Jorge E. Contreras

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Connexins and lens biology(74), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study(41), Ion channel regulation and function(23), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise(13), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(8)

Publications113 total

BPS2026 – A trap-and-release mechanism drives voltage-dependent transport in a large-pore channel
Biophysical Journal·2026
Decoding Connexin Hemichannels: Structure, Function, and Regulatory Mechanisms
Annual Review of Physiology·2025
Current advances in large‐pore channels: From structure–function to physiology and disease
The Journal of Physiology·2025Open Access
Microvascular Rarefaction in the Sinoatrial Node
JACC. Clinical electrophysiology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Connexin‐43 remodelling and arrhythmias: hemichannels as key drivers of cardiac dysfunction
The Journal of Physiology·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Endothelial TRPV4–Cx43 signalling complex regulates vasomotor tone in resistance arteries
The Journal of Physiology·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
BPS2025 - S-nitrosylation of Cx43 is required for β-adrenergic enhanced cardiac conduction and contractility
Biophysical Journal·2025
BPS2025 - S-nitrosylation of Cx43 is required for β-adrenergic enhanced cardiac conduction and contractility
Biophysical Journal·2025
Infraspecific anatomical variation of Vanilla planifolia Andrews in the Totonacapan region, Mexico
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Abstract 4132820: S-nitrosylation of cardiac Cx43 hemichannels at Cys271 promotes arrhythmogenicity and myocardial injury upon cardiac stress in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Circulation·2024
Impaired S-nitrosylation of Cx43 prevents arrhythmogenicity and myocardial injury upon cardiac stress in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Large-pore connexin hemichannels function like molecule transporters independent of ion conduction
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 16 citedOpen Access
Beta-Adrenergic Signaling Induces Arrhythmias and Cardiac Dysfunction in Paclitaxel-Treated Mice
Physiology·2024
Control of astrocytic Ca2+ signaling by nitric oxide-dependent S-nitrosylation of Ca2+ homeostasis modulator 1 channels
Biological Research·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Two <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> putative pore-forming proteins, GRA47 and GRA72, influence small molecule permeability of the parasitophorous vacuole
mBio·2024· 29 citedOpen Access
Large-pore connexin hemichannels function as molecule transporters independently of ion conduction
2024Open Access
Connexin hemichannels function as molecule transporters independently of ion conduction
Biophysical Journal·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Structural studies of connexin 32 gap junction channels by cryo-EM
Biophysical Journal·2024Open Access
Deciphering connexin 26 (Cx26) hemichannels: Beyond ion conduction into molecule transport
Biophysical Journal·2024· 1 cited
Remembrances of Dr. Michael V.L. Bennett by Iberoamerican Colleagues and Friends
Neuroscience·2024Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Andrew L. Harris(11), Juan C. Sáez(9), Mauricio A. Lillo(9), Jayalakshmi Ramachandran(7), Pablo S. Gaete(7), Diego Fraidenraich(7), Yu Liu(7), Feliksas F. Bukauskas(6), Michael V. L. Bennett(6), William López(6), Lai‐Hua Xie(6), Yun Luo(5), Natalia Shirokova(5), Juan M. Valdez Capuccino(4), Miguel Holmgren(4), J. Patrick Gonzalez(4), Eric Himelman(4), Isaac E. García(3), Agustı́n D. Martı́nez(3), Julie Nouet(3)