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Anna A. Birukova is a researcher affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their work spans fields such as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, and Biochemistry.

Their research addresses several key topics including:

  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Birukova's recent papers demonstrate a focus on pulmonary biology and inflammation mechanisms. Some of their published works include:

  • Mechanisms of pulmonary endothelial permeability and inflammation caused by extracellular histone subunits H3 and H4, 2022, The FASEB Journal
  • SIRT7 deficiency suppresses inflammation, induces EndoMT, and increases vascular permeability in primary pulmonary endothelial cells, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Circulating extracellular histones exacerbate acute lung injury by augmenting pulmonary endothelial dysfunction via TLR4-dependent mechanism, 2022, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • TLR7 Mediates Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Sepsis by Sensing Extracellular miR-146a, 2022, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Extracellular histones in lung dysfunction: a new biomarker and therapeutic target?, 2020, Pulmonary Circulation

Their publication record highlights frequent contributions to venues such as The FASEB Journal, Cells, Scientific Reports, American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.

Birukova collaborates regularly with a set of coauthors, with whom they have published the most work. These frequent collaborators include Konstantin G. Birukov, Yunbo Ke, Pratap Karki, Chen-Ou Zhang, and Kamoltip Promnares.

Best Publications

  • Sphingosine 1-phosphate promotes endothelial cell barrier integrity by Edg-dependent cytoskeletal rearrangement

    Joe G.N. Garcia;Feng Liu;Alexander D. Verin;Anna Birukova

  • The role of the microtubules in tumor necrosis factor-α-induced endothelial cell permeability

    Irina Petrache;Anna Birukova;Sarah I. Ramirez;Joe G. N. Garcia

  • Role of Rho GTPases in thrombin-induced lung vascular endothelial cells barrier dysfunction.

    Anna A. Birukova;Ksenya Smurova;Ksenya Smurova;Konstantin G. Birukov;Kozo Kaibuchi

  • Magnitude-dependent regulation of pulmonary endothelial cell barrier function by cyclic stretch.

    Konstantin G. Birukov;Jeffrey R. Jacobson;Alejandro A. Flores;Shui Q. Ye

  • Prostaglandins PGE2 and PGI2 promote endothelial barrier enhancement via PKA- and Epac1/Rap1-dependent Rac activation

    Anna A. Birukova;Tatiana Zagranichnaya;Panfeng Fu;Elena Alekseeva

  • Differential effect of MLC kinase in TNF-α-induced endothelial cell apoptosis and barrier dysfunction

    Irina Petrache;Alexander Dmitriyevich Verin;Michael T. Crow;Anna Birukova

  • Shear Stress-Mediated Cytoskeletal Remodeling and Cortactin Translocation in Pulmonary Endothelial Cells

    Konstantin G. Birukov;Anna A. Birukova;Steven M. Dudek;Alexander D. Verin

  • Novel role of microtubules in thrombin-induced endothelial barrier dysfunction

    Anna A. Birukova;Konstantin G. Birukov;Ksenya Smurova;Djanybek Adyshev

  • Hepatocyte growth factor enhances endothelial cell barrier function and cortical cytoskeletal rearrangement: potential role of glycogen synthase kinase-3β

    Feng Liu;Kane L. Schaphorst;Alexander Dmitriyevich Verin;Keri Jacobs

  • Microtubule disassembly induces cytoskeletal remodeling and lung vascular barrier dysfunction: role of Rho-dependent mechanisms.

    Anna A. Birukova;Ksenya Smurova;Ksenya Smurova;Konstantin G. Birukov;Peter Usatyuk

  • Microtubule disassembly increases endothelial cell barrier dysfunction : role of MLC phosphorylation

    Alexander D. Verin;Anna Birukova;Peiyi Wang;Feng Liu

  • Epoxycyclopentenone-Containing Oxidized Phospholipids Restore Endothelial Barrier Function via Cdc42 and Rac

    Konstantin G. Birukov;Valery N. Bochkov;Anna A. Birukova;Kamon Kawkitinarong

  • Epac/Rap and PKA are novel mechanisms of ANP-induced Rac-mediated pulmonary endothelial barrier protection.

    Anna A. Birukova;Tatiana Zagranichnaya;Elena Alekseeva;Gary M. Bokoch

  • GEF-H1 is involved in agonist-induced human pulmonary endothelial barrier dysfunction

    Anna A. Birukova;Djanybek Adyshev;Boris Gorshkov;Gary M. Bokoch

  • Involvement of site-specific FAK phosphorylation in sphingosine-1 phosphate- and thrombin-induced focal adhesion remodeling: role of Src and GIT

    Yasushi Shikata;Konstantin G. Birukov;Anna A. Birukova;Alexander Verin

  • Involvement of microtubules and Rho pathway in TGF-β1-induced lung vascular barrier dysfunction

    Anna A. Birukova;Konstantin G. Birukov;Djanibek Adyshev;Peter Usatyuk

  • Differential Regulation of Pulmonary Endothelial Monolayer Integrity by Varying Degrees of Cyclic Stretch

    Anna A. Birukova;Santipongse Chatchavalvanich;Alexander Rios;Kamon Kawkitinarong

  • Measurement of local permeability at subcellular level in cell models of agonist- and ventilator-induced lung injury

    Oleksii Dubrovskyi;Anna A Birukova;Konstantin G Birukov

  • Oxidative stress contributes to lung injury and barrier dysfunction via microtubule destabilization.

    Eric Kratzer;Yufeng Tian;Nicolene Sarich;Tinghuai Wu

  • Differential regulation of diverse physiological responses to VEGF in pulmonary endothelial cells

    Patrice M. Becker;Alexander Dmitriyevich Verin;Mary Ann Booth;Feng Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Konstantin G. Birukov
Konstantin G. Birukov University of Chicago
Joe G.N. Garcia
Joe G.N. Garcia University of Arizona
Alexander D. Verin
Alexander D. Verin Augusta University
Valery N. Bochkov
Valery N. Bochkov University of Graz
Judith A. Berliner
Judith A. Berliner University of California, Los Angeles
Kozo Kaibuchi
Kozo Kaibuchi Nagoya University
David B. Sacks
David B. Sacks National Institutes of Health
Gary M. Bokoch
Gary M. Bokoch Scripps Research Institute
Tetsu Akiyama
Tetsu Akiyama University of Tokyo
Aldons J. Lusis
Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles

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