,
September, 1973 – June, 1976
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Bachelor's Degree, Engineering,
September, 1964 – December, 1969
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Publications:
Recent publications (total over 110, 91 listed on MedLine:

1. Buerk DG. Nitric oxide regulation of microvascular oxygen. Antioxid Redox Signal 9: 829-843, 2007.
2. Chen X, Buerk DG, Barbee KA, and Jaron D. A model of NO/O2 transport in capillary-perfused tissue containing an arteriole and venule pair. Ann Biomed Eng 35: 517-529, 2007.
3. Gallagher KA, Liu ZJ, Xiao M, Chen H, Goldstein LJ, Buerk DG, Nedeau A, Thom SR, and Velazquez OC. Diabetic impairments in NO-mediated endothelial progenitor cell mobilization and homing are reversed by hyperoxia and SDF-1alpha. J Clin Invest 117: 1249-1259, 2007.
4. Nunemaker CS, Buerk DG, Zhang M, and Satin LS. Glucose-induced release of nitric oxide from mouse pancreatic islets as detected with nitric oxide-selective glass microelectrodes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 292: E907-912, 2007.
5. Hong D, Jaron D, Buerk DG, and Barbee KA. Transport-dependent calcium signaling in spatially segregated cellular caveolar domains. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 294: C856-866, 2008.
6. Lowe G, Buerk DG, Ma J, and Gelperin A. Tonic and stimulus-evoked nitric oxide production in the mouse olfactory bulb. Neuroscience 153: 842-850, 2008.
7. Menon C, Bauer TW, Kelley ST, Raz DJ, Bleier JI, Patel K, Steele K, Prabakaran I, Shifrin A, Buerk DG, Sehgal CM, and Fraker DL. Tumoricidal activity of high-dose tumor necrosis factor-alpha is mediated by macrophage-derived nitric oxide burst and permanent blood flow shutdown. Int J Cancer 123: 464-475, 2008.
8. Buerk DG. Mathematical modeling of the interaction between oxygen, nitric oxide and superoxide. Adv Exp Med Biol 645: 7-12, 2009.

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