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Publications
Cao C, Lee-Kwon W, Silldorff EP and Pallone TL. KATP channel conductance of descending vasa recta pericytes. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 289:F1235-F1245, 2005.
Cao C, Goo JH, Lee-Kwon W, Pallone TL. Descending Vasa Recta Pericytes Express an Inward Rectifier K+ Conductance. Am J Physiol. Regul Integrative Physiol 290:R1601-1607, 2006.
Zhang Q, Cao C, Mangano M, Zhang Z, Silldorff EP, Lee-Kwon W, Pallone TL. Descending vasa recta endothelium is an electrical syncytium. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Physiol. 291: R1688-R1699, 2006.
Cao C, Lee-Kwon W, Payne K, Edwards AE, Pallone TL. Descending vasa recta endothelia express inward rectifier potassium channels. Am J Physiol. Regul Integrative Physiol 293: F1248-F1255, 2007.
Pallone TL, Cao C. Renal Cortical and Medullary Microcirculations: Structure and Function. In: The Kidney: Physiology and Pathophysiology. 4rd edition. pp 627-670, Eds. Alpern C. and Hebert S. Elsevier Press, San Diego, CA, 2007
Cao C, Payne K, Lee-Kwon W, Zhang Z, Lim SW, Hamlyn J, Kwon HM, Blaustein MP, Pallone TL. Chronic ouabain treatment induces vasa recta endothelial dysfunction in the rat. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 296: F98-F106, 2009.
Sendeski M, Patzak A, Pallone TL, Cao C, Persson AE, Persson PB. Iodixanol, Constriction of Medullary Descending Vasa Recta, and Risk for Contrast Medium-induced Nephropathy. Radiology 251:697-704, 2009.
Zhang Z, Lin H, Cao C, Khurana S, Pallone TL. Voltage gated divalent currents in descending vasa recta pericytes. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 299(4):F862-71, 2010 PMID: 20630935
Cao C, Edwards A, Sendeski M, Lee-Kwon W, Cui L, Cai CY, Patzak A, Pallone TL. Intrinsic nitric oxide and superoxide production regulates descending vasa recta contraction. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 299(5):F1056-64, 2010 PMID: 20702600
Edwards A, Cao C, Pallone TL. Cellular mechanisms underlying nitric oxide-induced vasodilation of descending vasa recta. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2011 Feb;300(2):F441-56. PMID: 21084408; PMCID: PMC3044008.
Pallone TL, Khurana S, and Cao C. Calcium channels: voltage gated structure and function (CACNA). Encyclopedia of signaling molecules. Part 23 pp 1984-1992. 2012 Springer Verlag. S Choi editor