Pappas

Center for Biomedical Engineering

Todd C. Pappas, Ph.D

Director, Sensory and Molecular Neuroengineering

Todd C. Pappas Ph.D.

Phone: (409) 772-8334

Fax: (409) 772-0751

Research Interests/Current Projects

Biomimetics: Highly Sensitive, Protein-Based Thermosensors from Pit Vipers

Nanobiotechnology: Interfacing Neurons and Photoactivatible Materials

Nanobiotechnology: Carbon Nanotubes and Neurons

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Publications

Pappas TC, Motamedi M, Christensen BN. Unique temperature-activated neurons from pit viper thermosensors. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 287: C1219-C1228.

Sianan VA, Koktysh DS, Yun B-G, Matts RL, Pappas TC, Motamedi M, Thomas SN, Kotov NA. 2003. Stratified biocompatible films for semiconductor nanoparticles and collagen. Nano Letters, 3(9) 1177-1182.

Pappas TC, Decorti F, Macdonald NJ, Neet KE, Taglialatela G. Nerve growth factor rescues PC12 cells from tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced toxicity via the p75 low-affinity neurotrophin receptor. Aging Cell 2003; 2: 83-92.

Von Lindern JJ, Rojo D, Grovit-Ferbas K, Yeramain C, Deng C, Herbein G, Ferguson MR, Pappas TC, Singh A, Collman RG, O'Brien WA. Potential role for CD63 in CCR5-Mediated Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type I infection of macrophages. Journal of Virology 2003; 77: 3624-3633.

Macdonald NJ, Decorti F, Pappas TC, Taglialatela G. Cytokine/neurotrophin interaction in the aged central nervous system. J Anat. 2000 Nov; 197 Pt 4:543-51.

Watson CS, Norfleet AM, Pappas TC, Gametchu B. Rapid actions of estrogens in GH3/B6 pituitary tumor cells via a plasma membrane version of estrogen receptor-alpha. Steroids. 1999 Jan-Feb; 64(1-2):5-13.

Herbein G, Mahlknecht U, Batliwalla F, Gregersen P, Pappas TC, Butler J, O'Brien WA, Verdin E. Apoptosis of CD8+ T cells is mediated by macrophages through interaction of HIV gp120 with chemokine receptor CXCR4. Nature. 1998 Sep; 395(6698): 189-194.

Pappas TC, Alagarsamy S, Pollard RB, Nokta M. HIV decreases glutamate transport in SK-N-MC neuroblastoma cells. J Neurovirol. 1998 Feb; 4(1):69-79.

Watson CS, Pappas TC, Gametchu B. The other estrogen receptor in the plasma membrane: implications for the actions of environmental estrogens. Environ Health Perspect. 1995 Oct;103 Suppl 7:41-50.

Yannariello-Brown J, Chapman SH, Ward WF, Pappas TC, Weigel PH. Circulating hyaluronan levels in the rodent: effects of age and diet. Am J Physiol. 1995 Apr; 268(4 Pt 1):C952-7.

Pappas TC, Gametchu B, Watson CS. Membrane estrogen receptors identified by multiple antibody labeling and impeded-ligand binding. FASEB J. 1995 Mar; 9(5):404-10.

Hanlon RT, Cooper KM, Budelmann BU, Pappas TC. Physiological color change in squid iridophores. I. Behavior, morphology and pharmacology in Lolliguncula brevis. Cell Tissue Res. 1990 Jan; 259(1): 3-14.