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Mathias, R.T. and J.L. Rae. The lens: local transport and global transparency. Exp. Eye Res. In press., 2003.
Hiroshi, I., J. Gao, G.R. Gaudette, I.S. Cohen, R.T. Mathias, A. E. Saltman and I.B. Krukenkamp. Both metabolic inhibition and mitochondrial KATP channel opening are myoprotective and initiate a compensatory sarcolemmal outward membrane current. Circulation. 108:341-347, 2003.
Martinez-Wittinghan, F.J., C. Sellitto, L. Leping, X. Gong, P.R. Brink, R.T. Mathias and T.W. White. Dominant cataracts result form incongruous mixing of wild-type lens connexins. J. Cell. Biol. 161:969-978, 2003.
Gao, J., Y. Wang, R.T. Mathias, I.S. Cohen, J. Zuckerman, G.R. Gaudette, H. Irie, A.E. Saltman and I.B. Krukenkamp. Ischemic preconditioning preserves the normal current-voltage relationship in isolated rabbit ventricular myocytes. Circ. In press, 2003.
Gao, J., R.S. Wymore, Y. Wang, G.R. Gaudette, I.B. Krukenkamp, I.S. Cohen and R.T. Mathias. Isoform specific stimulation of cardiac Na/K pumps by nM concentrations of glycosides. J Gen Physiol 119:297-312, 2002.
Shiels, A., Bassnett, S., Varadaraj, K., Mathias, R., Al-Ghoul, K., Kuszak, J., Donoviel, D., Lilleberg, S., Friedrich, G. and B. Zambrowicz. Optical dysfunction of the crystalline lens in aquaporin-0 deficient mice. Physiological Genomics 7:179:186, 2001.
Baldo, G.J., X. Gong, F. Martinez-Wittinghan, N.M. Kumar, N.B. Gilula and R.T. Mathias. Gap junctional coupling in lenses from a8 connexin knockout mice. J. Gen. Physiol. 118:447-456, 2001.
Donaldson, P., J. Kistler and R.T. Mathias Molecular solutions to lens transparency. News Physiol. Sci. 16:118-123, 2001.
Gao, J., X. Sun, V. Yatsula, R.S. Wymore and R.T. Mathias Isoform specific function and distribution of Na/K pumps in the frog lens epithelium. J. Mem. Biol. 178:89-101, 2000.
Mathias, R.T., I.S. Cohen, J. Gao and Y Wang. Isoform-specific regulation of the Na+-K+ pump in heart. NIPS. 15:176-180. 2000.
Varadaraj, K., C. Kushmerick, G.J. Baldo, S. Bassnett, A. Shiels and R.T. Mathias. The role of MIP in lens fiber cell membrane transport. J. Mem. Biol. 170:191-203, 1999.
Gao, J., Mathias, R.T., Cohen, I.S., Wang, Y., X. Sun and G.J. Baldo. Activation of PKC increases Na+-K+ pump current in ventricle myocytes from guinea pig heart. Pflugers Arch-Eur J Physiol. 437:643-651, 1999.
Gao, J., Wymore, R., Wymore, R.T., Wang, Y., McKinnon, D., Dixon, J.E., Mathias, R.T., I.S. Cohen and G.J. Baldo. Isoform-specific regulation of the sodium pump by α-and β-adrenergic agonists in the guinea-pig ventricle. J. Physiol. 516:377-383, 1999.
Gong, X., Baldo, G.J., Kumar, N.M., Gilula, N.B., and R.T. Mathias. Gap junctional coupling in lenses lacking α3 connexin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 95:15303-15308, 1998.
Wang, Y., J. Gao, R.T. Mathias, I.S. Cohen, X. Sun, G.J. Baldo. a-adrenergic effects on Na+-K+ pump current in guinea pig ventricular myocytes. J. Physiol. 15;509 ( Pt 1):117-28. 1998.
Gao, J., I. Cohen, R.T. Mathias and G. J. Baldo. The inhibitory effect of b-stimulation on the Na/K pump current in guinea pig ventricular myocytes is mediated by a cAMP-dependent PKA pathway. Pflugers Arch. 435(4):479-84. 1998.
