Recent Publications
Research Papers [1] Eghbali M., Olcese R., Zarei M. M., Ligia Toro and Enrico Stefani. External pore collapse as an inactivation mechanism for Kv4.3 K+ channels. Journal of Membrane Biology 188:73-86, 2002. [2] Alioua A., Mahajan A., Nishimaru K., Zarei M. M., Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. Coupling of c-Src to large conductance voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ channels as a new mechanism of agonist-induced vasoconstriction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 22:14560-5, 2002. [3] Sigg D., Bezanilla F. and Enrico Stefani. Fast gating in the Shaker K+ channel and the energy landscape of activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 100, 7611-7615, 2003. [4] Eghbali M., Toro L. and Enrico Stefani. Diminished Surface Clustering and Increased Perinuclear Accumulation of Large Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel in Mouse Myometrium with Pregnancy. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278(46):45311-45317, 2003. [5] Pagani R., Song M., Mcenery M., Qin N., Tsien R. W., Toro L., Enrico Stefani and O.D. Uchitel. Differential expression of α1 and β subunits of voltage dependent Ca2+ channels at the neuromuscular junction of normal and P/Q Ca2+ channel knockout mouse. Neuroscience 123(1):75-85, 2004. [6] Yoshio Tanaka, Katsuo Koike, Abderrahmane Alioua, Koki Shigenobu, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. β1-Subunit of MaxiK Channel in Smooth Muscle: a Key Molecule Which Tunes Muscle Mechanical Activity. J Pharmacol Sci 94, 339 – 347, 2004. [7] Kazuhide Nishimaru, Mansoureh Eghbali, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. Function and clustered expression of MaxiK channels in cerebral myocytes remain intact with aging. Experimental Gerontology 39, 831–839, 2004. [8] Nishimaru K., Eghbali M., Enrico Stefani and L. Toro. Functional and molecular evidence of MaxiK channel β1 subunit decrease with coronary artery ageing in the rat. J. Physiol. London. 559(3):849–862, 2004. [9] Haug. T., Ciani, S., Ligia Toro, Enrico Stefani and Olcese R. Regulation of K+ Flow by a Negative Residue in the Outer Vestibule of BK Channel Pore. Part I: Aspartate 292 modulates K+ conduction by external surface charge effect. Journal of General Physiology, 124, 173-84, 2004. [10] Haug. T., Ligia Toro, Olcese R. and Enrico Stefani Regulation of K+ Flow by a Negative Residue in the Outer Vestibule of the MaxiK Channel Pore. Part II. Neutralization of Aspartate 292 reduces channel openings and gating current slow component. Journal of General Physiology, 124, 185-97, 2004. [11] Zarei M.M., Eghbali M., Alioua, A., Song M., Knaus H.-G., Enrico Stefani and L. Toro. A Novel ER Trafficking Signal Prevents Surface Expression of a Voltage and Ca2+-activated K+ Channel Splice Variant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, 101, 10072-7. 2004. [12] M. Eghbali, R. Deva, A. Alioua, Tamara Y. Minosyan, Hongmei Ruan, Y. Wang, L. Toro and Enrico Stefani. Molecular and Functional Signature of Heart Hypertrophy in Mice during Pregnancy. Circulation Research 96(11):1208-16, 2005. JOURNAL COVER. [13] Ning Zhu, Mansoureh Eghbali, Gustavo Helguera, Min Song, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. Alternative splicing of Slo channel gene programmed by estrogen, progesterone and pregnancy. FEBS Letters 579:4856-60, 2005. [14] Gang Lu, Young Jun Kang, Jiahuai Han, Harvey R. Herschman, Enrico Stefani, Yibin Wang1. TAB-1 Modulates Intracellular Localization of p38 MAP kinase and Downstream Signaling. J Biol Chem. 281:6087-95, 2006. [15] Yoshio Tanaka, Kei Takizawa, Kazuoki Otsuka, Mansoureh Eghbali, Min Song, Kazuhide Nishimaru, Koki Shigenobu, Katsuo Koike, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. Kv channels contribute to NO- and ANP-induced relaxation of a rat conduit artery. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. J. Pharm. Exper. Ther. 317:341-54, 2006. [16] Ropero A., Eghbali M., Minosyan, T.Y., Tang, G., Toro L. and Enrico Stefani. Heart Estrogen Receptor Alpha: Distinct Membrane and Nuclear Distribution Patterns and Regulation by Estrogen. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 41:496-510, 2006. [17] Gomes, A.V., Chenggong Zong, Edmondson, R.D., Xiaohai Li, Enrico Stefani, Jun Zhang, Jones R.C., Sheeno Thyparambil, Guang-Wu Wang, Xin Qiao, Fawzia Bardag-Gorce, Peipei Ping. Mapping the Murine Cardiac 26S Proteasome Complexes. Circulation Research 99:362-71, 2006. [18] Toro B., Cox N., Wilson R.J., Garrido-Sanabria, E., Enrico Stefani, Toro L., and Zarei M. M. KCNMB1 Regulates Surface Expression of a Voltage and Ca2+-activated K+ Channel via Endocytic Trafficking Signals. Neuroscience 142:661-9, 2006. Review Articles [1] Enrico Stefani, Eghbali M, Minosyan T, Alioua A, Toro L. Molecular studies in heart hypertrophy during pregnancy. J Muscle Res Cell Motil.25 (8) 607, 2004. [2] Toro L, Alioua A, Mahajan A, Nishimaru K, Zarei MM, Enrico Stefani. MaxiK, c-Src and vasoconstriction. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 25(8):616-7, 2004. [3] Ligia Toro, Abderrahmane Alioua, Rong Lu, Jesus Garcia-Valdes, Masoud M. Zarei, Kazuhide Nishimaru, Mansoureh Eghbali, and Enrico Stefani. Ca2+-activated voltage dependent K+ channels. In: Ion Channels in the Pulmonary Vasculature. Lung Biology in Health and Disease. Vol 197. J. X.-J. Yuan, ed. Taylor and Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. Chapter 12, pp. 237-256, 2005. [4] Rong Lu, Abderrahmane Alioua, Yogesh Kumar, Mansoureh Eghbali, Enrico Stefani and Ligia Toro. MaxiK channel partners: physiological impact. J. Physiol. London 570(Pt 1):65-72, 2006. . JOURNAL COVER. [5] Eghbali M., Wang Y., Toro L., and Enrico Stefani. Heart hypertrophy during pregnancy: a better functioning heart? Trends Cardiovasc Med. 16(8):285-91, 2006.
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