Pearl Jennine Quijada
Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology And Physiology, University of California Los Angeles
Publications
- Wong D, Martinez J, Quijada P. Exploring the Function of Epicardial Cells Beyond the Surface.. Circulation research, 2024.
- Quijada P, Park S, Zhao P, Kolluri KS, Wong D, Shih KD, Fang K, Pezhouman A, Wang L, Daraei A, Tran MD, Rathbun EM, Burgos Villar KN, Garcia-Hernandez ML, Pham TT, Lowenstein CJ, Iruela-Arispe ML, Carmichael ST, Small EM, Ardehali R. Cardiac pericytes mediate the remodeling response to myocardial infarction.. The Journal of clinical investigation, 2023.
- Quijada P, Trembley MA, Misra A, Myers JA, Baker CD, Pérez-Hernández M, Myers JR, Dirkx RA, Cohen ED, Delmar M, Ashton JM, Small EM. Coordination of endothelial cell positioning and fate specification by the epicardium.. Nature communications, 2021.
- Burke RM, Dirkx RA, Quijada P, Lighthouse JK, Mohan A, O'Brien M, Wojciechowski W, Woeller CF, Phipps RP, Alexis JD, Ashton JM, Small EM. Prevention of Fibrosis and Pathological Cardiac Remodeling by Salinomycin.. Circulation research, 2021.
- Ebeid DE, Khalafalla FG, Broughton KM, Monsanto MM, Esquer CY, Sacchi V, Hariharan N, Korski KI, Moshref M, Emathinger J, Cottage CT, Quijada PJ, Nguyen JH, Alvarez R, Völkers M, Konstandin MH, Wang BJ, Firouzi F, Navarrete JM, Gude NA, Goumans MJ, Sussman MA. Pim1 maintains telomere length in mouse cardiomyocytes by inhibiting TGFβ signalling.. Cardiovascular research, 2021.
- Quijada P, Trembley MA, Small EM. The Role of the Epicardium During Heart Development and Repair.. Circulation research, 2020.
- Broughton KM, Khieu T, Nguyen N, Rosa M, Mohsin S, Quijada P, Wang BJ, Echeagaray OH, Kubli DA, Kim T, Firouzi F, Monsanto MM, Gude NA, Adamson RM, Dembitsky WP, Davis ME, Sussman MA. Cardiac interstitial tetraploid cells can escape replicative senescence in rodents but not large mammals.. Communications biology, 2019.
- Hilt ZT, Pariser DN, Ture SK, Mohan A, Quijada P, Asante AA, Cameron SJ, Sterling JA, Merkel AR, Johanson AL, Jenkins JL, Small EM, McGrath KE, Palis J, Elliott MR, Morrell CN. Platelet-derived β2M regulates monocyte inflammatory responses.. JCI insight, 2019.
- Quijada P, Misra A, Velasquez LS, Burke RM, Lighthouse JK, Mickelsen DM, Dirkx RA, Small EM. Pre-existing fibroblasts of epicardial origin are the primary source of pathological fibrosis in cardiac ischemia and aging.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2019.
- Alvarez R, Wang BJ, Quijada PJ, Avitabile D, Ho T, Shaitrit M, Chavarria M, Firouzi F, Ebeid D, Monsanto MM, Navarrete N, Moshref M, Siddiqi S, Broughton KM, Bailey BA, Gude NA, Sussman MA. Cardiomyocyte cell cycle dynamics and proliferation revealed through cardiac-specific transgenesis of fluorescent ubiquitinated cell cycle indicator (FUCCI).. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2018.
- Trembley MA, Quijada P, Agullo-Pascual E, Tylock KM, Colpan M, Dirkx RA, Myers JR, Mickelsen DM, de Mesy Bentley K, Rothenberg E, Moravec CS, Alexis JD, Gregorio CC, Dirksen RT, Delmar M, Small EM. Mechanosensitive Gene Regulation by Myocardin-Related Transcription Factors Is Required for Cardiomyocyte Integrity in Load-Induced Ventricular Hypertrophy.. Circulation, 2018.
- Burke RM, Lighthouse JK, Quijada P, Dirkx RA, Rosenberg A, Moravec CS, Alexis JD, Small EM. Small proline-rich protein 2B drives stress-dependent p53 degradation and fibroblast proliferation in heart failure.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018.
- Matsumoto C, Jiang Y, Emathinger J, Quijada P, Nguyen N, De La Torre A, Moshref M, Nguyen J, Levinson AB, Shin M, Sussman MA, Hariharan N. Short Telomeres Induce p53 and Autophagy and Modulate Age-Associated Changes in Cardiac Progenitor Cell Fate.. Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio), 2018.
