Dr. Gen Suzuki
Medicine
Research Assistant Professor

Email: gsuzuki@buffalo.edu


PUBLICATIONS

Suzuki G,Iyer V, Cimato T, Canty JM; Pravastatin Improves Function in Hibernating Myocardium by Mobilizing CD133 and cKit Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells and Promoting Myocytes to Reenter the Growth Phase of the Cardiac Cell Cycle; Circulation Research; 2009;
Molnar M, Suzuki G, Iyer VS, Canty JM Jr., Lee TC; Assessment of a nuclear affinity labeling method for tracking implanted mesenchymal stem cells.; Cell Transplantation; 2008;
Page B, Young R, Iyer V, Suzuki G, Lis M, Korotchkina L, Patel MS, Blumenthal KM, Fallavollita JA, Canty JM Jr.; Persistent regional downregulation in mitochondrial enzymes and upregulation of stress proteins in swine with chronic hibernating myocardium.; Circulation Research.; 2008; 102; 103-112
Sidhu S, Gangasani A, Korotchkina LG, Suzuki G, Fallavollita JA, Canty JM, Patel MS.; Tissue-specific pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency causes cardiac hypertrophy and sudden death of weaned male mice.; American Journal of Physiology Heart Circulatory Physiology.; 2008; 295; 946-952
Banas MD, Baldwa S, Suzuki G, Canty JM Jr, Fallavollita JA.; Determinants of contractile reserve in viable, chronically dysfunctional myocardium.; American Journal of Physiology Heart Circulatory Physiology.; 2007; 292(6); 2791-2797
Lynch P, Lee TC, Fallavollita JA, Canty JM Jr, Suzuki G.; Intracoronary administration of AdvFGF-5 (Fibroblast Growth Factor-5) ameliorates left ventricular dysfunction and prevents myocyte loss in swine with developing collaterals and ischemic cardiomyopathy.; Circulation.; 2007; 116; 71-76
Pizzuto MF, Valverde AM, Heavey BM, Banas MD, Michelakis N, Suzuki G, Fallavollita JA, Canty JM Jr.; Brief sympathetic activation precedes the development of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in hibernating myocardium.; J Electrocardiol.; 2006; 39; 140-145
Suzuki, G. Lee, T.C. Fallavollita, J.A. Canty, J.M., Jr.; Adenoviral gene transfer of FGF-5 to hibernating myocardium improves function and stimulates myocytes to hypertrophy and reenter the cell cycle.; Circulation Research; 2005; 96; 767-775
Ovchinnikov V, Suzuki G, Canty JM Jr, Fallavollita JA.; Blunted functional responses to pre- and post-junctional sympathetic stimulation in hibernating myocardium.; American Journal of Physiology Heart Circulatory Physiology.; 2005; 289; 1719-1728
Gangasani, A. Sidhu, S. Fallavollita, J.A. Korotchkina, L. G. Suzuki, G. Patel, M.S. Canty, J.M., Jr.; Cardiac pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) deficiency in mice leads to myocardial hypertrophy and cardiomyopathy.; Circulation; 2005; 112(II); II-21-II-22
Fallavollita, J.A. Riegel, B.J. Suzuki, G. Valeti, U. Canty, J.M., Jr.; Mechanism of sudden cardiac death in pigs with viable chronically dysfunctional myocardium and ischemic cardiomyopathy; American Journal of Physiology - Heart & Circulatory Physiology; 2005; 289; H2688-H2696
Fallavollita JA, Riegel BJ, Suzuki G, Valeti U and Canty JM Jr.; Mechanism of sudden death in pigs with viable chronically dysfunctional myocardium and ischemic cardiomyopathy.; American Journal of Physiology Heart Circulatory Physiology.; 2005; 289; 2688-2696
Vacanti V, Kong E, Suzuki G, Sato K, Canty JM Jr, Lee TC.; Phenotypic changes of adult porcine mesenchymal stem cells induced by prolonged passaging in culture.; Journal of Cellular Physiology.; 2005; 205; 194-201
Canty JM Jr, Suzuki G, Banas MD, Verheyen F, Borgers M, Fallavollita JA; Hibernating myocardium: Chronically adapted to ischemia but vulnerable to sudden death; Circulation Research; 2004; 194(8); 1142-1149
Thijssen VL, Borgers M, Lenders MH, Ramaekers FC, Suzuki G, Palka B, Fallavollita JA, Thomas SA, Canty JM Jr; Temporal and Spatial Variations in Structural Protein Expression During the Progression From Stunned to Hibernating Myocardium; Circulation; 2004; 110(21); 2213-2221
Canty JM Jr, Suzuki G; Heterogeneity of apoptosis and myolysis in coronary microembolization: A competition between programmed cell death and programmed cell survival; European Heart Journal; 2002; 23(11); 838-840
Luisi AJ Fallavollita,J.A. Suzuki,G. Canty,J.M.,Jr.; Spatial inhomogeneity of sympathetic nerve function in hibernating myocardium; Circulation; 2002; 106(7); 779-781
Malm BJ, Suzuki G, Canty JM Jr; Variability of Contractile Reserve in Hibernating Myocardium: Dependence on the Method of Inotropic Stimulation; Cardiovascular Research; 2002; 56(3); 422-432


GRANTS

January 2007 to January 2010
Buswell Fellowship:Cell Based Cardiac Repair in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
State University of New York at Buffalo
PI: Gen Suzuki
January 2006 to January 2009
Department of Veterans Affairs - Merit Review.Statins and Growth Factors for Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure
PI:John M. Canty,Jr. Co-PI:Gen Suzuki
January 2006 to January 2011
NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute:Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapeutics in Hibernating Myocardium
PI:Te-chung Lee, Co-PI:Gen Suzuki
January 2004 to January 2007
Scientist Development Grant: Angiogenesis and Myocyte Repair of Hibernating Myocardium with Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells
American Heart Association
Gen Suzuki
January 2001 to January 2004
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Modulation of Hibernating Myocardium by Gene Transfer
American Heart Association
Gen Suzuki