Craig J. McClain, MD

Vice Chair for Research

Research Interests


Education

BA, Earlham College, Richmond, IN, Biology, 1968

MD, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, 1972

Residency, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Internal Medicine, 1972-1975

Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Gastroenterology, 1975-1977

Research and Professional Experience

1977-1982      
Staff Physician
Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1977-1978      
Instructor-Medicine
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minnesota

1978-1982      
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1982-1982      
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1982-1986      
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Director of Gastroenterology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky

1982-2000      
Staff Physician
Lexington VA Medical Center, Cooper Drive Division, Lexington

1982-1996      
Director of Gastroenterology
Lexington VA Medical Center, Cooper Drive Division, Lexington

1984-present  
Adjunct Professor
Instituts of Agrnomique et Veterinaire, Rabat, Morocco

1986-2000      
Professor of Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY

1986-2000      
Director of Gastroenterology
University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington

1989-present  
Professor
Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Allied Health, University of Kentucky

1991-present  
Associate
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky

1992-2000      
Director
General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), University of Kentucky

1994-2000      
Vice Chairman for Research
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky

2000-present  
Staff Physician (5/8 FTE)
VA Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky

2000-present  
Director, Gastroenterology
VA Medical Center,
Louisville


2000-2005      
Professor of Medicine
University of Louisville Medical School

2000-2005      
Vice Chairman for Research
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Louisville Medical School

2005-2005      
Professor of Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus

2005-2005      
Director
Division of Digestive Health, Ohio State University, Columbus

2005-2005      
Assistant Senior Vice President for Nutritional Sciences
Ohio State University, Columbus

2000-present  
Professor
Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Louisville Medical School

2000-2005      
Director
Clinical Research Center, University of Louisville Medical Center

2000-2005      
Jewish Hospital Endowed Chair in Hepatology
University of Louisville Medical School

2000-2005      
Director, Liver Research Center
University of Louisville Medical School

Selected Awards and Professional Honors

1991-1992                  
University of Kentucky Research Professor


1995-1996                  
President, American College of Nutrition

1996                           
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Faculty Research Award

1996-2000                  
Andrade Chair on Hepatology, University of Kentucky

2000-present  
Jewish Hospital Distinguished Chair in Hepatology - University of Louisville Medical Center

2001-2003      
Board of Directors, American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists

2005-present  
NIH Peer Review Advisory Committee (PRAC)

Publications

Hill D, Marsano L, Cohen D, Allen J, Shedlofsky S, McClain CJ:  Increased plasma interleukin-6 activity in alcoholic hepatitis. J Lab Clin Med 119:547-12, 1992


Hill DB, Marsano LS, McClain CJ. Increased Plasma Interleukin-8 Concentrations in Alcoholic Hepatitis. Hepatology 18:576-80, 1993


McClain CJ, Hill DB, Schmidt J, Diehl AM: Cytokines and alcoholic liver disease. Sem Liver Dis 13:170-182, 1993


Shedlofsky SI, Israel B, McClain C, Hill D, Blouin RA. Endotoxin administration to humans inhibits hepatic cytochrome P450-mediated drug metabolism. J Clin Invest 94:2209-14, 1994


Gaetke L, McClain CJ, Talwalkar R, Shedlofsky S. Zinc metabolism in human volunteers given endotoxin as a model of gram-negative sepsis. Am J Physiol 272:E952-6, 1997


Eastin CE, McClain CJ, Lee EY, Bagby GJ, Chawla RK. Choline deficiency augments and antibody to tumor necrosis factor-a attenuates endotoxin-induced hepatic injury. Alc Clin Exp Res 21:1037-47, 1997

Chawla R, Watson W, Eastin C, Lee E, Schmidt J, McClain CJ:  S-Adenosylmethionine (adomet) deficiency and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced hepatic injury.  Am J Physiol 275:G125-9, 1998

McClain CJ, Barve S, Deaciuc I, Kugelmas M, Hill D: Cytokines in alcoholic liver disease.  Sem Liver Dis 19:205-19, 1999

Pena LR, Hill DB, McClain CJ.  Treatment with glutathione precursor decreases cytokine activity.  JPEN 23:1-6, 1999

Hill DB, Devalaraja R, Joshi-Barve S, Barve S, McClain CJ: Antioxidants attenuate nuclear factor-kappa B activation and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in alcoholic hepatitis patient monocytes and rat Kupffer cells, in vitro.  Clinical Biochemistry 32:563-70, 1999

