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Overview

Sic L. Chan is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular concentration in molecular biology and physiology. Their work also covers diverse topics including ion transport and channel regulation, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals, cancer, hypoxia and metabolism, mitochondrial function and pathology, and adipose tissue and metabolism.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • Neuronal Aquaporin 1 Inhibits Amyloidogenesis by Suppressing the Interaction Between Beta-Secretase and Amyloid Precursor Protein, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Depletion of HIF-1α-mediated Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein-4 (UCP4) Expression Sensitizes Temozolomide (TMZ)-Induced Apoptosis in Glioblastoma, 2020, The FASEB Journal
  • Correction to "A synthetic inhibitor of p53 protects neurons against death induced by ischemic and excitotoxic insults, and amyloid β-peptide", 2024, Journal of Neurochemistry

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include:

  • Mark P. Mattson
  • Jinsu Park
  • Meenu Madan
  • Srinivasulu Chigurupati
  • Seung Hyun Baek

Their scholarly output has appeared in several notable venues, including:

  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Journal of Neurochemistry

Best Publications

  • Gut-expressed gustducin and taste receptors regulate secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1

    Hyeung-Jin Jang;Zaza Kokrashvili;Michael J. Theodorakis;Olga D. Carlson

  • Homocysteine Elicits a DNA Damage Response in Neurons That Promotes Apoptosis and Hypersensitivity to Excitotoxicity

    Inna I. Kruman;Carsten Culmsee;Sic L. Chan;Yuri Kruman

  • Calcium signaling in the ER: its role in neuronal plasticity and neurodegenerative disorders

    Mark P Mattson;Frank M LaFerla;Sic L Chan;Malcolm A Leissring

  • Neuronal and glial calcium signaling in Alzheimer's disease.

    Mark P Mattson;Mark P Mattson;Sic L Chan

  • Caspase and calpain substrates: Roles in synaptic plasticity and cell death

    Sic L. Chan;Mark P. Mattson

  • Calcium orchestrates apoptosis.

    Mark P Mattson;Sic L Chan

  • Disruption of neurogenesis by amyloid β-peptide, and perturbed neural progenitor cell homeostasis, in models of Alzheimer's disease

    Norman J. Haughey;Avi Nath;Sic L. Chan;A. C. Borchard

  • Modification of Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders by Genes, Diet, and Behavior

    Mark P. Mattson;Sic L. Chan;Wenzhen Duan

  • DAPK1 Interaction with NMDA Receptor NR2B Subunits Mediates Brain Damage in Stroke

    Weihong Tu;Xin Xu;Lisheng Peng;Xiaofen Zhong

  • Cell Cycle Activation Linked to Neuronal Cell Death Initiated by DNA Damage

    Inna I Kruman;Robert P Wersto;Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez;Lubomir Smilenov

  • Presenilin-1 Mutations Increase Levels of Ryanodine Receptors and Calcium Release in PC12 Cells and Cortical Neurons

    Sic L. Chan;Michael Mayne;Clark P. Holden;Jonathan D. Geiger

  • Neutralization of transthyretin reverses the neuroprotective effects of secreted amyloid precursor protein (APP) in APPSW mice resulting in tau phosphorylation and loss of hippocampal neurons: support for the amyloid hypothesis.

    Thor D. Stein;Nicholas J. Anders;Charles DeCarli;Sic L. Chan

  • A synthetic inhibitor of p53 protects neurons against death induced by ischemic and excitotoxic insults, and amyloid beta-peptide.

    Carsten Culmsee;Xiaoxiang Zhu;Qian Sheng Yu;Sic L. Chan

  • Involvement of Notch signaling in hippocampal synaptic plasticity

    Yue Wang;Sic L. Chan;Lucio Miele;Pamela J. Yao

  • Gamma secretase–mediated Notch signaling worsens brain damage and functional outcome in ischemic stroke

    Thiruma V. Arumugam;Sic L. Chan;Dong Gyu Jo;Gokhan Yilmaz

  • Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) protects the brain against experimental stroke by preventing complement-mediated neuronal cell death

    Thiruma V. Arumugam;Sung Chun Tang;Justin D. Lathia;Aiwu Cheng

  • Dysregulation of cellular calcium homeostasis in Alzheimer's disease: bad genes and bad habits.

    Mark P. Mattson;Sic L. Chan

  • Receptor channel TRPC6 is a key mediator of Notch-driven glioblastoma growth and invasiveness

    Srinivasulu Chigurupati;Rajarajeswari Venkataraman;Daniel Barrera;Anusha Naganathan

  • p38 MAP kinase mediates nitric oxide-induced apoptosis of neural progenitor cells.

    Aiwu Cheng;Sic L. Chan;Ollivier Milhavet;Shuqin Wang

  • 2-Deoxy-D-glucose protects hippocampal neurons against excitotoxic and oxidative injury: evidence for the involvement of stress proteins.

    Jaewon Lee;Annadora J. Bruce-Keller;Yuri Kruman;Sic L. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark P. Mattson
Mark P. Mattson Johns Hopkins University
Thiruma V. Arumugam
Thiruma V. Arumugam La Trobe University
Dong-Gyu Jo
Dong-Gyu Jo Sungkyunkwan University
Jaewon Lee
Jaewon Lee Pusan National University
Nigel H. Greig
Nigel H. Greig National Institutes of Health
Carsten Culmsee
Carsten Culmsee Philipp University of Marburg
Justin D. Lathia
Justin D. Lathia Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Norman J. Haughey
Norman J. Haughey Tulane University
Avindra Nath
Avindra Nath National Institutes of Health
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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