Michal Opas

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Szabo Eva; Feng Tianshu; Dziak Ewa; Opas Michal
Cell adhesion and spreading affect adipogenesis from embryonic stem cells: the role of calreticulin.
Villagomez Maria; Szabo Eva; Podcheko Alexey; Feng Tianshu; Papp Sylvia; Opas Michal
Calreticulin and focal-contact-dependent adhesion.
Papp Sylvia; Dziak Ewa; Opas Michal
Embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyogenesis: a novel role for calreticulin as a regulator.

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2009: Szabo Eva; Feng Tianshu; Dziak Ewa; Opas Michal
Cell adhesion and spreading affect adipogenesis from embryonic stem cells: the role of calreticulin.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2009;27(9):2092-102.
2009: Villagomez Maria; Szabo Eva; Podcheko Alexey; Feng Tianshu; Papp Sylvia; Opas Michal
Calreticulin and focal-contact-dependent adhesion.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire 2009;87(4):545-56.
2009: Papp Sylvia; Dziak Ewa; Opas Michal
Embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyogenesis: a novel role for calreticulin as a regulator.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2009;27(7):1507-15.
2009: Michalak Marek; Opas Michal
Endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum in the heart.
Trends in cell biology 2009;19(6):253-9.
2009: Michalak Marek; Groenendyk Jody; Szabo Eva; Gold Leslie I; Opas Michal
Calreticulin, a multi-process calcium-buffering chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum.
The Biochemical journal 2009;417(3):651-66.
2008: Szabo Eva; Qiu Yuanyuan; Baksh Shairaz; Michalak Marek; Opas Michal
Calreticulin inhibits commitment to adipocyte differentiation.
The Journal of cell biology 2008;182(1):103-16.
2008: Papp Sylvia; Szabo Eva; Kim Hugh; McCulloch Christopher A; Opas Michal
Kinase-dependent adhesion to fibronectin: regulation by calreticulin.
Experimental cell research 2008;314(6):1313-26.
2008: Papp Sylvia; Fadel Marc P; Michalak Marek; Opas Michal
Analysis of the suitability of calreticulin inducible HEK cells for adhesion studies: microscopical and biochemical comparisons.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 2008;307(1-2):237-48.
2008: Papp Sylvia; Zhang Xiaochu; Szabo Eva; Michalak Marek; Opas Michal
Expression of endoplasmic reticulum chaperones in cardiac development.
The open cardiovascular medicine journal 2008;2():31-5.
2007: Zhang Xiaochu; Szabo Eva; Michalak Marek; Opas Michal
Endoplasmic reticulum stress during the embryonic development of the central nervous system in the mouse.
International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience 2007;25(7):455-63.
2007: Szabo Eva; Papp Sylvia; Opas Michal
Differential calreticulin expression affects focal contacts via the calmodulin/CaMK II pathway.
Journal of cellular physiology 2007;213(1):269-77.
2007: Papp Sylvia; Fadel Marc P; Opas Michal
Dissecting focal adhesions in cells differentially expressing calreticulin: a microscopy study.
Biology of the cell / under the auspices of the European Cell Biology Organization 2007;99(7):389-402.
2007: Papp Sylvia; Fadel Marc P; Kim Hugh; McCulloch Christopher A; Opas Michal
Calreticulin affects fibronectin-based cell-substratum adhesion via the regulation of c-Src activity.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(22):16585-98.
2007: Opas Michal; Fadel Marc P
Partial reversal of transformed fusiform phenotype by overexpression of calreticulin.
Cellular & molecular biology letters 2007;12(2):294-307.
2006: Groenendyk Jody; Zuppini Anna; Shore Gordon; Opas Michal; Bleackley R Chris; Michalak Marek
Caspase 12 in calnexin-deficient cells.
Biochemistry 2006;45(44):13219-26.
2006: Martin Virginie; Groenendyk Jody; Steiner Simone S; Guo Lei; Dabrowska Monika; Parker J M Robert; Müller-Esterl Werner; Opas Michal; Michalak Marek
Identification by mutational analysis of amino acid residues essential in the chaperone function of calreticulin.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(4):2338-46.
2006: Lozyk Mira D; Papp Sylvia; Zhang Xiaochu; Nakamura Kimitoshi; Michalak Marek; Opas Michal
Ultrastructural analysis of development of myocardium in calreticulin-deficient mice.
BMC developmental biology 2006;6():54.
2005: Gelebart Pascal; Opas Michal; Michalak Marek
Calreticulin, a Ca2+-binding chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2005;37(2):260-6.
2005: Szperl Malgorzata; Opas Michal
[Calreticulin, Ca2+-binding chaperon of the endoplasmic reticulum]
Postepy biochemii 2005;51(4):382-6.
