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Sarah E Lang; Dustin A Robinson; PA Wahr; Todd J Herron; Helen C Wu; Margaret V Westfall
Myofilament incorporation and contractile function after gene transfer of cardiac troponin I Ser43/45Ala.
Peter A Galie; Nashmia Khalid; Kelly E Carnahan; Margaret V Westfall; Jan P Stegemann
Substrate stiffness affects sarcomere and costamere structure and electrophysiological function of isolated adult cardiomyocytes.
Ruthann Nichols; Mark W Russell; Chloe Bass; Nathan Blewett; Kimber Converso-Baran; Leslie Demers; Brian Larsen; Elton Li; Margaret V Westfall
Structure-activity studies of RFamide-related peptide-1 identify a functional receptor antagonist and novel cardiac myocyte signaling pathway involved in contractile performance.

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2013: Sarah E Lang; Dustin A Robinson; PA Wahr; Todd J Herron; Helen C Wu; Margaret V Westfall
Myofilament incorporation and contractile function after gene transfer of cardiac troponin I Ser43/45Ala.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 2013;535(1):49-55.
2013: Peter A Galie; Nashmia Khalid; Kelly E Carnahan; Margaret V Westfall; Jan P Stegemann
Substrate stiffness affects sarcomere and costamere structure and electrophysiological function of isolated adult cardiomyocytes.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology 2013;22(3):219-27.
2012: Ruthann Nichols; Mark W Russell; Chloe Bass; Nathan Blewett; Kimber Converso-Baran; Leslie Demers; Brian Larsen; Elton Li; Margaret V Westfall
Structure-activity studies of RFamide-related peptide-1 identify a functional receptor antagonist and novel cardiac myocyte signaling pathway involved in contractile performance.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 2012;55(17):7736-45.
2012: Hyosook Hwang; Sarah E Kampert; Jody L Martin; Francis D Pagani; Dustin A Robinson; Sakthivel Sadayappan; Tamara K Stevenson; Sharlene M Day; David B Dyke; Helen C Wu; Margaret V Westfall
PKCβII modulation of myocyte contractile performance.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2012;53(2):176-86.
2012: P A Galie; Mark W Russell; Margaret V Westfall; J P Stegemann
Interstitial fluid flow and cyclic strain differentially regulate cardiac fibroblast activation via AT1R and TGF-β1.
Experimental cell research 2012;318(1):75-84.
2011: Peter A Galie; Margaret V Westfall; Jan P Stegemann
Reduced serum content and increased matrix stiffness promote the cardiac myofibroblast transition in 3D collagen matrices.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology 2011;20(6):325-33.
2011: Andreas D Niederbichler; Laszlo M Hoesel; Kyros Ipaktchi; Leovigildo Olivarez; Martin Erdmann; Peter M Vogt; Grace L Su; Saman Arbabi; Margaret V Westfall; Stewart C Wang; Mark R Hemmila
Burn-induced heart failure: lipopolysaccharide binding protein improves burn and endotoxin-induced cardiac contractility deficits.
The Journal of surgical research 2011;165(1):128-35.
2010: Ruthann Nichols; L A Demers; B M Larsen; D Robinson; Kimber Converso; Mark W Russell; Margaret V Westfall
Human RFamide-related peptide-1 diminishes cellular and integrated cardiac contractile performance.
Peptides 2010;31(11):2067-74.
2010: Jaime M Predmore; Ping Wang; Frank Davis; Sarah Bartolone; Margaret V Westfall; David B Dyke; Francis D Pagani; Saul Powell; Sharlene M Day
Ubiquitin proteasome dysfunction in human hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies.
Circulation 2010;121(8):997-1004.
2010: Todd J Herron; Eric J Devaney; Lakshmi V Mundada; Erik Arden; Sharlene M Day; Guadalupe Guerrero-Serna; II Turner; Margaret V Westfall; Joseph M Metzger
Ca2+-independent positive molecular inotropy for failing rabbit and human cardiac muscle by alpha-myosin motor gene transfer.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2010;24(2):415-24.
2009: Laszlo M Hoesel; Aladdein F Mattar; Saman Arbabi; Andreas D Niederbichler; Kyros Ipaktchi; Grace L Su; Margaret V Westfall; Stewart C Wang; Mark R Hemmila
Local wound p38 MAPK inhibition attenuates burn-induced cardiac dysfunction.
Surgery 2009;146(4):775-85; discussion 785-6.
