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Eric C. Beyer is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with specific focus on medicine. Their publications encompass various specialized subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, orthopedics and sports medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and ophthalmology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Connexins and lens biology
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Bone and Joint Diseases

Eric C. Beyer has regularly collaborated with frequent coauthors including Viviana M. Berthoud, Peter J. Minogue, Joanna Gemel, Gabrielle Lapping-Carr, and Yifan Mao.

The scientist's research has been published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to the following journals:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Pediatric Research

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Eric C. Beyer include:

  • "Connexin Mutants Compromise the Lens Circulation and Cause Cataracts through Biomineralization," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "ZO-1 Regulates Intercalated Disc Composition and Atrioventricular Node Conduction," 2020, Circulation Research
  • "Circulating Extracellular Vesicles and Endothelial Damage in Sickle Cell Disease," 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Molecular mechanisms underlying enhanced hemichannel function of a cataract-associated Cx50 mutant," 2021, Biophysical Journal
  • "Loss of fiber cell communication may contribute to the development of cataracts of many different etiologies," 2022, Frontiers in Physiology

Best Publications

  • Plasma Membrane Channels Formed by Connexins: Their Regulation and Functions

    Juan C. Sáez;Viviana M. Berthoud;María C. Brañes;Agustín D. Martínez

  • Connexin43: a protein from rat heart homologous to a gap junction protein from liver.

    E C Beyer;D L Paul;D A Goodenough

  • Connexin family of gap junction proteins

    Eric C. Beyer;David L. Paul;Daniel A. Goodenough

  • Dephosphorylation and Intracellular Redistribution of Ventricular Connexin43 During Electrical Uncoupling Induced by Ischemia

    Michael A. Beardslee;Deborah L. Lerner;Peter N. Tadros;James G. Laing

  • Differential expression of three gap junction proteins in developing and mature brain tissues

    R. Dermietzel;O. Traub;T. K. Hwang;E. Beyer

  • Antisera directed against connexin43 peptides react with a 43-kD protein localized to gap junctions in myocardium and other tissues.

    E C Beyer;J Kistler;D L Paul;D A Goodenough

  • Rapid Turnover of Connexin43 in the Adult Rat Heart

    Michael A. Beardslee;James G. Laing;Eric C. Beyer;Jeffrey E. Saffitz

  • Phosphorylation of connexin43 gap junction protein in uninfected and Rous sarcoma virus-transformed mammalian fibroblasts.

    D S Crow;E C Beyer;D L Paul;S S Kobe

  • Expression of the gap junction protein connexin43 in embryonic chick lens: molecular cloning, ultrastructural localization, and post-translational phosphorylation.

    Linda S. Musil;Eric C. Beyer;Daniel A. Goodenough

  • Tissue-specific determinants of anisotropic conduction velocity in canine atrial and ventricular myocardium.

    J E Saffitz;H L Kanter;K G Green;T K Tolley

  • Slow ventricular conduction in mice heterozygous for a connexin43 null mutation.

    P A Guerrero;R B Schuessler;L M Davis;E C Beyer

  • Connexin 43 and connexin 40 gap junctional proteins are present in arteriolar smooth muscle and endothelium in vivo

    T. L. Little;E. C. Beyer;B. R. Duling

  • Formation of gap junctions by expression of connexins in Xenopus oocyte pairs

    Katherine I. Swenson;John R. Jordan;Eric C. Beyer;David L. Paul

  • Disparate Effects of Deficient Expression of Connexin43 on Atrial and Ventricular Conduction Evidence for Chamber-Specific Molecular Determinants of Conduction

    Suma A. Thomas;Richard B. Schuessler;Charles I. Berul;Michael A. Beardslee

  • Oxidative stress, lens gap junctions, and cataracts.

    Viviana M. Berthoud;Eric C. Beyer

  • The extent of heterocellular communication mediated by gap junctions is predictive of bystander tumor cytotoxicity in vitro

    James Fick;Fred G. Barker;Paul Dazin;Eileen M. Westphale

  • The Gap Junction Protein Connexin43 Is Degraded via the Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway

    James G. Laing;Eric C. Beyer

  • Degradation of connexin43 gap junctions involves both the proteasome and the lysosome.

    James G. Laing;Peter N. Tadros;Eileen M. Westphale;Eric C. Beyer

  • Selectivity of Connexin-Specific Gap Junctions Does Not Correlate With Channel Conductance

    Richard D. Veenstra;Hong-Zang Wang;Dolores A. Beblo;Mark G. Chilton

  • Gap junction protein phenotypes of the human heart and conduction system.

    Lloyd M. Davis;Mark E. Rodefeld;Karen Green;Eric C. Beyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey E. Saffitz
Jeffrey E. Saffitz Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Peter R. Brink
Peter R. Brink Stony Brook University
Thomas H. Steinberg
Thomas H. Steinberg Washington University in St. Louis
Anthony T. Moore
Anthony T. Moore University of California, San Francisco
David L. Paul
David L. Paul Harvard University
Juan C. Sáez
Juan C. Sáez University of Valparaíso
David Hunt
David Hunt University of Edinburgh
Paul D. Lampe
Paul D. Lampe Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Daniel A. Goodenough
Daniel A. Goodenough Harvard University
Richard B. Schuessler
Richard B. Schuessler Washington University in St. Louis

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