Jara N, Ramírez E, Salazar K, Espinoza E, González-Chavarría I, Nualart F. (2020). Vitamin C Deficiency Reduces Proliferation in A Human Tumor Stem Cell-Derived Glioblastoma Model. J. Cell. Physiol. (submitted).
Forman K, Martínez F, Cifuentes M, Fernández M, Bertinat R, Torres P, Salazar K, Godoy A, Nualart F. (2020) Dehydroascorbic acid, the oxidized form of vitamin C, improves renal histology and function in old SAMP8 mice. J. Cell. Physiol. (in press) doi: 10.1002/jcp.29791.
Espinoza F, Magdalena R, Saldivia N, Jara N, Martínez F, Ferrada F, Salazar K, Ávila F, Nualart F. (2020). Vitamin C recycling regulates neurite growth in neurospheres differentiated in vitro. Stem Cell Res Ther. (submitted).
Torres-Vergara P, Ho YS, Espinoza F, Nualart F, Escudero C, Penny J. (2020) The Constitutive Androstane Receptor and Pregnane X Receptor in the brain. Br J Pharmacol. 177:2666-2682. doi: 10.1111/bph.15055.
Rojas S, Basualto E, Valdivia L, Vallejos N, Ceballos K, Peña E, Rivas C, Nualart F, Guzmán-Gutiérrez E, Escudero C, Toledo F, Sobrevia L, Cid M, González M. (2020) The activity of IKCa and BKCa channels contributes to insulin-mediated NO synthesis and vascular tone regulation in human umbilical vein. Nitric Oxide 99: 7-16. doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2020.03.004.
Ferrada L, Barahona MJ, Vandenabeele P, Salazar K, Nualart F. (2020) Vitamin C controls neuronal necroptosis under oxidative stress. Redox Biology 29: 101408. Cell Press, https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3396503.
Westermeier F, Holyoak T, Gatica R, Martínez F, Negrón M, Yáñez AJ, Nahmias D, Nualart F, Burbulis I, Bertinat R. (2020). Cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase is expressed in α-cells from human and murine pancreas. J Cell Physiol. 235:166-175. doi: 10.1002/jcp.28955.
Ulloa V, Saldivia N, Ferrada L, Salazar K, Martínez F, Silva-Alvarez C, Magdalena R, Oviedo MJ, Montecinos H, Torres-Vergara P, Cifuentes M, Nualart F. (2019). Basal Sodium-Dependent Vitamin C Transporter 2 polarization in choroid plexus explant cells in normal or scorbutic conditions. Sci Rep. 8;9:14422. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50772-2.
Westermeier F, Holyoak T, Asenjo JL, Gatica R, Nualart F, Burbulis I, Bertinat R. (2019).
Gluconeogenic Enzymes in β-Cells: Pharmacological Targets for Improving Insulin Secretion. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 30: 520-531. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2019.05.004.
Ferrada L, Salazar K, Nualart F. (2019) Metabolic control by dehydroascorbic acid: Questions and controversies in cancer cells. J Cell Physiol. 234:19331-19338. doi: 10.1002/jcp.28637.
Martínez F, Cifuentes M, Tapia JC, Nualart F. (2019). The median eminence as the hypothalamic area involved in rapid transfer of glucose to the brain: functional and cellular mechanisms. J Mol Med. 97, 1085-1097. doi: 10.1007/s00109-019-01799-5.
Bertinat R, Westermeier F, Silva P, Gatica R, Oliveira JM, Nualart F, Gomis R, Yáñez AJ. (2018). The Antidiabetic Agent Sodium Tungstate Induces Abnormal Glycogen Accumulation in Renal Proximal Tubules from Diabetic IRS2-Knockout Mice. J Diabetes Res. 29:5697970. doi: 10.1155/2018/5697970.
Bertinat R, Westermeier F, Gatica R, Nualart F. (2018) Sodium tungstate: Is it a safe option for a chronic disease setting, such as diabetes? J Cell Physiol. 234:51-60. doi: 10.1002/jcp.26913.
López-Gambero A J., Martínez F, Salazar K, Cifuentes M, Nualart F. Brain glucose-sensing mechanism and energy homeostasis. Mol. Neurobiol. 56:769-796. doi: 10.1007/s12035-018-1099-4.