2008: Jennifer Davis; Margaret V Westfall; DeWayne Townsend; Michael Blankinship; Todd J Herron; Guadalupe Guerrero-Serna; Wang Wang; Eric J Devaney; Joseph M Metzger
Designing heart performance by gene transfer.
Physiological reviews 2008;88(4):1567-651.
2007: Sharlene M Day; Margaret V Westfall; Joseph M Metzger
Tuning cardiac performance in ischemic heart disease and failure by modulating myofilament function.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) 2007;85(9):911-21.
2007: Margaret V Westfall; Joseph M Metzger
Single amino acid substitutions define isoform-specific effects of troponin I on myofilament Ca2+ and pH sensitivity.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2007;43(2):107-18.
2007: Laszlo M Hoesel; Andreas D Niederbichler; Julia Schaefer; Kyros Ipaktchi; Hongwei Gao; Daniel Rittirsch; Matthew J Pianko; Peter M Vogt; J Vidya Sarma; Grace L Su; Saman Arbabi; Margaret V Westfall; Stewart C Wang; Mark R Hemmila; Peter A Ward
C5a-blockade improves burn-induced cardiac dysfunction.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2007;178(12):7902-10.
2007: Sarah B Geisler; Dustin Robinson; Maria Hauringa; Maide O Raeker; Andrei B Borisov; Margaret V Westfall; Mark W Russell
Obscurin-like 1, OBSL1, is a novel cytoskeletal protein related to obscurin.
Genomics 2007;89(4):521-31.
2006: Sharlene M Day; Jennifer Davis; Margaret V Westfall; Joseph Metzger
Genetic engineering and therapy for inherited and acquired cardiomyopathies.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2006;1080():437-50.
2006: John J Green; Dustin A Robinson; G E Wilson; robert simpson; Margaret V Westfall
Calcitriol modulation of cardiac contractile performance via protein kinase C.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2006;41(2):350-9.
2006: Andrei B Borisov; Sarah B Sutter; Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos; Robert J Bloch; Margaret V Westfall; Mark W Russell
Essential role of obscurin in cardiac myofibrillogenesis and hypertrophic response: evidence from small interfering RNA-mediated gene silencing.
Histochemistry and cell biology 2006;125(3):227-38.
2006: Andreas D Niederbichler; Margaret V Westfall; Grace L Su; Julia Donnerberg; Asad Usman; Peter M Vogt; Kyros Ipaktchi; Saman Arbabi; Stewart C Wang; Mark R Hemmila
Cardiomyocyte function after burn injury and lipopolysaccharide exposure: single-cell contraction analysis and cytokine secretion profile.
Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 2006;25(2):176-83.
2006: Sharlene M Day; Margaret V Westfall; Ekaterina V Fomicheva; Kirsten Hoyer; Soichiro Yasuda; Nathan C La Cross; Louis G D'Alecy; Joanne S Ingwall; Joseph M Metzger
Histidine button engineered into cardiac troponin I protects the ischemic and failing heart.
Nature medicine 2006;12(2):181-9.
2006: Andreas D Niederbichler; Laszlo M Hoesel; Margaret V Westfall; Hongwei Gao; Kyros Ipaktchi; Lei Sun; Firas S Zetoune; Grace L Su; Saman Arbabi; J Vidya Sarma; Stewart C Wang; Mark R Hemmila; Peter A Ward
An essential role for complement C5a in the pathogenesis of septic cardiac dysfunction.
The Journal of experimental medicine 2006;203(1):53-61.
2006: Margaret V Westfall
A switch that lowers the betaAR: insights from a troponin I mutation linked to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2006;40(1):10-2.
2005: Margaret V Westfall; Adonia M Lee; Dustin A Robinson
Differential contribution of troponin I phosphorylation sites to the endothelin-modulated contractile response.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(50):41324-31.
2005: Alina Maloyan; Atsushi Sanbe; Hanna Osinska; Margaret V Westfall; Dustin Robinson; Kenichi Imahashi; Elizabeth Murphy; Jeffrey Robbins
Mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis underlie the pathogenic process in alpha-B-crystallin desmin-related cardiomyopathy.
Circulation 2005;112(22):3451-61.
2004: Andrei B Borisov; Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos; Robert J Bloch; Margaret V Westfall; Mark W Russell
Dynamics of obscurin localization during differentiation and remodeling of cardiac myocytes: obscurin as an integrator of myofibrillar structure.
The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society 2004;52(9):1117-27.
