Rosca, Georgeta
M.D.
Discipline Chair
Professor with Tenure
Visiting Professor
Visiting Professor
Biography
Dr. Rosca received her medical degree from the Gr. T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy and completed a residency in internal medicine in Iasi, Romania. She subsequently was a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow and then a faculty member in the Department of Pharmacology and Center of Inherited Disorders of Energetic Metabolism at Case Western Reserve University. She joined the CMU College of Medicine in 2014 as a founding faculty member teaching both physiology and pathophysiology to medical students and serving as co-director of the renal-endocrine course. In education, she has been a critical contributor in writing and reviewing cases across the curriculum and an appreciated small group facilitator. As a result of her educational activity, she was awarded the Founding Faculty Appreciation award in 2017 and the College of Medicine’s Spirit of Teaching Award in 2019. Dr. Rosca is a tenure-track appointee. Her research focuses on mitochondrial diseases, metabolic syndrome and its complications. Her laboratory was a recipient of grants from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundations, United Mitochondrial Research Foundation and American Heart Association, and is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health. Her laboratory has been inclusive for many undergraduate and medical students. In research, she has demonstrated significant scholarly activity with multiple peer-reviewed publications.
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Publications & Presentations
Connor Dyer, Katlyn Droke, Ugne Zekonyte, Mariana Rosca (2024). Optic Neuropathy: Characteristic Pathology for Identifying Drugs with Potential to Cause Mitochondrial Toxicity American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Vlad Florian Avram, Adrian Petru Merce, Iasmina Maria Hancu, Alina Doruta Batran, Gabrielle Kennedy*, Mariana Georgeta Rosca, Danina Mirela Muntean. (2022). Impairment of Mitochondrial Respiration in Metabolic Diseases: An Overview International Journal of Molecular Science.
Ahmad AA, Draves SO, Rosca M (2021). Mitochondria in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Cells.
Mekala N, Kurdys J, Vicenzi AP, Weiler LR, Avramut C, Vazquez EJ, Ragina N, Rosca MG (2021). MiR 208a Regulates Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Metabolically Challenged Cardiomyocytes. Cells.
Mariana Rosca (2021). Metabolic Flexibility and Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in the Failing Heart. Therapeutic Approaches Romanian Journal of Cardiology.
Clements JM, Rosca M, Cavallin C, Falkenhagen S, Ittoop T, Jung CK, Mazzella M, Reed JA, Schluentz M, VanDyke C (2020). Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Conditions Disparities in Medicare Beneficiaries in the State of Michigan. The American journal of the medical sciences.
Miller DJ, Cascio MA, Rosca MG (2020). Diabetic Retinopathy: The Role of Mitochondria in the Neural Retina and Microvascular Disease. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland).
Berthiaume JM, Kurdys JG, Muntean DM, Rosca MG (2019). Mitochondrial NAD+/NADH Redox State and Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Antioxidants & redox signaling.
Poudel A, Zhou JY, Mekala N, Welchko R, Rosca MG, Li L (2019). Berberine hydrochloride protects against cytokine-induced inflammation through multiple pathways in undifferentiated C2C12 myoblast cells. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology.
Lai N, M Kummitha C, Rosca MG, Fujioka H, Tandler B, Hoppel CL (2019). Isolation of mitochondrial subpopulations from skeletal muscle: Optimizing recovery and preserving integrity. Acta physiologica (Oxford, England).
Zhou JY, Poudel A, Welchko R, Mekala N, Chandramani-Shivalingappa P, Rosca MG, Li L (2019). Liraglutide improves insulin sensitivity in high fat diet induced diabetic mice through multiple pathways. European journal of pharmacology.
Mekala NK, Kurdys J, Depuydt MM, Vazquez EJ, Rosca MG (2019). Apoptosis inducing factor deficiency causes retinal photoreceptor degeneration. The protective role of the redox compound methylene blue. Redox biology.
Privistirescu AI, Sima A, Duicu OM, Timar R, Roșca MG, Sturza A, Muntean DM (2018). Methylene blue alleviates endothelial dysfunction and reduces oxidative stress in aortas from diabetic rats. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology.
Berthiaume JM, Hsiung CH, Austin AB, McBrayer SP, Depuydt MM, Chandler MP, Miyagi M, Rosca MG (2017). Methylene blue decreases mitochondrial lysine acetylation in the diabetic heart. Molecular and cellular biochemistry.
Feng W, Rosca M, Fan Y, Hu Y, Feng P, Lee HG, Monnier VM, Fan X (2017). Gclc deficiency in mouse CNS causes mitochondrial damage and neurodegeneration. Human molecular genetics.