Salazar K, Martínez F, Pérez-Martín M, Cifuentes M, Trigueros L, Ferrada L, Espinoza F, Saldivia N, Bertinat R, Forman K, Bonansco C, Bongarzone ER and Nualart F. (2018). SVCT2 expression and function in reactive astrocytes is a common event in different brain pathologies. Mol. Neurobiol. 55:5439-5452. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0762-5.
Racordon D, Valdivia A, Mingo G, Erices R, Aravena R, Santoro F, Bravo ML, Ramírez C, González P, Sandoval A, González A, Retamal C, Kogan MJ, Kato S, Cuello MA, Osorio G, Nualart F, Alvares P, Gago-Arias A, Fabri D, Espinoza I, Sanchez B, Corvalán AH, Pinto MP, Owen GI. (2017). Structural and functional identification of vasculogenic mimicry in vitro. Sci Rep. 7:6985. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07622-w.
Oyarce K, Silva-Alvarez C, Ferrada L, Martínez F, Salazar K, Nualart F. (2018). SVCT2 Is Expressed by Cerebellar Precursor Cells, Which Differentiate into Neurons in Response to Ascorbic Acid. Mol Neurobiol. 55: 1136-1149. doi: 10.1007/s12035-016-0366-5.
Cifuentes M, Baeza V, Arrabal PM, Visser R, Grondona JM, Saldivia N, Martínez F, Nualart F, Salazar K. (2018) Expression of a Novel Ciliary Protein, IIIG9, During the Differentiation and Maturation of Ependymal Cells. Mol Neurobiol. 55:1652-1664. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0434-5.
Paillamanque J, Sanchez-Tusie A, Carmona EM, Treviño CL, Sandoval C, Nualart F, Osses N, Reyes JG. (2017) Arachidonic acid triggers [Ca2+]i increases in rat round spermatids by a likely GPR activation, ERK signalling and ER/acidic compartments Ca2+ release. PLoS One. 13: e0172128. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172128.
Caviedes A, Varas-Godoy M, Lafourcade C, Sandoval S, Bravo-Alegria J, Kaehne T, Massmann A, Figueroa JP, Nualart F, Wyneken U. (2017) Endothelial nitric oxide synthase is present in dendritic spines of neurons in primary cultures. Front Cell Neurosci. 11:180. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00180.
Pinzón-Daza ML, Cuellar-Saenz Y, Nualart F, Ondo-Mendez A, Del Riesgo L, Castillo-Rivera F, Garzón R. (2017). Oxidative Stress Promotes Doxorubicin-induced Pgp and BCRP Expression in Colon Cancer Cells Under Hypoxic Conditions. J Cell Biochem. 118: 1868-1878. doi: 10.1002/jcb.25890.
Bertinat R, Westermeier F, Silva P, Shi J, Nualart F, Li X, Yáñez AJ. (2017). Anti-Diabetic Agent Sodium Tungstate Induces the Secretion of Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines by Human Kidney Cells. J Cell Physiol. 232:355-362. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25429.
Silva-Álvarez C, Salazar K., Cisternas P., Martínez, F., Liour S., Jara N., Bertinat R., Nualart F. (2017) Apical polarization of SVCT2 in apical radial glial cells and progenitors during brain development. Mol. Neurobiol. 54: 5449-5467. doi: 10.1007/s12035-016-0081-2.
Forman K, Martínez F, Cifuentes M, Bertinat R, Salazar K, Nualart F. (2016) Aging Selectively Modulates Vitamin C Transporter Expression Patterns in the Kidney. J Cell Physiol. 232: 2418-2426. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25504.
Fritz A, Bertin A, Hanna P, Nualart F, Marcellini S. (2016). A Single Chance to Contact Multiple Targets: Distinct Osteocyte Morphotypes Shed Light on the Cellular Mechanism Ensuring the Robust Formation of Osteocytic Networks. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 326:280-9. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22683.
Jara N, Cifuentes M, Martínez F, Salazar K, Nualart F. (2016). Neurogenic potential, cytoarchitecture and effects of aging on the subventricular zone and lateral extension of adult guinea pig brain. Stem Cells 34:2574-2586. doi: 10.1002/stem.2430.
