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Horacio F. Cantiello

Horacio F. Cantiello

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
8142
World Ranking
19104
National Ranking
7801

Overview

Horacio F. Cantiello is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work spans a variety of topics related to cellular processes and brain function, often intersecting with molecular and genetic mechanisms.

The scientist's research covers main fields including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

More specialized subfields addressed in their publications include:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering

Areas of scientific interest and main topics worked on comprise:

  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks

Frequent collaborators in their research include María del Rocío Cantero, Noelia Scarinci, Brenda C. Gutiérrez, Mónica Patricia Antonella Carabajal, and Paula L. Perez.

Their work has appeared frequently in specific publication venues, reflecting consistent engagement within key journals:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Representative recent papers authored by Horacio F. Cantiello include:

  • Actin filaments modulate electrical activity of brain microtubule protein two-dimensional sheets, 2020, Cytoskeleton
  • Polycystin-2 (TRPP2): Ion channel properties and regulation, 2022, Gene
  • The electrical properties of isolated microtubules, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Polycystin-2 (TRPP2) regulates primary cilium length in LLC-PK1 renal epithelial cells, 2022, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Microtubule Electrical Oscillations and Hippocampal Function, 2020, Journal of Neurology and Neuromedicine

The research outputs reflect an emphasis on microtubule dynamics, electrical properties of cellular components, and ion channel regulation, contributing to understanding of cell physiology and neural processes.

Best Publications

  • Polycystin-2, the protein mutated in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), is a Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channel

    Silvia González-Perrett;Keetae Kim;Cristina Ibarra;Alicia E. Damiano

  • The multidrug resistance (mdr1) gene product functions as an ATP channel.

    Edward H. Abraham;Adriana G. Prat;Leo Gerweck;Tara Seneveratne

  • The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator is a dual ATP and chloride channel.

    I L Reisin;A G Prat;E H Abraham;J F Amara

  • Actin filaments regulate epithelial Na+ channel activity.

    H. F. Cantiello;J. L. Stow;A. G. Prat;D. A. Ausiello

  • Growth and Function of the Embryonic Heart Depend upon the Cardiac-Specific L-Type Calcium Channel α1 Subunit

    Wolfgang Rottbauer;Keith Baker;Z.Galen Wo;Manzoor-Ali P.K. Mohideen

  • Regulation of Epithelial Sodium Channels by Short Actin Filaments

    Bakhram K. Berdiev;Adriana G. Prat;Horacio F. Cantiello;Dennis A. Ausiello

  • Activation of epithelial Na+ channels by protein kinase A requires actin filaments.

    A. G. Prat;A. M. Bertorello;D. A. Ausiello;H. F. Cantiello

  • Actin-binding protein contributes to cell volume regulatory ion channel activation in melanoma cells.

    H F Cantiello;A G Prat;J V Bonventre;C C Cunningham

  • Molecular pathophysiology of mucolipidosis type IV: pH dysregulation of the mucolipin-1 cation channel

    Malay K. Raychowdhury;Silvia González-Perrett;Nicolás Montalbetti;Gustavo A. Timpanaro

  • Ionic Wave Propagation along Actin Filaments

    J.A. Tuszyński;Stéphanie Portet;J.M. Dixon;C. Luxford

  • A novel method to study the electrodynamic behavior of actin filaments. Evidence for cable-like properties of actin

    E.C. Lin;H.F. Cantiello

  • Role of the actin cytoskeleton on epithelial Na+ channel regulation.

    Horacio F. Cantiello

  • Role of actin filament organization in cell volume and ion channel regulation

    Horacio F. Cantiello

  • Alpha-actinin associates with polycystin-2 and regulates its channel activity

    Qiang Li;Nicolás Montalbetti;Patrick Y. Shen;Xiao-Qing Dai

  • A Biopolymer Transistor: Electrical Amplification by Microtubules

    Avner Priel;Arnolt J. Ramos;Jack A. Tuszynski;Horacio F. Cantiello

  • Kinesin-2 mediates physical and functional interactions between polycystin-2 and fibrocystin

    Yuliang Wu;Xiao-Qing Dai;Qiang Li;Carl X. Chen

  • G protein subunit, alpha i-3, activates a pertussis toxin-sensitive Na+ channel from the epithelial cell line, A6.

    H F Cantiello;C R Patenaude;D A Ausiello

  • Role of gelsolin in the actin filament regulation of cardiac L-type calcium channels.

    Alan S. Lader;David J. Kwiatkowski;David J. Kwiatkowski;Horacio F. Cantiello

  • cAMP-independent regulation of CFTR by the actin cytoskeleton

    A. G. Prat;Yong-Fu Xiao;D. A. Ausiello;H. F. Cantiello

  • Polycystin-1 activates and stabilizes the polycystin-2 channel.

    G. Mark Xu;Silvia González-Perrett;Makram Essafi;Gustavo A. Timpanaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis A. Ausiello
Dennis A. Ausiello Harvard University
Jennifer L. Stow
Jennifer L. Stow University of Queensland
Dale J. Benos
Dale J. Benos University of Alabama at Birmingham
Paul C. Zamecnik
Paul C. Zamecnik Harvard University
Catherine M. Fuller
Catherine M. Fuller University of Alabama at Birmingham
David J. Kwiatkowski
David J. Kwiatkowski Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sadis Matalon
Sadis Matalon University of Alabama at Birmingham
Peter C. Harris
Peter C. Harris Mayo Clinic
Jing Zhou
Jing Zhou Harvard University
Rudolph E. Tanzi
Rudolph E. Tanzi Harvard University

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