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Overview

Eliana Scemes is affiliated with New York Medical College in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their academic work focuses on intricate molecular and cellular mechanisms relevant to neuroscience and related biomedical fields.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these disciplines, their research encompasses several subfields, such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Neurology
  • Virology

Eliana Scemes's work spans multiple key topics in biomedical research, including:

  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling

Frequent collaborators over their career include:

  • David C. Spray
  • Antonio Cibelli
  • Price Obot
  • Libor Velíšek
  • Randy F. Stout

Key recent papers published by Eliana Scemes include:

  • "Cx43 carboxyl terminal domain determines AQP4 and Cx30 endfoot organization and blood brain barrier permeability," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Pannexin-1 channel opening is critical for COVID-19 pathogenesis," 2021, iScience
  • "Human immunodeficiency virus-1/simian immunodeficiency virus infection induces opening of pannexin-1 channels resulting in neuronal synaptic compromise: A novel therapeutic opportunity to prevent NeuroHIV," 2021, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • "Activity and Stability of Panx1 Channels in Astrocytes and Neuroblastoma Cells Are Enhanced by Cholesterol Depletion," 2022, Cells
  • "Astrocyte and Neuronal Panx1 Support Long-Term Reference Memory in Mice," 2023, ASN NEURO

Their research outputs have been distributed across several publication venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ASN NEURO
  • Scientific Reports
  • iScience
  • Cells

Best Publications

  • Astrocyte calcium waves: what they are and what they do.

    Eliana Scemes;Christian Giaume

  • P2X7 receptors mediate ATP release and amplification of astrocytic intercellular Ca2+ signaling

    Sylvia O. Suadicani;Celia F. Brosnan;Eliana Scemes

  • The pannexin 1 channel activates the inflammasome in neurons and astrocytes.

    William R. Silverman;Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari;Silviu Locovei;Feng Qiu

  • Pannexin1 is part of the pore forming unit of the P2X7 receptor death complex

    Silviu Locovei;Eliana Scemes;Feng Qiu;David C. Spray

  • P2X7 receptor-Pannexin1 complex: pharmacology and signaling

    Rodolfo Iglesias;Silviu Locovei;Andre P Roque;Anael P Alberto;Anael P Alberto

  • Pannexin 1: The Molecular Substrate of Astrocyte “Hemichannels”

    Rodolfo Iglesias;Gerhard Dahl;Feng Qiu;David C. Spray

  • Pannexin channels are not gap junction hemichannels

    Gina E. Sosinsky;Daniela Boassa;Rolf Dermietzel;Heather S. Duffy

  • Connexin and pannexin mediated cell-cell communication.

    Eliana Scemes;Sylvia O. Suadicani;Gerhard Dahl;David C. Spray

  • Connexin43 null mice reveal that astrocytes express multiple connexins

    R Dermietzel;Y Gao;E Scemes;D Vieira

  • Connexins, pannexins, innexins: novel roles of “hemi-channels”

    Eliana Scemes;David C. Spray;Paolo Meda

  • The cytokine IL-1β transiently enhances P2X7 receptor expression and function in human astrocytes

    Leontine Narcisse;Eliana Scemes;Yongmei Zhao;Sunhee C. Lee

  • Intercellular Communication in Spinal Cord Astrocytes: Fine Tuning between Gap Junctions and P2 Nucleotide Receptors in Calcium Wave Propagation

    Eliana Scemes;Sylvia O. Suadicani;David C. Spray

  • IL-1β differentially regulates calcium wave propagation between primary human fetal astrocytes via pathways involving P2 receptors and gap junction channels

    Gareth R. John;Eliana Scemes;Sylvia O. Suadicani;Judy S. H. Liu

  • Targeting Pannexin1 Improves Seizure Outcome

    Marcelo F. Santiago;Jana Veliskova;Naman K. Patel;Sarah E. Lutz

  • Spatial and Temporal Control of Cofilin Activity Is Required for Directional Sensing during Chemotaxis

    Ghassan Mouneimne;Vera DesMarais;Mazen Sidani;Eliana Scemes

  • Mechanisms of glutamate release from astrocytes: gap junction "hemichannels", purinergic receptors and exocytotic release.

    Vladimir Parpura;Eliana Scemes;David C Spray

  • ATP signaling is deficient in cultured Pannexin1-null mouse astrocytes.

    Sylvia O. Suadicani;Rodolfo Iglesias;Junjie Wang;Gerhard Dahl

  • Connexin 43-Mediated Astroglial Metabolic Networks Contribute to the Regulation of the Sleep-Wake Cycle.

    Jerome Clasadonte;Jerome Clasadonte;Jerome Clasadonte;Eliana Scemes;Zhongya Wang;Detlev Boison

  • Evidence for secretory pathway localization of a voltage-dependent anion channel isoform.

    Reinhard Buettner;Georg Papoutsoglou;Eliana Scemes;Eliana Scemes;David C. Spray

  • Reduced Expression of P2Y1 Receptors in Connexin43-Null Mice Alters Calcium Signaling and Migration of Neural Progenitor Cells

    Eliana Scemes;Nathalie Duval;Paolo Meda

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Spray
David C. Spray Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Gerhard Dahl
Gerhard Dahl University of Miami
Paolo Meda
Paolo Meda University of Geneva
Jana Velíšková
Jana Velíšková New York Medical College
Rolf Dermietzel
Rolf Dermietzel Ruhr University Bochum
Sunhee C. Lee
Sunhee C. Lee Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Celia F. Brosnan
Celia F. Brosnan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Robert W. Keane
Robert W. Keane University of Miami
Antonio Frigeri
Antonio Frigeri University of Bari Aldo Moro
Christian Giaume
Christian Giaume Collège de France

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