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Dr. Christopher A. Loretz

Associate Professor
647 Hochstetter Hall
phone: 716-645-2363 ext. 182
fax: 716-645-2975
email: loretz@buffalo.edu
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Research Summary

Current research centers on the physiology and evolutionary biology of salt and water balance in aquatic vertebrates. Specifically, laboratory projects explore the molecular physiology and evolution of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor, endocrine mechanisms mediating adaptive changes in drinking and alimentary tract function, and the biophysics of epithelial ion transport in the fishes.

Selected Publications

• Loretz, C.A., Pollina, C., Hyodo, S., and Takei, Y. (2009)
  Extracellular calcium-sensing receptor distribution in osmoregulatory and
  endocrine tissues of the tilapia.
  Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 161: 216-228.
  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.12.020]

• Loretz, C.A. (2008)
  Extracellular calcium-sensing receptors in fishes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 149: 225-245.
  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.01.037]

• Takei, Y., and Loretz, C.A. (2005)
  Chapter 8: Endocrinology.
  In: The Physiology of Fishes, 3rd Edition (D.H. Evans and J.B. Claiborne, Editors), CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 271-318.
  [ISBN 0-8493-2022-4]

• Loretz, C.A., Pollina, C., Hyodo, S., Takei, Y., Chang, W., and Shoback, D. (2004)
  cDNA cloning and functional expression of a Ca2+-sensing receptor with truncated carboxyterminal tail from the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus).
  J. Biol. Chem. 279: 53288-53297.
  [http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/279/51/53288]

• Loretz, C.A. (Editor) (2002)
  Looking Beyond the Borders: A Project Directors Handbook of Best Practices for International Research Experiences for Undergraduates, 102 pp.
  [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06204/]

• Loretz, C.A., and Pollina, C. (2000)
  Natriuretic peptides in fish physiology.
  Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 125: 169-187.
  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00178-6]

• Loretz, C.A., Pollina, C., Kaiya, H., Sakaguchi, H., and Takei, Y. (1997)
  Local synthesis of natriuretic peptides in the eel intestine.
  Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 238: 817-822.
  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.1997.7369]

• Link to PubMed Citations