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Virginijus Valiunas

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1 Stimulating cardiac muscle by light: cardiac optogenetics by cell delivery. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2011 2.18
2 Selective permeability of gap junction channels. Biochim Biophys Acta 2004 1.89
3 Human mesenchymal stem cells as a gene delivery system to create cardiac pacemakers. Circ Res 2004 1.79
4 Connexin43 and connexin26 form gap junctions, but not heteromeric channels in co-expressing cells. J Cell Sci 2004 1.40
5 Gap junction channels exhibit connexin-specific permeability to cyclic nucleotides. J Gen Physiol 2008 1.35
6 Human connexin26 and connexin30 form functional heteromeric and heterotypic channels. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007 1.26
7 Normal cells control the growth of neighboring transformed cells independent of gap junctional communication and SRC activity. Cancer Res 2004 1.09
8 Paradoxical overexpression and translocation of connexin43 in homocysteine-treated endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002 1.06
9 The Cx26-G45E mutation displays increased hemichannel activity in a mouse model of the lethal form of keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome. Mol Biol Cell 2011 1.04
10 Can gap junctions deliver? Biochim Biophys Acta 2011 1.04
11 Cataracts are caused by alterations of a critical N-terminal positive charge in connexin50. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008 1.01
12 Connexin26 deafness associated mutations show altered permeability to large cationic molecules. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2008 0.98
13 Connexin43 with a cytoplasmic loop deletion inhibits the function of several connexins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005 0.88
14 Human articular chondrocytes express multiple gap junction proteins: differential expression of connexins in normal and osteoarthritic cartilage. Am J Pathol 2013 0.88
15 Expression and regulation of connexins in cultured ventricular myocytes isolated from adult rat hearts. Pflugers Arch 2002 0.86
16 Experimental diabetes alters connexin43 derived gap junction permeability in short-term cultures of rat corporeal vascular smooth muscle cells. J Urol 2006 0.86
17 Role of gap junctions in fluid secretion of lacrimal glands. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2002 0.83
18 The effects of the histone deacetylase inhibitor 4-phenylbutyrate on gap junction conductance and permeability. Front Pharmacol 2013 0.82
19 Regulation of gap junction coupling in bovine ciliary epithelium. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2010 0.81
20 Gap junction uncoupling protects the heart against ischemia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 0.81
21 Subconductance states of Cx30 gap junction channels: data from transfected HeLa cells versus data from a mathematical model. Biophys J 2006 0.78
22 The role of gap junctions in lacrimal acinar cells: the formation of tears. Adv Exp Med Biol 2002 0.77
23 MATLAB implementation of a dynamic clamp with bandwidth of >125 kHz capable of generating I Na at 37 °C. Pflugers Arch 2012 0.76