Dr. Jean-Pierre Raufman
University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

Email: jraufman@medicine.umaryland.edu

Qualifications

2002 Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

1995-2002 Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. Tavitian, A., Raufman, J-P., Rosenthal, L.E., Weber, J., Webber, C.A. and Dincsoy, H.P. Ketoconazole-resistant candida esophagitis in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Gastroenterology. 90: 443-445, 1986.
2. Raufman, J-P., Eng, J., Du, B-H., Straus, E.W. and Yalow, R.S. Comparison of mammalian VIP bioactivities in dispersed acini from guinea pig pancreas. Reg Peptides.14: 93-7, 1986.
3. Raufman, J-P., Berger, S., Cosowsky, L., and Straus, E.W. Increases in cellular calcium concentration stimulate pepsinogen secretion from dispersed chief cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 137: 281-285, 1986.
4. Eng, J., Gubler, U., Raufman, J-P., Chang, M., Hulmes, J.D., Pan, Y-C. and Yalow,R.S. Cholecystokinin-associated COOH-terminal peptides are fully sulfated in pig brain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 83: 2832-2835, 1986.
5. Eng, J., Du, B-H., Raufman, J-P. and Yalow, R.S. Purification and amino acid sequences of dog, goat and guinea pig VIP's. Peptides 7(Suppl. 1): 17-20, 1986.
6. Cherner, J.A., Doppman, J.L., Norton, J.A., Miller, D.L., Krudy, A.G., Raufman, J-P., Collen, M.J., Maton, P.N., Gardner, J.D. and Jensen, R.T. Selective venous sampling for gastrin to localize gastrinomas. Ann. Int. Med. 105: 841-847, 1986.
7. Raufman, J-P. and Straus, E.W. Gastrointestinal endoscopy in AIDS: An evaluation of current practices. Gastrointest. Endoscopy 33: 76-79, 1987.
8. Raufman,J-P. and Cosowsky, L. Actions of cholera toxin on dispersed chief cells from guinea pig stomach. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 928: 199-207, 1987.
9. McArthur, K.E., Raufman, J-P., Seaman, J.J., Ziemniak, J.A., Gardner, JD and Jensen, R.T. Cimetidine pharmacokinetics in patients with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome. Gastroenterology 93: 69-76, 1987.
10. Raufman, J-P. and Cosowsky, L. Relation of prostaglandin-induced increases in cellular cAMP to stimulation of pepsinogen secretion from dispersed chief cells. J. Cell. Physiol. 132: 137-142, 1987.
11. Raufman, J-P. and Cosowsky, L. Interaction between the calcium and adenylate cyclase messenger systems in dispersed chief cells from guinea pig stomach. Possible cellular mechanism for potentiation of pepsinogen secretion. J. Biol. Chem. 262: 5957-5962, 1987.
12. Raufman, J-P. and Cosowsky, L. Differential actions of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on secretin- and VIP-induced increases in chief cell cAMP. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 970: 318-323, 1988.
13. Raufman, J-P. and Cosowsky, L. Protein kinase C modulates effects of prostanoids on cAMP in guinea pig chief cells.   J. Cell. Physiol. 140: 91-97, 1989.
14. Straus, E.W., Raufman, J-P. Meal-stimulated gastrin release in normal men and women. J. Assoc. Acad. Minor. Phys. 1: 9-10, 1989.
15. Prego, V., Glatt, A.E., Roy, V., Thelmo, W, Dincsoy, H., and Raufman, J-P. Comparative yield of blood cultures for fungi and mycobacteria, liver biopsy, and bone marrow biopsy in the diagnosis of fever of undetermined origin in HIV-infected patients. Arch. Int. Med. 150: 333-336, 1990.
16. de Silva, R., Stoopack, P.M., and Raufman, J-P. Esophageal fistulae associated with mycobacterial infection in patients at risk for AIDS. Radiology 175: 449-453, 1990.
17. Eng, J., Andrews, P.C., Kleinman, W.A., Singh, L., and Raufman, J-P. Purification and structure of exendin-3, a new pancreatic secretagogue isolated from heloderma horridum venom. J. Biol. Chem. 265: 20259-20262, 1990.
18. Raufman, J-P., Singh, L., and Zakai, M.D. Prostaglandins do not mediate the actions of cholera toxin on pancreatic acini or gastric chief cells from guinea pig. J. Cell. Physiol. 146: 81-85, 1991.
19. Raufman, J-P., Singh, L., and Eng, J. Exendin-3, a novel peptide from Gila Monster venom, interacts with vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors and a newly-described receptor on dispersed acini from guinea pig pancreas. Description of exendin-3(9-39) amide, a specific exendin receptor antagonist. J. Biol. Chem. 266: 2897-2902, 1991.
20. Raufman, J-P. and Singh, L. Actions of peptide YY and neuropeptide Y on chief cells from guinea pig stomach. Am. J. Physiol. 260(Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 23): G820-G826, 1991.
21. Raufman, J-P., Malhotra, R., and Singh, L. PACAP-38, a novel peptide from ovine hypothalamus, is a potent modulator of amylase release from dispersed acini from rat pancreas. Reg. Peptides 36: 121-129, 1991.
22. Eng, J., Du, B-H., Johnson G.F., Kanakamedala, S., Samuel, S., Raufman, J-P., and Straus, E. Cat gastrinoma and the sequence of cat gastrins. Reg. Peptides 37: 9-13, 1992.