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Capehart, Anthony A.


 

Name:

Dr. Anthony A. Capehart

Title:

Associate Professor

Area of Study: 

Developmental Biology

Phone:

252-328-6296

Fax:

252- 328-4178

E-mail:

capehartt@ecu.edu

Office:

Howell Science C-407

Address:

Department of Biology

 

East Carolina University

 

Greenville, NC 27858



Tony Capehart

 

 

Professional Positions
1994-1997     Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1997-1999     Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1999-2005         Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2005-present  Associate Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Professional Memberships
North Carolina Academy of Science
Sigma Xi
Society for Developmental Biology

Awards
1987-1988  Department of Biological Sciences Competitive Research Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
1988-1989  Dean's Fellowship, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
1991-1993  National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award

Selected peer-reviewed publications

1. Capehart, AA and CT Hackney.  1989.  The potential role of roots and rhizomes in structuring
salt marsh benthic communities. Estuaries 12: 119-122.

2. Capehart, AA, DM Biddulph, MM Dozier, and NC Julian.  1990.  Responsiveness of
adenylate cyclase to PGE2 and forskolin in isolated cells from micromass cultures of
chick limb mesenchyme during chondrogenesis.  Prostaglandins 39:167-178.

3. Capehart, AA and DM Biddulph.  1991.  Development of PTH-responsive adenylate cyclase activity during chondrogenesis in cultured mesenchyme from chick limb buds.  Calcif.Tissue Int. 48: 400-406.

4. Capehart, AA and DM Biddulph.  1991.  Effects of a putative prostaglandin E2 antagonist, AH6809, on chondrogenesis in serum-free cultures of chick limb mesenchyme.  J. Cell Physiol. 147: 403-411.

5. Biddulph, DM, AA Capehart, and TC Beasley.  1991.  Comparative effects of cytosine arabinoside and a prostaglandin E2 antagonist, AH6809, on chondrogenesis in serum-free cultures of chick limb mesenchyme.  Exp. Cell Res. 196: 131-133.

6. Capehart, AA, RM Dillaman, and TA Ballard.  1992.  Use of rhodamine 123 to identify viable cells isolated from embryonic chick calvaria.  J. Tissue Cult. Meth. 14: 79-84. 
         
7. Krug, EL, M Reazee, K Isokawa, DK Turner, LL Litke, AM Wunsch, JL Bain, DA Riley, AA Capehart, and RR Markwald.  1995.  Transformation of cardiac endothelium into cushion mesenchyme is dependent upon ES/130: temporal, spatial, and functional studies in the early chick embryo.  Cell Mol. Biol. Res. 41: 263-277.

8. Capehart, AA, MM Wienecke, GT Kitten, M Solursh, and EL Krug.  1997.  Production of a monoclonal antibody by in vitro immunization that recognizes a native chondroitin sulfate epitope in the embryonic chick limb and heart.  J. Histochem. Cytochem. 45: 1567-1581.

9. Capehart, AA and DM Biddulph.  1997.  Changes in adenylate cyclase activity during chondrogenesis in chick limb mesenchyme.  Meth. Cell Science 19: 121-127.

10. Mjaatvedt, CH, H Yamamura, AA Capehart, D Turner, and RR Markwald.  1998.  The Cspg2 gene, disrupted in the hdf mutant, is required for right cardiac chamber and endocardial cushion formation.  Dev. Biol. 202: 56-66.

11. Capehart, AA, CH Mjaatvedt, S Hoffman, and EL Krug.  1999.  Dynamic expression of a native chondroitin sulfate epitope reveals microheterogeneity of extracellular matrix organization in the embryonic chick heart.  Anat. Rec. 254: 181-195.

12. Bianchi, LM, H Liu, EL Krug, and AA Capehart.  1999.  Selective and transient expression of a native chondroitin sulfate epitope in Dieter’s cells, pillar cells, and the developing tectorial membrane.  Anat. Rec. 256: 64-71.

13. Biddulph, DM, MM Dozier, and AA Capehart.  2000.  Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis reduces cyclic AMP levels and inhibits chondrogenesis in cultured chick limb mesenchyme.  Meth. Cell Science 22: 9-16.

14. Capehart, AA. 2001.  In vitro production of monoclonal antibodies to cultured embryonic chick limb mesenchyme.  Meth. Cell Sci. 22: 319-327.

15. Capehart, AA, J-L Scemama, CA Singhas, and S. Cox.  2002.  Heterogeneity of chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan distribution during early development of the striped bass (Morone saxatilis).  Anat. Rec. 268: 47-58.

16. Capehart, AA, A Giaimo, and CA Singhas.  2003.  Distribution of chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans in the human chorio-amnionic membrane complex at term.  J. N.C. Acad. of Science 119:1-12.

17. Capehart, AA and CB Kern.  2003.  Identification of gamma A-like protocadherin expressed during chick development.  J. Cell. Biochem. 90:608-618.

18. Gillotte, DM, PL Fox, CH Mjaatvedt, S Hoffman, and AA Capehart.  2003.  An in vitro method for analysis of chondrogenesis in limb mesenchyme from individual transgenic (hdf) embryos.  Meth. Cell Sci. 25: 97-104.

19. Snow, HE, LM Riccio, CH Mjaatvedt, S Hoffman, and AA Capehart.  2005. Versican expression during skeletal/joint morphogenesis and patterning of muscle and nerve in the embryonic mouse limb. Anat. Rec. 282A: 95-105.

20.  Williams, DR, AR Presar, AT Richmond, CH Mjaatvedt, S Hoffman, and AA Capehart.  2005.  Limb chondrogenesis is compromised in the versican deficient hdf mouse. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 334: 960-966.

21.  Richmond, AT, J Atwood, J Bream, CH Mjaatvedt, S Hoffman, and AA Capehart. 2004 (publ. 2005).  Neural tissue co-culture with mesenchyme to investigate patterning of peripheral nerve during murine embryonic development. Cytotechnology 46: 173-182.

22.  Cronin, KD and AA Capehart. 2007.  Gamma protocadherin expression in the embryonic chick nervous system. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 3: 8-11.

23.  Shepard JB, HA Krug, BA LaFoon, S Hoffman and AA Capehart. 2007.  Versican expression during synovial joint morphogenesis. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 3: 380-384.

24. 
Shepard JB, DA Gliga, AP Morrow, S Hoffman and AA Capehart. 2008.  Versican knock-down compromises chondrogenesis in the embryonic chick limb. Anat. Rec. 291:19-27.

 


 
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