Publications

• Hong J, Wong B, Huynh C, Tang B, Ruffenach G, Li M, Umar S, Yang X, Eghbali M. Tm4sf1-marked Endothelial Subpopulation Is Dysregulated in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2023.
• Hong J, Wong B, Rhodes CJ, Kurt Z, Schwantes-An TH, Mickler EA, Gräf S, Eyries M, Lutz KA, Pauciulo MW, Trembath RC, Montani D, Morrell NW, Wilkins MR, Nichols WC, Trégouët DA, Aldred MA, Desai AA, Tuder RM, Geraci MW, Eghbali M, Stearman RS, Yang X. Integrative Multiomics to Dissect the Lung Transcriptional Landscape of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2023.
• Banerjee S, Zargari M, Medzikovic L, Russino H, Mikhael M, Koons N, Grogan T, Rahman S, Eghbali M, Umar S. Intralipid® improves left ventricular function in rats with lipopolysaccharide-induced endotoxaemia by a Src-STAT3-mediated mechanism.. British journal of anaesthesia, 2022.
• Ruffenach G, Medzikovic L, Aryan L, Li M, Eghbali M. HNRNPA2B1: RNA-Binding Protein That Orchestrates Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.. Circulation, 2022.
• Sherman C, Koons N, Zargari M, Cha C, Hirsch J, Hong R, Eghbali M, Umar S. Intralipid fails to rescue bupivacaine-induced cardiotoxicity in late-pregnant rats.. Frontiers in medicine, 2022.
• Cunningham CM, Li M, Ruffenach G, Doshi M, Aryan L, Hong J, Park J, Hrncir H, Medzikovic L, Umar S, Arnold AP, Eghbali M. Y-Chromosome Gene, Uty, Protects Against Pulmonary Hypertension by Reducing Proinflammatory Chemokines.. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2022.
• Jayawardena E, Medzikovic L, Ruffenach G, Eghbali M. Role of miRNA-1 and miRNA-21 in Acute Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury and Their Potential as Therapeutic Strategy.. International journal of molecular sciences, 2022.
• Yazal T, Bailleul J, Ruan Y, Sung D, Chu FI, Palomera D, Dao A, Sehgal A, Gurunathan V, Aryan L, Eghbali M, Vlashi E. Radiosensitizing Pancreatic Cancer via Effective Autophagy Inhibition.. Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2021.
• Lee LK, Eghbali M, Sapru A. A novel miRNA biomarker panel associated with mortality in pediatric patients with ARDS.. Respiratory research, 2021.
• Hong J, Arneson D, Umar S, Ruffenach G, Cunningham CM, Ahn IS, Diamante G, Bhetraratana M, Park JF, Said E, Huynh C, Le T, Medzikovic L, Humbert M, Soubrier F, Montani D, Girerd B, Trégouët DA, Channick R, Saggar R, Eghbali M, Yang X. Single-Cell Study of Two Rat Models of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Reveals Connections to Human Pathobiology and Drug Repositioning.. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2021.
• Nguyen TP, Frautschy SA, Eghbali M. Editorial: Oxidative Stress in Myocardial and Neural Remodeling.. Frontiers in physiology, 2021.
• Ruffenach G, Hong J, Vaillancourt M, Medzikovic L, Eghbali M. Pulmonary hypertension secondary to pulmonary fibrosis: clinical data, histopathology and molecular insights.. Respiratory research, 2020.
• Lee LK, Medzikovic L, Eghbali M, Eltzschig HK, Yuan X. The Role of MicroRNAs in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Sepsis, From Targets to Therapies: A Narrative Review.. Anesthesia and analgesia, 2020.
• Medzikovic L, Cunningham CM, Li M, Amjedi M, Hong J, Ruffenach G, Eghbali M. Sex differences underlying preexisting cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular injury in COVID-19.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2020.