2005: Bedard Karen; Szabo Eva; Michalak Marek; Opas Michal
Cellular functions of endoplasmic reticulum chaperones calreticulin, calnexin, and ERp57.
International review of cytology 2005;245():91-121.
2004: Michalak Marek; Guo Lei; Robertson Murray; Lozak Mira; Opas Michal
Calreticulin in the heart.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 2004;263(1-2):137-42.
2003: Guo Lei; Groenendyk Jody; Papp Sylvia; Dabrowska Monika; Knoblach Barbara; Kay Cyril; Parker J M Robert; Opas Michal; Michalak Marek
Identification of an N-domain histidine essential for chaperone function in calreticulin.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(50):50645-53.
2003: Papp S; Dziak E; Michalak M; Opas M
Is all of the endoplasmic reticulum created equal? The effects of the heterogeneous distribution of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-handling proteins.
The Journal of cell biology 2003;160(4):475-9.
2002: Guo Lei; Nakamura Kimitoshi; Lynch Jeffery; Opas Michal; Olson Eric N; Agellon Luis B; Michalak Marek
Cardiac-specific expression of calcineurin reverses embryonic lethality in calreticulin-deficient mouse.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(52):50776-9.
2002: Michalak M; Robert Parker J M; Opas M
Ca2+ signaling and calcium binding chaperones of the endoplasmic reticulum.
Cell calcium 2002;32(5-6):269-78.
2002: Michalak Marek; Lynch Jeffrey; Groenendyk Jody; Guo Lei; Robert Parker J M; Opas Michal
Calreticulin in cardiac development and pathology.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2002;1600(1-2):32-7.
2002: Balakier Hanna; Dziak Ewa; Sojecki Agata; Librach Clifford; Michalak Marek; Opas Michal
Calcium-binding proteins and calcium-release channels in human maturing oocytes, pronuclear zygotes and early preimplantation embryos.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) 2002;17(11):2938-47.
2002: Zuppini Anna; Groenendyk Jody; Cormack Lori A; Shore Gordon; Opas Michal; Bleackley R Chris; Michalak Marek
Calnexin deficiency and endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis.
Biochemistry 2002;41(8):2850-8.
2002: Demaurex Nicolas; Arnaudeau Serge; Opas Michal
Measurement of intracellular Ca2+ concentration.
Methods in cell biology 2002;70():453-74.
2001: Mesaeli N; Nakamura K; Opas M; Michalak M
Endoplasmic reticulum in the heart, a forgotten organelle?
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 2001;225(1-):1-6.
2001: Nakamura K; Zuppini A; Arnaudeau S; Lynch J; Ahsan I; Krause R; Papp S; De Smedt H; Parys J B; Muller-Esterl W; Lew D P; Krause K H; Demaurex N; Opas M; Michalak M
Functional specialization of calreticulin domains.
The Journal of cell biology 2001;154(5):961-72.
2001: Fadel M P; Szewczenko-Pawlikowski M; Leclerc P; Dziak E; Symonds J M; Blaschuk O; Michalak M; Opas M
Calreticulin affects beta-catenin-associated pathways.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2001;276(29):27083-9.
2001: Opas M; Davies J R; Zhou Y; Dziak E
Formation of retinal pigment epithelium in vitro by transdifferentiation of neural retina cells.
The International journal of developmental biology 2001;45(4):633-42.
2001: Nakamura K; Robertson M; Liu G; Dickie P; Nakamura K; Guo J Q; Duff H J; Opas M; Kavanagh K; Michalak M
Complete heart block and sudden death in mice overexpressing calreticulin.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2001;107(10):1245-53.
2001: Johnson S; Michalak M; Opas M; Eggleton P
The ins and outs of calreticulin: from the ER lumen to the extracellular space.
Trends in cell biology 2001;11(3):122-9.
2000: Andrin C; Corbett E F; Johnson S; Dabrowska M; Campbell I D; Eggleton P; Opas M; Michalak M
Expression and purification of mammalian calreticulin in Pichia pastoris.
Protein expression and purification 2000;20(2):207-15.
2000: Nakamura K; Bossy-Wetzel E; Burns K; Fadel M P; Lozyk M; Goping I S; Opas M; Bleackley R C; Green D R; Michalak M
Changes in endoplasmic reticulum luminal environment affect cell sensitivity to apoptosis.
The Journal of cell biology 2000;150(4):731-40.
1999: Michalak M; Corbett E F; Mesaeli N; Nakamura K; Opas M
Calreticulin: one protein, one gene, many functions.
The Biochemical journal 1999;344 Pt 2():281-92.
1999: Opas M
Fluorescence tracing of intracellular proteins.
Biotechnic & histochemistry : official publication of the Biological Stain Commission 1999;74(6):294-310.
