Craig R. Baumrucker, Ph.D.
Professor - Animal Nutrition / Physiology
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1974
302 Henning Bldg.
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-0712
Fax: (814) 863-6042
Email: crb@psu.edu
Research Interests
- Cell biology and endocrinology related to growth and differentiation of mammary and intestinal tissues
- Hormones and growth factors in milk; effects upon neonate
Publications
- Baumrucker CR, Gibson CA, Schanbacher FL. Bovine lactoferrin binds to insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 24 (4): 287-303 May 2003.
- Blum JW, Baumrucker CR. Colostral and milk insulin-like growth factors and related substances: Mammary gland and neonatal (intestinal and systemic) targets. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 23 (1-2): 101-110 Sp. Iss. SI, Jul 2002.
- Baumrucker, C.R. and N.E. Erondu. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system in the bovine mammary gland and milk. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia, 5:53-64, 2000.
- Shang, Y., C.R. Baumrucker and M.H. Green. The induction and activation of STAT1 by all-trans-retinoic acid are mediated by RAR signaling pathways in breast cancer cells. Oncogene, 18:6725-6732, 1999.