2017 García IE, Sánchez HA, Martínez AD, Retamal MA. Redox-mediated regulation of connexin proteins; focus on nitric oxide. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017 Oct 7. pii: S0005-2736(17)30316-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.10.006.
2017 Toledo C, Andrade DC, Lucero C, Schultz HD, Marcus NJ, Retamal MA, Madrid C, Del Rio R. Contribution of peripheral and central chemoreceptors to sympatho-excitation in heart failure. J Physiol 595 (1): 43-51.
2017 Puebla C, Retamal MA, Acuña R, Sáez JC. Regulation of connexin-based channels by fatty acids. Front Physiol 8: 11.
2016 Dalamon V, Fiori MC, Figueroa VA, Oliva CA, del Río R, González W, Canan J, Elgoyhen AB, Altenberg GA, Retamal MA. Gap-junctional channel and hemichannel activity in two recently identified connexin 26 mutants associated with deafness. Pflügers Arch 468 (5): 909-918.
2016 Retamal MA, García IE, Pinto B, Pupo A, Baez-Nieto D, Stehberg J, Del Rio R, Gonzalez C. Extracellular cysteine in connexins: role as redox sensors. Front Physiol 7: 1.
2016 García IE., Prado P, Pupo A, Jara O, Rojas-Gómez D, Mujica P, Flores-Muñoz C, González-Casanova J, Soto-Riveros C, Retamal MA, González C, Martínez AD. Connexinopathies: a structural and functional glimpse. BMC Cell Biol 17 (suppl 1): 17.
2016 Pogoda K, Kameritsch P, Retamal MA, Vega JL. Regulation of gap junction channels and hemichannels by phosphorylation and redox changes, a revision. BMC Cell Biol 17 (suppl 1): 11.
2016 Pinto BI, Garcia IE., Pupo A, Retamal MA, Martinez AD., Latorre R, Gonzalez C. Charged residues at the first transmembrane region contribute to the voltage dependence of thye slow gate of connexins. J Biol Chem 291 (30): 15740-15752
2016 Orellana JA, Retamal MA, Moraga-Amaro R, Stehberg J. Role of astroglial hemichannels and pannexons in memory and neurodegenerative diseases. Front Integr Neurosci 10:26
2016 Calderón JF, Retamal MA. Regulation of connexins expression levels by microRNAs, an update. Front Physiol 7: 558.
2016 Retamal MA. Carbon monoxide modulates connexin function through a lipid peroxidation-dependent process: A hypothesis. Front Physiol 7: 259
2016 Retamal MA, Bennett MV, Pelegrin P, Fernandez R. Ion channels in inflammatory processes: What is known and what is next? Mediators Inflamm 2016: 6245731
2016 Casanova JP, Madrid C, Contreras M, Rodríguez M, Vasquez M, Torrealba F. A role for the interoceptive insular cortex in the consolidation of learned fear. Behav Brain Res 296: 70-77
2016 Valdés JL, Contreras M, Riveros ME, Perdomo G, Torrealba F. The histaminergic tuberomamillary nucleus is involved in appetite for sex, water and amphetamine. Plos One 11 (2): e0148484
2016 Cerpa V, Wu Y, Bravo E, Teran FA, Flynn RS, Richerson GB. Medullary 5-HT neurons: Switch from tonic respiratory drive to chemoreception during postnatal development. Neuroscience pii: S0306-4522(16)30440-7.
2016 Reyes EP, Cortes PP, Fernandez R. Animal models for sepsis research. SMGroup eBooks, 9 pp. www.smgebooks.com/sepsis/chapters/SEP-16-01.pdf
2016 Gysling K, Corvalán L, Fuentealba JA. “El Cerebro Adicto. Por qué abusamos de las drogas, el alcohol, la nicotina y muchas cosas más.”. Ediciones UC, Santiago, Chile, 247 págs. Traducción al castellano del libro “The Addicted Brain. Why We Abuse Drugs, Alcohol, and Nicotine”, by Michael Kuhar, 2011.
2016 Casanova JP, Madrid C, Contreras M, Rodríguez M, Vasquez M, Torrealba F. A role for the interoceptive insular cortex in the consolidation of learned fear. Behav Brain Res 296: 70-77
2016 Dalamon V, Fiori MC, Figueroa VA, Oliva CA, del Rio R, Gonzalez W, Canan J, Elgoyhen AB, Altenberg GA, Retamal MA. Gap-junctional channel and hemichannel activity of two recently-identified connexin 26 mutants associated with deafness. Pflügers Arch, online, in press
2016 Retamal MA, García IE, Pinto B, Pupo A, Baez-Nieto D, Stehberg J, Del Rio R, Gonzalez C. Extracellular cysteine in connexins: role as redox sensors. Front Physiol 7: 1. In press
2016 Valdes JL, Contreras M, Riveros ME, Perdomo G, Torrealba F. The histaminergic tuberomamillary nucleus is involved in appetite for sex, water and amphetamine. Plos One PONE-D-15-00780R1.
