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Christopher P. Baines

Christopher P. Baines

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
15197
World Ranking
19038
National Ranking
7771

Overview

Christopher P. Baines is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research spans several areas within molecular biology, physiology, and cardiology, with a focus on mitochondrial function and related cellular processes.

Their frequent coauthors include Lila M. Gierasch, F. Peter Guengerich, Ruma Banerjee, Roger Colbran, and Peter Cresswell. These collaborations underscore a multidisciplinary approach to their research.

Christopher P. Baines has published extensively in reputable scientific journals. The venues where their work is most frequently published include:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Cell Death Discovery

Their recent papers reflect a focus on mitochondrial biology and metabolic processes, including:

  • "Intrinsically Disordered N-terminal Domain (NTD) of p53 Interacts with Mitochondrial PTP Regulator Cyclophilin D" (2022), published in Journal of Molecular Biology
  • "Genetic manipulation of SPG7 or NipSnap2 does not affect mitochondrial permeability transition" (2020), published in Cell Death Discovery
  • "Role of ERβ in adipocyte metabolic response to wheel running following ovariectomy" (2021), published in Journal of Endocrinology
  • "The mitochondrial permeability transition pore: Is it formed by the ATP synthase, adenine nucleotide translocators or both?" (2020), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • "Calcium handling dysfunction and cardiac damage following acute ventricular preload challenge in the dystrophin-deficient mouse heart" (2023), published in American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

The primary subjects of their work cover several interconnected scientific themes:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders

Baines's research engages multiple subfields of study, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cell Biology
  • Physiology
  • Cancer Research

Best Publications

  • Loss of cyclophilin D reveals a critical role for mitochondrial permeability transition in cell death

    Christopher P. Baines;Robert A. Kaiser;Nicole H. Purcell;N. Scott Blair

  • Cell Biology of Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

    Theodore Kalogeris;Christopher P. Baines;Maike Krenz;Ronald J. Korthuis

  • Voltage-dependent anion channels are dispensable for mitochondrial-dependent cell death.

    Christopher P. Baines;Robert A. Kaiser;Tatiana Sheiko;William J. Craigen

  • Ischemic Preconditioning: From Adenosine Receptor to KATP Channel

    Michael V. Cohen;Christopher P. Baines;James M. Downey

  • Mitochondrial PKCε and MAPK Form Signaling Modules in the Murine Heart Enhanced Mitochondrial PKCε-MAPK Interactions and Differential MAPK Activation in PKCε-Induced Cardioprotection

    Christopher P. Baines;Jun Zhang;Guang Wu Wang;Yu Ting Zheng

  • Protein Kinase Cε Interacts With and Inhibits the Permeability Transition Pore in Cardiac Mitochondria

    Christopher P. Baines;Chang Xu Song;Yu Ting Zheng;Guang Wu Wang

  • Ca2+- and mitochondrial-dependent cardiomyocyte necrosis as a primary mediator of heart failure

    Hiroyuki Nakayama;Xiongwen Chen;Christopher P. Baines;Raisa Klevitsky

  • STRESS signaling pathways that modulate cardiac myocyte apoptosis.

    Christopher P. Baines;Jeffery D. Molkentin

  • Genetic and pharmacologic inhibition of mitochondrial-dependent necrosis attenuates muscular dystrophy

    Douglas P Millay;Michelle A Sargent;Hanna Osinska;Christopher P Baines

  • The mitochondrial permeability transition pore and ischemia-reperfusion injury

    Christopher P. Baines

  • Regulation of mitochondrial respiratory chain biogenesis by estrogens/estrogen receptors and physiological, pathological and pharmacological implications

    Jin Qiang Chen;Patrick R. Cammarata;Christopher P. Baines;James D. Yager

  • Ischemic preconditioning activates MAPKAPK2 in the isolated rabbit heart: evidence for involvement of p38 MAPK.

    Atsushi Nakano;Christopher P. Baines;Sung O. Kim;Steven L. Pelech

  • New horizons in cardioprotection: recommendations from the 2010 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop.

    Lisa Schwartz Longacre;Robert A. Kloner;Robert A. Kloner;Andrew E. Arai;Christopher P. Baines

  • The molecular composition of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore.

    Christopher P. Baines

  • The Cardiac Mitochondrion: Nexus of Stress

    Christopher P. Baines

  • Guidelines for evaluating myocardial cell death.

    Paras K. Mishra;Adriana Adameova;Joseph A. Hill;Christopher P. Baines

  • The Role of VDAC in Cell Death: Friend or Foe?

    Kyle S. McCommis;Christopher P. Baines

  • Genetic deletion of the mitochondrial phosphate carrier desensitizes the mitochondrial permeability transition pore and causes cardiomyopathy

    J. Q. Kwong;J. Davis;C. P. Baines;M. A. Sargent

  • Unrestrained erythroblast development in Nix−/− mice reveals a mechanism for apoptotic modulation of erythropoiesis

    Abhinav Diwan;Andrew G. Koesters;Amy M. Odley;Suvarnamala Pushkaran

  • Necroptosis: is there a role for mitochondria?

    Kurt D. Marshall;Christopher P. Baines

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffery D. Molkentin
Jeffery D. Molkentin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peipei Ping
Peipei Ping University of California, Los Angeles
James M. Downey
James M. Downey University of South Alabama
Roberto Bolli
Roberto Bolli University of Louisville
Robert A. Kloner
Robert A. Kloner Huntington Medical Research Institutes
Jeffrey Robbins
Jeffrey Robbins Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Roberta A. Gottlieb
Roberta A. Gottlieb Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Gerald A. Meininger
Gerald A. Meininger University of Missouri
Jagat Narula
Jagat Narula Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Masafumi Takahashi
Masafumi Takahashi Jichi Medical University

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