Veerappan A, Reid AC, Estephan R, O'Connor N, Thadani-Mulero M, Salazar-Rodriguez M, Levi R, Silver RB. #147;Mast cell renin and a local renin-angiotensin system in the airway: role in bronchoconstriction.#148; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jan 29;105(4):1315-20.
Machida T, Hamaya Y, Izumi S, Hamaya Y, Iizuka K, Igarashi Y, Minami M, Levi R, Hirafuji M. #147;Sphingosine 1-phosphate Inhibits Nitric Oxide Production induced by Interleukin-1{beta} in Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.#148; J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2008 Apr;325(1):200-9.
Kano S, Tyler E, Salazar-Rodriguez M, Estephan R, Mackins CJ, Veerappan A, Reid AC, Silver RB, Levi R. #147;Immediate Hypersensitivity Elicits Renin Release from Cardiac Mast Cells.#148; Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2007 Dec 14;146(1):71-75.
Heerdt PM, Lane P, Pan BY, Schaefer U, Crabtree M, Hong R, Singer AA, Levi R, Park BJ. #147;Nitrosative stress and myocardial sarcoplasmic endoreticular calcium adenosine triphosphatase subtype 2a activity after lung resection in swine.#148; Anesthesiology. 2007 Dec;107(6):954-62.
Schaefer U, Machida T, Broekman MJ, Marcus AJ, Levi R. #147;Targeted deletion of ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1/CD39 leads to desensitization of pre- and postsynaptic purinergic P2 receptors.#148; J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2007 Sep;322(3):1269-77.
Reid AC, Silver RB, Levi R. #147;Renin: at the heart of the mast cell.#148; Immunol Rev. 2007 Jun;217:123-40.
Levi R, Seyedi N, Schaefer U, Estephan R, Mackins CJ, Tyler E, Silver RB. #147;Histamine H3-receptor signaling in cardiac sympathetic nerves: Identification of a novel MAPK-PLA2-COX-PGE2-EP3R pathway.#148; Biochem Pharmacol. 2007 Apr 15;73(8):1146-56. Other Publications
Education
M.D.,
University of Florence Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (Italy),
1960
Appointments
Professor of Pharmacology Weill Cornell Medical College