2015 Nardocci G, Martin A, Abarzúa S, Rodríguez J, Simón F, Reyes EP, Acuña-Castillo C, Navarro C, Cortés PP, Fernández R. Sepsis progression to multiple organ dysfunction in carotid chemo/barodenervated rats treated with lipopolysaccharide. J Neuroimmunol 278: 44-52
2015 Fernández R, Cortés P, Del Rio R, Acuña-Castillo C, Reyes EP. Lipopolysaccharide-induced ionized hypocalcemia and acute kidney injury in carotid chemo/baro-denervated rats. Adv Exp Med Biol 860: 161-166
2015 Fiori MC, Krishnan S, Cortes DM, Retamal MA, Reuss L, Altenberg GA, Cuello LG. Functional hemichannels formed by human connexin 26 expressed in bacteria». Biosci Reports 18: 35(2)
2015 Retamal MA, León-Paravic CG, Ezquer M, Ezquer F, Del Rio R, Pupo A, Martínez AD, González C. Carbon monoxide: A new player in the redox regulation of connexin hemichannels. IUBMB Life 67(6): 428-437
2015 Retamal MA, Reyes EP, García IE, Pinto B, Martínez AD, González C. Diseases associated with leaky hemichannels. Front Cell Neurosci 9: 267
2015 Del Rio R, Quintanilla RA, Orellana JA, Retamal MA. Neuron-glia crosstalk in the autonomic nervous system and its possible role in the progression of metabolic syndrome: A new hypothesis. Front Physiol 6: 350. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00350
2015 Cerpa VJ, Aylwin M de L, Beltrán-Castillo S, Bravo EU, Llona IR, Richerson GB, Eugenín JL. The alteration of neonatal raphe neurons by prenatal-perinatal nicotine. Meaning for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 53 (4): 489-499
2015 Andrade DC, Lucero C, Toledo C, Madrid C, Marcus NJ, Schultz HD, Del Rio R. Relevance of the carotid body chemoreflex in the progression of heart failure. Review. Biomed Res Intl, E-pub Dec 8.
2014 Retamal MA. Connexin and pannexin hemichannels are regulated by redox potentials. Front Physiol 5: 80
2014 Reyes EP, Cerpa V, Corvalán L, Retamal MA. Cxs and Panx- hemichannels in peripheral and central chemosensing in mammals. Front Cell Neurosci 8: 123
2014 Retamal MA, Alcayaga J, Bultynck G, Leybaert L, Sáez PJ, Fernández , León LE, Sáez JC. Opening of pannexin and connexin based-channels increases the excitability of nodose ganglion sensory neurons. Front Cell Neurosci 8: 158
2014 Figueroa VA, Retamal MA, Cea LA, Salas JD, Vargas AA, Verdugo CA, Jara O, Martinez AD, Sáez JC. Extracellular gentamicin reduces the activity of connexin hemichannels and interferes with purinergic Ca2+ signaling in HeLa cells. Front Cell Neurosci 8: 265
2014 Retamal MA, Sáez JC. Hemichannels; from the molecule to the function. Front Physiol 5: 411.
2014 León-Paravic CG, Figueroa V, Guzmán DJ, Valderrama CF, Vallejos AA, Fiori MC, Altenberg GA, Reuss L, Retamal MA. Carbon Monoxide (CO) a novel inhibitor of connexin hemichannels. J Biol Chem 289: 36150-36157
2014 Retamal MA, Reyes EP, Alcayaga J. Petrosal ganglion: a more complex role than originally imagined. Front Physiol 5: 474
2014 Fernández R, Nardocci G, Navarro C, Reyes EP, Acuña-Castillo C, Cortés PP. Neural reflex regulation of systemic inflammation: potential new targets for sepsis therapy. Front Physiol 5: 489
2013 Figueroa V, Sáez PJ, Salas JD, Salas D, Jara O, Martínez AD, Sáez JC, Retamal MA. Linoleic acid induces opening of connexin26 hemichannels through a PI3K/Akt/Ca2+-dependent pathway. Biochem Biophys Acta 1828: 1169–1179
2013 Sáez PJ, Shoji KF, Retamal MA, Harcha PA, Ramírez G, Jiang JX, von Bernhardi R, Saez JC. ATP is required and advances cytokine-induced gap junction formation in microglia in vitro. Mediators Inflamm 2013: 216402. 16 pages. doi: 10.1155/2013/216402
2013 Iyyathurai J, D’hondt C, Wang N, De Bock M, Himpens B, Retamal MA, Stehberg J, Leybaert L, Bultynck G. Peptides and peptide-derived molecules targeting the intracellular domains of Cx43: gap junctions versus hemichannels. Neuropharmacology 75: 491-505
2013 Orellana JA, Martinez AD, Retamal MA. Gap junction channels and hemichannels in the CNS: Regulation by signaling molecules. Neuropharmacology 75: 567-582
2013 Giaume C, Froger N, Orellana JA, Retamal MA, Sáez JC. Impact of microglial activation on astroglial connexin expression and function in brain inflammation. Chapter 11 in: E Oviedo-Orta, BR Kwak, WH Evans, eds: «Connexin Cell Communication Channels. Roles in the Immune System and Immunopathology«, pp 219-232. CRC Press: Taylor and Francis group. ISBN: 978-1-4398-6257-5
