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Robert T. Dirksen is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these broad fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and genetics.

Their scientific output reveals a particular emphasis on topics including ion channel regulation and function, muscle physiology and disorders, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, ion channels and receptors, genomics and rare diseases, neurobiology and insect physiology research, and genetic neurodegenerative diseases.

Recent publications from Robert T. Dirksen include:

  • Muscle-specific SMN reduction reveals motor neuron-independent disease in spinal muscular atrophy models, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Ryanodine receptor 1-related disorders: an historical perspective and proposal for a unified nomenclature, 2020, Skeletal Muscle
  • Variant curation expert panel recommendations for RYR1 pathogenicity classifications in malignant hyperthermia susceptibility, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • Iron Dysregulation in Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Alzheimer's Disease, 2022, Antioxidants
  • Altered Ca2+ Handling and Oxidative Stress Underlie Mitochondrial Damage and Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in Aging and Disease, 2021, Metabolites

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert T. Dirksen include:

  • Linda Groom
  • Thomas N. O'Connor
  • James J. Dowling
  • Sheila Riazi
  • Feliciano Protasi

Their work has been published repeatedly in several notable venues, specifically:

  • The Journal of General Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Human Molecular Genetics

Robert T. Dirksen's research combines fundamental approaches in molecular biology with clinical relevance, addressing muscle physiology, neurobiology, genetic disorders, and mechanisms of ion channel function. The diverse scope of their work is reflected in the multidisciplinary nature of their publication record and collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Superoxide Flashes in Single Mitochondria

    Wang Wang;Huaqiang Fang;Linda Groom;Aiwu Cheng

  • Enhanced dihydropyridine receptor channel activity in the presence of ryanodine receptor.

    Junichi Nakai;Junichi Nakai;Robert T. Dirksen;Hanh T. Nguyen;Isaac N. Pessah

  • Reversal of RNA Dominance by Displacement of Protein Sequestered on Triplet Repeat RNA

    Thurman M. Wheeler;Krzysztof Sobczak;John D. Lueck;Robert J. Osborne

  • RyR1 S-Nitrosylation Underlies Environmental Heat Stroke and Sudden Death in Y522S RyR1 Knockin Mice

    William J. Durham;Paula Aracena-Parks;Cheng Long;Ann E. Rossi

  • Correction of ClC-1 splicing eliminates chloride channelopathy and myotonia in mouse models of myotonic dystrophy

    Thurman M. Wheeler;John D. Lueck;Maurice S. Swanson;Robert T. Dirksen

  • Altered mRNA splicing of the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor and sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase in myotonic dystrophy type 1

    Takashi Kimura;Masayuki Nakamori;John D. Lueck;Pierre Pouliquin

  • Mitochondria Are Linked to Calcium Stores in Striated Muscle by Developmentally Regulated Tethering Structures

    Simona Boncompagni;Ann E. Rossi;Massimo Micaroni;Galina V. Beznoussenko

  • Primary structure and functional expression of the ω-conotoxin-sensitive N-type calcium channel from rabbit brain

    Yoshihiko Fujita;Michelle Mynlieff;Robert T. Dirksen;Man Suk Kim

  • Identification of Cysteines Involved in S-Nitrosylation, S-Glutathionylation, and Oxidation to Disulfides in Ryanodine Receptor Type 1

    Paula Aracena-Parks;Sanjeewa A. Goonasekera;Charles P. Gilman;Robert T. Dirksen

  • Epac and Phospholipase Cϵ Regulate Ca2+ Release in the Heart by Activation of Protein Kinase Cϵ and Calcium-Calmodulin Kinase II

    Emily A. Oestreich;Sundeep Malik;Sanjeewa A. Goonasekera;Burns C. Blaxall

  • The II-III Loop of the Skeletal Muscle Dihydropyridine Receptor Is Responsible for the Bi-directional Coupling with the Ryanodine Receptor

    Manfred Grabner;Robert T. Dirksen;Norio Suda;Kurt G. Beam

  • Epac-mediated activation of phospholipase C(epsilon) plays a critical role in beta-adrenergic receptor-dependent enhancement of Ca2+ mobilization in cardiac myocytes.

    Emily A. Oestreich;Huan Wang;Sundeep Malik;Katherine A. Kaproth-Joslin

  • Mice with the R176Q cardiac ryanodine receptor mutation exhibit catecholamine-induced ventricular tachycardia and cardiomyopathy

    Prince J. Kannankeril;Brett M. Mitchell;Sanjeewa A. Goonasekera;Mihail G. Chelu

  • Differential dependence of store-operated and excitation-coupled Ca2+ entry in skeletal muscle on STIM1 and Orai1

    Alla D. Lyfenko;Robert T. Dirksen

  • Heat- and anesthesia-induced malignant hyperthermia in an RyR1 knock-in mouse

    Mihail G. Chelu;Sanjeewa A. Goonasekera;William J. Durham;Wei Tang

  • Identical De Novo Mutation in the Type 1 Ryanodine Receptor Gene Associated With Fatal, Stress-Induced Malignant Hyperthermia in Two Unrelated Families

    Linda Groom;Sheila M. Muldoon;Zhen Zhi Tang;Barbara W. Brandom

  • Muscle weakness in myotonic dystrophy associated with misregulated splicing and altered gating of CaV1.1 calcium channel

    Zhen Zhi Tang;Viktor Yarotskyy;Lan Wei;Krzysztof Sobczak

  • Type 1 ryanodine receptor in cardiac mitochondria: transducer of excitation-metabolism coupling.

    Gisela Beutner;Virendra K. Sharma;Lin Lin;Shin-Young Ryu

  • Tagging with green fluorescent protein reveals a distinct subcellular distribution of L-type and non-L-type Ca2+ channels expressed in dysgenic myotubes

    Manfred Grabner;Robert T. Dirksen;Kurt G. Beam

  • Checking your SOCCs and feet: the molecular mechanisms of Ca2+ entry in skeletal muscle.

    Robert T. Dirksen

Frequent Co-Authors

Shey-Shing Sheu
Shey-Shing Sheu Thomas Jefferson University
Feliciano Protasi
Feliciano Protasi University of Chieti-Pescara
Susan L. Hamilton
Susan L. Hamilton Baylor College of Medicine
Charles A. Thornton
Charles A. Thornton University of Rochester Medical Center
Kurt G. Beam
Kurt G. Beam University of Colorado Denver
Angela F. Dulhunty
Angela F. Dulhunty Australian National University
Heping Cheng
Heping Cheng Peking University
Paul S. Brookes
Paul S. Brookes University of Rochester Medical Center
Carlo Reggiani
Carlo Reggiani University of Padua
Clara Franzini-Armstrong
Clara Franzini-Armstrong University of Pennsylvania

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