Vazquez EJ, Berthiaume JM, Kamath V, Achike O, Buchanan E, Montano MM, Chandler MP, Miyagi M, Rosca MG (2015). Mitochondrial complex I defect and increased fatty acid oxidation enhance protein lysine acetylation in the diabetic heart. Cardiovascular research.
Liao X, Zhang R, Lu Y, Prosdocimo DA, Sangwung P, Zhang L, Zhou G, Anand P, Lai L, Leone TC, Fujioka H, Ye F, Rosca MG, Hoppel CL, Schulze PC, Abel ED, Stamler JS, Kelly DP, Jain MK (2015). Kruppel-like factor 4 is critical for transcriptional control of cardiac mitochondrial homeostasis. The Journal of clinical investigation.
Fujioka H, Tandler B, Rosca M, McCandless SE, Katirji B, Cohen ML, Rapisuwon S, Hoppel CL (2014). Multiple muscle cell alterations in a case of encephalomyopathy. Ultrastructural pathology.
Prosdocimo DA, Anand P, Liao X, Zhu H, Shelkay S, Artero-Calderon P, Zhang L, Kirsh J, Moore D, Rosca MG, Vazquez E, Kerner J, Akat KM, Williams Z, Zhao J, Fujioka H, Tuschl T, Bai X, Schulze PC, Hoppel CL, Jain MK, Haldar SM (2014). Kruppel-like factor 15 is a critical regulator of cardiac lipid metabolism. The Journal of biological chemistry.
Rosca MG, Tandler B, Hoppel CL (2013). Mitochondria in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology.
Gao XH, Qanungo S, Pai HV, Starke DW, Steller KM, Fujioka H, Lesnefsky EJ, Kerner J, Rosca MG, Hoppel CL, Mieyal JJ (2013). Aging-dependent changes in rat heart mitochondrial glutaredoxins--Implications for redox regulation. Redox biology.
Rosca MG, Hoppel CL (2013). Mitochondrial dysfunction in heart failure. Heart failure reviews.
Rosca MG, Vazquez EJ, Chen Q, Kerner J, Kern TS, Hoppel CL (2012). Oxidation of fatty acids is the source of increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production in kidney cortical tubules in early diabetes. Diabetes.
Haldar SM, Jeyaraj D, Anand P, Zhu H, Lu Y, Prosdocimo DA, Eapen B, Kawanami D, Okutsu M, Brotto L, Fujioka H, Kerner J, Rosca MG, McGuinness OP, Snow RJ, Russell AP, Gerber AN, Bai X, Yan Z, Nosek TM, Brotto M, Hoppel CL, Jain MK (2012). Kruppel-like factor 15 regulates skeletal muscle lipid flux and exercise adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Rosca M, Minkler P, Hoppel CL (2011). Cardiac mitochondria in heart failure: normal cardiolipin profile and increased threonine phosphorylation of complex IV. Biochimica et biophysica acta.
Rosca MG, Hoppel CL (2010). Mitochondria in heart failure. Cardiovascular research.
Rosca MG, Okere IA, Sharma N, Stanley WC, Recchia FA, Hoppel CL (2009). Altered expression of the adenine nucleotide translocase isoforms and decreased ATP synthase activity in skeletal muscle mitochondria in heart failure. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology.
Rosca MG, Hoppel CL (2009). New aspects of impaired mitochondrial function in heart failure. Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes.
Rosca MG, Lemieux H, Hoppel CL (2009). Mitochondria in the elderly: Is acetylcarnitine a rejuvenator? Advanced drug delivery reviews.
Ozdemir AM, Hopfer U, Rosca MV, Fan XJ, Monnier VM, Weiss MF (2008). Effects of advanced glycation end product modification on proximal tubule epithelial cell processing of albumin. American journal of nephrology.
Rosca MG, Vazquez EJ, Kerner J, Parland W, Chandler MP, Stanley W, Sabbah HN, Hoppel CL (2008). Cardiac mitochondria in heart failure: decrease in respirasomes and oxidative phosphorylation. Cardiovascular research.
King KL, Stanley WC, Rosca M, Kerner J, Hoppel CL, Febbraio M (2007). Fatty acid oxidation in cardiac and skeletal muscle mitochondria is unaffected by deletion of CD36. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics.
Rosca MG, Mustata TG, Kinter MT, Ozdemir AM, Kern TS, Szweda LI, Brownlee M, Monnier VM, Weiss MF (2005). Glycation of mitochondrial proteins from diabetic rat kidney is associated with excess superoxide formation. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology.
