Prof. Benedict
Robert Lucchesi
Department
of Pharmacology
The
University of Michigan, USA
Email:
benluc@umich.edu
Qualifications
1961-1964
M.D., The University of Michigan, USA
1957-1961
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, USA, Pharmacology
1955-1957
M.Sc., St. John's University, USA, Physiology
1951-1955
B.Sc., St. John's University, USA
Publications (Selected)
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Miller
DL, Dou C, Lucchesi BR. Cardiac arrhythmia and injury induced in rats by burst
and pulsed mode ultrasound with a gas body contrast agent. J Ultrasound Med.
2009 Nov; 28(11): 1519-26.
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Booth
EA, Lucchesi BR. Estrogen-mediated protection in myocardial
ischemia-reperfusion injury. Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2008; 8(3): 101-13. Epub 2008
Aug 6.
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Lucchesi
BR, Abernethy DR. Speaking of pharmacology. Mol Interv. 2006 Aug; 6(4): 185.
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Rodriguez
M, Lucchesi BR, Schaper J. Apoptosis in myocardial infarction. Ann Med. 2002; 34:
470-479.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Torald Sollmann Award Lecture: Looking toward the future, using lessons
from the past. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., 297: 829-843, 2001.
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Park,
J.L. and Lucchesi, B.R., Mechanisms of myocardial reperfusion injury. Ann.
Thorac. Surg. 68: 1905-1912, 1999.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Free radicals and tissue injury. Dialogues Cardiovasc. Res. 3: 3-22,
1998.
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Lucchesi,
B.R. and Kilgore, K.S., Complement inhibitors in myocardial ischemia/
reperfusion injury. Immunopharmacology 38: 27-42, 1997.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Hoff, P.T. and Tamura, Y., Cardioprotective effects of amlodipine in
animal models of ischemia reperfusion. J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. 17(Suppl 1):
S34-S39, 1991.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Myocardial ischemia, reperfusion and free radical injury. Am. J. Cardiol.
65: 14I-23I, 1990.
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Werns,
S.W. and Lucchesi, B.R., Free radicals and ischemic tissue injury. TIPS 11:
161-166, 1990.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Modulation of leukocyte mediated myocardial reperfusion injury. Annu.
Rev. Physiol., 52: 561-576, 1990.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., The neutrophil and reperfusion injury. Age of Reperfusion 2(1): 1-4, 1990.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., The role of oxygen-derived radicals in myocardial reoxygenation injury.
Age of Reperfusion 1(3): 1-4, 1989.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Werns, S.W. and Fantone, J.C., The role of the neutrophil and free
radicals in ischemic myocardial injury. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 21: 1241-1251,
1989.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Role of calcium on excitation contraction-coupling in cardiac and
vascular smooth muscle. Circulation, 80(Suppl. IV): 1-13, 1989.
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Lucchesi,
B.R. and Tamura, Y., Cardioprotective effects of amlodipine in the
ischemicreperfused heart. Am. Heart J. 118: 1121-1122, 1989.
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Patterson,
E. and Lucchesi, B.R., Electrophysiologic and antiarrhythmic actions of nadolol
--Acute ischemia in the presence of previous myocardial infarction. Am. Heart
J. 116: 1223-1232,1988.
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Lucchesi,
B.R. and Lynch, J.J., Preclinical assessment of antiarrhythmic drugs. Fed.
Proc. 45: 2197-2205, 1986.
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Lucchesi,
B.R. and Mullane, K.M., Leukocytes and ischemia-induced myocardial injury.
Ann. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 26: 201-224, 1986.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Sudden coronary death, Pharmacological interventions for the prevention
of ventricular fibrillation. TIPS Rev., 5: 145-148, 1984.
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Lucchesi,
B.R., Rationale of therapy in the patient with acute myocardial infarction and
lifethreatening arrhythmias, a focus on bretylium. Am. J. Cardiol. 54: 14A-19A,
1984.