Donna H. Korzick

Ph.D., 1994, Physiology, Penn State
Associate Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology
Chair, Intercollege Program in Physiology

Contact Information

106 Noll Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802

(814) 865-5679
Fax: (814) 865-4602

dhk102@psu.edu

Research Interests

Post-menopausal women, aging and cardiovascular disease risk; animal models of estrogen deficiency, ischemia-reperfusion injury and cardioprotection with a particular emphasis on estrogen receptors, PKC-dependent signaling and exercise.

Selected Publications

Hunter JC, Kostyak JC, Novotny JL, Simpson AM, and Korzick DH.  Estrogen deficiency decreases ischemic tolerance reduces in aged rat myocardium:  roles of PKCδ, PKCε, Akt, and GSK3β.   Am J Physiol.  292:  R800-R809, 2007.

Korzick DH, JC Kostyak, JC Hunter and KW Saupe.  Local Delivery of PKCε-Activating Peptide Mimics Ischemic Preconditioning in Aged Hearts Through GSK3β but not F1ATPase Inactivation.  Am J Physiol. 293:  H2056-H2063, 2007.

Novotny JL, Simpson AM, Tomicek NA, Lancaster TL and Korzick DH.   Rapid Estrogen Receptor-α Activation Improves Ischemic Tolerance in Aged Female Rats Through a Novel PKCe-Dependent Mechanism.  Endocrinology (revision in review).