- Liu N, Wang BJ, Broughton KM, Alvarez R, Siddiqi S, Loaiza R, Nguyen N, Quijada P, Gude N, Sussman MA. PIM1-minicircle as a therapeutic treatment for myocardial infarction.. PloS one, 2017.
- Doroudgar S, Quijada P, Konstandin M, Ilves K, Broughton K, Khalafalla FG, Casillas A, Nguyen K, Gude N, Toko H, Ornelas L, Thuerauf DJ, Glembotski CC, Sussman MA, Völkers M. S100A4 protects the myocardium against ischemic stress.. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2016.
- Wade F, Quijada P, Al-Haffar KM, Awad SM, Kunhi M, Toko H, Marashly Q, Belhaj K, Zahid I, Al-Mohanna F, Stanford SM, Alvarez R, Liu Y, Colak D, Jordan MC, Roos KP, Assiri A, Al-Habeeb W, Sussman M, Bottini N, Poizat C. Deletion of low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (Acp1) protects against stress-induced cardiomyopathy.. The Journal of pathology, 2015.
- Quijada P, Hariharan N, Cubillo JD, Bala KM, Emathinger JM, Wang BJ, Ormachea L, Bers DM, Sussman MA, Poizat C. Nuclear Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II Signaling Enhances Cardiac Progenitor Cell Survival and Cardiac Lineage Commitment.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2015.
- Quijada P, Salunga HT, Hariharan N, Cubillo JD, El-Sayed FG, Moshref M, Bala KM, Emathinger JM, De La Torre A, Ormachea L, Alvarez R, Gude NA, Sussman MA. Cardiac Stem Cell Hybrids Enhance Myocardial Repair.. Circulation research, 2015.
- Gude N, Joyo E, Toko H, Quijada P, Villanueva M, Hariharan N, Sacchi V, Truffa S, Joyo A, Voelkers M, Alvarez R, Sussman MA. Notch activation enhances lineage commitment and protective signaling in cardiac progenitor cells.. Basic research in cardiology, 2015.
- Samse K, Emathinger J, Hariharan N, Quijada P, Ilves K, Völkers M, Ormachea L, De La Torre A, Orogo AM, Alvarez R, Din S, Mohsin S, Monsanto M, Fischer KM, Dembitsky WP, Gustafsson ÅB, Sussman MA. Functional Effect of Pim1 Depends upon Intracellular Localization in Human Cardiac Progenitor Cells.. The Journal of biological chemistry, 2015.
- Quijada P, Sussman MA. Circulating around the tissue: hematopoietic cell-based fusion versus transdifferentiation.. Circulation research, 2015.
- Hariharan N, Quijada P, Mohsin S, Joyo A, Samse K, Monsanto M, De La Torre A, Avitabile D, Ormachea L, McGregor MJ, Tsai EJ, Sussman MA. Nucleostemin rejuvenates cardiac progenitor cells and antagonizes myocardial aging.. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2015.
- Awad S, Al-Haffar KM, Marashly Q, Quijada P, Kunhi M, Al-Yacoub N, Wade FS, Mohammed SF, Al-Dayel F, Sutherland G, Assiri A, Sussman M, Bers D, Al-Habeeb W, Poizat C. Control of histone H3 phosphorylation by CaMKIIδ in response to haemodynamic cardiac stress.. The Journal of pathology, 2014.
- Quijada P, Sussman MA. Making it stick: chasing the optimal stem cells for cardiac regeneration.. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 2014.
- Völkers M, Doroudgar S, Nguyen N, Konstandin MH, Quijada P, Din S, Ornelas L, Thuerauf DJ, Gude N, Friedrich K, Herzig S, Glembotski CC, Sussman MA. PRAS40 prevents development of diabetic cardiomyopathy and improves hepatic insulin sensitivity in obesity.. EMBO molecular medicine, 2014.
- Völkers M, Konstandin MH, Doroudgar S, Toko H, Quijada P, Din S, Joyo A, Ornelas L, Samse K, Thuerauf DJ, Gude N, Glembotski CC, Sussman MA. Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 2 protects the heart from ischemic damage.. Circulation, 2013.
- Konstandin MH, Völkers M, Collins B, Quijada P, Quintana M, De La Torre A, Ormachea L, Din S, Gude N, Toko H, Sussman MA. Fibronectin contributes to pathological cardiac hypertrophy but not physiological growth.. Basic research in cardiology, 2013.
