Avril V. Somlyo

Research.com Recognitions

• 2009 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
• 1998 - Distinguished Scientist Award, Mineralogical Society of America

Overview

Best Publications

• Ca2+ Sensitivity of Smooth Muscle and Nonmuscle Myosin II: Modulated by G Proteins, Kinases, and Myosin Phosphatase

  Andrew P. Somlyo;Avril V. Somlyo

  2946
  Citations

• Signal transduction and regulation in smooth muscle

  Andrew P. Somlyo;Avril V. Somlyo

  2836
  Citations

• Signal transduction by G‐proteins, Rho‐kinase and protein phosphatase to smooth muscle and non‐muscle myosin II

  Andrew P. Somlyo;Avril V. Somlyo

  1829
  Citations

• SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM AND EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING IN MAMMALIAN SMOOTH MUSCLES

  Carrick E. Devine;Avril V. Somlyo;Andrew P. Somlyo

  698
  Citations

• ELECTROMECHANICAL AND PHARMACOMECHANICAL COUPLING IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE

  Avril V. Somlyo;Andrew P. Somlyo

  697
  Citations

• Receptor-coupled, permeabilized smooth muscle. Role of the phosphatidylinositol cascade, G-proteins, and modulation of the contractile response to Ca2+.

  T Kitazawa;S Kobayashi;K Horiuti;A V Somlyo

  598
  Citations

• Calcium release and ionic changes in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of tetanized muscle: an electron-probe study.

  A V Somlyo;H G Gonzalez-Serratos;H Shuman;G McClellan

  573
  Citations

• Smooth muscle differentiation marker gene expression is regulated by RhoA-mediated actin polymerization.

  Christopher P. Mack;Avril V. Somlyo;Martina Hautmann;Andrew P. Somlyo

  549
  Citations

• Inositol trisphosphate-induced calcium release and contraction in vascular smooth muscle

  Avril V. Somlyo;Meredith Bond;Andrew P. Somlyo;Antonio Scarpa

  545
  Citations

• Quantitative electron probe microanalysis of biological thin sections: methods and validity.

  Henry Shuman;Avril V. Somlyo;Andrew P. Somlyo

  483
  Citations

• Cytosolic heparin inhibits muscarinic and alpha-adrenergic Ca2+ release in smooth muscle. Physiological role of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in pharmacomechanical coupling.

  S Kobayashi;T Kitazawa;A V Somlyo;A P Somlyo

  471
  Citations

• Calcium content of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in liver frozen rapidly in vivo

  A. P. Somlyo;Meredith Bond;Avril V. Somlyo

  464
  Citations

• Myosin light chain kinase functions downstream of Ras/ERK to promote migration of urokinase-type plasminogen activator-stimulated cells in an integrin-selective manner.

  Diem H.D. Nguyen;Andrew D. Catling;Donna J. Webb;Mauricio Sankovic

  456
  Citations

• Kinetics of smooth and skeletal muscle activation by laser pulse photolysis of caged inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate.

  J. W. Walker;A. V. Somlyo;Y. E. Goldman;A. P. Somlyo

  396
  Citations

• Rho-kinase inhibitor retards migration and in vivo dissemination of human prostate cancer cells.

  Avril V. Somlyo;Dawn Bradshaw;Susan Ramos;Cheryl Murphy

  378
  Citations

• Role of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins--ras-family or trimeric proteins or both--in Ca2+ sensitization of smooth muscle

  M C Gong;K Iizuka;G Nixon;J P Browne

  346
  Citations

• Elemental distribution in striated muscle and the effects of hypertonicity. Electron probe analysis of cryo sections.

  AV Somlyo;H Shuman;AP Somlyo

  345
  Citations

• Electron probe analysis of vascular smooth muscle. Composition of mitochondria, nuclei, and cytoplasm.

  A P Somlyo;A V Somlyo;H Shuman

  335
  Citations

• Arachidonic acid inhibits myosin light chain phosphatase and sensitizes smooth muscle to calcium

  Ming Cui Gong;A. Fuglsang;D. Alessi;S. Kobayashi

  329
  Citations

• Translocation of rhoA Associated with Ca2+ Sensitization of Smooth Muscle

  Ming Cui Gong;Hideyoshi Fujihara;Avril V. Somlyo;Andrew P. Somlyo

  313
  Citations