1999: Xavier A M; Isowa N; Cai L; Dziak E; Opas M; McRitchie D I; Slutsky A S; Keshavjee S H; Liu M
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha mediates lipopolysaccharide-induced macrophage inflammatory protein-2 release from alveolar epithelial cells. Autoregulation in host defense.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 1999;21(4):510-20.
1999: Isowa N; Xavier A M; Dziak E; Opas M; McRitchie D I; Slutsky A S; Keshavjee S H; Liu M
LPS-induced depolymerization of cytoskeleton and its role in TNF-alpha production by rat pneumocytes.
The American journal of physiology 1999;277(3 Pt 1):L606-15.
1999: Fadel M P; Dziak E; Lo C M; Ferrier J; Mesaeli N; Michalak M; Opas M
Calreticulin affects focal contact-dependent but not close contact-dependent cell-substratum adhesion.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1999;274(21):15085-94.
1999: Mesaeli N; Nakamura K; Zvaritch E; Dickie P; Dziak E; Krause K H; Opas M; MacLennan D H; Michalak M
Calreticulin is essential for cardiac development.
The Journal of cell biology 1999;144(5):857-68.
1999: Opas M; Dziak E
Intracellular pH and pCa measurement.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 1999;122():305-13.
1998: Andrin C; Pinkoski M J; Burns K; Atkinson E A; Krahenbuhl O; Hudig D; Fraser S A; Winkler U; Tschopp J; Opas M; Bleackley R C; Michalak M
Interaction between a Ca2+-binding protein calreticulin and perforin, a component of the cytotoxic T-cell granules.
Biochemistry 1998;37(29):10386-94.
1998: Opas M; Dziak E
Direct transdifferentiation in the vertebrate retina.
The International journal of developmental biology 1998;42(2):199-206.
1998: Michalak M; Mariani P; Opas M
Calreticulin, a multifunctional Ca2+ binding chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire 1998;76(5):779-85.
1997: Szewczenko-Pawlikowski M; Dziak E; McLaren M J; Michalak M; Opas M
Heat shock-regulated expression of calreticulin in retinal pigment epithelium.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 1997;177(1-2):145-52.
1997: Michalak M; Opas M
Functions of dystrophin and dystrophin associated proteins.
Current opinion in neurology 1997;10(5):436-42.
1997: Burns K; Opas M; Michalak M
Calreticulin inhibits glucocorticoid- but not cAMP-sensitive expression of tyrosine aminotransferase gene in cultured McA-RH7777 hepatocytes.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 1997;171(1-2):37-43.
1996: Opas M; Szewczenko-Pawlikowski M; Jass G K; Mesaeli N; Michalak M
Calreticulin modulates cell adhesiveness via regulation of vinculin expression.
The Journal of cell biology 1996;135(6 Pt 2):1913-23.
1996: Michalak M; Burns K; Andrin C; Mesaeli N; Jass G H; Busaan J L; Opas M
Endoplasmic reticulum form of calreticulin modulates glucocorticoid-sensitive gene expression.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1996;271(46):29436-45.
1996: Mery L; Mesaeli N; Michalak M; Opas M; Lew D P; Krause K H
Overexpression of calreticulin increases intracellular Ca2+ storage and decreases store-operated Ca2+ influx.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1996;271(16):9332-9.
1996: Tharin S; Hamel P A; Conway E M; Michalak M; Opas M
Regulation of calcium binding proteins calreticulin and calsequestrin during differentiation in the myogenic cell line L6.
Journal of cellular physiology 1996;166(3):547-60.
1995: Opas M
Cellular adhesiveness, contractility, and traction: stick, grip, and slip control.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire 1995;73(7-8):311-6.
1995: Zhou Y; Marcus E M; Haugland R P; Opas M
Use of a new fluorescent probe, seminaphthofluorescein-calcein, for determination of intracellular pH by simultaneous dual-emission imaging laser scanning confocal microscopy.
Journal of cellular physiology 1995;164(1):9-16.
1994: Zhou Y; Opas M
Cell shape, intracellular pH, and fibroblast growth factor responsiveness during transdifferentiation of retinal pigment epithelium into neuroepithelium in vitro.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire 1994;72(7-8):257-65.
1994: Nash P D; Opas M; Michalak M
Calreticulin: not just another calcium-binding protein.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 1994;135(1):71-8.
1994: Zhou Y; Moszczynska A; Opas M
Generation and characterization of antibodies to adhesion-related molecules of retinal pigment epithelial cells.
Experimental eye research 1994;58(5):585-93.
1994: Moszczynska A; Opas M
Involvement of non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases in expression of differentiated phenotype by cells of retinal origin.
The International journal of developmental biology 1994;38(1):1-12.
1994: Zhou Y; Dziak E; Unnasch T R; Opas M
Major retinal cell components recognized by onchocerciasis sera are associated with the cell surface and nucleoli.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 1994;35(3):1089-99.
