835 S. Wolcott Ave., (M/C 901)
Chicago, IL 60612-7342
312-996-7620 phone
312-996-1414 fax
835 S. Wolcott Ave., (M/C 901)
Chicago, IL 60612-7342
312-996-7620 phone
312-996-1414 fax
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Selected: Publications:
Alden, K.J. & García, J. (2001). Differential effect of gabapentin on neuronal and muscle calcium currents. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 297:727-735.
Simeoni, I., Rossi, D., Zhu, X., García, J., Valdivia,
H.H., & Sorrentino, V. (2001). Imperatoxin A (IpTxa) from
Pandinus imperator stimulates [3H]ryanodine binding to RyR3 channels. FEBS Letters.
508:5-10.
Alden, K.J., Goldspink, P.H., Ruch, S., Buttrick, P.M., & García,
J. (2002). Enhancement of L-type Ca2+ current from
neonatal mouse ventricular myocytes by constitutively active PKC-II. American
Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology. 10.1152/ajpcell.00494.2001.
Nabhani, T., Zhu, X., Simeoni, I., Sorrentino, V., Valdivia, H.H., &
García, J. (2002). Imperatoxin A enhances
Ca2+ release in developing skeletal muscle containing ryanodine receptor type
3. Biophysical Journal.82:1319-1328.
Motlagh, D., Alden, K.J., Russell, B., & García, J. (2002). Sodium current modulation by a tubulin/GTP coupled process in
neonatal cardiac myocytes. Journal of Physiology (London). 540.1:93-103.
Alden, K.J. & García, J. (2002). Dissociation of charge movement from calcium release and calcium current in skeletal myotubes by gabapentin. American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology. 283:C941-C949.
García, K. D., Shah, T. & García, J. (2004). Immunolocalization of Type 2 Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors in Cardiac Myocytes from Newborn Mice. American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology. 287:C1048-C1057.
Nabhani, T., Shah, T. & García, J. (2005). Skeletal Muscle Cells Express Different Isoforms of the Calcium Channel alpha2/delta Subunit. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 42:13-20.
Zhou, J., Yi, J., Royer, L., Launikonis, B., Gonzalez, A., García, J. & Ríos, E. (2006). A probable role of dhyhidropyridine receptors in repression of Ca 2+ sparks, demonstrated in cultured mammalian muscle. American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology . 290 :C539-C553.
Goldspink, P., Ruch, S., Los, T., Buttrick, P. & García, J. (2007). Maladaptation of Calcium Homeostasis in Aging Cardiac Myocytes. Pflügers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology . DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0420-2.
García, K., Nabhani, T. & García, J. (2008). The Calcium Channel a2/d1 Subunit is Involved in Extracellular Signaling. Journal of Physiology ( London ). 586.3 :727-738.
Grajales, L., Garcia, J., Banach, K. & Geenen, D. (2010). Delayed enrichment of mesenchymal cells promotes cardiac lineage and calcium transient development. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 48:735-745. PMC2837799.
García, J. The Calcium Channel α2/δ1 Subunit Interacts with ATP5b in the Plasma Membrane of Developing Muscle Cells. American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology. In revision.
Thompson, W.R., Majid, A.S., Czymmek, K.J., Ruff, A.L., García, J, Duncan, R.L. & Farach-Carson, M.C. Mechanically Induced ATP Release is Regulated by α2δ1 Subunit-Enhanced Cav3.2 Calcium Channel Plasma Membrane Expression in MLO-Y4 Osteocytes. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Submitted.