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Christine E. Bear

Christine E. Bear

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
12259
World Ranking
14358
National Ranking
502

Overview

Christine E. Bear is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their research portfolio includes work in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering, encompassing a total of 107 publications in the core field of Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas related to respiratory health and disease, with a strong emphasis on cystic fibrosis. Key topics of their work include:

  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery

Christine E. Bear has coauthored many papers with frequent collaborators including Onofrio Laselva, Theo J. Moraes, Félix Ratjen, T. Gunawardena, and Tanja Gonska. The collaboration counts with these scholars range from 15 to 27 coauthored papers, demonstrating a consistent research partnership.

The scientist has published numerous papers in prominent journals. Frequent venues include:

  • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Journal of Personalized Medicine

Selected recent papers by Christine E. Bear and close collaborators include:

  • "Rescue of multiple class II CFTR mutations by elexacaftor+tezacaftor+ivacaftor mediated in part by the dual activities of elexacaftor as both corrector and potentiator," 2020, European Respiratory Journal
  • "A Therapy for Most with Cystic Fibrosis," 2020, Cell
  • "Identification of binding sites for ivacaftor on the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator," 2021, iScience
  • "Clinical and functional efficacy of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor in people with cystic fibrosis carrying the N1303K mutation," 2023, Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
  • "Generation of functional ciliated cholangiocytes from human pluripotent stem cells," 2021, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Purification and functional reconstitution of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)

    Christine E. Bear;Canhui Li;Norbert Kartner;Robert J. Bridges

  • Expression of the cystic fibrosis gene in non-epithelial invertebrate cells produces a regulated anion conductance

    Norbert Kartner;John W. Hanrahan;Tim J. Jensen;A. Leonard Naismith

  • Modulation of disease severity in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator deficient mice by a secondary genetic factor

    Richard Rozmahel;Michael Wilschanski;Angabin Matin;Suzanne Plyte

  • Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into mature airway epithelia expressing functional CFTR protein.

    Amy P Wong;Christine E Bear;Stephanie Chin;Peter Pasceri

  • ATPase Activity of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator

    Canhui Li;Mohabir Ramjeesingh;Wei Wang;Elizabeth Garami

  • Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) potentiator VX-770 (ivacaftor) opens the defective channel gate of mutant CFTR in a phosphorylation-dependent but ATP-independent manner.

    Paul D.W. Eckford;Canhui Li;Mohabir Ramjeesingh;Christine E. Bear

  • The delta F508 mutation decreases the stability of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in the plasma membrane. Determination of functional half-lives on transfected cells.

    Gergely L. Lukacs;Xiu Bao Chang;Christine Bear;Norbert Kartner

  • Directed differentiation of cholangiocytes from human pluripotent stem cells

    Mina Ogawa;Shinichiro Ogawa;Christine E Bear;Saumel Ahmadi

  • Cl- channel activity in Xenopus oocytes expressing the cystic fibrosis gene.

    C E Bear;F Duguay;A L Naismith;N Kartner

  • The cystic fibrosis mutation (delta F508) does not influence the chloride channel activity of CFTR.

    Canhui Li;Mohabir Ramjeesingh;Evangelica Reyes;Tim Jensen

  • CFTR directly mediates nucleotide-regulated glutathione flux

    Ilana Kogan;Mohabir Ramjeesingh;Canhui Li;Jackie F. Kidd

  • LUNG DISEASE IN MICE WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS

    G Kent;R Iles;C E Bear;L J Huan

  • Novel method for evaluation of the oligomeric structure of membrane proteins.

    Mohabir Ramjeesingh;Ling-Jun Huan;Elizabeth Garami;Christine E. Bear

  • Expression of the chloride channel ClC-2 in the murine small intestine epithelium.

    Katalin Gyömörey;Herman Yeger;Cameron Ackerley;Elizabeth Garami

  • Purified cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) does not function as an ATP channel.

    Canhui Li;Mohabir Ramjeesingh;Christine E. Bear

  • Walker mutations reveal loose relationship between catalytic and channel-gating activities of purified CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator)

    Mohabir Ramjeesingh;Canhui Li;Elizabeth Garami;Ling-Jun Huan

  • Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in human muscle: Dysfunction causes abnormal metabolic recovery in exercise

    Anne-Marie Lamhonwah;Christine E Bear;Ling Jun Huan;Patrick Kim Chiaw

  • The chloride channel ClC-4 contributes to endosomal acidification and trafficking.

    Raha Mohammad-Panah;Rene Harrison;Sonja Dhani;Cameron Ackerley

  • Rescue of multiple class II CFTR mutations by elexacaftor+tezacaftor+ivacaftor mediated in part by the dual activities of elexacaftor as both corrector and potentiator.

    Onofrio Laselva;Claire Bartlett;Tarini N.A. Gunawardena;Hong Ouyang

  • The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator is an extracellular chloride sensor

    Steven D. Broadbent;Steven D. Broadbent;Mohabir Ramjeesingh;Christine E. Bear;Barry E. Argent

Frequent Co-Authors

Johanna M. Rommens
Johanna M. Rommens University of Toronto
Gordon Keller
Gordon Keller University of Toronto
Herman Yeger
Herman Yeger University of Toronto
Cameron Ackerley
Cameron Ackerley University of Toronto
John R. Riordan
John R. Riordan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Janet Rossant
Janet Rossant University of Toronto
Peter R. Durie
Peter R. Durie University of Toronto
Charles M. Deber
Charles M. Deber University of Toronto
Felix Ratjen
Felix Ratjen University of Toronto
Lap-Chee Tsui
Lap-Chee Tsui University of Toronto

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