Vijai S. Shankar

Endothelin inhibits osteoclastic bone resorption by a direct effect on cell motility: implications for the vascular control of bone resorption.

A. S. M. Towhidul Alam, A Gallagher, Vijai S. Shankar et al. · Endocrinology · 1992 · 125 citations

Tissue Engineering, Engineering, Bone Resorption +21

A ryanodine receptor-like molecule expressed in the osteoclast plasma membrane functions in extracellular Ca2+ sensing.

Mone Zaidi, Vijai S. Shankar, Richard Tunwell et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1995 · 122 citations · Full text

Synaptic Transmission, Neurotransmitter, Cellular Physiology +18

Further studies on the mode of action of calcitonin on isolated rat osteoclasts: pharmacological evidence for a second site mediating intracellular Ca2+ mobilization and cell retraction

A. S. M. Towhidul Alam, Christopher M.R. Bax, Vijai S. Shankar et al. · Journal of Endocrinology · 1993 · 61 citations

Activation of the Ca²⁺ “receptor” on the osteoclast by Ni²⁺ elicits cytosolic Ca²⁺ signals: Evidence for receptor activation and inactivation, intracellular Ca²⁺ redistribution, and divalent cation modulation

Vijai S. Shankar, Christopher M.R. Bax, Bridget E. Bax et al. · Journal of Cellular Physiology · 1993 · 44 citations

Ca²⁺influx through the osteoclastic plasma membrane ryanodine receptor

Baljit S. Moonga, Li Sun, Jameel Iqbal et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology · 2002 · 43 citations