2004: Julian C Braz; Kimberly Gregory; Anand Pathak; Wen Zhao; Bogachan Sahin; Raisa Klevitsky; Thomas F Kimball; John N Lorenz; Angus Nairn; Stephen B Liggett; Ilona Bodi; Su Wang; Arnold Schwartz; Edward G Lakatta; Anna A DePaoli-Roach; Jeffrey Robbins; Timothy E Hewett; James A Bibb; Margaret V Westfall; Evangelia G Kranias; Jeffery D Molkentin
PKC-alpha regulates cardiac contractility and propensity toward heart failure.
Nature medicine 2004;10(3):248-54.
2004: Joseph M Metzger; Margaret V Westfall
Covalent and noncovalent modification of thin filament action: the essential role of troponin in cardiac muscle regulation.
Circulation research 2004;94(2):146-58.
2003: Margaret V Westfall; Andrea R Borton
Role of troponin I phosphorylation in protein kinase C-mediated enhanced contractile performance of rat myocytes.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(36):33694-700.
2003: Joseph M Metzger; Daniel Michele; Elizabeth M Rust; Andrea R Borton; Margaret V Westfall
Sarcomere thin filament regulatory isoforms. Evidence of a dominant effect of slow skeletal troponin I on cardiac contraction.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(15):13118-23.
2003: Margaret V Westfall; Joseph M Metzger
Gene transfer of troponin I isoforms, mutants, and chimeras.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2003;538():169-74; discussion 174.
2003: Michael L Szatkowski; Margaret V Westfall; Joseph M Metzger
Direct gene transfer to the adult rodent myocardium in vivo.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2003;219():195-202.
2003: Margaret V Westfall
Myofilament protein phosphorylation by PKC in genetically engineered adult cardiac myocytes.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2003;219():159-66.
2002: Margaret V Westfall; Andrea R Borton; Faris P Albayya; Joseph M Metzger
Myofilament calcium sensitivity and cardiac disease: insights from troponin I isoforms and mutants.
Circulation research 2002;91(6):525-31.
2002: Daniel Michele; Carlen Anita Gomez-Fifer; Katie E Hong; Margaret V Westfall; Joseph M Metzger
Cardiac dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutant tropomyosin mice is transgene-dependent, hypertrophy-independent, and improved by beta-blockade.
Circulation research 2002;91(3):255-62.
2001: Margaret V Westfall; Joseph M Metzger
Troponin I isoforms and chimeras: tuning the molecular switch of cardiac contraction.
News in physiological sciences : an international journal of physiology produced jointly by the International Union of Physiological Sciences and the American Physiological Society 2001;16():278-81.
2001: Margaret V Westfall; II Turner; Faris P Albayya; Joseph M Metzger
Troponin I chimera analysis of the cardiac myofilament tension response to protein kinase A.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 2001;280(2):C324-32.
2001: Michael L Szatkowski; Margaret V Westfall; Carlen Anita Gomez-Fifer; PA Wahr; Daniel Michele; Christiana DelloRusso; II Turner; K E Hong; Faris P Albayya; Joseph M Metzger
In vivo acceleration of heart relaxation performance by parvalbumin gene delivery.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2001;107(2):191-8.
2000: Margaret V Westfall; Faris P Albayya; II Turner; Joseph M Metzger
Chimera analysis of troponin I domains that influence Ca(2+)-activated myofilament tension in adult cardiac myocytes.
Circulation research 2000;86(4):470-7.
1999: Margaret V Westfall; Faris P Albayya; Joseph M Metzger
Functional analysis of troponin I regulatory domains in the intact myofilament of adult single cardiac myocytes.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1999;274(32):22508-16.
1999: Joseph M Metzger; PA Wahr; Daniel Michele; Faris P Albayya; Margaret V Westfall
Effects of myosin heavy chain isoform switching on Ca2+-activated tension development in single adult cardiac myocytes.
Circulation research 1999;84(11):1310-7.
1998: Elizabeth M Rust; Margaret V Westfall; Joseph M Metzger
Stability of the contractile assembly and Ca2+-activated tension in adenovirus infected adult cardiac myocytes.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry 1998;181(1-2):143-55.
1997: Margaret V Westfall; Elizabeth M Rust; Joseph M Metzger
Slow skeletal troponin I gene transfer, expression, and myofilament incorporation enhances adult cardiac myocyte contractile function.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1997;94(10):5444-9.
1997: Elizabeth M Rust; Margaret V Westfall; Linda C Samuelson; Joseph M Metzger
Gene transfer into mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes mediated by recombinant adenovirus.
In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal 1997;33(4):270-6.
