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Kirk L. Peterson

University of California San Diego · US
Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Research interest
Research interests include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise, and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.
h-index
68
citations
18,874
works
249
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Abstract Fri009: Connexin-43 Gene Therapy Targets Desmosomal Gene Expression To Rescue Cardiac End-Stage Deficits in Mouse and Human Models of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy
Circulation Research 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Plakophilin 2 gene therapy prevents and rescues arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in a mouse model harboring patient genetics
Nature Cardiovascular Research 2023cited by 69position: middledoi
Constitutive protein kinase G activation exacerbates stress‐induced cardiomyopathy
British Journal of Pharmacology 2021cited by 14position: middledoi
Abstract P449: Connexin43 As A Therapeutic For Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Circulation Research 2021cited by 0position: middledoi
Systemic AAV9.LAMP2B injection reverses metabolic and physiologic multiorgan dysfunction in a murine model of Danon disease
Science Translational Medicine 2020cited by 88position: middledoi
Nexilin Is a New Component of Junctional Membrane Complexes Required for Cardiac T-Tubule Formation
Circulation 2019cited by 87position: middledoi
Oxidized phospholipids are proinflammatory and proatherogenic in hypercholesterolaemic mice
Nature 2018cited by 513position: middledoi
Reduction of myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury by inactivating oxidized phospholipids
Cardiovascular Research 2018cited by 88position: middledoi
Pericytes of Multiple Organs Do Not Behave as Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vivo
Cell stem cell 2017cited by 503position: middledoi
Loss-of-function mutations in co-chaperone BAG3 destabilize small HSPs and cause cardiomyopathy
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2017cited by 137position: middledoi
Impaired mitophagy facilitates mitochondrial damage in Danon disease
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 2017cited by 72position: middledoi
Adipocyte-specific loss of PPARγ attenuates cardiac hypertrophy
JCI Insight 2016cited by 96position: middledoi
MLP and CARP are linked to chronic PKCα signalling in dilated cardiomyopathy
Nature Communications 2016cited by 80position: middledoi
Desmosomal junctions are necessary for adult sinus node function
Cardiovascular Research 2016cited by 39position: middledoi
Mitochondrial Reprogramming Induced by CaMKIIδ Mediates Hypertrophy Decompensation
Circulation Research 2015cited by 64position: middledoi
Resident fibroblast lineages mediate pressure overload–induced cardiac fibrosis
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2014cited by 616position: middledoi
The Muscle Ankyrin Repeat Proteins CARP, Ankrd2, and DARP Are Not Essential for Normal Cardiac Development and Function at Basal Conditions and in Response to Pressure Overload
PLoS ONE 2014cited by 62position: middledoi
Ca <sup>2+</sup> /Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II δ Mediates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Through Nuclear Factor-κB
Circulation Research 2013cited by 178position: middledoi
Connexin defects underlie arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in a novel mouse model
Human Molecular Genetics 2013cited by 111position: middledoi
Akt regulates L-type Ca2+ channel activity by modulating Cavα1 protein stability
The Journal of Cell Biology 2013cited by 90position: middledoi
Mouse and computational models link Mlc2v dephosphorylation to altered myosin kinetics in early cardiac disease
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2012cited by 144position: middledoi
Talin1 Has Unique Expression versus Talin 2 in the Heart and Modifies the Hypertrophic Response to Pressure Overload
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2012cited by 88position: middledoi

Grants

Accurate thermochemistry for molecules containing heavy p-block elements using local explicitly correlated ab initio methods
NSF0723997$405,0002007–2011PIRePORTER
The Reactions of Elemental Mercury with Reactive Halogens
NSF0111282$296,0002001–2004PIRePORTER
Ab Initio High Resolution Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Chemistry
NSF9501262$232,9611995–1999PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Yusu Gu · University of San Diego18 papers (2012–2025)Nancy D. Dalton · University of San Diego16 papers (2012–2021)Ju Chen · Hebei GEO University7 papers (2012–2019)Sylvia Μ. Evans · University of California San Diego6 papers (2013–2019)Farah Sheikh · University of San Diego6 papers (2012–2025)Robert C. Lyon · University of California San Diego5 papers (2012–2025)Kunfu Ouyang · Peking University Shenzhen Hospital5 papers (2012–2019)Andrew D. McCulloch · Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego4 papers (2012–2023)Valeria Mezzano · UC San Diego Health System4 papers (2013–2025)Xi Fang · University of California San Diego3 papers (2016–2019)Melvin M. Scheinman · University of California, San Francisco3 papers (2016–2025)Alexander C. Zambon · Keck Graduate Institute3 papers (2013–2015)Joan Heller Brown · Lancaster General Hospital3 papers (2013–2015)Tongbin Wu · Masonic Medical Research Laboratory3 papers (2016–2019)Yan Liang · Jiangsu University3 papers (2016–2023)Nuno Guimarães‐Camboa · Goethe University Frankfurt3 papers (2014–2019)William H. Bradford · University of California San Diego3 papers (2017–2023)Emily Pfeiffer · Vala Sciences (United States)2 papers (2013–2016)Sherin I. Hashem · Cleveland Clinic2 papers (2017–2020)Chen Ju · Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine2 papers (2014–2016)