• Ruffenach G, O'Connor E, Vaillancourt M, Hong J, Cao N, Sarji S, Moazeni S, Papesh J, Grijalva V, Cunningham CM, Shu L, Chattopadhyay A, Tiwari S, Mercier O, Perros F, Umar S, Yang X, Gomes AV, Fogelman AM, Reddy ST, Eghbali M. Oral 15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid Induces Pulmonary Hypertension in Mice by Triggering T Cell-Dependent Endothelial Cell Apoptosis.. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2020.
• Aryan L, Younessi D, Zargari M, Banerjee S, Agopian J, Rahman S, Borna R, Ruffenach G, Umar S, Eghbali M. The Role of Estrogen Receptors in Cardiovascular Disease.. International journal of molecular sciences, 2020.
• Aryan L, Medzikovic L, Umar S, Eghbali M. Pregnancy-associated cardiac dysfunction and the regulatory role of microRNAs.. Biology of sex differences, 2020.
• Umar S, Ruffenach G, Moazeni S, Vaillancourt M, Hong J, Cunningham C, Cao N, Navab S, Sarji S, Li M, Lee L, Fishbein G, Ardehali A, Navab M, Reddy ST, Eghbali M. Involvement of Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Hypertension.. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020.
• Mikhael M, Makar C, Wissa A, Le T, Eghbali M, Umar S. Oxidative Stress and Its Implications in the Right Ventricular Remodeling Secondary to Pulmonary Hypertension.. Frontiers in physiology, 2019.
• Ruffenach G, Umar S, Vaillancourt M, Hong J, Cao N, Sarji S, Moazeni S, Cunningham CM, Ardehali A, Reddy ST, Saggar R, Fishbein G, Eghbali M. Histological hallmarks and role of Slug/PIP axis in pulmonary hypertension secondary to pulmonary fibrosis.. EMBO molecular medicine, 2019.
• Duhachek-Muggy S, Bhat K, Medina P, Cheng F, He L, Alli C, Saki M, Muthukrishnan SD, Ruffenach G, Eghbali M, Vlashi E, Pajonk F. Radiation mitigation of the intestinal acute radiation injury in mice by 1-[(4-nitrophenyl)sulfonyl]-4-phenylpiperazine.. Stem cells translational medicine, 2019.
• Medzikovic L, Aryan L, Eghbali M. Connecting sex differences, estrogen signaling, and microRNAs in cardiac fibrosis.. Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2019.
• Umar S, Eghbali M. In Reply.. Anesthesiology, 2019.
• Sulaiman D, Li J, Devarajan A, Cunningham CM, Li M, Fishbein GA, Fogelman AM, Eghbali M, Reddy ST. Paraoxonase 2 protects against acute myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by modulating mitochondrial function and oxidative stress via the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β RISK pathway.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2019.
• Iorga A, Umar S, Ruffenach G, Aryan L, Li J, Sharma S, Motayagheni N, Nadadur RD, Bopassa JC, Eghbali M. Estrogen rescues heart failure through estrogen receptor Beta activation.. Biology of sex differences, 2018.
• Saddic LA, Howard-Quijano K, Kipke J, Kubo Y, Dale EA, Hoover D, Shivkumar K, Eghbali M, Mahajan A. Progression of myocardial ischemia leads to unique changes in immediate-early gene expression in the spinal cord dorsal horn.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2018.
• Umar S, Li J, Hannabass K, Vaillancourt M, Cunningham CM, Moazeni S, Mahajan A, Eghbali M. Free Fatty Acid Receptor G-protein-coupled Receptor 40 Mediates Lipid Emulsion-induced Cardioprotection.. Anesthesiology, 2018.
• Umar S, Cunningham CM, Itoh Y, Moazeni S, Vaillancourt M, Sarji S, Centala A, Arnold AP, Eghbali M. The Y Chromosome Plays a Protective Role in Experimental Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension.. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2018.
• Cunningham CM, Eghbali M. An Introduction to Epigenetics in Cardiovascular Development, Disease, and Sexualization.. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2018.
• Vaillancourt M, Chia P, Sarji S, Nguyen J, Hoftman N, Ruffenach G, Eghbali M, Mahajan A, Umar S. Autonomic nervous system involvement in pulmonary arterial hypertension.. Respiratory research, 2017.
