Lawrence Howard Young, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology; Associate Chair, Department of Medicine
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Yale Medical Group
Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Internal Medicine: Cardiology: Clinical Cardiology | Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Research Interests
Myocardial ischemia; metabolic adaptation to hypoxic stress; cardio-protection; cardiomyopathy; LKB1-AMPK pathway; diabetes more...
Education
- M.D., Yale University, 1980
Selected Publications
- Miller EJ, Li J, Leng L, McDonald C, Atsumi T, Bucala R, Young LH. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor stimulates AMP-activated protein kinase in the ischaemic heart. Nature, 451:578-82, 2008.
- Young LH. AMP-activated protein kinase conducts the ischemic stress response orchestra. Circulation, 117:832-40, 2008.
- Qi D, Hu X, Wu X, Merk M, Leng L, Bucala R, Young LH. Cardiac macrophage migration inhibitory factor inhibits JNK pathway activation and injury during ischemia-reperfusion. J Clin Invest 119:3807-3816, 2009.