- Völkers M, Toko H, Doroudgar S, Din S, Quijada P, Joyo AY, Ornelas L, Joyo E, Thuerauf DJ, Konstandin MH, Gude N, Glembotski CC, Sussman MA. Pathological hypertrophy amelioration by PRAS40-mediated inhibition of mTORC1.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013.
- Konstandin MH, Toko H, Gastelum GM, Quijada P, De La Torre A, Quintana M, Collins B, Din S, Avitabile D, Völkers M, Gude N, Fässler R, Sussman MA. Fibronectin is essential for reparative cardiac progenitor cell response after myocardial infarction.. Circulation research, 2013.
- Din S, Mason M, Völkers M, Johnson B, Cottage CT, Wang Z, Joyo AY, Quijada P, Erhardt P, Magnuson NS, Konstandin MH, Sussman MA. Pim-1 preserves mitochondrial morphology by inhibiting dynamin-related protein 1 translocation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013.
- Khan M, Mohsin S, Avitabile D, Siddiqi S, Nguyen J, Wallach K, Quijada P, McGregor M, Gude N, Alvarez R, Tilley DG, Koch WJ, Sussman MA. β-Adrenergic regulation of cardiac progenitor cell death versus survival and proliferation.. Circulation research, 2012.
- Mohsin S, Khan M, Toko H, Bailey B, Cottage CT, Wallach K, Nag D, Lee A, Siddiqi S, Lan F, Fischer KM, Gude N, Quijada P, Avitabile D, Truffa S, Collins B, Dembitsky W, Wu JC, Sussman MA. Human cardiac progenitor cells engineered with Pim-I kinase enhance myocardial repair.. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2012.
- Quijada P, Toko H, Fischer KM, Bailey B, Reilly P, Hunt KD, Gude NA, Avitabile D, Sussman MA. Preservation of myocardial structure is enhanced by pim-1 engineering of bone marrow cells.. Circulation research, 2012.
- Sussman MA, Völkers M, Fischer K, Bailey B, Cottage CT, Din S, Gude N, Avitabile D, Alvarez R, Sundararaman B, Quijada P, Mason M, Konstandin MH, Malhowski A, Cheng Z, Khan M, McGregor M. Myocardial AKT: the omnipresent nexus.. Physiological reviews, 2011.
- Fischer KM, Din S, Gude N, Konstandin MH, Wu W, Quijada P, Sussman MA. Cardiac progenitor cell commitment is inhibited by nuclear Akt expression.. Circulation research, 2011.
- Borillo GA, Mason M, Quijada P, Völkers M, Cottage C, McGregor M, Din S, Fischer K, Gude N, Avitabile D, Barlow S, Alvarez R, Truffa S, Whittaker R, Glassy MS, Gustafsson AB, Miyamoto S, Glembotski CC, Gottlieb RA, Brown JH, Sussman MA. Pim-1 kinase protects mitochondrial integrity in cardiomyocytes.. Circulation research, 2010.
- Cottage CT, Bailey B, Fischer KM, Avitabile D, Avitable D, Collins B, Tuck S, Quijada P, Gude N, Alvarez R, Muraski J, Sussman MA. Cardiac progenitor cell cycling stimulated by pim-1 kinase.. Circulation research, 2010.
- Fischer KM, Cottage CT, Wu W, Din S, Gude NA, Avitabile D, Quijada P, Collins BL, Fransioli J, Sussman MA. Enhancement of myocardial regeneration through genetic engineering of cardiac progenitor cells expressing Pim-1 kinase.. Circulation, 2009.
- Bailey B, Izarra A, Alvarez R, Fischer KM, Cottage CT, Quijada P, Díez-Juan A, Sussman MA. Cardiac stem cell genetic engineering using the alphaMHC promoter.. Regenerative medicine, 2009.
- Muraski JA, Fischer KM, Wu W, Cottage CT, Quijada P, Mason M, Din S, Gude N, Alvarez R, Rota M, Kajstura J, Wang Z, Schaefer E, Chen X, MacDonnel S, Magnuson N, Houser SR, Anversa P, Sussman MA. Pim-1 kinase antagonizes aspects of myocardial hypertrophy and compensation to pathological pressure overload.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008.
- Gude NA, Emmanuel G, Wu W, Cottage CT, Fischer K, Quijada P, Muraski JA, Alvarez R, Rubio M, Schaefer E, Sussman MA. Activation of Notch-mediated protective signaling in the myocardium.. Circulation research, 2008.