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Overview

Robert C. Speth is affiliated with Nova Southeastern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a focus on cardiovascular and molecular biology disciplines. Their work spans multiple subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, physiology, infectious diseases, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The primary topics of their research include renin-angiotensin system studies, hormonal regulation and hypertension, receptor mechanisms and signaling, COVID-19 clinical research studies, apelin-related biomedical research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, as well as studies related to coagulation, bradykinin, polyphosphates, and angioedema.

Recent scholarly publications by Robert C. Speth demonstrate their scientific focus and contributions:

  • "The role of the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in mild traumatic brain injury (TBI)" published in 2020 in Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "Sex-Specific Modulation of Blood Pressure and the Renin-Angiotensin System by ACE (Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme) 2" published in 2020 in Hypertension
  • "Response to recent commentaries regarding the involvement of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and renin-angiotensin system blockers in SARS-CoV-2 infections" published in 2020 in Drug Development Research
  • "Male bias in ACE2 basic science research: missed opportunity for discovery in the time of COVID-19" published in 2021 in American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
  • "Keep taking your ACE inhibitors and ARBs during the COVID 19 pandemic" published in 2020 in Journal of Travel Medicine

The publication venues where Robert C. Speth frequently contributes include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The FASEB Journal, Clinical Science, Physiological Reports, and Peptides.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts have included Natalia Motzko Noto, Kathryn Sandberg, Lisa S. Robison, Aline M. A. de Souza, and Hong Ji.

Best Publications

  • Angiotensin-(1-7) is an endogenous ligand for the G protein-coupled receptor Mas.

    Robson A. S. Santos;Ana C. Simoes e Silva;Christine Maric;Denise M. R. Silva

  • Prevention of angiotensin II-induced cardiac remodeling by angiotensin-(1–7)

    Justin L. Grobe;Adam P. Mecca;Melissa Lingis;Vinayak Shenoy

  • A Consensus Definitive Classification of Scavenger Receptors and Their Roles in Health and Disease

    Mercy R. PrabhuDas;Cynthia L. Baldwin;Paul L. Bollyky;Dawn M.E. Bowdish

  • Benzodiazepine binding in human brain: Characterization using [3H] flunitrazepam

    Robert C. Speth;Gregory J. Wastek;Peter C. Johnson;Henry I. Yamamura

  • Discrimination of two angiotensin II receptor subtypes with a selective agonist analogue of angiotensin II, p-aminophenylalanine6 angiotensin II.

    Robert C. Speth;Kwan Hee Kim

  • Brain-Selective Overexpression of Human Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Type 2 Attenuates Neurogenic Hypertension

    Yumei Feng;Huijing Xia;Yanhui Cai;Carmen M. Halabi

  • NADPH Oxidase Contributes to Angiotensin II Signaling in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius

    Gang Wang;Josef Anrather;Jie Huang;Robert C. Speth

  • The effect of γ-aminobutyric acid on 3H-flunitrazepam binding in rat brain

    G.J. Wastek;R.C. Speth;T.D. Reisine;H.I. Yamamura

  • Distribution of [125I]angiotensin II binding sites in the rat brain: A quantitative autoradiographic study

    D.R. Gehlert;R.C. Speth;R.C. Speth;J.K. Wamsley

  • Animal models of BMAA neurotoxicity: a critical review.

    Vardan T. Karamyan;Robert C. Speth

  • Benzodiazepine receptors: Temperature dependence of [3H]flunitrazepam binding

    Robert C. Speth;Gregory J. Wastek;Henry I. Yamamura

  • Cannabinoid ester constituents from high-potency Cannabis sativa.

    Safwat A. Ahmed;Samir A. Ross;Desmond Slade;Mohamed M. Radwan

  • Localization of angiotensin II receptors in ovarian follicles and the identification of angiotensin II in rat ovaries

    A Husain;F M Bumpus;P De Silva;R C Speth

  • Angiotensin II receptor subtypes in the rat brain.

    Brian P. Rowe;Kevin L. Grove;David L. Saylor;Robert C. Speth

  • Angiotensin II receptor localization in the canine CNS.

    Robert C. Speth;James K. Wamsley;Donald R. Gehlert;Cheryl L. Chernicky

  • Central angiotensin IV binding sites: distribution and specificity in guinea pig brain

    A V Miller-Wing;J M Hanesworth;M F Sardinia;K L Hall

  • Placental insufficiency results in temporal alterations in the renin angiotensin system in male hypertensive growth restricted offspring.

    Daniela Grigore;Norma B. Ojeda;Elliott B. Robertson;Antoinette S Dawson

  • Analysis of angiotensin II receptor subtypes in individual rat brain nuclei.

    Brian P. Rowe;David L. Saylor;Robert C. Speth

  • Discrimination of angiotensin II receptor subtype distribution in the rat brain using non-peptidic receptor antagonists.

    Brian P. Rowe;Kevin L. Grove;David L. Saylor;Robert C. Speth

  • A Consensus Definitive Classification of Scavenger Receptors and Their Roles in Health and Disease

    Mercy R. PrabhuDas;Cynthia L. Baldwin;Paul L. Bollyky;Dawn M. E. Bowdish

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry I. Yamamura
Henry I. Yamamura University of Arizona
Carlos M. Ferrario
Carlos M. Ferrario Wake Forest University
Nereo Bresolin
Nereo Bresolin University of Milan
Colin Sumners
Colin Sumners University of Florida
Costantino Iadecola
Costantino Iadecola Cornell University
James K. Wamsley
James K. Wamsley IQVIA (United States)
Alan F. Sved
Alan F. Sved University of Pittsburgh
Teresa A. Milner
Teresa A. Milner Cornell University
Virginia M. Pickel
Virginia M. Pickel Cornell University
Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University

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