Area of research
Molecular Biology · Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Ion channel regulation and function, and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology.
RgIA4 Prevention of Acute Oxaliplatin-Induced Cold Allodynia Requires α9-Containing Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and CD3+ T-Cells
Selective Penicillamine Substitution Enables Development of a Potent Analgesic Peptide that Acts through a Non-Opioid-Based Mechanism
Discovery of Methylene Thioacetal-Incorporated α-RgIA Analogues as Potent and Stable Antagonists of the Human α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
Computational and Functional Mapping of Human and Rat α6β4 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Reveals Species-Specific Ligand-Binding Motifs
RgIA4 Accelerates Recovery from Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathic Pain in Rats
Molecular determinants of α-conotoxin potency for inhibition of human and rat α6β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Inhibition of α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors prevents chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain
Cloning, synthesis, and characterization of αO-conotoxin GeXIVA, a potent α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist
αS-conotoxin GVIIIB potently and selectively blocks α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Characterization of a Novel α-Conotoxin TxID from<i>Conus textile</i>That Potently Blocks Rat α3β4 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
A Novel Inhibitor of α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors from Conus vexillum Delineates a New Conotoxin Superfamily
Positional Scanning Mutagenesis of α-Conotoxin PeIA Identifies Critical Residues That Confer Potency and Selectivity for α6/α3β2β3 and α3β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Characterization of a Novel α-Conotoxin from Conus textile That Selectively Targets α6/α3β2β3 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors