Cellular Molecular Biology & Physiology Publications

Zalups, R.K., Barfuss,D.W. Simultaneous Co-exposure to Inorganic Mercury and Cadmium: A Study of the Renal and Hepatic Disposition of Mercury and Cadmium. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health. 1471- 1490, 2002.

Parks, L.D. and Barfuss, D.W. Transepithelial Transport and Metabolism of glycine in S1, S2, and S3 cell Types of the Rabbit Proximal Tubule. Am. J. Physiol., Renal Physiol, 283(6): F1208- F1215, 2002.

Kolb, R.J., Ghazi, A.M. and Barfuss, D.W., Inhibition of Basolateral Transport and Cellular Accumulation of cDDP and cDDP-N-acetyl-cysteine by TEA and PAH in the Renal Proximal Tubule. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 51: 132-138, 2003

Zalups, R.K., Barfuss,D.W. Renal Organic Anion Transport System: A Mechanism for the Basolateral Uptake of Mercury-Thiol Conjugates along the Pars Recta of the Proximal Tubule Tox. and App. Pharmol. 182: 234-243, 2002.

McClintock, T.S., Gimelbrant, A.A., and Baro, D.J. (2002) Molecular Biology of Crustacea: Unique opportunities in the crustacean nervous system. In: Physiology of the Crustacean Nervous System. (Wiese, K. and Schmidt, M., eds) Springer Verlag.

Sosa, M. and Baro, D. (2002) The role of amines and aminergic receptors in mediating dominance in the giant tropical freshwater prawn. In: Physiology of the Crustacean Nervous System. (Wiese, K. and Schmidt, M., eds) Springer Verlag.

Baro, D.J. (2002) A-current diversity: Differences in channel hardware or second messenger system set points? In: Physiology of the Crustacean Nervous System. (Wiese, K. and Schmidt, M., eds) Springer Verlag.

Sosa MA, Spitzer N, Edwards DE, Baro DJ. (2004) A crustacean serotonin receptor: Cloning and distribution in the thoracic ganglia of crayfish and freshwater prawn. Journal of Comparative Neurology 473:526-537.

MC Clark, TE Dever, JJ Dever, P Xu, V Rehder, MA Sosa, DJ Baro (2004) Arthropod 5-HT2 receptors: A neurohormonal receptor in Decapod crustaceans that displays agonist independent activity resulting from an evolutionary alteration of the DRY motif. The Journal of Neuroscience, 24:3421–3435

Clark, MC and DJ Baro (2006) Cloning and characterization of crustacean type one dopamine receptors: D1 aPan and D1bPan. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology-Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 143: 294-301.

Cui D, Dougherty KJ, Machacek DW, Sawchuk M, Hochman S, Baro DJ. (2006) Divergence between motoneurons: Gene expression profiling provides a molecular characterization of functionally discrete somatic and autonomic motoneurons. Physiological Genomics, 24(3):276-89.

Soto I, Marie B, Baro DJ, Blanco RE. (2003) FGF-2 modulates expression and distribution of GAP-43 in frog retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve injury. J Neurosci Res. 73(4):507-17

Cressman, D.E, O’Connor, W.J., Greer, S.F., Zhu, X.S., and Ting, J.P.-Y. Mechanisms of Nuclear Import and Export Which Control the Subcellular Localization of CIITA. J. Immunol., 167:3626; 2002.

Greer, S.F., Harton, J.A., Linhoff, M.W., Janczak, C.A., Ting, J.P.-Y. and Cressman, D. Serine Residues 286, 288, and 293 within the CIITA: A Mechanism for Down-Regulating CIITA Activity through Phosphorylation. J. Immunol., 1:376; 2004.

Greer, S.F., Zika, E., Conti, B., Zhu, X.S. and Ting, J.P.-Y. Enhancement of CIITA Transcriptional Function by Ubiquitin. Nature Immunol., 4:1074; 2003.

Parker, C. E.; Mocanu, V.; Warren, M.R., Greer, S. F., Borchers, C.H. Mass Spectrometric Determination of Protein Ubiquitination. Methods in Molecular Biology (Patterson, W. C., ed.), Volume 301, Humana Press, NJ, 2005.

Bhat, K., Turner, J.D., Cape, A.C., Myers, S., Ting, J.T. and Greer, S.F. Non-proteolytic Functions of Ubiquitin and the S8 19S ATPase in Regulating Major Histocompatibility Gene Expression, In preparation, 2005.

Zika, E., Greer, S.F., Zhu, X.S., and Ting, J.P.-Y. Association of the transcriptional coactivator CIITA with HDAC1/HDAC2 disrupts MHC-II gene expression. Mol. Cell. Biol., 9:3091; 2003.

Wu, J., Xu, H. and Jiang, C. (2004) Expression and coexpression CO2-sensitive Kir channels in brainstem neurons of rats. Journal of Membrane Biology, 197, 179-191.

Jiang, C., Rojas, A., Wang, R. and Wang, X. (2004) CO2 central chemosensitivity: Why are there so many sensing molecules? Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, in press.

Mao, J., Li, L., McManus, M., Wu, J., Cui, N. and Jiang, C. (2002) Molecular determinants for activation of G-protein coupled inward rectifier K+ (GIRK) channels by extracellular acidosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277, 46166–46171.

Li, L., Rojas, R., Wu, J., Wei, N., Muhumuza, J. P. and Jiang C. (2004) Disruption of glucose sensing and insulin secretion by ribozyme Kir6.2-gene targeting in insulin-secreting cell line. Endocrinology, 145, 4408-4414.

Wu, J., Cui, N., Piao, H., Wang, Y., Xu, H., Mao, J. and Jiang, C. (2002) Allosteric modulation of the mouse Kir6.2 channel by intracellular H+ and ATP. Journal of Physiology (London), 543, 495-405.

Jiang, C., Qu, Z. and Xu, H. (2002) Gating of inward rectifier K+ channels by proton-mediated interactions of internal protein domains. Trend in Cardiovascular Medicine, 12, 5-13.

Wu, J., Cui, N., Piao, H., Wang, Y., Xu, H., Mao, J. and Jiang, C. (2002) Allosteric modulation of the mouse Kir6.2 channel by intracellular H+ and ATP. Journal of Physiology (London), 543, 495-405.

Li, L., Wu, J. and Jiang, C. (2003) Differential expression of Kir6.1 and SUR2B mRNAs in vasculatures of various tissues in rats. Journal of Membrane Biology, 196, 61-69.

Wang, R., Su, J., Wang, X., Piao, H., Zhang X., Adams C., Cui, N. and Jiang, C. (2005) Subunit stoichiometry of the Kir1.1 channel in proton-dependent gating. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 13433-13441.

Mao, J., Wang, X., Chen, F., Wang, R., Rojas, A., Shi, Y., Piao, H. and Jiang, C. (2004) Molecular basis for the inhibition of G-protein coupled inward rectifier K+ channels by protein kinase C. Proceeding of National Academy of Sciences USA, 101, 1087-1092.

Wang, R., Rojas, A., Wu, J., Piao, H., Adams C. Y., Xu, H., Shi, Y. and Jiang, C. (2005) Determinant role of membrane helices in gating of intracellular ligand-gated ion channels. J. Membr. Biol. 204:1-10.

Cui, N., Xu, H., Wu, J., Wang, R., Rojas, A., Piao, H., Mao, J., Abdulkadir, L., Li, L. and Jiang, C. (2003) A threonine residues (Thr71) plays a critical role in the gating Kir6.2 channel by intracellular ATP and pH. Journal of Membrane Biology, 192, 111-122.

Wang, X., Wu, J., Li, L., Chen, F., Wang, R. and Jiang, C. (2003) Hypercapnic acidosis activates KATP channels in vascular smooth muscles. Circulation Research, 92, 1225-1232.

Mao, J., Wang, X., Chen, F., Wang, R., Rojas, A., Shi, Y., Piao, H. and Jiang, C. (2004) Molecular basis for the inhibition of G-protein coupled inward rectifier K+ channels by protein kinase C. Proceeding of National Academy of Sciences USA, 101, 1087-1092.

Mao, J., Wu, J., Chen, F., Wang, X. and Jiang, C. (2003) Inhibition of G-protein coupled inward rectifying K+ channels by intracellular acidosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278, 7091-7098.

Wang, X., Wu, J., Li, L., Chen, F., Wang, R. and Jiang, C. (2003) Hypercapnic acidosis activates KATP channels in vascular smooth muscles. Circulation Research, 92, 1225-1232.