• Iorga A, Cunningham CM, Moazeni S, Ruffenach G, Umar S, Eghbali M. The protective role of estrogen and estrogen receptors in cardiovascular disease and the controversial use of estrogen therapy.. Biology of sex differences, 2017.
• Vaidya B, Pangallo M, Ruffenach G, Cunningham CM, Perron JC, Kolluru S, Eghbali M, Gupta V. Advances in treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: patent review.. Expert opinion on therapeutic patents, 2017.
• Umar S, Partow-Navid R, Ruffenach G, Iorga A, Moazeni S, Eghbali M. Severe pulmonary hypertension in aging female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice is rescued by estrogen replacement therapy.. Biology of sex differences, 2017.
• Arnold AP, Cassis LA, Eghbali M, Reue K, Sandberg K. Sex Hormones and Sex Chromosomes Cause Sex Differences in the Development of Cardiovascular Diseases.. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2017.
• Li J, Ruffenach G, Kararigas G, Cunningham CM, Motayagheni N, Barakai N, Umar S, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Eghbali M. Intralipid protects the heart in late pregnancy against ischemia/reperfusion injury via Caveolin2/STAT3/GSK-3β pathway.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2016.
• Sharma S, Ruffenach G, Umar S, Motayagheni N, Reddy ST, Eghbali M. Role of oxidized lipids in pulmonary arterial hypertension.. Pulmonary circulation, 2016.
• Anwar A, Ruffenach G, Mahajan A, Eghbali M, Umar S. Novel biomarkers for pulmonary arterial hypertension.. Respiratory research, 2016.
• Arnold AP, Reue K, Eghbali M, Vilain E, Chen X, Ghahramani N, Itoh Y, Li J, Link JC, Ngun T, Williams-Burris SM. The importance of having two X chromosomes.. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2016.
• Iorga A, Li J, Sharma S, Umar S, Bopassa JC, Nadadur RD, Centala A, Ren S, Saito T, Toro L, Wang Y, Stefani E, Eghbali M. Rescue of Pressure Overload-Induced Heart Failure by Estrogen Therapy.. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2016.
• Ross DJ, Hough G, Hama S, Aboulhosn J, Belperio JA, Saggar R, Van Lenten BJ, Ardehali A, Eghbali M, Reddy S, Fogelman AM, Navab M. Proinflammatory high-density lipoprotein results from oxidized lipid mediators in the pathogenesis of both idiopathic and associated types of pulmonary arterial hypertension.. Pulmonary circulation, 2015.
• Sharma S, Umar S, Centala A, Eghbali M. Role of miR206 in genistein-induced rescue of pulmonary hypertension in monocrotaline model.. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2015.
• Partownavid P, Sharma S, Li J, Umar S, Rahman S, Eghbali M. Involvement of Opioid Receptors in the Lipid Rescue of Bupivacaine-Induced Cardiotoxicity.. Anesthesia and analgesia, 2015.
• Sharma S, Umar S, Potus F, Iorga A, Wong G, Meriwether D, Breuils-Bonnet S, Mai D, Navab K, Ross D, Navab M, Provencher S, Fogelman AM, Bonnet S, Reddy ST, Eghbali M. Apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide 4F rescues pulmonary hypertension by inducing microRNA-193-3p.. Circulation, 2014.
• Li J, Chen X, McClusky R, Ruiz-Sundstrom M, Itoh Y, Umar S, Arnold AP, Eghbali M. The number of X chromosomes influences protection from cardiac ischaemia/reperfusion injury in mice: one X is better than two.. Cardiovascular research, 2014.
• Sharma S, Eghbali M. Influence of sex differences on microRNA gene regulation in disease.. Biology of sex differences, 2014.
• Li J, Rahman S, Eghbali M. Inotropic effect of lipid emulsion: a new perspective*.. Critical care medicine, 2013.
