1. Reena Rao, S Patel, C Hao, J Woodgett, RC Harris (2009) Renal Collecting Duct-
Specific Knockout of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Reduces Response to
Vasopressin by Modulating Adenylate Cyclase Activity, J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Jan
7 PMID: 20056751 (Corresponding Author)
2. Reena Rao, C Hao, R Redha, DH Wasserman, OP McGuinness and MD Breyer
(2007) Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Inhibition Improves Insulin Stimulated Glucose
Metabolism but not Hypertension in High Fat Fed C57/BL6J Mice. Diabetologia (50)
452-460, PMID:17151860. (Corresponding Author).
3. Reena Rao, R Redha, I Macias-Perez, Y Su, MT Hwang, R Zent, MD Breyer and A
Pozzi, (2007) Prostaglandin E2-EP4 receptor promotes endothelial cell migration
and angiogenesis in vivo. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282(23):16959-68.
PMID:17401137.
4. Reena Rao, M Zhang, MD Breyer and C Hao, (2005) Lithium Treatment Inhibits
Renal GSK3 Activity and Promotes COX 2 Dependent Polyuria. American Journal
of Renal Physiology 288(4):F642-9. PMID:15585669.
5. Jin Chen, Zhao M, Reena Rao, Inoue H, and Hao C (2005) C/EBPß and its binding
element are required for NFB-induced COX2 expression following hypertonic stress.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 280:16354-9. PMID:15713664.
6. Reena Rao, C Hao and MD Breyer (2004) Hypertonic stress activates GSK-3beta
mediated apoptosis of renal medullary interstitial cells, suppressing a NFkappa B
driven, cyclooxygenase-2 dependent survival pathway. Journal of Biological
Chemistry, 6:3949-3955. PMID: 14607840.
7. YouFei Guan, Hao C, Cha DR, Reena Rao, Lu WJ, Kohan D, Mark, Magnuson, Y
Zang and MD Breyer (2005) Thiazolidinediones Expand Body Fluid Volume by
Activating PPAR dependent sodium absorption in the collecting duct Nature
Medicine (8) 861-866. PMID:16007095.
8. Andre Schneider, Y Zang, M Zang, WJ Lu, Reena Rao, RM Breyer, RC Harris, Y
Guan and MD Breyer (2004), Membrane-associated PGE synthase-1 (mPGES-1)
is coexpressed with both COX 1 and COX 2 in the kidney. Kidney International, 65:
1205-1213. PMID:15086459.
9. YaHua Zang, A Schneider, Reena Rao, WJ Lu, XF Fan, L Davis, RM Breyer, MD
Breyer and Y Guan (2003), Genomic structure and genitourinary expression of
mouse cytosolic prostaglandin E2 synthase (cPGES) gene. Biochimica et
Biophysica Acta, 1634: 15-23. PMID:14563409.
10. Reena Rao and B.R.Lokesh (2003) Stearic acid containing structured lipids
synthesized from coconut oil exhibits lipidemic effects in rats similar to those of
cocoa butter, Lipids, 38:913-918. PMID:14584598.
11. Reena Rao and B.R.Lokesh, (2003), Nutritional evaluation of an omega 6 fatty acid
enriched structured lipid synthesized from coconut oil. Molecular and Cellular
Biochemistry, 248:25-33. PMID:12870651.
12. Reena Rao, S. Divakar and B.R.Lokesh, (2002), Plackett -Burman design for
determining the preference of Rhizomucor miehei lipase for fatty acids in acidolysis
reactions with coconut oil Journal of American Oil Chemist’s Society, 79 (6): 555560.
13. Reena Rao, B. Manohar, K. Sambaiah and BR.Lokesh, (2002) Enzymatic acidolysis
in hexane to produce n-3 or n-6 fatty acid enriched structured lipids from coconut oil:
optimization of reactions by response surface methodology. Journal of American Oil
Chemist’s Society, 79(9): 885-890.
14. Reena Rao, K.Udaya Sankar, K. Sambaiah and B.R.Lokesh, (2001), Enzymatic
interesterification for the synthesis of structured lipids from coconut oil triglycerides:
DSC study, European Journal of Food Research and Technology, 212 (3) 334-343.
15. Reena Rao, C Hao, MD Breyer (2007) Renal Medullary Interstitial Cells in Renal
Stone Disease: Proceedings of the First International Urolithiasis Research
Symposium. A.P. Evan,J.E. Lingeman, and J.C. Williams, eds. American Institute of
Physics, Melville, NY. P# 49-56 (Invited Review)