Bertinat R, Nualart F, Yáñez A. (2016) SGLT2 inhibitors: glucotoxicity and tumorigenesis downstream the renal proximal tubule. J. Cell. Physiol. 231:1635-7. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25286.
Salazar K, Martínez M, Ulloa V, Bertinat V, Martínez V, Bongarzone E, Nualart F. (2016) SVCT2 overexpression in neuroblastoma cells induces cellular branching that is associated with activation of erk signaling. Mol Neurobiol. 53: 6668-6679. DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9553-z.
García-Krauss, A., Ferrada, L., Astuya, A., Cisternas, P., Salazar, K., Martínez, F., Nualart, F. (2015) Dehydroascorbic acid promotes cell death in neurons under oxidative stress: A protective role for astrocytes. Mol. Neurobiol. 53: 5847-5863. doi: 10.1007/s12035-015-9497-3.
Álvarez-Ferradas, C., Morales, JC., Wellmann, M., Nualart, F., Roncagliolo, M., Fuenzalida, M., Bonansco, C. (2015) Enhanced astroglial Ca2+ signaling increases excitatory synaptic strength in the epileptic brain. GLIA. 63:1507-21. doi: 10.1002/glia.22817.
Bertinat R., Silva P., Mann E., Li X., Nualart F., Yáñez AJ (2015). In vivo sodium tungstate treatment prevents from loss of E-cadherin induced by diabetic serum in HK-2 human kidney cell line. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 230:2437-46. doi: 10.1002/jcp.24974.
Bertinat, R., Nualart, F., Yáñez, A., Gomis, R. (2015). Preclinical and clinical studies for sodium tungstate application in humans. J Clin Cell Immunol. 6: 285. doi: 10.4172/2155-9899.1000285.
Gatica, R., Bertinat, R., Silva, P., Kairath, P., Slebe, F., Pardo, F., Ramírez, M.J., Slebe, J.C., Campistol, J.M., Nualart, F., Guinovart, J.J., Caelles, C., Yáñez, A.J. (2015). Overexpression of muscle glycogen synthase in human diabetic nephropathy. Histochem. Cell. Biol. 143:313-24. doi: 10.1007/s00418-014-1290-2.
Morales JC, Alvarez-Ferradas C, Roncagliolo M, Fuenzalida M, Wellmann M, Nualart FJ, Bonansco C. (2014) A new rapid kindling variant for induction of cortical epileptogenesis in freely moving rats. Front Cell Neurosci. 8:200. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00200.
Salazar, K, Cerda, G., Martínez, F., Sarmiento, J.M., González, C., Rodríguez, F., García-Robles, M., Tapia, J.C., Cifuentes, M., Nualart, F. (2014). SVCT2 transporter expression is post-natally induced in corticl neurons and its function is regulated by its short isoform. J Neurochem. 130:693-709. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12793.
Salgado, M., Tarifeño-Saldivia, E., Ordenes, P., Millán, C., Yañez, MJ., Llanos, P., Villagra, M., Elizondo-Vega, R., Martínez, F., Nualart, F., Uribe, E., García-Robles, M. (2014) Dynamic localization of glucokinase and its regulatory protein in hypothalamic tanycytes. PLoS One. 9:e94035. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094035.
Nualart, F., Mack, L., García, A., Cisternas, P., Borgarzone, ER., Heitzer, M., Jara, N., Martínez, F., Espinoza, F., Ferrada, L., Baeza, V., Salazar, K. (2014). Vitamin C transporters, recycling and the Bystander effect in the nervous system: SVCT2 versus GLUTs. Stem Cell Research and Therapy. 4: 209. doi: 10.4172/2157-7633.1000209.
Oyarce, K., Bongarzone ER, Nualart, F. (2014) Unconventional neurogenic niches and neurogenesis modulation by vitamins. Stem Cell Research and Therapy. 4:184. doi: 10.4172/2157-7633.1000184.
Cisternas P, Silva-Alvarez C, Martínez F, Fernandez E, Ferrada L, Oyarce K, Salazar K, Bolaños JP, Nualart F. (2014) The oxidized form of vitamin C, dehydroascorbic acid, regulates neuronal energy metabolism. J Neurochem. 129:663-671. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12663.
