Search Results - "Isakson, Brant"
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Differentiating connexin hemichannels and pannexin channels in cellular ATP release
Published in FEBS letters (17-04-2014)“…Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) plays a fundamental role in cellular communication, with its extracellular accumulation triggering purinergic signaling cascades…”
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AXL-Mediated Productive Infection of Human Endothelial Cells by Zika Virus
Published in Circulation research (11-11-2016)“…RATIONALE:The mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) is now recognized as a blood-borne pathogen, raising an important question about how the virus gets into human…”
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Pharmacology of pannexin channels
Published in Current opinion in pharmacology (01-04-2023)“…Pannexin channels play fundamental roles in regulating inflammation and have been implicated in many diseases including hypertension, stroke, and neuropathic…”
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Capillary-associated microglia regulate vascular structure and function through PANX1-P2RY12 coupling in mice
Published in Nature communications (06-09-2021)“…Microglia are brain-resident immune cells with a repertoire of functions in the brain. However, the extent of their interactions with the vasculature and…”
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Red Blood Cell Function and Dysfunction: Redox Regulation, Nitric Oxide Metabolism, Anemia
Published in Antioxidants & redox signaling (01-05-2017)“…Recent clinical evidence identified anemia to be correlated with severe complications of cardiovascular disease (CVD) such as bleeding, thromboembolic events,…”
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Vascular Smooth Muscle Remodeling in Conductive and Resistance Arteries in Hypertension
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-09-2018)“…Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death worldwide and accounts for >17.3 million deaths per year, with an estimated increase in incidence to 23.6…”
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Mechanisms of ATP release and signalling in the blood vessel wall
Published in Cardiovascular research (01-08-2012)“…The nucleotide adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) has classically been considered the cell's primary energy currency. Importantly, a novel role for ATP as an…”
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KLF4-dependent phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells has a key role in atherosclerotic plaque pathogenesis
Published in Nature medicine (01-06-2015)“…A high percentage of smooth muscle cells in atherosclerotic lesions lose expression of smooth muscle marker proteins and acquire the phenotype of other cell…”
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Local Peroxynitrite Impairs Endothelial Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 Channels and Elevates Blood Pressure in Obesity
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (21-04-2020)“…BACKGROUND:Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation is a hallmark of obesity-induced hypertension. The recognition that Ca signaling in endothelial cells…”
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Bedding as a variable affecting fasting blood glucose and vascular physiology in mice
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-08-2023)“…Rodent husbandry requires careful consideration of environmental factors that may impact colony performance and subsequent physiological studies. Of note,…”
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Experimental TET2 Clonal Hematopoiesis Predisposes to Renal Hypertension Through an Inflammasome-Mediated Mechanism
Published in Circulation research (11-10-2024)“…Hypertension incidence increases with age and represents one of the most prevalent risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Clonal events in the hematopoietic…”
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Connexins and Pannexins in Vascular Function and Disease
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (05-06-2018)“…Connexins (Cxs) and pannexins (Panxs) are ubiquitous membrane channel forming proteins that are critically involved in many aspects of vascular physiology and…”
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Guidelines for the measurement of vascular function and structure in isolated arteries and veins
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-07-2021)“…The measurement of vascular function in isolated vessels has revealed important insights into the structural, functional, and biomechanical features of the…”
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Pannexin 1 channels regulate leukocyte emigration through the venous endothelium during acute inflammation
Published in Nature communications (05-08-2015)“…Inflammatory cell recruitment to local sites of tissue injury and/or infection is controlled by a plethora of signalling processes influencing cell-to-cell…”
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TRPV4 (Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4) Channel–Dependent Negative Feedback Mechanism Regulates Gq Protein–Coupled Receptor–Induced Vasoconstriction
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-03-2018)“…OBJECTIVE—Several physiological stimuli activate smooth muscle cell (SMC) GqPCRs (Gq protein–coupled receptors) to cause vasoconstriction. As a protective…”
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Endothelial pannexin-1 channels modulate macrophage and smooth muscle cell activation in abdominal aortic aneurysm formation
Published in Nature communications (21-03-2022)“…Pannexin-1 (Panx1) channels have been shown to regulate leukocyte trafficking and tissue inflammation but the mechanism of Panx1 in chronic vascular diseases…”
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Heme metabolism in nonerythroid cells
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-04-2024)“…Heme is an iron-containing prosthetic group necessary for the function of several proteins termed “hemoproteins.” Erythrocytes contain most of the body’s heme…”
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Red Blood Cell and Endothelial eNOS Independently Regulate Circulating Nitric Oxide Metabolites and Blood Pressure
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (14-09-2021)“…Current paradigms suggest that nitric oxide (NO) produced by endothelial cells (ECs) through endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in the vessel wall is the…”
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Brain endothelial cell TRPA1 channels initiate neurovascular coupling
Published in eLife (26-02-2021)“…Cerebral blood flow is dynamically regulated by neurovascular coupling to meet the dynamic metabolic demands of the brain. We hypothesized that TRPA1 channels…”
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Pannexin 1 channels mediate 'find-me' signal release and membrane permeability during apoptosis
Published in Nature (London) (14-10-2010)“…Apoptotic cells release 'find-me' signals at the earliest stages of death to recruit phagocytes. The nucleotides ATP and UTP represent one class of find-me…”
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