Areas of Interest
My principal research interests are:
- Calcium Homeostasis
- Calcium Transport in Intestine and Kidney
- Calcium in Bones and Teeth
- Ion Transport
- Metabolic Bone Diseases
- Modeling of Calcium Metabolism
I do not have a laboratory. Current research, with the
collaboration of Dr. Boris Slepchenko, Department of Cell
Biology, consists of modeling the metabolism of lanthanum.
I am editor, with Dr. Mary C Farach-Carson, University of
Delaware, of Topics in Bone Biology, published by
Springer-UK. Volume 1, Bone Formation, has been
published. Vol. 2, Bone Resorption, is with the printers.
Vol. 3, Engineering of Skeletal Functional Tissues, is
being written. I am also editor of Nutritional and Clinical
Management of Chronic Conditions and Diseases, now being
edited and to be published by CRC Press.
Selected Publications
Calcium Homeostasis
Bronner, F., Stein, W. D. (1995) Calcium homeostasis – an old
problem revisited. J. Nutr. 125:1987S-1995S.
Calcium Transport in Intestine and Kidney
Bronner, F. (2003) Mechanisms and functional aspects of
intestinal calcium absorption. J. Exp. Zool. 300A: 47-52.
Slepchenko, B, Bronner, F (2001) Modeling of transcellular Ca
transport in rat duodenum points to co-existence of two
mechanisms of apical entry. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol .281:
C270- C281.
Calcium in Bones and Teeth
Giniger, M. S., L. Norton, S. Sousa, J. A. Lorenzo, and F.
Bronner. (1991) A human periodontal ligament fibroblast clone
releases a bone resorption inhibition factor in vitro. J. Dent.
Res. 70: 99-101.
Ion Transport
Bronner, F., editor 1985 - 1990. Current Topics in Membranes and
Transport. vols. 21, 24, 25, 29, 32, 37. Academic Press: New
York and Orlando.
Metabolic Bone Diseases
Bronner, F., Stein (1995) Calcium Nutrition and Osteoporosis.In:
Nutrition and Health – Topics and Controversies. F. Bronner, ed.
CRC Press, Boca Raton. Pp.113-135
Clinical Studies
Abrams, S A, Chanler, R J, Yergey, A L, Vieira, N A, Bronner, F.
(1994) Compartmental analysis of calcium metabolism in very
low-birth-weight infants. Ped. Res. 36:424-428 |
