Ethel H. Alcantara

Diosgenin stimulates osteogenic activity by increasing bone matrix protein synthesis and bone-specific transcription factor Runx2 in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells

Ethel H. Alcantara, Mee‐Young Shin, Ho-Yong Sohn et al. · The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · 2011 · 55 citations

Medicine, Molecular Genetics, Bone Metabolism +16

Zinc deprivation inhibits extracellular matrix calcification through decreased synthesis of matrix proteins in osteoblasts

Ethel H. Alcantara, Ria‐Ann R. Lomeda, Jörg Feldmann et al. · Molecular Nutrition & Food Research · 2011 · 54 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Bone Metabolism +16

Long-term zinc deprivation accelerates rat vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation involving the down-regulation of JNK1/2 expression in MAPK signaling

Ethel H. Alcantara, Mee‐Young Shin, Jörg Feldmann et al. · Atherosclerosis · 2013 · 41 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Physiology +12

Red yeast rice stimulates osteoblast proliferation and increases alkaline phosphatase activity in MC3T3-E1 cells

Young‐Eun Cho, Ethel H. Alcantara, Santhy Kumaran et al. · Nutrition Research · 2010 · 35 citations

Medicine, Cell Biology, Endocrinology +11

Zinc Deficiency Promotes Calcification in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Independent of Alkaline Phosphatase Action and Partly Impacted by Pit1 Upregulation

Ethel H. Alcantara, Jae-Hee Kwon, Min‐Kyung Kang et al. · Nutrients · 2024 · 12 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cell Biology, Physiology +16