Wu, J., Xu, H., Yang, Z., Wang, Y., Mao, J. and Jiang, C. (2002) Protons activate homomeric Kir6.2 channels by selective suppression of the long and intermediate closures. Journal of Membrane Biology, 190, 105-116.

Wu, J., Piao, H., Rojas, A., Wang, R., Cui, N., Shi, Y., Chen, F. and Jiang, C. (2004) Critical protein domains and amino acid residues for gating the Kir6.2 channel by intracellular ATP. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 198, 73-81.

Zen, K., Liu, Y., Cairo, D., Parkos, C.A. (2002) CD11b/CD18-dependent interactions of neutrophils with intestinal epithelium are mediated by fucosylated epithelial cell surface proteoglycans. J. Immunol. 169:5270-5278

Zhi-Ren Liu, p68 RNA helicase is an essential human splicing factor that acts at the U1:5’ splice site duplex, Molecular and Cellular Biology Vol. 22, No. 15 p5443-5450 (2002).

Chunru Lin, Liuqing Yang, and Zhi-Ren Liu, The tyrosine phosphorylated p68 RNA helicase up-regulates the Snail expression by dissociating HDAC1 from the promoter, Genes & Development Submitted (2006).

Chunru Lin, Liuqing Yang, Jenny Yang, and Zhi-Ren Liu, The ATPase/Helicase activities of p68 RNA helicase are required for pre-mRNA splicing but not for assembly of the spliceosome, Molecular and Cellular Biology Vol 25(17) P7484-7493 (2005).

Liuqing Yang, Chunru Lin, and Zhi-Ren Liu, Phosphorylation of p68 RNA helicase mediates PDGF induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition through promoting ?-catenin nuclear translocation, Cell Vol 127 pp139 - 155 (2006).

Liu, Y., Soto, I., Tong, Q., Chin, A., Bühing, H-J., Wu, T., Zen, K. and Parkos, C.A. (2005) SIRPb is expressed as a disulfide linked homodimer in leukocytes and positively regulates neutrophil transepithelial migration. J Biol Chem. 280(43):36132-40.

Zen K, Chen CX, Chen YT, Wilton R, Liu Y. "Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts Mediates Neutrophil Migration across Intestinal Epithelium". J Immunol. 2007 Feb 15;178(4):2483-90.

Zen, K., Liu, Y., McCall, I.C., Wu, T., Lee, W., Babbin, B.A., Nusrat, A., Parkos, C.A. (2005) Neutrophil Migration across Tight Junctions Is Mediated by Adhesive Interactions between Epithelial Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor and a Junctional Adhesion Molecule-like Protein on Neutrophils. Mol Biol Cell. 16(6):2694-703.

van den Berg TK, van Beek EM, Buhring HJ, Colonna M, Hamaguchi M, Howard CJ, Kasuga M, Liu Y, Matozaki T, Neel BG, Parkos CA, Sano S, Vignery A, Vivier E, Wright M, Zawatzky R and Barclay AN. (2005) A nomenclature for signal regulatory protein family members. J Immunol. 15;175(12):7788-9.

Liu, Y., Bühring, Hans-Jörg, Zen K., Schnell F.J., Williams, I.R., and Parkos, C.A. (2002) Signal regulatory protein (SIRPa), a cellular ligand for CD47, regulates neutrophil transmigration. J. Biol. Chem. 277(12): 10028-36

Zen, K., Utech, M., Liu, Y., Soto, I., Nusrat, A., and Parkos, C. A. (2004) Association of BAP31 with CD11b/CD18: potential role in intracellular trafficking of CD11b/CD18 in neutrophil. J. Biol. Chem., Aug 2004; 10.1074 / jbc.M402115200.

Gewirtz, A.T., Liu, Y., Sitaraman, S.V. and Madara, J.L. (2002) Intestinal epithelial pathobiology: past, present and future. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 16(6): 851-67

Zen K. and Liu Y. (2007) Role of different protein tyrosine kinases in fMLP-induced neutrophil transmigration. Immunobiology Available online 10 September 2007

Zen, K., Cui, L-B., Zhang, C.Y. and Liu, Y. (2007) Critical role of mac-1 sialyl lewis x moieties in regulating neutrophil degranulation and transmigration. J. Mol. Biol. 16;374(1):54-63.