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Bruce J. Nicholson is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research spans across medicine, focusing primarily on fields such as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with specific interests in molecular biology, obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive medicine, immunology, and biomedical engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably in endometriosis research and treatment, connexins and lens biology, uterine myomas and treatments, reproductive system and pregnancy, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, endometrial and cervical cancer treatments, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Bruce J. Nicholson has published in various venues, with multiple publications in the journal Life, as well as contributions to Cancers, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, eLife, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

  • The Role of Connexin 43 in Lung Disease, 2020, Life
  • Connexins and cAMP Cross-Talk in Cancer Progression and Metastasis, 2020, Cancers
  • Cellular junction and mesenchymal factors delineate an endometriosis-specific response of endometrial stromal cells to the mesothelium, 2021, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
  • Divergence between Hemichannel and Gap Junction Permeabilities of Connexin 30 and 26, 2023, Life
  • Hypersensitive intercellular responses of endometrial stromal cells drive invasion in endometriosis, 2024, eLife

They frequently collaborate with other researchers in their field. Notable frequent co-authors include Jeffery Chavez, Randal D. Robinson, Nameer B. Kirma, Virginia-Arlene Acosta Go, and Ashlesh K. Murthy.

Best Publications

  • Sequence and tissue distribution of a second protein of hepatic gap junctions, Cx26, as deduced from its cDNA.

    J. T. Zhang;Bruce J Nicholson

  • Gap junctions formed by connexins 26 and 32 alone and in combination are differently affected by applied voltage.

    Luis C. Barrio;Thomas Suchyna;Thaddeus Bargiello;Lie Xian Xu

  • Selective transfer of endogenous metabolites through gap junctions composed of different connexins.

    Gary S. Goldberg;Paul D. Lampe;Bruce J. Nicholson

  • Two homologous protein components of hepatic gap junctions

    Bruce J Nicholson;Bruce J Nicholson;R. Dermietzel;D. Teplow;O. Traub

  • The permeability of gap junction channels to probes of different size is dependent on connexin composition and permeant-pore affinities.

    Paul A. Weber;Hou Chien Chang;Kris E. Spaeth;Johannes M. Nitsche

  • Structural organization of gap junction channels.

    Gina E. Sosinsky;Bruce J. Nicholson

  • The Pattern of Disulfide Linkages in the Extracellular Loop Regions of Connexin 32 Suggests a Model for the Docking Interface of Gap Junctions

    Cynthia I. Foote;Lan Zhou;Xing Zhu;Bruce J. Nicholson

  • Structure of gap junction intercellular channels

    Mark Yeager;Bruce J Nicholson

  • Differential expression of gap junction connexins in endocrine and exocrine glands

    Paolo Meda;Michael S. Pepper;Otto Traub;Klaus Willecke

  • Molecular Cloning and Functional Expression of Mouse Connexin-30,a Gap Junction Gene Highly Expressed in Adult Brain and Skin

    Edgar Dahl;Dieter Manthey;Ye Chen;Hans Jürgen Schwarz

  • Molecular cloning and functional expression of mouse connexin40, a second gap junction gene preferentially expressed in lung.

    Hanjo Hennemann;Tom Suchyna;Hella Lichtenberg-Fraté;Stefan Jungbluth

  • Mouse connexin37: cloning and functional expression of a gap junction gene highly expressed in lung.

    Klaus Willecke;Roland Heynkes;Edgar Dahl;Ruth Stutenkemper

  • Increased expression of connexin-43 in the rat myometrium during labor is associated with an increase in the plasma estrogen: Progesterone ratio

    Stephen J. Lye;Bruce J. Nicholson;Mariola Mascarenhas;Leslie Mackenzie

  • A quantitative analysis of connexin-specific permeability differences of gap junctions expressed in HeLa transfectants and Xenopus oocytes.

    Fengli Cao;Reiner Eckert;Claudia Elfgang;Johannes M. Nitsche

  • Dissection of the Molecular Basis of pp60v-src Induced Gating of Connexin 43 Gap Junction Channels

    Lan Zhou;Eileen M. Kasperek;Bruce J. Nicholson

  • Gap-Junction Channels Dysfunction in Deafness and Hearing Loss

    Agustín D. Martínez;Rodrigo Acuña;Vania Figueroa;Jaime Maripillan

  • Identification of a proline residue as a transduction element involved in voltage gating of gap junctions.

    Thomas M. Suchyna;Lie Xian Xu;Lie Xian Xu;Feng Gao;Charles R. Fourtner

  • Paradigm of Genetic Mosaicism and Lone Atrial Fibrillation Physiological Characterization of a Connexin 43–Deletion Mutant Identified From Atrial Tissue

    Isabelle L. Thibodeau;Ji Xu;Qiuju Li;Gele Liu

  • Connexin trafficking and the control of gap junction assembly in mouse preimplantation embryos

    P.A. De Sousa;G. Valdimarsson;B.J. Nicholson;G.M. Kidder

  • Erratum: Gap junctions formed by connexins 26 and 32 alone and in combination are differently affected by applied voltage (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (October 1, 1991) 88 (8410-8414))

    L. C. Barrio;T. Suchyna;T. Bargiello;Xian Xu Lie Xian Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Willecke
Klaus Willecke University of Bonn
David L. Paul
David L. Paul Harvard University
Jean X. Jiang
Jean X. Jiang The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Edgar Dahl
Edgar Dahl RWTH Aachen University
Henry C. Pitot
Henry C. Pitot University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi Nagoya University
Otto Traub
Otto Traub University of Bonn
Michael V. L. Bennett
Michael V. L. Bennett Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Klaus I. Matthaei
Klaus I. Matthaei Australian National University
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington

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