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Cardiovascular / Metabolism, Nutrition, and Food Science/ Cancer/ Infectious Disease /

Major and Thermal Trauma / Commentaries, DUE Criteria, Book Chapters, Invited Reviews


Therapeutic Areas
Cardiovascular
1. Tomera JF, Harakal C. Multiple linear regression analysis of hypertrophy, blood pressure, calcium, and cadmium in hypertensive and non-hypertensive states. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 1997; 35(7): 713-18.
2. Tomera JF, Kukulka SP, Lilford K. Cross-talk of second messengers during the systemic trauma response following burn injury: How, When, and Where. Circulatory Shock 1993, 39(2): 128-38.
3. Tomera JF, Kukulka SP, Lilford K, and Harakal C. Cadmium accumulation in experimental hypertension. Coronary Artery Disease 1991; 2(7): 747-52.
4. Tomera JF, Geyer RP. Perfluorochemical perfusion in the rat heart: in vitro and in vivo. J Molec Cellular Cardiol 1982; 14: 573-85.
5. Tomera JF, Harakal C. Calcium fractions in aortic segments derived from hypertensive rabbits. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1982; 4:592-600.
6. Tomera JF, Harakal C. The role of sulfhydryl groups in aortic responses using N-ethylmaleimide. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1981; 3:1093-1105.
7. Tomera JF, Harakal C. Cyclic nucleotide changes in aortic segments derived from normotensive and hypertensive rabbits. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 1980; 68: 505-8.

Metabolism, Nutrition, and Food Science
1. Tomera JF, Lilford K, Harakal C. Multiple linear regression analysis of hypertrophy, calcium, and cadmium in hypertensive and non-hypertensive states. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 1995; 33(6): 529-35.
2. Tomera JF, Lilford K, Kukulka SP. Dysfunctional metabolism induced by the systemic effects of burn trauma: The role of rates of polyinositol and glycerophosphate formation in diaphragm. Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation 1993; 14: 639-52.
3. Tomera JF, Harakal C. Effect of cadmium ingestion on blood pressure and ventricular mass in rabbits. Drug-Nutrient Interactions 1988; 5(4): 365-72.
4. Tomera JF, Kopito RR, Brunengraber H. Assessment of the flux of mitochondrial acetyl-CoA in liver and in kidney using the differential production of 14C02 from tracers of [1-14C-]- and [2-14C]-labelled 4-methyl-2-oxovalerate. Biochem J 1983; 210:265-8.
5. Tomera JF, Goetz P, Rand W, Brunengraber H. Underestimation of metabolic rates owing to the reincorporation of 14C02 in the perfused rat liver. Biochem J 1982; 208:231-4.

Cancer
1. Tomera JF, Skipper PL, Wishnok JS, Tannenbaum SR, Brunengraber H. Inhibition of N- nitrosodimethylamine metabolism by ethanol and other inhibitors in the isolated perfused rat liver. Carcinogenesis 1984; 5: 113-6.
2. Skipper PL, Tomera JF, Wishnok JS, Brunengraber H, Tannenbaum S. Pharmacokinetic model for N-nitrosodimethylamine based on Michaelis-Menten constants determined with the isolated perfused rat liver. Cancer Res 1983; 43: 3786-90.

Infectious Disease
1. Tomera JF. Lipopolysaccharide W. Escherica coli endotoxin interactions in skeletal muscle with d-tubocurarine at the nicotinic2 receptor, adenosine 3';5'-cyclic monophosphate, and physiologic contraction. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 1995; 34(1): 63-72.
2. Tomera JF, Martyn JAJ. Intraperitoneal endotoxin but not protein malnutrition, shifts d-tubocurarine dose response curves in mouse gastrocnemius muscle. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 1989; 250(1); 216-220.

Major and Thermal Trauma
1. Tomera JF. The effects of burn trauma on adenosine 3':5' cyclic monophosphate, inositol triphosphate, and contraction in mouse gastrocnemius muscle. Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation 1991; 12: 485-97.
2. Tomera JF, Martyn JAJ. Thermal trauma alters myocardial cyclic nucleotides and protein content in mice. British Journal of Pharmacology 1990; 101: 263-8.

Commentaries, DUE Criteria, Book Chapters, Invited Reviews
1. Tomera, JF. Invited Article. Acute tumor lysis syndrome: Considerations of Cause and Prevention. Drugs of Today, 1999; IN PRESS.
2. Tomera, JF. Invited Article. Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and pharmacology. Drugs of Today, 1998; 34(12): 995-104.
3. Tomera JF, Kaul AF. Commentary. Regional thrombolytic therapy in peripheral arterial occlusion and deep venous thrombosis. Am J Health-System Pharmacists 1997; 54(17): 1988-91.
4. Kaul AF, Tomera JF. DUE Criteria: Criteria for use of regional urokinase infusion for peripheral arterial occlusion. Am J Health-System Pharmacists 1997; 54(17): 2001-2.
5. Kaul AF, Tomera JF. DUE Crieria: Criteria for use of regional urokinase infusion for deep venous thrombosis. Am J Health-System Pharmacists 1997; 54(17): 2002-3.
6. Tomera, JF. Invited Article. Yogurt: Probiotic pharmacology. Drugs of Today, 1996; 32(7): 539-51
7. Tomera JF, Brunengraber H. Chapter - Toxicity of methanol and ethanol. In: Homberger F, Hayes JA, Pelikan EW, eds. A Guide to General Toxicology, Basel, S. Karger, 1983.

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