• Li J, Bopassa JC, Rahman S, Eghbali M. In reply.. Anesthesiology, 2013.
• Iorga A, Dewey S, Partow-Navid R, Gomes AV, Eghbali M. Pregnancy is associated with decreased cardiac proteasome activity and oxidative stress in mice.. PloS one, 2012.
• Li J, Iorga A, Sharma S, Youn JY, Partow-Navid R, Umar S, Cai H, Rahman S, Eghbali M. Intralipid, a clinically safe compound, protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury more efficiently than cyclosporine-A.. Anesthesiology, 2012.
• Umar S, Nadadur R, Iorga A, Amjedi M, Matori H, Eghbali M. Cardiac structural and hemodynamic changes associated with physiological heart hypertrophy of pregnancy are reversed postpartum.. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2012.
• Partownavid P, Umar S, Li J, Rahman S, Eghbali M. Fatty-acid oxidation and calcium homeostasis are involved in the rescue of bupivacaine-induced cardiotoxicity by lipid emulsion in rats.. Critical care medicine, 2012.
• Li J, Umar S, Amjedi M, Iorga A, Sharma S, Nadadur RD, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Eghbali M. New frontiers in heart hypertrophy during pregnancy.. American journal of cardiovascular disease, 2012.
• Matori H, Umar S, Nadadur RD, Sharma S, Partow-Navid R, Afkhami M, Amjedi M, Eghbali M. Genistein, a soy phytoestrogen, reverses severe pulmonary hypertension and prevents right heart failure in rats.. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2012.
• Li J, Umar S, Iorga A, Youn JY, Wang Y, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Cai H, Eghbali M. Cardiac vulnerability to ischemia/reperfusion injury drastically increases in late pregnancy.. Basic research in cardiology, 2012.
• Nadadur RD, Umar S, Wong G, Eghbali M, Iorga A, Matori H, Partow-Navid R, Eghbali M. Reverse right ventricular structural and extracellular matrix remodeling by estrogen in severe pulmonary hypertension.. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2012.
• Umar S, Rabinovitch M, Eghbali M. Estrogen paradox in pulmonary hypertension: current controversies and future perspectives.. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2012.
• Umar S, Lee JH, de Lange E, Iorga A, Partow-Navid R, Bapat A, van der Laarse A, Saggar R, Saggar R, Ypey DL, Karagueuzian HS, Eghbali M. Spontaneous ventricular fibrillation in right ventricular failure secondary to chronic pulmonary hypertension.. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, 2011.
• Rahman S, Li J, Bopassa JC, Umar S, Iorga A, Partownavid P, Eghbali M. Phosphorylation of GSK-3β mediates intralipid-induced cardioprotection against ischemia/reperfusion injury.. Anesthesiology, 2011.
• Umar S, Nadadur RD, Li J, Maltese F, Partownavid P, van der Laarse A, Eghbali M. Intralipid prevents and rescues fatal pulmonary arterial hypertension and right ventricular failure in rats.. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2011.
• Umar S, Iorga A, Matori H, Nadadur RD, Li J, Maltese F, van der Laarse A, Eghbali M. Estrogen rescues preexisting severe pulmonary hypertension in rats.. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2011.
• Wu Y, Eghbali M, Ou J, Lu R, Toro L, Stefani E. Quantitative determination of spatial protein-protein correlations in fluorescence confocal microscopy.. Biophysical journal, 2010.
• Bopassa JC, Eghbali M, Toro L, Stefani E. A novel estrogen receptor GPER inhibits mitochondria permeability transition pore opening and protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury.. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2009.
• Saito T, Ciobotaru A, Bopassa JC, Toro L, Stefani E, Eghbali M. Estrogen contributes to gender differences in mouse ventricular repolarization.. Circulation research, 2009.
• Vlashi E, Kim K, Lagadec C, Donna LD, McDonald JT, Eghbali M, Sayre JW, Stefani E, McBride W, Pajonk F. In vivo imaging, tracking, and targeting of cancer stem cells.. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2009.
