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    • Utreras Puratich, Elías; Henríquez, Daniel R.; Contreras Vallejos, Erick; Olmos, Cristina; Di Genova, Alex; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; Kulkarni, Ashok B.; González Billault, Christian (2013)
      Rap1 signaling is important for migration, differentiation, axonal growth, and during neuronal polarity. Rap1 can be activated by external stimuli, which in turn regulates specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors such ...
    • Coddou, Claudio; Sandoval, Rodrigo; Castro, Patricio; Lazcano, Pablo; Hevia, María José; Rokic, Milos; Hall, Bradford; Terse, Anita; González Billault, Christian; Kulkarni, Ashok B.; Stojilkovic, Stanko S.; Utreras Puratich, Elías (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
      The purinergic P2X2 receptor (P2X2R) is an adenosine triphosphate-gated ion channel widely expressed in the nervous system. Here, we identified a putative cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) phosphorylation site in the full-size ...
    • Maldonado, Horacio; Ramírez, Eugenio; Utreras Puratich, Elías; Pando, María E.; Kettlun, Ana M.; Chiong Lay, Mario; Kulkarni, Ashok B.; Collados, Lucía; Puente, Javier; Cartier Rovirosa, Luis; Valenzuela, María A. (2011)
      Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective loss of axons and myelin in the corticospinal tracts. This ...
    • Rudrabhatla, Parvathi; Utreras Puratich, Elías; Jaffe, Howard; Kulkarni, Ashok B. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Cyclin dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is a proline-directed Ser/Thr kinase involved in various biological functions during normal brain development and neurodegeneration. In brain, Cdk5 activity is specific to post-mitotic ...
    • Contreras Vallejos, Erick; Utreras Puratich, Elías; Bórquez, Daniel A.; Prochazkova, Michaela; Terse, Anita; Jaffe, Howard; Toledo, Andrea; Arruti, Cristina; Pant, Harish C.; Kulkarni, Ashok B.; González Billault, Christian (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Protein phosphorylation is the most common post-translational modification that regulates several pivotal functions in cells. Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is a proline-directed serine/threonine kinase which is mostly ...
    • Utreras Puratich, Elías; Hamada, Ryusuke; Prochazkova, Michaela; Terse, Anita; Takahashi, Satoru; Ohshima, Toshio; Kulkarni, Ashok B. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)
      Background: Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is essential for brain development and function, and its deregulated expression is implicated in some of neurodegenerative diseases. We reported earlier that the forebrain-specific ...
    • Rozas, Pablo; Lazcano, Pablo; Piña, Ricardo; Cho, A.; Terse, Anita; Pertusa, María; Madrid, Rodolfo; González Billault, Christian; Kulkarni, Ashok B.; Utreras Puratich, Elías (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016)
      We reported earlier that TNF-alpha, a proinflammatory cytokine implicated in many inflammatory disorders causing orofacial pain, increases the activity of Cdk5, a key kinase involved in brain development and function and ...
    • Utreras Puratich, Elías; Prochazkova, Michaela; Terse, Anita; Gross, Jacklyn; Keller, Jason; Iadarola, Michael J.; Kulkarni, Ashok B. (2013)
      Background: Odontoblasts are specialized cells that form dentin and they are believed to be sensors for tooth pain. Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), a pro-inflammatory cytokine expressed early in odontoblasts, plays ...
    • Moya, Pablo; Delgado, Claudia; Cisternas, Marisol; Henriquez, Francisca; Gómez, Isabel; Utreras Puratich, Elías; Wendland, Jens; Kulkarni, Ashok; Murphy, Dennis (Elsevier, 2017)