2012 Vielma AH, Retamal MA, Schmachtenberg O. Nitric oxide signaling in the retina: What have we learned in two decades? Brain Res 1430: 112-125
2012 Stehberg J, Moraga-Amaro R, Salazar C, Becerra A, Echeverría C, Orellana JA, Bultynck G, Ponsaerts R, Leybaert L, Simon F, Sáez JC, Retamal MA. Release of gliotransmitters through astroglial connexin 43 hemichannels is necessary for fear memory consolidation in the basolateral amygdala. FASEB J 26: 3649-3657
2012 Bravo I, Michea L. Análisis de la evidencia experimental que muestra efectos nocivos de la sal y su relación con la hipertensión arterial. Medwave 12 (2): e5303. available online. doi: 10.5867/medwave.2012.02.5303
2012 Zapata P, Larraín C, Reyes EP, Fernández R. Shifting from hypoxia to hyperoxia to assess the peripheral chemosensory drive of ventilation. Adv Exp Med Biol 758: 137-142
2012 Reyes EP, Abarzua M, Martin A, Rodríguez J, Cortés PP, Fernández R. LPS-induced c-Fos activation in NTS neurons and plasmatic cortisol increases in septic rats are suppressed by bilateral carotid chemodenervation. Adv Exp Med Biol 758: 185-190
2011 Retamal MA, Evangelista-Martínez F, León-Paravic CG, Altenberg GA, Reuss L. Biphasic effect of linoleic acid on connexin 46 hemichannels. Pflügers Arch – Eur J Physiol 461: 635–643.
2011 Retamal MA, León-Paravic CG, Verdugo CA, Alcaíno CA, Moraga-Amaro R, Stehberg J. Connexin in lens physiology and cataract formation. J Clin Exp Ophthalmol, sp issue 1, 13 pp, available online. doi:10.4172/2155-9570.S1-001
2011 Brown ST, Reyes EP, Nurse CA. Chronic hypoxia upregulates adenosine 2a receptor expression in chromaffin cells via hypoxia inducible factor-2a: Role in modulating secretion. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 412: 466–472
2011 Zapata P, Larraín C, Reyes P, Fernández R. Immunosensory signaling by carotid body chemoreceptors. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 178: 370-374
2010 Retamal MA, Yin S, Altenberg GA, Reuss L. Voltage-dependent facilitation of Cx46 hemichannels. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 298: C132-139
2010 Ponsaerts R, De Vuyst E, Retamal M, D’hondt C, Vermeire D, Wang N, De Smedt H, Zimmermann P, Himpens B, Vereecke J, Leybaert L, Bultynck G. Intramolecular loop/tail interactions are essential for connexin 43-hemichannel activity. FASEB J 24: 4378-4395.
2010 Sáez JC, Schalper KA, Retamal MA, Orellana JA, Shoji KF, Bennett MV. Cell membrane permeabilization via connexin hemichannels in living and dying cells. Exp Cell Res 316: 2377-2389.
2009 Fitzgerald RS, Eyzaguirre C, Zapata P. Fifty years of progress in carotid body physiology. Adv Exp Med Biol 648: 23-34
2009 Zapata P, Larraín C, Rivera MA, Calderón C. Cardio-vascular responses to hyperoxic withdrawal of arterial chemosensory drive. Adv Exp Med Biol 648: 305-314
2009 Retamal MA, Yin S, Altenberg GA, Reuss L. Modulation of Cx46 hemichannels by nitric oxide. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 296: C1356-1363.
2008 Fernández R, González S, Rey S, Cortés PP, Maisey KR, Reyes EP, Larraín C, Zapata P. Lipopolysaccharide-induced carotid body inflammation in cats: Functional manifestations, histopathology and involvement of tumour necrosis factor-a. Exp Physiol 93: 892-907
2007 Reyes EP, Fernández R, Larraín C, Zapata P. Effects of combined cholinergic-purinergic block upon cat carotid body chemoreceptors in vitro. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 156: 17-22
2007 Reyes EP, Fernández R, Larraín C, Zapata P. Carotid body chemosensory activity and ventilatory chemoreflexes in cats persist after combined cholinergic–purinergic block. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 156: 23-32
2007 Zapata P. Is ATP a suitable co-transmitter in carotid body arterial chemoreceptors? Respir Physiol Neurobiol 157: 106-115
2007 Eyzaguirre C. Electric synapses in the carotid body-nerve complex. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 157: 116-122
2006 Reyes EP, Alcayaga J, Zapata P. Are there interactions between acetylcholine- and ATP-induced responses at the level of a visceral sensory ganglion? Brain Res 1107: 97-103
2005 Zapata P, Larraín C. How the carotid body works: Different strategies and preparations to solve different problems. Biol Res 38: 315-328