1997: Joseph M Metzger; Linda C Samuelson; Elizabeth M Rust; Margaret V Westfall
Embryonic stem cell cardiogenesis applications for cardiovascular research.
Trends in cardiovascular medicine 1997;7(2):63-8.
1997: Margaret V Westfall; Elizabeth M Rust; Faris P Albayya; Joseph M Metzger
Adenovirus-mediated myofilament gene transfer into adult cardiac myocytes.
Methods in cell biology 1997;52():307-22.
1997: Margaret V Westfall; K A Pasyk; David I Yule; Linda C Samuelson; Joseph M Metzger
Ultrastructure and cell-cell coupling of cardiac myocytes differentiating in embryonic stem cell cultures.
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton 1997;36(1):43-54.
1996: Margaret V Westfall; Linda C Samuelson; Joseph M Metzger
Troponin I isoform expression is developmentally regulated in differentiating embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 1996;206(1):24-38.
1996: Beata M Wolska; Y Kitada; K A Palmiter; Margaret V Westfall; M D Johnson; R John Solaro
CGP-48506 increases contractility of ventricular myocytes and myofilaments by effects on actin-myosin reaction.
The American journal of physiology 1996;270(1 Pt 2):H24-32.
1995: Joseph M Metzger; M A Rudnicki; Margaret V Westfall
Altered Ca2+ sensitivity of tension in single skeletal muscle fibres from MyoD gene-inactivated mice.
The Journal of physiology 1995;485 ( Pt 2)():447-53.
1995: Joseph M Metzger; W I Lin; R A Johnston; Margaret V Westfall; Linda C Samuelson
Myosin heavy chain expression in contracting myocytes isolated during embryonic stem cell cardiogenesis.
Circulation research 1995;76(5):710-9.
1994: P J Reiser; Margaret V Westfall; S Schiaffino; R John Solaro
Tension production and thin-filament protein isoforms in developing rat myocardium.
The American journal of physiology 1994;267(4 Pt 2):H1589-96.
1993: Margaret V Westfall; G M Wahler; R John Solaro
A highly specific benzimidazole pyridazinone reverses phosphate-induced changes in cardiac myofilament activation.
Biochemistry 1993;32(39):10464-70.
1992: Margaret V Westfall; R John Solaro
Alterations in myofibrillar function and protein profiles after complete global ischemia in rat hearts.
Circulation research 1992;70(2):302-13.
1992: Margaret V Westfall; G M Wahler; K Fujino; R John Solaro
Electrophysiological actions of the pimobendan metabolite, UD-CG 212 Cl, in guinea pig myocardium.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 1992;260(1):58-63.
1990: Margaret V Westfall; Mohammed M Sayeed
Effect of Ca2(+)-channel agonists and antagonists on skeletal muscle sugar transport.
The American journal of physiology 1990;258(2 Pt 2):R462-8.
1989: Margaret V Westfall; Mohammed M Sayeed
Effect of diltiazem on skeletal muscle 3-O-methylglucose transport in bacteremic rats.
The American journal of physiology 1989;256(3 Pt 2):R716-21.
1989: Margaret V Westfall; Mohammed M Sayeed
Skeletal muscle calcium uptake in bacteremic rats.
The American journal of physiology 1989;256(1 Pt 2):R201-6.
1988: Margaret V Westfall; Mohammed M Sayeed
Effect of bacteremia on skeletal muscle glucose transport in fed rats.
Circulatory shock 1988;26(2):127-37.
1988: Margaret V Westfall; Mohammed M Sayeed
Basal and insulin-stimulated skeletal muscle sugar transport in endotoxic and bacteremic rats.
The American journal of physiology 1988;254(4 Pt 2):R673-9.
1988: S B Jones; Margaret V Westfall; Mohammed M Sayeed
Plasma catecholamines during E. coli bacteremia in conscious rats.
The American journal of physiology 1988;254(3 Pt 2):R470-7.
1988: M R Eisinger; S B Jones; Margaret V Westfall; Mohammed M Sayeed
Myocardial beta adrenergic receptors in E. coli induced septic shock.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1988;264():319-24.
1987: Margaret V Westfall; Mohammed M Sayeed
3-O-methylglucose transport in soleus muscle of bacteremic rats.
The American journal of physiology 1987;253(1 Pt 2):R55-63.
1986: Kenneth R Wagner; P Ting; Margaret V Westfall; S Yamaguchi; J D Bacher; R E Myers
Brain metabolic correlates of hypoxic-ischemic cerebral necrosis in mid-gestational sheep fetuses: significance of hypotension.
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 1986;6(4):425-34.