Dr. Samuel Gitau Chege

Publications

Referred Journals

• A.W. Karita, D.G. Nyamu, P.N. Karimi^, S.C. Gitau² Amphotericin B toxicities among HIV infected adults with Cryptococcal Meningitis in Kiambu District Hospital. Pharmaceutical Journal of Kenya, Volume 23, No. 4 (2018)
• Xuelian Li, GuoYuan Wang, MuGeQiLi, Haihai Liang, Tianshi Li, XiaoQiang E, YingFeng, Ying Zhang, Xiao Liu, Ming Qian, BoZhi Xu, ZhiHang Shen, Samuel Chege Gitau, Dan Dan Zhao, Hongli Shan. Aspirin Reduces cardiacInterstitial Fibrosis by inhibiting Erk1/2-serpine2 and P-Akt signaling pathway. Cell Physio Biochem. DOI:10.1159/000487972.
• Xuelian Li, Dandan Zhao, Zhenfeng Guo, Tianshi Li, Muge Qili, Bozhi Xu, Ming Qian, Haihai Liang, Xiaoqiang E, Samuel Chege Gitau, Qiuxia Wu, Lu wang, Chaoqian Xu, Hongli Shan. Overexpression of SerpinE2/protease nexin-1 contribute to pathologiccal cardiac fibrosis via increasing collagen deposition. Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 23;6:37635. doi: 10.1038/srep37635
• Samuel chege Gitau, Xuelian Li, Dandan Zhao, Zhenfeng Guo, Haihai Liang, Ming Qian Lifang Lv，Tianshi Li，Bozhi Xu，Zhiguo Wang，Yong Zhang，Chaoqian Xu，Yanjie Lu，Zhiming Du, Hongli Shan, Baofeng Yang. Acetyl salicylic acid attenuates cardiac hypertrophy through Wnt signaling. Frontiers of Medicine. DOI: 10.1007/s11684-015-0421-z
• Wang L, Li L, Guo R, Li X, Lu Y, Guan X, Gitau SC, Wang L, Xu C, Yang B, Shan H. miR-101 promotes breast cancer cell apoptosis by targeting Janus kinase 2. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2014; 34(2):413-422. DOI: 10.1159/0000363010.
• Zhou X, Zhang Q, Zhao T, Bai X, Yuan W, Wu Y, Liu D, Li S, Ju J, Chege Gitau S, Chu W, Xu C, Lu Y. Cisapride protects against cardiac hypertrophy via inhibiting the up-regulation of calcineurin and NFATc-3. Eur J Pharmacol. 2014; 735:202-210.
• Liang H, Xu C, Pan Z, Zhang Y, Xu Z, Chen Y, Li T, Li X, Liu Y, Huangfu L, Lu Y, Zhang Z, Yang B, Gitau S, Lu Y,Shan H, Du Z. The antifibrotic effects and mechanisms of microRNA-26a action in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Mol Ther. 2014; 22(6):1122-1133. (SCI 6.425)

Conference/Workshops/Seminar Papers

Conference Papers

• 30^th May 2018 to 1^st June 2018. Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya Annual Scientific conference. An Evaluation of the Availability and Price of Essential Medicines in two Public Level Four Hospitals Kiambu County, Kenya
• Presented a paper titled ‘Acetyl salicylic acid attenuates cardiac hypertrophy via Wnt Signaling’ in a Chinese Hematological society at Wuhan City on 2015

 Student Co-authored Publications

• East African herbs with potential against COVID-19 infection; a mechanistic approach- Under review-

Funded Projects

• NRF South Africa: UPTAKE OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES, SERO-SURVEILLANCE AND COMPLEMENTARY MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 IN KENYA

Conferenced/Workshops/Seminars Attended

Conferences Attended

• 29^th May to 2^nd June 2011: Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya Annual Scientific Conference at Whitesand Hotel Mombasa, Kenya

Workshops Attended

• 2ND - 3RD MARCH 2023: POST-DOCTORAL WORKSHOP ON ACCELERATING VACCINE PRODUCTION IN AFRICA, UBUMWE GRAND HOTEL, KIGALI, REPUBLIC OF RWANDA
• 28/09/2022 - 30/09 2022: NRF RESEARCH WORKSHOP SEMINAR
• May 2019: Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reforms (SPHIER) Bachelor of Pharmacy mapping workshop.
• 27^th - 28^th June, 2019: Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reforms (SPHIER) Teaching Pharmacy and Leadership Management

• 18^th March, 2016. Attended a Bachelor of Pharmacy curriculum review workshop at BSSC Room 016, Kenyatta University
• 15^th - 16^th February, 2016. Attended AURA project workshop at BSSC Room 149, Kenyatta University

Seminars Attended

• 21^th - 25^th, April, 2016. Curriculum development meeting for the department of Pharmacy & Complementary/Alternative medicine. The drafts curricula developed included; Masters of pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy), Masters in science (Pharmacology), Masters in science (Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics), Masters in science (Medicinal Chemistry), Masters in science (Pharmacognosy and Complementary/Alternative Medicine)
• 29^th January, 2016. Manuscript writing workshop at Kenyatta University Conference Centre (KUCC), Kenyatta University
• 7^th February, 2012: Drug Discovery from a Hit to the Clinic Novartis /seeding Labs Seminar
• 5^th October, 2011: Low-Cost Diagnostic Devices and Sensors