Montoya F, Martínez F, García-Robles M, Balmaceda-Aguilera C, Koch X, Rodríguez F, Silva-Álvarez C, Salazar K, Ulloa V, Nualart F. (2013) Clinical and experimental approaches to knee cartilage lesion repair and mesenchymal stem cell chondrocyte differentiation. Biol Res. 46:441-451. doi: 10.4067/S0716-97602013000400015.
Pastor P, Cisternas P, Salazar K, Silva-Alvarez C, Oyarce K, Jara N, Espinoza F, Martinez A, Nualart F. (2013) SVCT2 vitamin C transporter expression in progenitor cells of the postnatal neurogenic niche. Front Cell Neurosci. 13; 7: 119. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00119. eCollection 2013.
Cortes-Campos C, Elizondo R, Carril C, Martınez F, Boric K, Nualart F, Garcia MA. (2013) MCT2 Expression and Lactate Influx in Anorexigenic and Orexigenic Neurons of the Arcuate Nucleus. Plos One 8: e62532. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062532.
Ulloa V, García-Robles M, Martínez F, Salazar K, Reinicke K, Pérez F, Godoy DF, Godoy AS, Nualart F. (2013) Human choroid plexus papilloma cells efficiently transport glucose and vitamin C. J Neurochem. 27:403-14. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12295.
Antileo E, Garri C, Tapia V, Muñoz JP, Chiong M, Nualart F, Lavandero S, Fernández J, Núñez MT. (2013). Endocytic pathway of exogenous iron-loaded ferritin in intestinal epithelial (Caco-2) cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 304(7): 655-661. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00472.2012.
Sandoval D, Ojeda J, Low M, Nualart F, Marcellini S, Osses N, Henríquez JP. (2013) The vitamin C transporter SVCT2 is down-regulated during postnatal development of slow skeletal muscles. Histochem Cell Biol. 139:887-94. doi: 10.1007/s00418-012-1075-4.
Gatica R, Bertinat R, Silva P, Carpio D, Ramirez M, Slebe JC, San Martín R, Nualart F, Capistol JM, Caelles CYáñez A. (2013). Altered expression and localization of insulin receptor in proximal tubule cells from human and rat diabetic kidney. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 114:639-649. doi: 10.1002/jcb.24406.
Nualart F, Salazar K, Oyarce K, Cisternas P, Jara N, Silva-Alvarez C, Pastor P, Martínez F, García A, García-Robles MA, Tapia JC. (2012). Typical and atypical stem cells in the brain, vitamin C effect and neuropathology. Biological Research 45:243-56. doi: 10.4067/S0716-97602012000300006.
Nualart F, Castro T, Low M, Henríquez JP, Oyarce K, Cisterna P, García A, Bertinat R, Yáñez A, Montecinos V, García-Robles MA. (2013). Dynamic expresión of the sodium-vitamin C cotransporters, SVCT1 and SVCT2, Turing perinatal development. Histochemistry and Cell Biology 139:233-247. doi: 10.1007/s00418-012-1027-z.
Balmaceda-Aguilera, C., Cortés-Campos, C., Cifuentes, M., Peruzzo, B., Mark, L., Tapia, JC., Oyarce, K., García, MA., Nualart, F. (2012). Glucose transporter 1 and monocarboxylates transporters 1, 2 and 4 localization within the glial cells of shark blood-brain-barrier. PlosOne 7:e32409. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032409.
Orellana JA, Sáez P, Cortés-Campos C, Elizondo RJ, Shoji K, Contreras-Duarte S, Figueroa V, Velarde V, Jiang J, Nualart F, Sáez JC, García MA. (2012) Glucose increases intracellular free Ca(2+) in tanycytes via ATP released through connexin 43 hemichannels. GLIA 60:53-68. doi: 10.1002/glia.21246.
Reinicke, K., Sotomayor, P., Cisterna, P., Delgado, C., Nualart, F., Godoy A. (2012). Cellular distribution of GLUT1 and GLUT5 in beningn and malignant prostate tissue. J Cell Biochem 113:553-562. doi: 10.1002/jcb.23379.
