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Irena Levitan

University of Illinois ChicagoORCID

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Dopico, MD, PhD, Alex M, I Levitan, I. Levitan, Irena Levitan, Zhe Sun

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University of Illinois ChicagoUniversity of PennsylvaniaVirginia Commonwealth UniversityUniversity of ChicagoChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
IL

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Irena Levitan is an author at University of Illinois Chicago specializing in medicine, cellular physiology, and cell biology.

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Endothelial actin and cell stiffness is modulated by substrate stiffness in 2D and 3D

Fitzroy J. Byfield, Rashmeet K. Reen, Tzu‐Pin Shentu,

Journal of Biomechanics

2009

234

Membrane Cholesterol Content Modulates Activation of Volume-Regulated Anion Current in Bovine Endothelial Cells

Irena Levitan, Aimee E. Christian, Thomas N. Tulenko,

The Journal of General Physiology

2000

212

Modulation of Endothelial Inward-Rectifier K+ Current by Optical Isomers of Cholesterol

Victor G. Romanenko, George H. Rothblat, Irena Levitan

Biophysical Journal

2002

189

The effect of cellular cholesterol on membrane-cytoskeleton adhesion

Mingzhai Sun, Nathan Northup, Françoise Marga,

Journal of Cell Science

2007

189

Cholesterol Sensitivity and Lipid Raft Targeting of Kir2.1 Channels

Victor G. Romanenko, Yun Fang, Fitzroy J. Byfield,

Biophysical Journal

2004

181

Hypercholesterolemia Suppresses Inwardly Rectifying K <sup>+</sup> Channels in Aortic Endothelium In Vitro and In Vivo

Yun Fang, Emile R. Mohler, Esther Hsieh,

Circulation Research

2006

109

Identification of a C-terminus domain critical for the sensitivity of Kir2.1 to cholesterol

Yulia Epshtein, Arun P. Chopra, Avia Rosenhouse‐Dantsker,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2009

108

Identification of Novel Cholesterol-binding Regions in Kir2 Channels

Avia Rosenhouse‐Dantsker, Sergei Y. Noskov, Serdar Durdağı,

Journal of Biological Chemistry

2013

106

Role of matrix metalloproteinases and histone deacetylase in oxidative stress-induced degradation of the endothelial glycocalyx

Mohamed M. Ali, Abeer M. Mahmoud, Elizabeth Le Master,

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

2019

104

OxLDL increases endothelial stiffness, force generation, and network formation

Fitzroy J. Byfield, Saloni Tikku, George H. Rothblat,

Journal of Lipid Research

2006

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