Jorge E. Contreras

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2001

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey(Current)

University of California, Davis

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

National Institutes of Health

Jorge E. Contreras is an author at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey specializing in life sciences, ion channels, and ion channel physiology.

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2001–2025

Publications

Metabolic inhibition induces opening of unapposed connexin 43 gap junction hemichannels and reduces gap junctional communication in cortical astrocytes in culture

Jorge E. Contreras, Helmut A. Sánchez, Eliseo A. Eugenín et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 543 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +14

Gating and regulation of connexin 43 (Cx43) hemichannels

Jorge E. Contreras, Juan C. Sáez, Feliksas F. Bukauskas et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 442 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology +17

Hepatitis E virus ORF3 is a functional ion channel required for release of infectious particles

Qiang Ding, Brigitte Heller, Juan M. Valdez Capuccino et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 222 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +17

ATP and large signaling metabolites flux through caspase-activated Pannexin 1 channels

Adishesh K. Narahari, Alex J.B. Kreutzberger, Pablo S. Gaete et al. · eLife · 2021 · 99 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +14

Mechanism of gating by calcium in connexin hemichannels

William López, Jayalakshmi Ramachandran, Abdelaziz Alsamarah et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 97 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

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