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Gerald A. Meininger is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cell biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The topics central to their work highlight key areas such as cellular mechanics and interactions, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, traditional Chinese medicine analysis, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, coronary interventions and diagnostics, and cardiovascular function and risk factors.

The scientist has published multiple research papers across a selection of peer-reviewed venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Engineering
  • Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Some of the recent publications from Gerald A. Meininger and collaborators are:

  • Reduced stiffness and augmented traction force in type 2 diabetic coronary microvascular smooth muscle, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Switching behaviour in vascular smooth muscle cell-matrix adhesion during oscillatory loading, 2020, Journal of Theoretical Biology
  • Natural Products Improve Organ Microcirculation Dysfunction Following Ischemia/Reperfusion- and Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Disturbances: Mechanistic and Therapeutic Views, 2024, Engineering
  • Changes in dynamics of tumor/endothelial cell adhesive interactions depending on endothelial cell growth state and elastic properties, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Editorial: Traditional Chinese Medicine: Organ Vascular Injury - Volume II, 2021, Frontiers in Physiology

Throughout their career, they have collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Michael A. Hill
  • Zhe Sun
  • Zahra Nourian
  • Jing-Yan Han
  • Jorge A. Castorena-Gonzalez

Best Publications

  • Regulation of tissue injury responses by the exposure of matricryptic sites within extracellular matrix molecules.

    George E. Davis;Kayla J. Bayless;Michael J. Davis;Gerald A. Meininger

  • Cellular mechanisms involved in the vascular myogenic response

    G. A. Meininger;M. J. Davis

  • Short Communication: Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness As a Mechanism for Increased Aortic Stiffness With Aging

    Hongyu Qiu;Yi Zhu;Yi Zhu;Zhe Sun;Jerome P. Trzeciakowski

  • Invited Review: Arteriolar smooth muscle mechanotransduction: Ca2+ signaling pathways underlying myogenic reactivity

    Michael A. Hill;Hui Zou;Simon J. Potocnik;Gerald A. Meininger

  • Osteopontin is a ligand for the alpha4beta1 integrin

    K.J. Bayless;G.A. Meininger;J.M. Scholtz;G.E. Davis

  • The plastic nature of the vascular wall: a continuum of remodeling events contributing to control of arteriolar diameter and structure.

    Luis A. Martinez-Lemus;Michael A. Hill;Gerald A. Meininger

  • A model for hypokinesia: effects on muscle atrophy in the rat

    X. J. Musacchia;D. R. Deavers;G. A. Meininger;T. P. Davis

  • Modulation of Calcium Current in Arteriolar Smooth Muscle by αvβ3 and α5β1 Integrin Ligands

    Xin Wu;Jon E. Mogford;Steven H. Platts;George E. Davis

  • The role of tissue Renin-Angiotensin-aldosterone system in the development of endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness.

    Annayya R. Aroor;Vincent G. DeMarco;Guanghong Jia;Zhe Sun

  • Integrins and mechanotransduction of the vascular myogenic response

    Michael J. Davis;Xin Wu;Timothy R. Nurkiewicz;Junya Kawasaki

  • Vascular Smooth Muscle αvβ3 Integrin Mediates Arteriolar Vasodilation in Response to RGD Peptides

    Jon E. Mogford;George E. Davis;Steven H. Platts;Gerald A. Meininger

  • Regulation of the L-type Calcium Channel by α5β1 Integrin Requires Signaling between Focal Adhesion Proteins *

    Xin Wu;George E. Davis;Gerald A. Meininger;Emily Wilson

  • Calcium measurement in isolated arterioles during myogenic and agonist stimulation

    Gerald A. Meininger;David C. Zawieja;Jeff C. Falcone;Michael A. Hill

  • Integrins as unique receptors for vascular control.

    Luis A. Martinez-Lemus;Xin Wu;Emily Wilson;Michael A. Hill

  • Increased vascular smooth muscle cell stiffness: a novel mechanism for aortic stiffness in hypertension

    Nancy L. Sehgel;Yi Zhu;Zhe Sun;Jerome P. Trzeciakowski

  • Stretch-induced increases in intracellular calcium of isolated vascular smooth muscle cells

    M. J. Davis;G. A. Meininger;D. C. Zawieja

  • Endothelial cell calcium increases during flow-induced dilation in isolated arterioles

    J. C. Falcone;Lih Kuo;G. A. Meininger

  • Arteriolar myogenic signalling mechanisms: Implications for local vascular function

    Michael A Hill;Michael J Davis;Gerald A Meininger;Simon J Potocnik

  • Mechanical properties of the interaction between fibronectin and α5β1-integrin on vascular smooth muscle cells studied using atomic force microscopy

    Zhe Sun;Luis A. Martinez-Lemus;Andreea Trache;Jerome P. Trzeciakowski

  • Acute mechanoadaptation of vascular smooth muscle cells in response to continuous arteriolar vasoconstriction: implications for functional remodeling

    Luis A Martinez-Lemus;Michael A Hill;Steffen S Bolz;Ulrich Pohl

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Sowers
James R. Sowers University of Missouri
George E. Davis
George E. Davis University of South Florida
Dorothy E. Vatner
Dorothy E. Vatner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Stephen F. Vatner
Stephen F. Vatner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michael Davis
Michael Davis Georgia Institute of Technology
Grace Y. Sun
Grace Y. Sun University of Missouri
Kannappan Palaniappan
Kannappan Palaniappan University of Missouri
David C. Zawieja
David C. Zawieja Texas A&M University
Thomas M. Lincoln
Thomas M. Lincoln Baystate Medical Center
Martin Theis
Martin Theis Columbia University

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