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Photo of Jay A. Nadel, MD  Jay A. Nadel, MD

Professor, Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Radiology, UCSF

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(415) 476-1105 (voice)
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Box 0130, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0130

Education

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, A.B., 1949, Physiology
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, M.D., 1953, Medicine

Professional Experience

  • 1964-present
    Senior Staff Member, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF
  • 1960-1978
    Chief, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Cardiovasular Research Institute, UCSF
  • 1970-present
    Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
  • 1974-present
    Professor, Department of Radiology, UCSF
  • 1977-present
    Professor, Department of Physiology, UCSF
  • 1977-present
    Director, NIH Multidisciplinary Research Training Program in Pulmonary Diseases, CVRI
  • 1979-1997
    Director, NIH Program Project Grant HL-24136
  • 1983-1996
    Director, UCSF Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
  • 1968-1999
    Chief, Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Medicine, UCSF

Honors & Awards

  • 1960
    Gianninni Award
  • 1984
    Clean Air Award, ALA Calif
  • 1984
    California Medal, American Lung Association Calif
  • 1987
    Honorary Member Cal Thoracic Society
  • 1987
    Distinguished Lecturer in Physiology, American College of Chest Physicians
  • 1990
    Pfizer Visiting Professor, Royal Society of Medicine
  • 1991
    Honorary Degree of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ferrara
  • 1992
    Crocker Clean Air Award, American Lung Association
  • 1992
    Sam J. Sills Honorary Lectureship, University of Southern California
  • 1992
    Distinguished Achievement Award, Ben Gurion University
  • 1992
    Robert F. Johnston, M.D., Honorary Lecturer, Philadelphia
  • 1993
    Amberson Honorary Lecturer, American Thoracic Society
  • 1994
    Medal of The University of Helsinki
  • 1994
    Honorary Member, German Society of Pulmonology
  • 1994
    Honorary Member, Finnish Association of Pulmonary Physicians
  • 1996
    Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Lund, Sweden
  • 1997
    Trudeau Medal, American Thoracic Society
  • 1997
    Honorary Degree in Law: Dickinson Law School, Carlisle, PA
  • 1998
    Alumni Achievement Award, Jefferson Medical College (JH Coley Lectureship)
  • 1998
    Best Doctors of America
  • 1999
    Best Doctors of SF Bay Area

