Chris Vulpe

Chris Vulpe
Leader, Project 2: Functional profiling of susceptibility genes
Leader, Core C: Toxicogenomics Laboratory

 
E-mail: vulpe@berkeley.edu
Tel: (510) 642-1834
Fax: (510) 642-0535
 
Mailing address:
Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
119 Morgan Hall #3104
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3104
 
Web page: http://nst.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86

Research Interests

Genetic/Genomic approaches to the identification of genes involved in copper and iron metabolism and characterization of the corresponding proteins.

Recent Publications

Anderson GJ, Frazer DM, McKie AT, Vulpe CD, Smith A. Mechanisms of haem and non-haem iron absorption: lessons from inherited disorders of iron metabolism. Biometals. 2005 Aug;18(4):339-48.
 
Shayeghi M, Latunde-Dada GO, Oakhill JS, Laftah AH, Takeuchi K, Halliday N, Khan Y, Warley A, McCann FE, Hider RC, Frazer DM, Anderson GJ, Vulpe CD, Simpson RJ, McKie AT. Identification of an intestinal heme transporter. Cell. 2005 Sep 9;122(5):789-801.
 
Latunde-Dada GO, Vulpe CD, Anderson GJ, Simpson RJ, McKie AT. Tissue-specific changes in iron metabolism genes in mice following phenylhydrazine-induced haemolysis. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2004 Oct 14;1690(2):169-76.
 
Armendariz AD, Gonzalez M, Loguinov AV, Vulpe CD. Gene expression profiling in chronic copper overload reveals upregulation of Prnp and App. Physiol Genomics. 2004 Dec 15;20(1):45-54.