B.S., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biological Sciences, 1993
M.S., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biological Sciences, 1996
Ph.D., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, 2002
Postdoctoral Training, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science, 2005-2007
Design, construction and purification of unique hypoxia-regulated tissue-specific self-complementary Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV) vectors for gene therapy.
AAV targeting and gene regulation.
Mechanisms involving the regulation of angiogenesis and neovascularization in diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and cancer.
Delivery of mitochondria-targeted antioxidant genes to reduce oxidative stress, vascular permeability and apoptosis in the microvasculature.
Signal transduction of the oxidative stress, apoptosis and survival pathways.
Florida Atlantic University College of Biomedical Science, Research Assistant Professor, 2006
Florida Atlantic University College of Biomedical Science, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2007
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Postdoctoral Associate, 2002-2003
Nachman-Clewner, M., Giblin, F.J., C., Dorey, K.C., Blanks, R.H., Kantorow, M., Runco, J.B., Dang, L., Dougherty, C.J., and Blanks, J.C. Selective Degeneration of Central Retinal Photoreceptors Following Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in Normal and Metallothionein-Knockout Mice. To be submitted in August, 2007.
Dougherty, C.J., Smith, G.W., Prentice, H.M., Dorey, Li, J., Webster, K.A. and Blanks, J.C. Cell-Specific and Hypoxia-Regulated Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Targeting the Retinal Pigmented Epithelium. Accepted with Revision to Molecular Vision, July 2007.
Frazier, D.P., Wilson, A., Dougherty, C.J., Li, H., Bishopric, N.H., and Webster, K.A. PKC-α and TAK-1 are Intermediates in the Activation of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) by Hypoxia-Reoxygenation. Am. J. Physiol. 2007; 292:H1675-H1684.
Dougherty, C.J., Kubasiak, L.A., Frazier, D.P., Li, H., Xiong, W., Bishopric, N.H., and Webster, K.A. Mitochondrial Signals Initiate the Activation of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase by Hypoxia Reoxygenation. FASEB Journal 2004 July 18(10):1060-1070.
Dougherty, C.J., Kubasiak, L.A., Prentice, H., Andreka, P., Bishopric, N.H., and Webster, K.A. Activation of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Promotes Survival of Cardiac Myocytes after Oxidative Stress. Biochemical Journal 2002, 362:561-571.
Andreka, P.J., Zang, J., Dougherty, C.J., Slepak, T.I., Webster, K.A., Bishopric, N.H. Cytoprotection by Jun Kinase During Nitric Oxide-Induced Cardiac Myocyte Apoptosis. Circulation Research 2001; 88: 305-312.