Selected Publications

  • Widdicombe JG, Kent DC, Nadel JA. Mechanisms of bronchoconstriction during inhalation of dust. J Appl Physiol 17:613-616, 1962.
  • Nadel JA, Salem H, Tamplin B, Tokiwa Y. Mechanism of bronchoconstriction during inhalation of sulfur dioxide. J Appl Physiol 20:164-167, 1965.
  • Simonsson BG, Jacobs FM, Nadel JA. Role of autonomic nervous system and the cough reflex in the increased responsiveness of airways in patients with obstructive airway disease. J Clin Invest 46:1812-1818, 1967.
  • Goldsmith JR, Nadel JA. Experimental exposure of human subjects to ozone. J Air Pollut Control Assoc 19:329-330, 1969.
  • Olver RE, Davis B, Marin MG, Nadel JA. Active transport of Na+ and Cl- across the canine tracheal epithelium in vitro. Am Rev Respir Dis 112:811-815, 1975.
  • Empey DW, Laitinen LA, Jacobs L, Gold WM, Nadel JA. Mechanisms of bronchial hyperreactivity in normal subjects following upper respiratory tract infection. Am Rev Respir Dis 113:131-139, 1976.
  • Sheppard D, Wong WS, Uehara CF, Nadel JA, Boushey HA. Lower threshold and greater bronchomotor responsiveness of asthmatic subjects to sulfur dioxide. Am Rev Respir Dis 122:873-878, 1980.
  • Sheppard D, Saisho A, Nadel JA, Boushey HA. Exercise increases sulfur dioxide-induced bronchoconstriction in asthmatic subjects. Am Rev Respir Dis 123:486-491, 1981.
  • Sigal E, Craik CS, Highland E, Grunberger D, Costello LL, Dixon RAF, Nadel JA. Molecular cloning and primary structure of human 15-lipoxygenase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 157:457-464, 1988.
  • Sekizawa K, Caughey GH, Lazarus SC, Gold WM, Nadel JA. Mast cell tryptase causes airway smooth muscle hyperresponsiveness in dogs. J Clin Invest 83:175-179, 1989.
  • Sommerhoff CP, Nadel JA, Basbaum CB, Caughey GH. Neutrophil elastase and cathepsin G stimulate secretion from cultured bovine airway gland serous cells. J Clin Invest 85:682-689, 1990.
  • Nadel JA, Ueki IF, Schuster A, Conrad DJ, Sigal E. Immunocytochemical localization of arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase in erythrocytes, leukocytes, and airway cells. J Clin Invest 87:1139-1145, 1991.
  • Rosenecker J, Zhang W, Hong K, Lausier J, Geppetti P, Yoshihara S, Papahadjopoulos D, Nadel JA. Increased liposome extravasation in selected tissues: effect of substance P. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 93:7236-7241, 1996.
  • Takeyama K, Agustí C, Ueki I, Lausier J, Cardell LO, Nadel JA. Neutrophil-dependent goblet cell degranulation: role of membrane-bound elastase and adhesion molecules. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 19:L294-L302, 1998.
  • Takeyama K, Dabbagh K, Lee H-M, Agustí C, Lausier JA, Ueki IF, Grattan KM, Nadel JA. Epidermal growth factor system regulates mucus production in airways. Proc Nat Acad Sci, 96:3081-3086, 1999.
  • Burgel P-R, Escudier E, Coste A, Dao-Pick T, Ueki IF, Takeyama K, Shim JJ, Murr AH, Nadel JA. Relation of EGF receptor expression to goblet cell hyperplasia in nasal polyps. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol, 106:705-712, 2000.
  • Lee H-M, Takeyama K, Dabbagh K, Lausier JA, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Agarose plug instillation causes goblet cell metaplasia by activating EGF receptors in rat airways. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Physiol 278:L185-L192, 2000.
  • Lee H-M, Malm L, Dabbagh K, Dao-Pick T, Ueki IF, Kim S, Shim JJ, Nadel JA. Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling mediates regranulation of nasal goblet cells. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 107:1046-1050, 2001.
  • Takeyama K, Dabbagh K, Shim JJ, Dao-Pick T, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Oxidative stress causes mucin synthesis via transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor: role of neutrophils. J Immunol, 164:1546-1552, 2000.
  • Shim JJ, Dabbagh K, Ueki IF, Dao-Pick T, Burgel P-R, Takeyama K, Tam D C-W, Nadel JA. Interleukin-13 induces mucin production by stimulating epidermal growth factor receptors and by activating neutrophils. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 280:L134-L140, 2001.
  • Takeyama K, Jung B, Shim JJ, Burgel P-R, Dao-Pick T, Ueki IF, Protin U, Kroschel P, Nadel JA. Activation of epidermal growth factor receptors is responsible for mucin synthesis induced by cigarette smoke. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 280:L165-L172, 2001.
  • Takeyama K, Fahy JV, Nadel JA. Relationship of epidermal growth factor receptors to airway goblet cell production. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 163:511-516, 2001.
  • Kim S, Shim JJ, Burgel P-R, Ueki IF, Dao-Pick T, Tam D C-W, Nadel JA. IL-13-induced clara cell secretory protein expression in airway epithelium: role of EGFR signaling pathway. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Biol, 283:L67-L75, 2002.
  • Kohri K, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Neutrophil elastase induces mucin production by ligand-dependent epidermal growth factor receptor activation. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 283:L531-L540, 2002.
  • Kohri K, Ueki IF, Shim JJ, Burgel P-R, Oh Y-M, Tam DC, Dao-Pick T, Nadel JA. Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces MUC5AC production via epidermal growth factor receptor. Eur Respir J, 20:1263-1270, 2002.
  • Nadel JA. Role of epidermal growth factor cascade in airway hypersecretion and proposal for novel therapy. In: Cilia and Mucus: From Development to Respiratory Disease. Salathe M, Satir P, Adler KB, Boucher RD, eds., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 315-337, 2001.
  • Burgel P-R, Nadel JA. Mucus and mucin-secreting cells. In: Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management. Barnes PJ, Drazen JM, Rennard S, Thompson NC, eds., Academic Press, London, pp. 155-163, 2002.
  • Shao M XG, Ueki IF, Nadel JA. Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Converting Enzyme (TACE) mediates MUC5AC expression in cultured human airway epithelial cells. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 100:11618-23, 2003.
  • Shao MXG, Nakanaga T, Nadel JA. Cigarette smoke induces MUC5AC mucin overproduction via tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme in human airway epithelial cells. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 287:L420-L427, 2004.
  • Kim S, Nadel JA. Role of neutrophils in mucus hypersecretion in COPD and implications for therapy. In: Treatments in Respiratory Medicine 3:147-159, 2004.
  • Burgel P, Nadel JA. Roles of epidermal growth factor receptor activation in epithelial cell repair and mucin production in airway epithelium. In: Thorax 59:992-996, 2004.

Updated: September 21, 2010