Cortes-Campos, C., Elizondo, R., Llanos, P., Uranga, RM., Nualart, F., Garcia, M.A. (2011). MCT expression and lactate influx/effux in hypothalamic glial cells involved in glia-neuron metabolic interaction. PlosOne 6(1):e16411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016411.
Low M, Sandoval D, Morales B, Nualart F, Henríquez JP. (2011). Up-regulation of the vitamin C transporter SVCT2 upon differentiation and depolarization of myotubes. FEBS Lett. 585:390-6. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.12.020.
Nunez-Parra, A., Cortés-Campos, C., Bacigalupo, J., García, M.A., Nualart, F. Reyes, J. (2011). Expression and distribution of facilitative glucose (GLUTs) and monocarboxylate/H+ (MCTs) transporters in rat olfactory epithelia. Chemical Senses 36:771-780. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjr052.
Cifuentes, M., García, M.A., Arrabal, P., Martínez, F., Yáñez, M.J., Jara, N., Weil, B., Dominguez, D., Medina, R., Nualart, F. (2011). Insulin regulates GLUT1-mediated glucose transport in MG-63 human osteosarcoma cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology 226:1425-32. doi: 10.1002/jcp.22668.
Millán, C., Martínez, F., Cortés-Campos, C., Lizama, I., Yáñez, M.J., Llanos, P., Reinicke, K., Rodríguez, F., Peruzzo, B., Nualart, F., García, M.A. (2010) Temporal expression and localization of glucokinase in hypothalamic glial cells. ASN Neuro 2:e00035. doi: 10.1042/AN20090059.
Mella, A., Martínez, F., Garcia, M.A., Nualart, F., Castro, V., Bustos, P., Carvajal, N., Uribe, A. (2010). Expression and localization of a agmatinase-like protein in the rat brain. Histochemistry and Cell Biology 134:137-44. doi: 10.1007/s00418-010-0720-z.
Nunez, MT., Tapia, V., Rojas, A., Aguirre, P., Gomez, F., Nualart, F. (2010) Iron supply determines apical/basolateral membrane distribution of intestinal iron transporters DMT1 and ferroportin 1. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology 298:477-85. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00168.2009.
Ehrenfeld, P., Matus, C., Pavicic, F., Toledo, C., Nualart, F., Gonzalez, C., Burgos, R.A., Bhoola, K.D., Figueroa C. (2009) Kinin B1 receptor activation turns on exocytosis of matrix metalloprotease-9 and myeloperoxidase in human neutrophils: involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase family. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 86:1179-1189. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0109012.
Molina, L., Matus., C.E., Astroza, A., Pavicic, F., Tapia, E., Toledo, C., Perez, J.A., Nualart, F., Gonzalez, C.B., Burgos, R.A., Figueroa, C.D., Ehrenfeld, P., Poblete, M.T. (2009). Stimulation of the bradykinin B1 receptor induces the proliferation of oestrogen-sensitive breast cancer cells and activates the ERK1/2 signalling pathway. Breast Cancer Research Treatment 118:499-510. doi: 10.1007/s10549-009-0314-4.
Nualart, F., García, M.A., Medina, R., Owen, G. (2009). Glucose transporters in sex steroid hormone related cancer. Current Vascular Pharmacology 7: 534-548. doi: 10.1210/en.2003-0294.
Low, M., Sandoval, D., Avilés, E., Pérez, F., Nualart, F., Henríquez, JP. (2009). The ascorbic acid transporter SVCT2 is expressed in slow-twitch skeletal muscle fibres. Histochemistry and Cell Biology 131: 565-574. doi: 10.1007/s00418-008-0552-2.
Caprile, T., Salazar, C., Astuya, A Cisternas, P., Silva-Alvarez, C., Montecinos, H., Millán, C., García, M.A., Nualart, F. (2009). The Na+-dependent L-ascorbic acid transporter SVCT2 expressed in brain stem cells, neurons and neuroblastoma cells is inhibited by flavonoids. J Neurochem 108: 563-577. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05788.x.
Godoy, A., Salazar, K., Figueroa, C., Smith, G.J., García, M.A., Nualart, F. (2009). Nutricional channels in breast cancer. Journal and Cellular Molecular Medicine 13: 3973-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00544.x.