Kushmerick, C., K. Varadaraj and R.T. Mathias. Effect of lens major intrinsic protein on glycerol permeability and metabolism. J. Mem. Biol 161:9-19, 1998.
Gao, J., R.T. Mathias, I.S. Cohen and G.J. Baldo. Effects of acetylcholine on the Na+-K+ pump current in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. J. Physiol. 501(3):527-535, 1997.
Mathias, R.T., J.L. Rae and G.J. Baldo. Physiological properties of the normal lens. Physiol. Rev. 77(1):21-49, 1997.
Gao, J., R.T. Mathias, I.S. Cohen, J. Shi and G.J. Baldo. The effects of -stimulation of the Na/K pump current-voltage relationship in guinea pig ventricular myocytes. J. Physiol. 494(3):697-708, 1996.
Manivannan, K. and R.T. Mathias. Description of interacting channel gating using a stochastic Markovian model. Bull. Math. Biol.58:141-174, 1996.
Rae, J.L., C. Bartling, J. Rae and R.T. Mathias. Dye transfer between cells of the lens. J. Mem. Biol.150:89-103, 1996.
Gao, J., R.T. Mathias, I.S. Cohen and G.J. Baldo. Two functionally different Na/K pumps in cardiac ventricular myocytes. J. Gen. Physiol. 106:995-1030, 1996.
Kushmerick, C., S.J. Rice, G.J. Baldo, H.C. Haspel and R.T. Mathias. Ion, water and neutral solute transport in Xenopus oocytes expressing frog lens MIP. Exp. Eye Res.61:351-362, 1995.
Gao, J., I.S. Cohen, R.T. Mathias and G.J. Baldo. Regulation of the -stimulation of the Na+-K+ pump current in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes by a cAMP-dependent PKA pathway. J. Physiol.477:373-380, 1994.
Gao, J., R.T. Mathias, I.S. Cohen and G.J. Baldo. Isopreneline, Ca2+ and the Na+-K+ pump in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. J. Physiol.449:689-704, 1992.
Gao. J., R.T. Mathias, I.S. Cohen and G.J. Baldo. Two functionally different Na/K pumps coexist in mammalian ventricular heart cells. J. Gen. Physiol. 106:995-1030, 1995.
Austin, L.R., S.J. Rice, G.J. Baldo, A.J. Lange, H.C. Haspel and R.T. Mathias. The cDNA sequence encoding the major intrinsic protein of frog lens. Gene. 124:303.304, 1993.
Rae, J.L., R.T. Mathias, K. Cooper and G.J.Baldo. Divalent cation effects on lens conductance and stretch activated cation channels. Exp. Eye Res. 55:135-144. 1992.
Baldo, G.J. and R.T. Mathias. Spatial variation in membrane properties in the intact rat lens. Biophys. J. 68:518-529, 1992.
Mannivannan, K., S.V. Ramanan, R.T. Mathias, P.R. Brink. Multichannel recording from membranes which contain gap junctions. Biophys. J. 61:216-227. 1992.
Mathias, R.T., G.J.Baldo, K. Mannivannan and S. McLaughlin. Discrete charges on biological membranes. In. "Electrified Interfaces in Physics, Chemistry and Biology". Edited by. R. Guidelli. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Amsterdam (NATO ASI Series) pp. 473-489, 1992.
Mathias, R.T., G. Riquelme and J.L. Rae. Cell to cell communication and pH in the frog lens. J. Gen. Physiol. 98:1085-1103, 1991.
Cooper, K., R.T. Mathias and J.L. Rae. The physiology of lens junctions. In. "Biophysics of Gap Junction Channels". 1991. Edited by. C. Peracchia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. 57-74, 1991.
Mathias, R.T., I.S. Cohen and C. Oliva. Limitations of the whole cell patch clamp technique in the control of intracellular concentrations. Biophys. J. 58:759-770, 1990.
Pasquale, L.R., R.T. Mathias, L. Austin, M.J. Ciunga, P.R. Brink. Electrostatic properties of fiber cell membranes from the frog lens. Biophys. J. 58:939-945,1990.