Gary Vincent Desir, MD

Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies; Associate Chair, Veteran Affairs

Departments & Organizations

Internal Medicine: Nephrology

Research Interests

Role of the voltage-gated K channel, Kv1.3, in renal K secretion and glucose metabolism; mechanisms by which K channels regulate vascular tone more...

Education

  • M.D., Yale University, 1980

Selected Publications

  • Jianchao Xu, Peili Wang, Pandelakis A. Koni, Richard A. Flavell, and Desir GV. 2002 Regulation of insulin sensitivity and body weight by the voltage–gated potassium channel Kv1.3 (Submitted).
  • Desir, GV. MacAla, LJ., Rafi, H., Hayslett, JP. and Segal, AS. 2002. Verapamil inhibits EnaC and transepithelial sodium transport. (In Press, Am J Physiol Renal Physiol).
  • Tian, S., Liu, W., Rafi, H., and Desir, GV. 2002. Regulation of Kv channels by a new family of ?–subunits. (In Press, Am J Physiol Renal Physiol).

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