Dr. Linda Demer
Professor of Medicine & Physiology
Maud Cady Guthman Chair
17-052A CHS
310-206-2677
ldemer@mednet.ucla.edu

Research Interests:

Vascular Biology
Biomineralization
Vascular Calcification
Mesenchymal stem cells

Representative Publications:

Abedin M, Lim J, Tang TB, Park D, Demer LL, Tintut Y.  N-3 fatty acids inhibit vascular calcification via the p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma pathways.  Circ Res. 2006 Mar 31;98(6):727-9.

Demer LL, Tintut Y.  Return to Ectopia: Stem cells in the artery wall.  Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005 Jul;25(7):1307-8.

Garfinkel A, Tintut Y, Petrasek D, Bostrom K, Demer LL. Pattern formation by vascular mesenchymal cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jun 22;101(25):9247-50.