1994: Opas M; Dziak E
bFGF-induced transdifferentiation of RPE to neuronal progenitors is regulated by the mechanical properties of the substratum.
Developmental biology 1994;161(2):440-54.
1994: Moszczynska A; Opas M
Regulation of adhesion-related protein tyrosine kinases during in vitro differentiation of retinal pigment epithelial cells: translocation of pp60c-src to the nucleus is accompanied by downregulation of pp125FAK.
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire 1994;72(1-2):43-8.
1993: Zhou Y; Dziak E; Opas M
Adhesiveness and proliferation of epithelial cells are differentially modulated by activation and inhibition of protein kinase C in a substratum-dependent manner.
Journal of cellular physiology 1993;155(1):14-26.
1992: Opas M; Michalak M
Calcium storage in nonmuscle tissues: is the retina special?
Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire 1992;70(10-11):972-9.
1992: Michalak M; Milner R E; Burns K; Opas M
Calreticulin.
The Biochemical journal 1992;285 ( Pt 3)():681-92.
1992: Tharin S; Dziak E; Michalak M; Opas M
Widespread tissue distribution of rabbit calreticulin, a non-muscle functional analogue of calsequestrin.
Cell and tissue research 1992;269(1):29-37.
1991: Michalak M; Baksh S; Opas M
Identification and immunolocalization of calreticulin in pancreatic cells: no evidence for "calciosomes".
Experimental cell research 1991;197(1):91-9.
1991: Opas M; Dziak E
Adhesion, spreading, and proliferation of cells on protein carpets: effects of stability of a carpet.
In vitro cellular & developmental biology : journal of the Tissue Culture Association 1991;27A(11):878-85.
1991: Opas M; Dziak E; Fliegel L; Michalak M
Regulation of expression and intracellular distribution of calreticulin, a major calcium binding protein of nonmuscle cells.
Journal of cellular physiology 1991;149(1):160-71.
1991: Milner R E; Baksh S; Shemanko C; Carpenter M R; Smillie L; Vance J E; Opas M; Michalak M
Calreticulin, and not calsequestrin, is the major calcium binding protein of smooth muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum and liver endoplasmic reticulum.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1991;266(11):7155-65.
1990: Opas M; Dziak E
Effects of a tumour promoter, 12-0-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), on expression of differentiated phenotype in the chick retinal pigmented epithelial cells and on their interactions with the native basement membrane and with artificial substrata.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity 1990;43(1):20-8.
1989: Fliegel L; Burns K; Opas M; Michalak M
The high-affinity calcium binding protein of sarcoplasmic reticulum. Tissue distribution, and homology with calregulin.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1989;982(1):1-8.
1989: Opas M
Expression of the differentiated phenotype by epithelial cells in vitro is regulated by both biochemistry and mechanics of the substratum.
Developmental biology 1989;131(2):281-93.
1989: Turksen K; Opas M; Kalnins V I
Cytoskeleton, adhesion, and extracellular matrix of fetal human retinal pigmented epithelial cells in culture.
Ophthalmic research 1989;21(1):56-66.
1989: Opas M; Dziak E
Effects of TGF-beta on retinal pigmented epithelium in vitro.
Experimental cell biology 1989;57(4):206-12.
1988: Opas M; Dziak E
Effects of substrata and method of tissue dissociation on adhesion, cytoskeleton, and growth of chick retinal pigmented epithelium in vitro.
In vitro cellular & developmental biology : journal of the Tissue Culture Association 1988;24(9):885-92.
1988: Turksen K; Kanehisa J; Opas M; Heersche J N; Aubin J E
Adhesion patterns and cytoskeleton of rabbit osteoclasts on bone slices and glass.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 1988;3(4):389-400.
1988: Opas M
Adhesion of cells to protein carpets: do cells' feet have to be black?
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton 1988;11(3):178-81.
1987: Turksen K; Opas M; Kalnins V I
Preliminary characterization of cell surface-extracellular matrix linkage complexes in cultured retinal pigmented epithelial cells.
Experimental cell research 1987;171(1):259-64.
1986: Opas M; Turksen K; Kalnins V I
Effects of iodoacetic acid on cytoskeleton and adhesiveness of the chick RPE cells in vitro.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 1986;27(7):1068-74.
1985: Opas M; Turksen K; Kalnins V I
Adhesiveness and distribution of vinculin and spectrin in retinal pigmented epithelial cells during growth and differentiation in vitro.
Developmental biology 1985;107(2):269-80.
1983: Turksen K; Opas M; Aubin J E; Kalnins V I
Microtubules, microfilaments and adhesion patterns in differentiating chick retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in vitro.
Experimental cell research 1983;147(2):379-91.

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