Dr. Hongbao Ma

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

American Heart Association (AHA): Relationship of Inflammation and Thrombosis, US$214,500, Pending, 2005 to 2007.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Gene Transfer into Schistosome as a Therapy Tool, US$415,250, Pending, 2005 to 2007.
American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery: Laser Stabilization of Vulnerable Plaque to Prevent Heart Attacks (Collaborator), US$21,000, 2004 to 2005.
Michigan State University Intramural Research Grants Program: Gene Transfer into Schistosome as a Therapy Tool, US$50,000, Pending, 2004 to 2006.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide and Hypertension (Collaborator), US$136,125, 2003 to 2008.
American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery: Laser Stabilization of Vulnerable Plaque to Prevent Heart Attacks (Collaborator), US$30,000, 2003 to 2004.

• Hongbao Ma, Gene Transfer Technique, Nature and Science, 3(1), 31-36, 2005
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Amrita Karve, Ibrahim Shah, Scott C Supowit, Donald J DiPette, George S Abela, Gender Specific Effects of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide and Substance P Gene Knockout Mice on Coronary Blood Flow Rates, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 45(3 (Suppl A)), 410A, 2005
• Roshan Patel, Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Amrita Karve, Kevin Taylor, George Abela, Aspirin Significantly Reduces Excimer Laser Induced Platelet Aggregation, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 17(Supplement), 89, 2005
• Hongbao Ma, Roshan Patel, Ruiping Huang, Charan Kantipudi, Kevin Taylor, George Abela, Excimer Laser Energy Induces Thrombolysis With Less Debris At Lower Energies, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 17(Supplement), 13, 2005
• Hongbao Ma, Simultaneous Determination of Metallothionein and Thionein With Cadmium-hemoglobin Saturation Method, Journal of American Science, 1(1), 28-33, 2005
• Hongbao Ma, Concept and Protocol to Isolate Cholesterol-reducing Bacteria From Carnivores, Nature and Science, 2(4), 11-17, 2004
• Imran S. Virk, Kate Claycombe, Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Andrew Abela, Roshan Patel, George S. Abela, Rising Levels of CRP and PAI-1 After Plaque Disruption Are Associated With Thrombosis, Circulation, 110(17), III-311, 26 Oct 2004
• Hongbao Ma, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP), Nature and Science, 2(3), 41-47, 01 Oct 2004
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Kate Claycombe, George S. Abela, C-reactive Protein Rise Is Associated With the Development of Acute Events in a Model of Plaque Rupture and Thrombosis, FASEB Journal, 18(8), C193-194, 14 May 2004
• Hongbao Ma, Cheng Chi, George S. Abela, Increase in Ambient Temperature Enhances Gene Transfer Into Human Smooth Muscle Cells, FASEB Journal, 18(8), C293, 14 May 2004
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, George S. Abela, Excimer Laser Irradiation Alters Platelet Aggregation Based on Total Energy, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 16(Supplement), 6, 22 Mar 2004
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Oliver Abela, Sricharan Kantipudi, George S. Abela, Ischemia Does Not Alter Myocardial Function After Transmyocardial Revascularization, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 16(Supplement), 12, 22 Mar 2004
• Hongbao Ma, Cheng Chi, George S. Abela, Increased Ambient Temperature Enhances Human Interleukin-2 Gene Transfer Into Cultured Myocytes, Journal of Investigative Medicine, 52(2), S390, March 2004
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, George S. Abela, Heat Shock Protein 70 Expression Is Reduced in Rat Myocardium Following Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization, Journal of Investigative Medicine, 52(2), S352, March 2004
• Hongbao Ma, Technique of Animal Clone, Nature and Science, 2(1), 29-35, March 2004
• Anthony C. DeFranco, Hongbao Ma, SriCharan C. Kantipudi, George S. Abela, Anatomy, Physiology, and Response to Vascular Injury, In Peripheral Vasular Disease - Basic Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches, Edited By George S. Abela, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, New York, 1-22, 2004
• Hongbao Ma, The Nature of Time and Space, Nature and Science, 1(1), 1-11, November 2003
• George S. Abela, Ruiping Huang, Hongbao Ma, Alejandro R. Prieto, Ming Lei, Alvin H. Schmaier, Kenneth A. Schwartz, John M. Davis, Laser-light Scattering, a New Method for Continuous Monitoring of Platelet Activation in Circulating Fluid, Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 141(1), 50-57, January 2003