Castro, T., Low, M., Salazar, K., Montecinos, H., Cifuentes, M., Yáñez, A.J., Slebe, J.C., Figueroa, C.D., Reinicke, K., García, M.A., Henríquez, J.P., Nualart, F. (2008) Differential distribution of the Sodium-vitamin C cotransporter-1 along the proximal tubule of the mouse and human kidney. Kidney International 74:1278-86. doi: 10.1038/ki.2008.329.
Castro, M., Angulo, C., Nualart, F and Concha, I. (2008) Ascorbic acid participates in a general mechanism for concerted glucose transport inhibition and lactate transport stimulation. Pflugers Archiv. European Journal of Physiology 457:519-528. doi: 10.1007/s00424-008-0526-1.
Meneses, A, Medina, R., Kato, S., Pinto, M., Jaque, M., Lizama, I., García, MA., Nualart, F., Owen, G. (2008). Regulation of GLUT3 and glucose uptake by the cAMP signalling pathway in the breast cancer cell line ZR-75. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 214: 110-116. doi: 10.1002/jcp.21166.
Castro, M., Pozo, M., García, MA., Concha, I., Nualart, F. (2007) Ascorbic acid serves as metabolic switch in neurons under glutamatergic synaptic activity. Journal of Neurochemistry 102:773-82.
Martínez, S., Pasten, P., Suarez, K., García, A., Nualart, F., Montecino, M., Hinrichs, M.V., Olate, J. (2007) Classical Xenopus laevis progesterone receptor associates to the plasma membrane through its ligand-binding domain. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 211:560-567. doi: 10.1002/jcp.20964.
Godoy, A., Ulloa, V., Reinicke, K., Garcia, MA., Medina, R., Vera, JC., Carrasco, M., Poblete, MT., Figueroa, C., Koch, X., Perez, F., Nualart, F. (2006). Differential subcellular distribution of glucose transporters GLUT1 to GLUT6 and GLUT9 in human cancer. Ultrastructural localization of GLUT1 and GLUT5 in breast tumor tissues. J Cell Physiol. 207: 614-627. doi: 10.1002/jcp.20606.
Ehrenfeld, P., Millan, C., Matus, C.E, Figueroa, J.E., Burgos, R.A., Nualart, F., Bhoola, K.D., Figueroa, C.D. (2006). Activation of kinin B1 receptors induces chemotaxis of human neutrophils. Journal of Leukocyte Biology 80:117-124. doi: 10.1189/jlb.1205744.
Cuevas, M.E, Carrasco, M.A, Fuentes, Y., Castro, P., Nualart, F., Roa, J., Aguayo, L.G. (2005). The presence of glia stimulates the appearance of glycinergic synaptic transmission in spinal cord neurons. Molecular Cellular Neuroscience 28:770-778. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2005.01.001.
Yáñez, A., Bertinat, R., García, M.A., Nualart, F., Slebe, J.C. (2005). Novel expression of liver FBPase in alpha- and beta-cells of human and rat pancreas. Journal Cellular Physiololy 205:19-24. doi: 10.1002/jcp.20407.
Silva-Alvarez, C., Carrasco, M., Balmaceda-Aguilera, C., Pastor, P., García, M.A., Reinicke, K., Aguayo, L.G., Molina, B., Cifuentes, M., Medina, R., Nualart, F. 2005. Ependymal cell differentiation and GLUT1 expression is a synchronous process in the ventricular wall. Neurochemical Research 30:1227-1236. doi: 10.1007/s11064-005-8794-z.
Astuya. A., Caprile. T., Castro. M., Salazar. K., García. M.A., Reinicke, K., Rodríguez, F., Vera, J.C., Millán, C., Ulloa, V., Low, M., Martínez, F., Nualart, F. (2005) Vitamin C uptake and recycling among normal and tumor cells from the nervous system. Journal of Neuroscience Research 79:146-156. doi: 10.1002/jnr.20326.
García, M.A., Salazar, K., Millán, C., Rodríguez, F., Montecinos, H., Caprile, T., Silva, C., Cortes, C., Reinicke, K., Vera, J.C., Aguayo, L., Olate, J., Nualart, F. (2005) The sodium vitamin C cotransporter SVCT2 is expressed in hypothalamic glial cells. Glia 50:32-47. doi: 10.1002/glia.20133.
