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Baljit Moonga

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR  Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease

Overview

Gender Male
E-mail baljit.moonga@mssm.edu
Education and Training PhD, University of London
  PhD, Brunel University
  BS, University of Greenwich
  Fellowship, University of London

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, USA
Biochemical Society, UK
Society for Endocrinology, UK
The New York Academy of Sciences, USA
The Physiological Society, UK
The Society of General Physiologists, USA

Training

Education and Training PhD, University of London
  PhD, Brunel University
  BS, University of Greenwich
  Fellowship, University of London

Publications

Moonga B, Dempster DW. Zinc is a potent inhibitor of osteoclastic bone in vitro. J Bone Miner Res 1995 Mar; 10(3): 453-7.


Shankar VS, Huang CL, Adebanjo O, Simon B, Alam AS, Moonga B, Pazianas M, Scott RH, Zaidi M. Effect of membrane potential on surface Ca2 activation in rat osteoclasts. J Cell Physiol 1995 Jan; 162(1): 1-8.


Arnett TR, Lindsay R, Kilb JM, Moonga B, Spowage M, Dempster DW. Selective toxic effects of tamoxifen on osteoclasts: comparison with the effects of oestrogen. J Endocrinol 1996 June; 149(3): 503-8.


Moonga B, Stein LS, Kilb JM, Dempster DW. Effect of diacylglycerols on osteoclastic bone. Calcif Tissue Int 1996 Aug; 59(2): 105-8.


Lutton JD, Moonga B, Dempster DW. Osteoclast demise in the rat: physiological versus degenerative cell death. Exp Physiol 1996 Mar; 81(2): 251-60.


Zaidi M, Moonga B, Pazianas M, Shankar VS, Huang CL. Genetics and cell biology of calcitonin action. In: Bittar E, Bittar N, editors. Principles of Medical Biology. Connecticut, JAI Press; 1997. pp601-616.


Dempster DW, Moonga B, Stein LS, Horbert WR, Antakly T. Glucocorticoids inhibit bone resorption by isolated rat osteoclasts by enhancing apoptosis. J Endocrinol 1997 Sep; 154(3): 397-406.


Moonga B, Chiao JW. Detection of an inhibiting activity for osteoclast bone resorption from human prostatic cancer cells. Cancer Lett 1998 Jan 16; 123(1): 15-20.


Shankar VS, Simon BJ, Bax CM, Pazianas M, Moonga B, Adebanjo OA, Zaidi M. Effects of electromagnetic stimulation on the functional responsiveness of isolated rat osteoclasts. J Cell Physiol 1998 Sep; 176(3): 537-44.


Adebanjo OA, Moonga B, Haddad JG, Huang CL, Zaidi M. A possible new role for vitamin D-binding protein in osteoclast control: inhibition of extracellular Ca2+ sensing at low physiological concentrations. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998 Aug 28; 249(3): 668-71.


Adebanjo OA, Moonga B, Yamate T, Sun L, Minkin C, Abe E, Zaidi M. Mode of action of interleukin-6 on mature osteoclasts. Novel interactions with extracellular Ca2+ sensing in the regulation of osteoclastic bone resorption. J Cell Biol 1998 Sep 7; 142(5): 1347-56.


Moonga B, Dempster DW. Effects of peptide fragments of protein kinase C on isolated rat osteoclasts. Exp Physiol 1998 Nov; 83(6): 717-25.


Adebanjo OA, Schwab E, Sun L, Pazianas M, Pazianas M, Moonga B, Zaidi M. Molecular pharmacology of antiresorptive therapies for osteoporosis. In: Zaidi M, editor. Molecular and Cellular Biology of Bone - Molecular Basis of Bone Disease. Connecticut, JAI Press; 1998. pp809-834.


Adebanjo OA, Anandatheerthavarada HK, Koval AP, Moonga B, Biswas G, Sun L, Sodam BR, Bevis P, Huang CL, Epstein S, Lai FA, Avadhani NG, Zaidi M. A new function for CD38/ADP-ribosyl cyclase in nuclear Ca2+ homeostasis. Nat Cell Biol 1999 Nov; 1(7): 409-414.


Silverton SF, Adebanjo OA, Moonga B, Awumey EM, Malinski T, Zaidi M. Direct microsensor measurement of nitric oxide production by the osteoclast. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999 May 27; 259(1): 73-7.


Zaidi M, Adebanjo OA, Moonga B, Sun L, Huang CL. Emerging insights into the role of calcium ions in osteoclast regulation. J Bone Miner Res 1999 May; 14(5): 669-74.


Zaidi M, Moonga B, Adebanj OA. Novel mechanisms of calcium handling by the osteoclast: A review-hypothesis. Proc Assoc Am Physicians 1999 Jul-Aug 111(4):319-27.


Silverton SF, Adebanjo OA, Moonga B, Markham GD, Malinski T, Johnson J, Zaidi M. Measurement of nitric oxide production from single isolated chick osteoclasts using a porphyrinic microsensor. In: Danks J, Dacke CG, Flik G, Gay C, editors. The Comparative Endocrinology of Calcium Regulation. Bristol, BioScientifica Ltd. ; 1999. pp87-92.


Sun L, Adebanjo OA, Moonga B, Corisdeo S, Anandatheerthavarada HK, Biswas G, Arakawa T, Hakeda Y, Koval A, Sodam B, Bevis P, Moser AJ, Lai FA, Epstein S, Troen BR, Kumegawa M, Zaidi M. CD38/ADP-ribosyl cyclase: A new role in the regulation of osteoclastic bone resorptionCD38/ADP-ribosyl cyclase: A new role in the regulation of osteoclastic bone resorption. J Cell Biol 1999 Sep 6; 146(5): 1161-72.


Awumey EM, Moonga B, Sodam BR, Koval AP, Adebanjo OA, Kumegawa M, Zaidi M, Epstein S. Molecular and functional evidence for calcineurin-A alpha and beta isoforms in the osteoclast: novel insights into cyclosporin A action on bone resorption. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999 Jan 8; 254(1): 248-52.


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