Entry Year: 1999
Graduation Year: 2007
Currently: PGY-3, Internal Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medical Education, Rochester, MN
Email Address: neiger.jessemy@mayo.edu
Undergraduate: South Dakota State University, B.S. Microbiology
Laboratory: Dr. Emily Wilson, Systems Biology and Translational Medicine
Thesis: "Temporal and Spatial Aspects of Remodeling in an Aortic Coarctation Model of Hypertension in Mini-Swine"
Research Interests: Arterial remodeling in hypertension (eNOS and caveolin-1 expression) and atherosclerosis (alpha 4 integrin expression)

Abstracts and Presentations

• Neiger, J., B. Saunders, J.J. Hu, J. Humphrey, J and E. Wilson. "Temporal and spatial modulation of eNOS mRNA levels in an aortic coarctation model of hypertension." Experimental Biology. April 2004. Washington, DC.
• Neiger, J., J.T. Chao, E.S. Williams, C. Partridge, K. Ramos, E. Wilson, E and G. Meininger. "Transcriptional response of extracellular matrix-binding integrins to Angiotensin II in rat arteriolar smooth muscle cell culture." XVth Meeting of the Inter-American Society of Hypertension. April 28-30, 2003. San Antonio, Texas.
• Neiger, J., J.T. Chao, E.S. Williams, C. Partridge, K. Ramos, E. Wilson, E and G. Meininger. "Effects of Angiotensin II on tripeptide-binding integrin expression in rat arteriolar smooth muscle cells. Experimental Biology." April 11-15, 2003. San Diego, California.
• Neiger, J., C. Partridge, E.S. Williams, K. Ramos, E. Wilson, E and G. Meininger. "Hypertension alters integrin-mediated changes in vascular tone and expression of integrin and extracellular matrix genes." American Physiological Society. Physiological Genomics of Cardiovascular Disease: From Technology to Physiology. February 20-23, 2002. San Francisco, California.
• Neiger, J., J. Sheng, J. Patterson, and E. Wilson. "Regulation of endothelial cell integrin expression by angiogenic growth factors." Experimental Biology. April 1, 2001. Orlando, Florida.

Publications

• Neiger, J., T.Y. Crow, C.R. Partridge, C.S. Williams, J.T. Chao, K. Ramos, G. Meininger, and E. Wilson. "Modulation of 4 integrin mRNA levels is coupled to deficits in vasomotor function in rat arterioles by allylamine." Life Sciences 76:1895-905, 2005.
• Chao, J.T., G.A. Meininger, J.L. Patterson, S.A. Jones, C. Partridge, J.D. Neiger, E.S. Williams, S.J. Kaufman, K.S. Ramos, and E. Wilson. "Regulation of 7-integrin expression in vascular smooth muscle by injury-induced atherosclerosis" . Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H381-H389, 2004.
• Steensma, D.P., J.D. Neiger, J.C. Porcher, J.J. Keats, P.L. Bergsagel, T.R. Dennis, R.A. Knudson, R.B. Jenkins, R. Santana-Davila, R. Kumar, AND R.P. Ketterling. "Rearrangements and amplification of IER3 (IEX-1) represent a novel and recurrent molecular abnormality in myelodysplastic syndromes." Cancer Res. 69(19):7518-7523, 2009.  Epub 2009 Sep 22.