Mustata GT, Rosca M, Biemel KM, Reihl O, Smith MA, Viswanathan A, Strauch C, Du Y, Tang J, Kern TS, Lederer MO, Brownlee M, Weiss MF, Monnier VM (2005). Paradoxical effects of green tea (Camellia sinensis) and antioxidant vitamins in diabetic rats: improved retinopathy and renal mitochondrial defects but deterioration of collagen matrix glycoxidation and cross-linking. Diabetes.
Rosca MG, Monnier VM, Szweda LI, Weiss MF (2002). Alterations in renal mitochondrial respiration in response to the reactive oxoaldehyde methylglyoxal. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology.
Vlad Florian Avram, Adrian Petru Merce, Iasmina Maria Hancu, Alina Doruta Batran, Gabrielle Kennedy*, Mariana Georgeta Rosca, Danina Mirela Muntean. (2022). Impairment of Mitochondrial Respiration in Metabolic Diseases: An Overview International Journal of Molecular Science.
Ahmad AA, Draves SO, Rosca M (2021). Mitochondria in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Cells.
Mekala N, Kurdys J, Vicenzi AP, Weiler LR, Avramut C, Vazquez EJ, Ragina N, Rosca MG (2021). MiR 208a Regulates Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Metabolically Challenged Cardiomyocytes. Cells.
Mariana Rosca (2021). Metabolic Flexibility and Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in the Failing Heart. Therapeutic Approaches Romanian Journal of Cardiology.
Clements JM, Rosca M, Cavallin C, Falkenhagen S, Ittoop T, Jung CK, Mazzella M, Reed JA, Schluentz M, VanDyke C (2020). Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Conditions Disparities in Medicare Beneficiaries in the State of Michigan. The American journal of the medical sciences.
Miller DJ, Cascio MA, Rosca MG (2020). Diabetic Retinopathy: The Role of Mitochondria in the Neural Retina and Microvascular Disease. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland).
Berthiaume JM, Kurdys JG, Muntean DM, Rosca MG (2019). Mitochondrial NAD+/NADH Redox State and Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Antioxidants & redox signaling.
Poudel A, Zhou JY, Mekala N, Welchko R, Rosca MG, Li L (2019). Berberine hydrochloride protects against cytokine-induced inflammation through multiple pathways in undifferentiated C2C12 myoblast cells. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology.
Lai N, M Kummitha C, Rosca MG, Fujioka H, Tandler B, Hoppel CL (2019). Isolation of mitochondrial subpopulations from skeletal muscle: Optimizing recovery and preserving integrity. Acta physiologica (Oxford, England).
Zhou JY, Poudel A, Welchko R, Mekala N, Chandramani-Shivalingappa P, Rosca MG, Li L (2019). Liraglutide improves insulin sensitivity in high fat diet induced diabetic mice through multiple pathways. European journal of pharmacology.
Mekala NK, Kurdys J, Depuydt MM, Vazquez EJ, Rosca MG (2019). Apoptosis inducing factor deficiency causes retinal photoreceptor degeneration. The protective role of the redox compound methylene blue. Redox biology.
Privistirescu AI, Sima A, Duicu OM, Timar R, Roșca MG, Sturza A, Muntean DM (2018). Methylene blue alleviates endothelial dysfunction and reduces oxidative stress in aortas from diabetic rats. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology.
Berthiaume JM, Hsiung CH, Austin AB, McBrayer SP, Depuydt MM, Chandler MP, Miyagi M, Rosca MG (2017). Methylene blue decreases mitochondrial lysine acetylation in the diabetic heart. Molecular and cellular biochemistry.
Feng W, Rosca M, Fan Y, Hu Y, Feng P, Lee HG, Monnier VM, Fan X (2017). Gclc deficiency in mouse CNS causes mitochondrial damage and neurodegeneration. Human molecular genetics.
Vazquez EJ, Berthiaume JM, Kamath V, Achike O, Buchanan E, Montano MM, Chandler MP, Miyagi M, Rosca MG (2015). Mitochondrial complex I defect and increased fatty acid oxidation enhance protein lysine acetylation in the diabetic heart. Cardiovascular research.
Liao X, Zhang R, Lu Y, Prosdocimo DA, Sangwung P, Zhang L, Zhou G, Anand P, Lai L, Leone TC, Fujioka H, Ye F, Rosca MG, Hoppel CL, Schulze PC, Abel ED, Stamler JS, Kelly DP, Jain MK (2015). Kruppel-like factor 4 is critical for transcriptional control of cardiac mitochondrial homeostasis. The Journal of clinical investigation.
Fujioka H, Tandler B, Rosca M, McCandless SE, Katirji B, Cohen ML, Rapisuwon S, Hoppel CL (2014). Multiple muscle cell alterations in a case of encephalomyopathy. Ultrastructural pathology.
