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Jose Ek Vitorin

Assistant Research Professor, Physiology - (Research Series Track)

Physiology
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5+ Collaborators
$340.9K / $6.9M Funding
5+ Grants
20+ Publications

Research Area

gap junctions, ion channels, cell communication, cell signaling, protein channels, molecular biology, connexins, phosphorylation, selective permeability, communicating junctions

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    The Role of GaJunctions Dysfunction in the Development of Cataracts: From Loss of Cell-to-Cell Transfer to Blurred Vision-Review

    2023
    cataracts, cell-to-cell transfer, gajunctions dysfunction, development, vision

    Patch clamstudies on TRPV4-dependent hemichannel activation in lens epithelium

    2023
    ion channels, epithelial cells, lens, cell signaling, visual system

    Channel Behavior and Voltage Gating of a Cx43 Mutant Simulating Preconditioning

    2023
    ion channels, voltage gating, cell communication, cardiac health, molecular biology

    MicroRNA-mediated downregulation of K channels in pulmonary arterial hypertension

    2020
    microrna, pulmonary hypertension, k channels, gene regulation, cardiovascular disease

    The lipidated connexin mimetic peptide SRPTEKT-Hdc is a potent inhibitor of Cx43 channels with specificity for the pS368 phospho-isoform

    2019
    peptide inhibitors, connexin channels, phospho-isoform specificity, lipidated peptides, membrane proteins

    Cx43 Channel Gating and Permeation: Multiple Phosphorylation-Dependent Roles of the Carboxyl Terminus

    2018
    gap junctions, phosphorylation, channel gating, permeation, protein regulation

    Cx43 channel gating and permeation: Differential roles of the carboxyl terminus

    2018
    gap junctions, protein channels, membrane permeation, ion transport, molecular interactions

    Determinants of Cx43 Channel Gating and Permeation: The Amino Terminus

    2016
    ion channels, gap junctions, cell communication, protein structure, membrane transport

    Structural determinants and proliferative consequences of connexin 37 hemichannel function in insulinoma cells

    2014
    cell biology, molecular biology, medical research, insulinoma, connexins

    An electrically coupled tissue-engineered cardiomyocyte scaffold improves cardiac function in rats with chronic heart failure

    2014
    tissue engineering, cardiac regeneration, chronic heart failure, regenerative medicine, electrical stimulation

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