Medina, R., Meneses, A.M., Vera, J.C., Gúzman, C., Nualart, F., Garcia, M.A., Kato, S., Monsó. C., Carvajal. A., Pinto, M., Owen, G.I. (2004). Differential regulation of glucose transporter expression by estrogen and progesterone in ishikawa endometrial cancer cells. Journal of Endocrinology 182:467-478. doi: 10.1210/en.2003-0294.
Stuardo, M., Gonzalez, C., Nualart, F., Boric, M., Corthorn, J., Bhoola, K., Figueroa, C. (2004) Proteases released by stimulated human neutrophils form biologically active kinin peptides from high and low molecular weight kininogens. Journal of Leukocytes Biology 75:631-640. doi: 10.1189/jlb.1103546.
Verleydonk, S., Hirschner, W., Wellard, J., Rapp, M., Garcia, M.A., Nualart, F., Hamprecht, B. (2004). Regulation by insulin and insulin-like growth factor of 2-deoxyglucose uptake in primary ependymal cell cultures. Neurochemical Research 29: 127-134. doi: 10.1023/b:nere.0000010441.08234.ca.
Medina, R., Vera, JC., Guzman, C., Nualart, F., Astuya, A., García, MA., Kato, S., Carvajal, A., Pinto, M., Owen, G. (2003). Estrogen and progesterone upregulate glucose transport expression in human breast cancer cells. Endocrinology 144: 4527-4535. doi: 10.1210/en.2003-0294.
Yáñez, A., Nualart, F., Droppelmann, C., Bertinat, R., Brito, M., Concha, I., Slebe, JC. (2003). Broad expression of FBPase and PEPCK provides evidence of gluconeogenesis in human tissues of other liver and kidney. Journal of Cellular Physiology 197: 189-197. doi: 10.1002/jcp.10337.
García, MA., Millán, C., Balmaceda-Aguilera, C., Castro, T., Pastor, P., Montecinos, H., Reinicke, K., Zuniga, FA., Vera, JC., Oñate, S., Nualart, F. (2003). Hypothalamic ependymal cells express the glucose transporter GLUT2, a protein involved in glucose sensing. Journal of Neurochemistry 86: 709-724. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01892.x.
Maulén N., Henríquez E., Kempe S., Cárcamo J., Schmid-Kotsas A., Bachem A., Grünert A., Bustamante M., Nualart F., Vera J. C. (2003). Upregulation and polarized expression of the sodium-ascorbic acid transporter SVCT1 in post-confluent differentiated CaCo-2 cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278: 9035-41. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M205119200.
Nualart, F., Golde, D., Rivas, C., Zhang, R., Guaquil, V., Montecinos, V., Godoy, A., Vera, JC. (2003). Recycling of vitamin C by a bystander effect. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278:10128-33. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M210686200.
Tapia, J.C., Mentis, GZ., Navarrete, R., Nualart, F., Figueroa, E A., Sánchez, L.G., Aguayo, L. (2001). Onset of glycine and gabaa receptor development in spinal cord neurons. Effects on neurite outgrowth. Neuroscience 108: 493-506. doi: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00348-7.
Castro, M., Caprile, T., Astuya, A., Millán, C., Reinicke, K., Vera, JC., Aguayo, L., Nualart, F. (2001) High-affinity sodium vitamin C cotransporters (SVCT) expression in embryonic mouse neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry 78: 815-823. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00461.x.
Albarrán, F., Roa, J., Navarrete, R., Castillo, R., Nualart, F., Aguayo, L. (2001). Effect of protein kinase C activation on the glycine evoked Cl current in spinal cord neurons. Brain Research 902: 1-10. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02255-7.
Nualart, F., Hein, S. (2001). Biosynthesis and molecular biology of the secretory proteins of the subcommissural organ. Microscopy and Research Technique 52:468-483. (Invited Reviewer). doi: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010301)52:5.
Molina, B., Rodríguez, E. M., Peruzzo, B., Caprile, T., Nualart, F. (2001). Spatial distribution of Reissner´s fiber glycoproteins in the filum terminale of the rat and rabbit. Microscopy and Research Technique 52: 552-563. doi: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010301)52:5.