Prosdocimo DA, Anand P, Liao X, Zhu H, Shelkay S, Artero-Calderon P, Zhang L, Kirsh J, Moore D, Rosca MG, Vazquez E, Kerner J, Akat KM, Williams Z, Zhao J, Fujioka H, Tuschl T, Bai X, Schulze PC, Hoppel CL, Jain MK, Haldar SM (2014). Kruppel-like factor 15 is a critical regulator of cardiac lipid metabolism. The Journal of biological chemistry.
Rosca MG, Tandler B, Hoppel CL (2013). Mitochondria in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology.
Gao XH, Qanungo S, Pai HV, Starke DW, Steller KM, Fujioka H, Lesnefsky EJ, Kerner J, Rosca MG, Hoppel CL, Mieyal JJ (2013). Aging-dependent changes in rat heart mitochondrial glutaredoxins--Implications for redox regulation. Redox biology.
Rosca MG, Hoppel CL (2013). Mitochondrial dysfunction in heart failure. Heart failure reviews.
Rosca MG, Vazquez EJ, Chen Q, Kerner J, Kern TS, Hoppel CL (2012). Oxidation of fatty acids is the source of increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production in kidney cortical tubules in early diabetes. Diabetes.
Haldar SM, Jeyaraj D, Anand P, Zhu H, Lu Y, Prosdocimo DA, Eapen B, Kawanami D, Okutsu M, Brotto L, Fujioka H, Kerner J, Rosca MG, McGuinness OP, Snow RJ, Russell AP, Gerber AN, Bai X, Yan Z, Nosek TM, Brotto M, Hoppel CL, Jain MK (2012). Kruppel-like factor 15 regulates skeletal muscle lipid flux and exercise adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Rosca M, Minkler P, Hoppel CL (2011). Cardiac mitochondria in heart failure: normal cardiolipin profile and increased threonine phosphorylation of complex IV. Biochimica et biophysica acta.
Rosca MG, Hoppel CL (2010). Mitochondria in heart failure. Cardiovascular research.
Rosca MG, Okere IA, Sharma N, Stanley WC, Recchia FA, Hoppel CL (2009). Altered expression of the adenine nucleotide translocase isoforms and decreased ATP synthase activity in skeletal muscle mitochondria in heart failure. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology.
Rosca MG, Hoppel CL (2009). New aspects of impaired mitochondrial function in heart failure. Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes.
Rosca MG, Lemieux H, Hoppel CL (2009). Mitochondria in the elderly: Is acetylcarnitine a rejuvenator? Advanced drug delivery reviews.
Ozdemir AM, Hopfer U, Rosca MV, Fan XJ, Monnier VM, Weiss MF (2008). Effects of advanced glycation end product modification on proximal tubule epithelial cell processing of albumin. American journal of nephrology.
Rosca MG, Vazquez EJ, Kerner J, Parland W, Chandler MP, Stanley W, Sabbah HN, Hoppel CL (2008). Cardiac mitochondria in heart failure: decrease in respirasomes and oxidative phosphorylation. Cardiovascular research.
King KL, Stanley WC, Rosca M, Kerner J, Hoppel CL, Febbraio M (2007). Fatty acid oxidation in cardiac and skeletal muscle mitochondria is unaffected by deletion of CD36. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics.
Rosca MG, Mustata TG, Kinter MT, Ozdemir AM, Kern TS, Szweda LI, Brownlee M, Monnier VM, Weiss MF (2005). Glycation of mitochondrial proteins from diabetic rat kidney is associated with excess superoxide formation. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology.
Mustata GT, Rosca M, Biemel KM, Reihl O, Smith MA, Viswanathan A, Strauch C, Du Y, Tang J, Kern TS, Lederer MO, Brownlee M, Weiss MF, Monnier VM (2005). Paradoxical effects of green tea (Camellia sinensis) and antioxidant vitamins in diabetic rats: improved retinopathy and renal mitochondrial defects but deterioration of collagen matrix glycoxidation and cross-linking. Diabetes.
Rosca MG, Monnier VM, Szweda LI, Weiss MF (2002). Alterations in renal mitochondrial respiration in response to the reactive oxoaldehyde methylglyoxal. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology.
Credentials, Certifications & Awards
Proteomics in Diabetes Workshop Travel Award
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation postdoctoral fellowship
Fulbright postdoctoral scholarship
Best research Award
Founding Faculty Appreciation Award
Dr. D and C. Mridha Spirit of Teaching Award
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation postdoctoral fellowship
Fulbright postdoctoral scholarship
Best research Award
Founding Faculty Appreciation Award
Dr. D and C. Mridha Spirit of Teaching Award
Education
M.D., Grigore T. Popa University Medicine and Pharmacy
Membership in Professional Organizations
American Heart Association
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists