Leah Villegas, PhD

Adjoint Instructor, Medicine-Endocrinology/Metabolism/Diabetes

Publications

  • Duncan GA, Lockett A, Villegas LR, Almodovar S, Gomez JL, Flores SC, Wilkes DS, Tigno XT. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop Summary: Enhancing Opportunities for Training and Retention of a Diverse Biomedical Workforce. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Apr;13(4):562-7. PubMed PMID: 27058184
  • Delaney C, Wright RH, Tang JR, Woods C, Villegas L, Sherlock L, Savani RC, Abman SH, Nozik-Grayck E. Lack of EC-SOD worsens alveolar and vascular development in a neonatal mouse model of bleomycin-induced bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension. Pediatr Res. 2015 Dec;78(6):634-40.
  • L. Villegas, L. Kirkbride-Romeo, J. Martinez, T. Luu, M. Le. Development of Antioxidant Peptides as a Treatment for Pulmonary Hypertension. ASP. 2015.
  • L. Villegas, A. Ben-Masaud, C. Woods, J. Martinez, M. Le, T. Anchordoquy, E. Nozik-Grayck. Targeted Delivery Of Protease-Resistant EC-SOD To The Pulmonary Artery. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2015.
  • Nozik-Grayck E, Woods C, Taylor JM, Benninger RK, Johnson RD, Villegas LR, Stenmark KR, Harrison DG, Majka SM, Irwin D, Farrow KN. Selective depletion of vascular EC-SOD augments chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2014 Dec 1;307(11):L868-76. PubMed PMID: 25326578
  • Villegas L, Stidham T, Grayck E. Oxidative stress and therapeutic development in lung diseases. J. Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 4:4.
  • L. Villegas, C. Woods, R. Johnson, R. Baid, R. Trivedi, U. Kompella, E. Nozik-Grayck. Targeted Delivery Of Protease-Resistant EC-SOD To The Pulmonary Artery. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2014.
  • Duncan G, Lockett A, Villegas LR, Almodovar S, Gomez JL, Tigno XT, Flores SC, Wilkes DS. NHLBI Workshop Summary: Enhancing Opportunities for Training and Retention of a Diverse Biomedical Workforce. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2015 Nov.
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