Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty Profiles
Dr. Okhee Han, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, 1995
Pennsylvania State University
322 Chandlee Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Office Phone: 814-863-5214
Office Fax: 814-863-6103
E-mail Address: ouh1@psu.edu
Homepage: nutrition.hhdev.psu.edu
Courses Taught
Research Interests
- Molecular and biochemical studies on iron metabolism
- Regulatory pathways of intestinal iron absorption that control iron homeostasis
- Cellular and molecular studies on functions of iron transport factor genes using cultured mammalian cells.
Selected Publications
Han, O., and M. Wessling-Resnick. Copper repletion enhances apical iron uptake and transepithelial iron transport by human intestinal Caco-2 cells. Am J Phyiol, 282: G527-G533, 2003.
Han, O., T. Takei, M.D. Basson, and B.E. Sumpio. Translocation of PKC isoforms in bovine aortic smooth muscle cells exposed to strain. J Cell Biochem, 80: 367-372, 2001.
Han,O., J.C. Fleet, and R.J. Wood. Reciprocal regulation of HFE and Nram2 gene expression by iron in human intestinal cells. J Nutrition 129: 98-104, 1999.