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Recent Publications

• Wehrens XT, et. al.;  Protection from cardiac arrhythmia through ryanodine receptor- stabilizing protein calstabin2.   Science (2004), 304(5668), 292-297.
• Lehnart SE, et. al.; Sudden Death in Familial Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia linked to Calcium Release Channel (Ryanodine Receptor) Leak. Circulation 2004; 29; 109(25), 3208-14.
• Wehrens XT, et. al.; Enhancing calstabin binding to ryanodine receptors improves cardiac and skeletal muscle function in heart failure. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.  (2005); 102(27), 9607-9612. 
• Bao L, et. al.; Sitosterol-Containing Lipoproteins Trigger Free Sterol-induced Cell Death in ACAT-Competent Macrophages: Implications for sitosterol-induced atherosclerotic vascular disease and for sterol structure-dependent mechanisms of cell death. Submitted to JBC Feb 2, 2006 .
• Xie, Yuli et. al; Identification of N-(quinolin-8-yl)benzenesulfonamides as agents capable of down-regulating NFk B activity within two separate high-throughput screens of NFk B activation.    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters  (2008),  18(1),  329-335.
• Bellinger A. M., et al.; Remodeling of ryanodine receptor complex causes "leaky" channels: A molecular mechanism for decreased exercise capacity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105, 2198