Name:
Duaa Dakhlallah

Education:
Mu’tah University, Jordan, B.A.
AL-Bayt University, Jordan, M.A.
California State University, M.A.

Mentor:
Clay Marsh, M.D.

Research Interests:
I am evaluating the role of microRNA cluster 17-92 in lung disease. Current studies are underway to examine the gene targets of the microRNA cluster and its transcriptional regulation.

Publications:

1. Zender G, Krits I, Dakhlallah D, Lee BS. 2002. Abstract of Control of V-ATPase expression by alternate polyadenylation in proximal tubular epithelial cells. J Am Soc Nephrol, 13: 11A.
2. Jeyaraj S, Dakhlallah D, Hill S, Lee BS. 2004. Abstract of AU-rich elements in the regulation of V-ATPase mRNA expression. Gordon Conference on Molecular and Cellular Bioenergetics.
3. Jeyaraj S, Dakhlallah D, Hill S, Lee BS. 2004. Abstract of Stabilization of V-ATPase mRNAs by RNA-binding proteins during ATP depletion. J Am Soc Nephrol, 15: 50A.
4. Jeyaraj S, Dakhlallah D, Hill S, Lee BS. 2004. Abstract of Alterations in the expression and distribution of the RNA-binding protein HuR during ATP depletion and recovery. J Am Soc Nephrol, 15: 717A.
5. Jeyaraj, Selvi; Dakhlallah, Duaa; Hill, Stephanie, R; Lee, Beth S. 2005. HuR stabilizes vacuolar H+-translocating ATPase mRNA during cellular energy depletion. The Journal of biological chemistry, 280 (45): 37957-64.
6. Jeyaraj S, Dakhlallah D, Hill SR, Lee BS. 2006. Expression and distribution of HuR during ATP depletion and recovery in proximal tubule cells. Am. J. Physiol.-Renal Physiol., 291: F1255-F1263.
7. Jeyaraj S, Singh M, Dakhlallah D, Lee BS: A role for the mRNA-stabilizing protein HuR in protection from cellular ATP depletion (4th Annual Renal Week Meeting, The American Society of Nephrology, San Diego, CA 2006).