• Helguera G, Eghbali M, Sforza D, Minosyan TY, Toro L, Stefani E. Changes in global gene expression in rat myometrium in transition from late pregnancy to parturition.. Physiological genomics, 2008.
• Gomes AV, Young GW, Wang Y, Zong C, Eghbali M, Drews O, Lu H, Stefani E, Ping P. Contrasting proteome biology and functional heterogeneity of the 20 S proteasome complexes in mammalian tissues.. Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP, 2008.
• Lu R, Alioua A, Kumar Y, Kundu P, Eghbali M, Weisstaub NV, Gingrich JA, Stefani E, Toro L. c-Src tyrosine kinase, a critical component for 5-HT2A receptor-mediated contraction in rat aorta.. The Journal of physiology, 2008.
• Gomes P, Saito T, Del Corsso C, Alioua A, Eghbali M, Toro L, Stefani E. Identification of a functional interaction between Kv4.3 channels and c-Src tyrosine kinase.. Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2008.
• Kundu P, Ciobotaru A, Foroughi S, Toro L, Stefani E, Eghbali M. Hormonal regulation of cardiac KCNE2 gene expression.. Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2008.
• Alioua A, Lu R, Kumar Y, Eghbali M, Kundu P, Toro L, Stefani E. Slo1 caveolin-binding motif, a mechanism of caveolin-1-Slo1 interaction regulating Slo1 surface expression.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2007.
• Minosyan TY, Lu R, Eghbali M, Toro L, Stefani E. Increased 5-HT contractile response in late pregnant rat myometrium is associated with a higher density of 5-HT2A receptors.. The Journal of physiology, 2007.
• Cavalli A, Eghbali M, Minosyan TY, Stefani E, Philipson KD. Localization of sarcolemmal proteins to lipid rafts in the myocardium.. Cell calcium, 2007.
• Eghbali M, Wang Y, Toro L, Stefani E. Heart hypertrophy during pregnancy: a better functioning heart?. Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2006.
• Ropero AB, Eghbali M, Minosyan TY, Tang G, Toro L, Stefani E. Heart estrogen receptor alpha: distinct membrane and nuclear distribution patterns and regulation by estrogen.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2006.
• Tanaka Y, Tang G, Takizawa K, Otsuka K, Eghbali M, Song M, Nishimaru K, Shigenobu K, Koike K, Stefani E, Toro L. Kv channels contribute to nitric oxide- and atrial natriuretic peptide-induced relaxation of a rat conduit artery.. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2006.
• Lu R, Alioua A, Kumar Y, Eghbali M, Stefani E, Toro L. MaxiK channel partners: physiological impact.. The Journal of physiology, 2005.
• Zhu N, Eghbali M, Helguera G, Song M, Stefani E, Toro L. Alternative splicing of Slo channel gene programmed by estrogen, progesterone and pregnancy.. FEBS letters, 2005.
• Eghbali M, Deva R, Alioua A, Minosyan TY, Ruan H, Wang Y, Toro L, Stefani E. Molecular and functional signature of heart hypertrophy during pregnancy.. Circulation research, 2005.
• Nishimaru K, Eghbali M, Lu R, Marijic J, Stefani E, Toro L. Functional and molecular evidence of MaxiK channel beta1 subunit decrease with coronary artery ageing in the rat.. The Journal of physiology, 2004.
• Nishimaru K, Eghbali M, Stefani E, Toro L. Function and clustered expression of MaxiK channels in cerebral myocytes remain intact with aging.. Experimental gerontology, 2004.
• Eghbali M, Toro L, Stefani E. Diminished surface clustering and increased perinuclear accumulation of large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel in mouse myometrium with pregnancy.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2003.
• Eghbali M, Birnir B, Gage PW. Conductance of GABAA channels activated by pentobarbitone in hippocampal neurons from newborn rats.. The Journal of physiology, 2003.
• Eghbali M, Gage PW, Birnir B. Effects of propofol on GABAA channel conductance in rat-cultured hippocampal neurons.. European journal of pharmacology, 2003.