Hill DB, Barve S, Joshi-Barve S, McClain C. Increased monocyte nuclear factor-kB activation and tumor necrosis factor production in alcoholic hepatitis. J Lab Clin Med 135:387-95, 2000

Deaciuc IV, Nikolova-Karakashian M, Fortunato F, Lee EY, Hill DB, McClain CJ.  Apoptosis and dysregulated ceramide metabolism in a murine model of alcohol-enhanced lipopolysaccharide hepatotoxicity. Alcoholism: Clin Exp Res 24:1557-65, 2000

Yang F, Oz H, Barve S, deVilliers WJS, McClain CJ, Varilek G. The green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate blocks nuclear factor-kappaB activation by inhibiting IkB kinase activity in the intestinal epithelial cell line IEC-6. Mol Pharmacol 60:528-533, 2001

McClain CJ, Hill DB, Song Z, Deaciuc I, Barve S.  Monocyte activation in alcoholic liver disease. Alcohol 27:53-61, 2002

McClain CJ, Hill DB, Song Z, Watson W, Chen T, Barve S.  S-Adenosylmethionine, cytokines and alcoholic liver disease. Alcohol 27:185-92, 2002.

Lambert JC, Zhou Z, Wang L, Song Z, McClain CJ, Kang YJ.  Prevention of alterations in intestinal permeability is involved in zinc inhibition of acute ethanol-induced liver damage in mice.  J Pharmacol Exp Ther 305(3):880-6, 2003

Song Z, Zhou Z, Chen T, Hill D, Kang J, Barve S, McClain CJ.  S-Adenosylmethionine protects against acute alcohol hepatotoxicity.  J Nutr Biochem 14 591-7, 2003.

Song Z, Barve S, Chen T, Nelson W, Uriarte S, Hill D, McClain CJ.  S-Adenosylmethionine modulates endotoxin stimulated interleukin-10 production in monocytes. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 284:G949-55, 2003.

Lambert JC, Zhou Z, Wang L, Song Z, McClain CJ, Kang YJ.  Preservation of intestinal structural integrity by zinc is independent of metallothionein in alcohol-intoxicated mice.  Am J Pathol 305:880-6, 2003.

Joshi-Barve, S., Barve, S.S., Butt, W., Klein, J., McClain, C.J.  Inhibition of proteasome function leads to NF-kappaB-independent IL-8 expression in human hepatocytes. Hepatology 38:1178-87, 2003.

Arteel G, Marsano L, Mendez C, Bentley F, McClain CJ.   Advances in alcoholic liver disease. Best Pract.Res.Clin Gastroenterol 17:625-47, 2003.

Song Z, Zhou Z, Uriarte S, Wang L, Kang YJ, Chen T, Barve S, McClain CJ.  S-adenosylhomocysteine sensitizes to TNF-a hepatotoxicity in mice and liver cells: a possible etiological factor in alcoholic liver disease. Hepatology 40:989-97, 2004.

Zhou Z, Wang L, Song Z, Saari JT, McClain CJ, Kang YJ.  Abrogation of NF-kappaB activation is involved in zinc inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-alpha production and liver injury.  Am J Pathol 164:1547-56, 2004.

Mendez CM, McClain CJ, Marsano LS.  Albumin therapy in clinical practice.  Nutr Clin Pract 20(3):314-20, 2005. Review.

Louthan MV, Theriot JA, Zimmerman E, Stutts JT, McClain CJ.  Decreased prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in black obese children.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 41(4):426-9, 2005.

Dryden GW Jr, Deaciuc I, Arteel G, McClain CJ.  Clinical implications of oxidative stress and antioxidant therapy.  Curr Gastroenterol Rep 7:308-16, 2005. Review.

Zhou Z, Wang L, Song Z, Saari JT, McClain CJ, Kang YJ.  Zinc supplementation prevents alcoholic liver injury in mice through attenuation of oxidative stress.  Am J Pathol 166(6):1681-90, 2005.

Oz HS, Chen TS, McClain CJ, de Villiers WJ.  Antioxidants as novel therapy in a murine model of colitis.  J Nutr Biochem 16(5):297-304, 2005.

Oz HS, Chen T, de Villiers WJ, McClain CJ.  Metallothionein overexpression does not protect against inflammatory bowel disease in a murine colitis model.  Med Sci Monit 11:BR69-73, 2005.

Krueger KJ, McClain CJ, McClave SA, Dryden GW.  Nutritional supplements and alternative medicine.  Curr Opin Gastroenterol 20(2):130-8., 2004

 

 

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