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Elie Hage-Korban, Alok Maheshwari, Xiaotan Qiao, Michael G. Dickinson, George S. Abela, Arterial Wall Tissue Content of Cholesterol Directly Correlates With the Extent of Arterial Thrombosis After An Acute Vascular Event, FASEB Experimental Biology, 8, LB38, 2003
• Abela GS, Huang R, Ma H, Prieto AR, Lei M, Schmaier AH, Schwartz KA, Davis JM, Laser-light Scattering, a New Method for Continuous Monitoring of Platelet Activation in Circulating Fluid, The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 141(1), 50-7, January 2003
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, George S Abela, Ibrahim Shah, Khursed A Katki, Huawei Zhao, Donald J DiPette, Scott C Supowit, Coronary Flow Rate Is Decreased in the Alpha-calcitonin Gene-related Peptide Knockout Mouse, 56th Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research in Association With the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, 56, 23, 25 Sep 2002
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Alejandro R. Prieto, George S. Abela., Pravastatin Preserves Vasomotor Response in Atherosclerotic Arteries After Balloon Angioplasty, FASEB Experimental Biology, (48) LB244, 19 Apr 2002
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Mehdi Khosravi, Elie E. Hage-Korban, Oliver G. Abela, George S. Abela, In the Whole Heart Preparation the Number of Transmyocardial Laser Channels Defines Myocardial Function, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 14(Supplement), 50 (175), 18 Mar 2002
• Alejandro R. Prieto, Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Gauhar Khan, Kenneth A. Schwartz, Elie E. Hage-Korban, Alvin H. Schmaier, John M. Davis, Ahmed A.K. Hasan, George S. Abela, Thrombostatin, a Bradykinin Metabolite, Reduces Platelet Activation in a Model of Arterial Wall Injury, Cardiovascular Research, 53(4), 984-992, March 2002
• Prieto AR, Ma H, Huang R, Khan G, Schwartz KA, Hage-Korban EE, Schmaier AH, Davis JM, Hasan AA, Abela GS, Thrombostatin, a Bradykinin Metabolite, Reduces Platelet Activation in a Model of Arterial Wall Injury, Cardiovascular Research, 53(4), 984-92, March 2002
• Elie E. Hage-Korban, Khalid Ghosheh, Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Oliver G. Abela, George S. Abela, Rakesh C. Arora, Potential Mechanisms of Myocardial Revascularization Techniques: Channels, Functional and Structural Remodeling, Angiogenesis, Denervation, Or Placebo, In: Myocardial Revascularization, Wiley-Liss, Inc., 81-98, 2002
• Elie E. Hage-Korban, Hongbao Ma, George S. Abela, Elevated Glucose Concentration Exaggerates the Inhibitory Effects of Balloon Angioplasty on Arterial Vasoreactivity, Scientific Conference on Molecular, Integrative, and Clinical Approaches to Myocardial Ischemia By American Heart Association, P58, 9 Aug 2001
• Elie E. Hage-Korban, Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Terrence Whiteman, Mazen Al-Hamwy, Khalid Ghosheh, Joel Eisenberg, Oliver G. Abela, George S. Abela, Effect of Transmyocardial Laser on Heart Function, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 13(Supplement), 46, 2001
• Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Alejandro R. Prieto, Guahar R. Khan, Elie E. Hage-Korban, John Davis, Kenneth A. Schwartz, George S. Abela, Alvin H. Schmaier, Ahmed A. Hasan, Thrombostatin, a PAR1 Inhibitor, Reduces Both Platelet Aggregation and Adhesion After Arterial Wall Injury With Balloon Angioplasty, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1111(Supplement), 45, 2000
• Elie E. Hage-Korban, Hongbao Ma, Alejandro R. Prieto, Xiaotan Qiao, Firas Akhrass, Ruiping Huang, George S. Abela, Beta-carotene Preserves Endothelium Dependent Relaxation in An Atherosclerotic Model of Plaque Disruption and Thrombosis, Am Coll Phys, 1999
• Guahar R. Khan, Hongbao Ma, Ruiping Huang, Alejandro R. Prieto, Elie E. Hage-Korban, Kenneth A. Schwartz, George S. Abela, Alvin H. Schmaier, Ahmed A. Hasan, Inhibition of Platelet Adhesion By Thrombostatin, a PAR1 Activation Inhibitor, in a Model of Arterial Wall Injury Using Balloon Angioplasty, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 904, 2, 1999
• Ruiping Huang, Hongbao Ma, Alejandro R. Prieto, Guahar R. Khan, Elie E. Hage-Korban, Kenneth A. Schwartz, John M. Davis, George S. Abela, Laser-light Scattering As a New Method for Measuring Platelet Aggregate Formation in Arteries Following Balloon Injury, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 11(Supplement), 8(30), 1999
• Hongbao Ma, Uma Gunoganti, Alejandro R. Prieto, Ruiping Huang, George S. Abela, Elevated Glucose Concentration Inhibits Normal Vasomotor Function Following Vascular Crush Injury, FASEB Experimental Biology, LB5, 1999
