Ciria C Quintero Hernandez
Associate Research Scientist, Life Sciences Institute
Associate Research Scientist, Pharmacology
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Ciria C Quintero Hernandez
Associate Research Scientist
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      Caswell Diabetes Institute
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    • Preprint
      Structure of the Ion Channel Kir7.1 and Implications for its Function in Normal and Pathophysiologic States.
      Peisley A, Hernandez CC, Dahir NS, Koepping L, Raczkowski A, Su M, Ghamari-Langroudi M, Ji X, Gimenez LE, Cone RD. 2024 Jun 8; DOI:10.1101/2024.06.07.597981
      PMID: 38895219
    • Journal Article
      Epileptic Encephalopathy GABRB Structural Variants Share Common Gating and Trafficking Defects.
      Hernandez CC, Hu N, Shen W, Macdonald RL. Biomolecules, 2023 Dec 14; 13 (12): DOI:10.3390/biom13121790
      PMID: 38136660
    • Journal Article
      GABRG2 Variants Associated with Febrile Seizures.
      Hernandez CC, Shen Y, Hu N, Shen W, Narayanan V, Ramsey K, He W, Zou L, Macdonald RL. Biomolecules, 2023 Feb 22; 13 (3): DOI:10.3390/biom13030414
      PMID: 36979350
    • Journal Article
      The unique structural characteristics of the Kir 7.1 inward rectifier potassium channel: a novel player in energy homeostasis control.
      Hernandez CC, Gimenez LE, Dahir NS, Peisley A, Cone RD. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 2023 Mar 1; 324 (3): C694 - C706. DOI:10.1152/ajpcell.00335.2022
      PMID: 36717105
    • Journal Article
      Dravet syndrome-associated mutations in GABRA1, GABRB2 and GABRG2 define the genetic landscape of defects of GABAA receptors.
      Hernandez CC, Tian X, Hu N, Shen W, Catron MA, Yang Y, Chen J, Jiang Y, Zhang Y, Macdonald RL. Brain Commun, 2021 3 (2): fcab033 DOI:10.1093/braincomms/fcab033
      PMID: 34095830
    • Journal Article
      Membrane orientation and oligomerization of the melanocortin receptor accessory protein 2.
      Chen V, Bruno AE, Britt LL, Hernandez CC, Gimenez LE, Peisley A, Cone RD, Millhauser GL. J Biol Chem, 2020 Nov 27; 295 (48): 16370 - 16379. DOI:10.1074/jbc.RA120.015482
      PMID: 32943551
    • Journal Article
      Determination of the melanocortin-4 receptor structure identifies Ca2+ as a cofactor for ligand binding.
      Yu J, Gimenez LE, Hernandez CC, Wu Y, Wein AH, Han GW, McClary K, Mittal SR, Burdsall K, Stauch B, Wu L, Stevens SN, Peisley A, Williams SY, Chen V, Millhauser GL, Zhao S, Cone RD, Stevens RC. Science, 2020 Apr 24; 368 (6489): 428 - 433. DOI:10.1126/science.aaz8995
      PMID: 32327598
    • Journal Article
      The GPCR accessory protein MRAP2 regulates both biased signaling and constitutive activity of the ghrelin receptor GHSR1a.
      Rouault AAJ, Rosselli-Murai LK, Hernandez CC, Gimenez LE, Tall GG, Sebag JA. Sci Signal, 2020 Jan 7; 13 (613): DOI:10.1126/scisignal.aax4569
      PMID: 31911434