Rafael Mejia-Alvarez
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Recent Articles
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Elste J, Saini A, Mejia-Alvarez R, Mejia A, Millan-Pacheco C, Swanson-Mungerson M, et al.
Biomolecules
. 2024 Aug;
14(8).
PMID: 39199298
A highly critical event in a virus's life cycle is successfully entering a given host. This process begins when a viral glycoprotein interacts with a target cell receptor, which provides...
2.
Tambeaux A, Aguilar-Sanchez Y, Santiago D, Mascitti M, DiNovo K, Mejia-Alvarez R, et al.
Pflugers Arch
. 2023 Mar;
475(5):569-581.
PMID: 36881190
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IPR) and ryanodine receptor (RyR) are homologous cation channels that mediate release of Ca from the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum (ER/SR) and thereby are involved in many physiological processes....
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Leon-Gutierrez G, Elste J, Cabello-Gutierrez C, Millan-Pacheco C, Martinez-Gomez M, Mejia-Alvarez R, et al.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
. 2022 Aug;
106(18):5987-6002.
PMID: 35951081
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has caused a pandemic with > 550 millions of cases and > 6 millions of deaths worldwide. Medical management of COVID-19 relies on supportive care as no...
4.
Aguilar-Sanchez Y, Fainstein D, Mejia-Alvarez R, Escobar A
J Vis Exp
. 2017 Apr;
(121).
PMID: 28362405
In the heart, molecular signaling studies are usually performed in isolated myocytes. However, many pathological situations such as ischemia and arrhythmias can only be fully understood at the whole organ...
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Escobar A, Perez C, Reyes M, Lucero S, Kornyeyev D, Mejia-Alvarez R, et al.
J Mol Cell Cardiol
. 2012 Sep;
53(6):768-79.
PMID: 22960455
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP(3)R)-mediated Ca(2+) signaling is a major pathway regulating multiple cellular functions in excitable and non-excitable cells. Although InsP(3)-mediated Ca(2+) signaling has been extensively described, its influence on ventricular...
6.
Winkel E, Sabin A, Mejia-Alvarez R
Endocrine
. 2012 Jul;
42(3):746-8.
PMID: 22801989
No abstract available.
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Snopko R, Ramos-Franco J, di Maio A, Karko K, Manley C, Piedras-Renteria E, et al.
J Mol Cell Cardiol
. 2008 May;
44(6):1032-1044.
PMID: 18468619
Although abundant ryanodine receptors (RyRs) exist in cardiomyocytes from newborn (NB) rat and despite the maturity of their single-channel properties, the RyR contribution to excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling is minimal. Immature...
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di Maio A, Karko K, Snopko R, Mejia-Alvarez R, Franzini-Armstrong C
J Muscle Res Cell Motil
. 2007 Oct;
28(4-5):231-41.
PMID: 17940841
We have followed the differentiation of transverse (T) tubules and of the associations between sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and either the plasmalemma (peripheral couplings) or the T tubules (dyads) in postnatal...
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Fahrenbach J, Mejia-Alvarez R, Banach K
J Physiol
. 2007 Oct;
585(Pt 2):565-78.
PMID: 17932143
Age-dependent changes in the architecture of the sinus node comprise an increasing ratio between fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes. This change is discussed as a potential mechanism for sinus node disease. The...
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Snopko R, Aromolaran A, Karko K, Ramos-Franco J, Blatter L, Mejia-Alvarez R
Cell Calcium
. 2006 Aug;
41(1):13-25.
PMID: 16908061
In heart, the excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) mechanism changes during development. Primary cell culture has been used to study Ca(2+) signaling in newborn (NB) rat heart. In this work, the effects...