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John K Scariano, PhD

Contact Information:
Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine
09 5250
MSC09 5250
1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque NM 87131-0001
272-4814; 934-2519
jscariano@salud.unm.edu

Department:
SOM Pathology Department

Interests:
I am interested in the role that steroid receptors, particularly those for estrogen and androgens, play in carcinogenesis, especially their relation to aggressive disease. Currently I am working with the departments of Surgery and Medicine, studying the association of polymorphisms within these receptor genes with the inherited risk for prostate cancer.

Osteoporosis candidate genes, biochemical markers of bone metabolism, skeletal metabolism and pathology.

Publications:
* Scariano JK, Simplicio, SG, Montoya GD, Garry PJ, Baumgartner RN. 2004 Estrogen receptor beta dinucleotide repeat polymorphism is significantly associated with bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. Calcified Tissue International 74:501-508

* Scariano, J.K., Garry, P.J., Montoya, G.D., Chandani, A.K., Wilson, J.M., Baumgartner, R.N., 2003, Serum leptin levels, bone mineral density and osteoblast alkaline phosphatase activity in elderly men and women: Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 124, p.281-286

* Scariano JK, Garry PJ, Baumgartner RN. 2002 Correlation of serum osteoprotegerin levels with age but not hormone replacement status in elderly women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 17: S268

* Scariano JK, Garry PJ, Montoya GD, Duran-Valdez E, Baumgartner RN. 2002. Diagnostic Efficacy of serum cross-linked N-telopeptide (NTx) and aminoterminal procollagen extension propeptide (PINP) measurements for identifying women with decreased bone mineral density. The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical Laboratory Investigation. 62: 237-243

* Scariano JK, Garry PJ, Montoya G, Baumgartner RN. 2001 Apolipoprotein E genotype influences bone loss and biochemical markers of bone turnover in elderly postmenopausal women. BONE 28: S132

* Scariano JK, Garry PJ, Montoya GD, Wilson JM, Baumgartner RN. 2001. Critical differences in the serial measurement of three biochemical markers of bone turnover in the sera of pre- and postmenopausal women CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 34: 639-644

* Scariano JK, Glew RH, BouSerhal CE, Clemens JD, Garry PJ, Baumgartner RN. 1998 Serum levels of cross-linked N-telopeptides and aminoterminal propeptides of type I collagen indicate low bone mineral density in elderly women BONE , 23: 471-477

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