Tapia, C., Cárdenas, AM., Nualart, F., Mentis, G., Navarrete, R., Aguayo, L. (2000). Neurite outgrowth in developing mouse spinal cord neurons is modulated by glycine receptors. Neuroreport 11:3007-3010. doi: 10.1097/00001756-200009110-00036.
Figueroa, CD., Stuardo, M., González, CB., Nualart, F., Corthorn, J., Bhoola, KD. (1999). Hydrolysis of kininogens by degranulated human neutrophils and analysis of bradykinin as chemotactic factor for cells isolated from peripherical blood. Immunopharmacology. 43: 211-217. doi: 10.1016/s0162-3109(99)00092-2.
Nualart, F., Godoy, A., Reinicke. (1999). Expression of the glucose transporter GLUT1 and GLUT2 during the early development of the brain. Brain Research. 824: 97-104. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01078-1.
Nualart, F., Hein S., Yulis C., Zarraga A., Araya A., Rodríguez E. (1998). Partial sequencing of Reissner's fiber glycoprotein I (RF-Gly-I). Cell Tissue Research. 292, 239-250. doi: 10.1007/s004410051055.
Rivas, C., Vera, J.C., Delgado-Lopez, F., Heaney, M., Guaiquil, V.H., Zhang, R., Scher, H., Concha, I., Nualart, F. Cordon-Cardo, C, Golde, D. (1998). Expression of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptors in human prostate cancer. Blood. 91, 1037-1034.
Spielholz, C., Golde, D.W., Houghton, A., Nualart, F., Vera, J.C. (1997). Increased facilitated uptake of dehydroascorbic acid by melanoma cells compared to melanocytes without change in sodium dependent ascorbate uptake. Cancer Res. 57, 2529-2537.
Pérez, J., Garrido, O., Cifuentes, M., Alonso, F., Estivil-Torrús, G., Eller, G., Nualart, F., López-Avalos, M.D., Fernández-Llebrez, P., and Rodríguez, E. M. (1996). Analysis of the secretion of the bovine subcommissural organ by use of a set of monoclonal antibodies. Mol. Brain Res. 286, 33-42. doi: 10.1007/s004410050672.
Nualart, F. and Rodríguez, E. M. (1996). Immunochemical analysis of the subcommissural organ-Reissner fiber complex using antibodies against alkylated and deglycosylated glycoproteins of the bovine Reissner's fiber. Cell Tissue Res. 286, 23-31. doi: 10.1007/s004410050671.
Poblete, M. T., Nualart, F., del Pozo, M., Perez, J., and Figueroa, C. D. (1996). Alpha 1-antitrypsin expression in human thyroid papillary carcinoma. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 20, 956-963. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199608000-00004.
Zamora-León, P., Golde, D. W., Concha, I. I., Rivas, C. I., Delgado-López, F., Baselga, J., Nualart, F., and Vera, J. C. (1996). Expression of the fructose transporter GLUT5 in human breast cancer. Proc. Nath. Acad. Sci., USA 93, 1847-1852.
Pérez-Fígares, J. M., Mancera, J. M., Rodríguez, E. M., Nualart, F., and Fernández-Llebrez, P. (1995). Presence of oxytocin-like peptide in the hypothalamus and neurohypophysis of a turtle (Mauremys caspica) and a snake (Natrix maura). Cell Tissue Res. 279, 75-84.
Grondona, J. M., Pérez, J., Cifuentes, M., López-Avalos, M. D., Nualart, F. J., Peruzzo, B., Fernández, L. P., and Rodríguez, E. M. (1994). Analysis of the secretory glycoproteins of the subcommissural organ of the dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula). Mol. Brain Res. 26, 299-308. doi: 10.1016/0169-328x(94)90103-1.
Nualart, F., Hein, S., Rodríguez, E. M., and Oksche, A. (1991). Identification and partial characterization of the secretory glycoproteins of the bovine subcommissural organ-Reissner's fiber complex. Evidence for the existence of two precursor forms. Mol. Brain Res. 11, 227-38. doi: 10.1016/0169-328x(91)90031-r.