• Li Lingyuan, Ma Hongbao, An Yu, Ru Binggen, Isolation and Purification of Metallothionein From Liver and Intestine of Giant Salamander Induced By Cadmium, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 32(4), 534-542, 1996
• Li Lingyuan, Ma Hongbao, Lu Yingchun, Ru Binggen, Analysis of Metallothionein Content of Organs and Tissues of Hedgehog Under the Condition of Metal Inducement, Theriologica Sinica, 15(1), 65-70, September 1995
• Li Lingyuan, Ma Hongbao, Ru Binggen, Isolation, Purification and Biochemical Properties of Metallothionein From Earthworm (Pheretima Guilleimi), Chinese Biochemical Journal, 10(4), 444-450, August 1995
• Ma Hongbao, Li Lingyuan, Lu Yingchun, Ru Binggen, The Analysis and Comparison of Metallothionein From Different Tissues of Rabbit and Rat Induced By Heavy Metals, Acta Animala Sinica, 1995
• Ma Hongbao, Li Lingyuan, Lu Yingchun, Ru Binggen, Preliminary Studies on Metal Resistance and Supplement of Metallothionein Synthesis in Earthworm, Animala Sinica, Supplement, 161-167, 1995
• Ma Hongbao, Xiao Quishan, Li Lingyuan, Ru Binggen, The Studies of Ultraviolet Absorption, Fluorescence, Circular Dichroism and Raman Spectroscopy of Metallothionein From Liver of Hedgehog and Earthworm Induced By Cadmium, The First East Asian Symposium on Biophysics, 78, 16 May 1994
• Ma Hongbao, Xiao Guishan, Tong Xiangjun, Li Lingyuan, Min Guangwei, Zhai Zhonghe, Ru Binggen, The Isolation and Purification, Ultraviolet Absorption, Fluorescence Emission, Circular Dichroism and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Metallothioneins From Earthworm Induced By Cadmium, Acta Biophsca Sinica, 10(4), 529-536, 1994
• Ma Hongbao, Li Lingyuan, Ru Binggen, Isolation, Purification and Biochemical Properties of Metallothionein From Liver of Hedgehog Induced By Cadmium, Proceedings of International Symposium on the Frontiers of Peptide-protein Chemistry and Biotechnology, 75-83, 25 Aug 1993
• Li Lingyuan, Ma Hongbao, Ru Binggen, Isolation, Purification and Biochemical Properties of Cadmium-binding Proteins From Earthworm Induced By Cadmium, International Symposium on the Frontiers of Peptide Protein Chemistry and Biotechnology, 18, 25 Aug 1993
• Ma Hongbao, Li Lingyuan, Ru Binggen, Isolation, Purification and Biochemical Properties of Metallothionein From Liver of Hedgehog Induced By Cadmium, International Symposium on the Frontiers of Peptide-protein Chemistry and Biotechnology, 18, 25 Aug 1993
• Li Lingyuan, Ma Hongbao, A Hot Topic in Biochemistry-metallothionein, World Agriculture, 172(8), 26-27, 10 Aug 1993
• Pan A, Tie F, Duan Z, Ma H, Li L, Ru B, Purification and Characterization of Hedgehog Liver Metallothioneins, Biomedical Chromatography : Bmc, 7(2), 94-8, 1993
• Ma Hongbao, Li Lingyuan, Lu Yingchun, Ru Binggen, Analysis on Metallothionein of Organs and Tissues of Hedgehog Under the Condition of Metal Exposure, Chinese Biochemical Journal, 7, 105-106, 1993
• Aihua Pan, Feng Tie, Zhengwen Duan, Hongbao Ma, Lingyuan Li, Binggen Ru, Purification and Characterization of Hedgehog Liver Metallothionein, Biochemical Chromatography, 7, 94-98, 1993
• Ma Hongbao, Trace Elements and Life, The Earth, 73(5), 19, 1993
• Tie Feng, Pan Aihua, Li Lingyuan, Ma Hongbao, Ru Binggen, Measurement of Sulphyl-containing Protein During Purification of Metallothionein Or Metallothionein Proteins, The 6th Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists Congress, 209, 16 Nov 1992
• Lu Xiangyang, Rao Liqun, Yi Jianhua, Ma Hongbao, Luo Zemin, Effects of Temperature and Daylength on Fertility of ¡°An Nong S-1¡± and the Mechanism of Its Pollen Abortion, Journal of Hunan Agriculture College, 17(3), 427-433, 1991
• Zhang Ziyou, Shao Mengming, Qi Shengli, Guo Xiaoxia, Ma Hongbao, Ren Hongqi, Study on Wax Secretion Capacity of the White Wax Insect in China, Zoological Research, 9(1), 93-97, 1988
• Zhang Ziyou, Shao Mengming, Wang Zhongjie, Ma Hongbao, Ming Shuhong, Huang Min, Chen Changyou, Wax-producing Quantity of White Wax Insect Under the Different Ecological Condition, La Animala Mondon, 3(2-3), 95-98, 1986
• Ma Jiming, Ma Hongbao, Wang Yuguo, Du Liang, Ma Xiaoping, The Experiments of Asexual Reproduction of Bambusa Emeiensis, Science and Technology of Shaanxi Forestry, 3, 14-16, 1986
• Zhang Ziyou, Shao Mengming, Ren Hongqi, Ma Hongbao, Power of the White Wax Insect (Ericerus Pela Xhavannes) to Resist Wind and Its Application to the Production of Insect Wax, La Animala Mondon, 2(2), 125-131, 1985
• Zhang Ziyou, Shao Mengming, Ma Jiming, Ma Hongbao, Ming Shuhong, Yang Kaimu, Ma Xiaoping, Study on Breeding White Wax Insect Under Different Ecological Condition, La Amimala Mondon, 2(2-3), 227-233, 1985