Kofuji:Publications
- Tang X, Taniguchi K, and Kofuji P. Heterogeneity of Kir4.1 channel expression in glia revealed by mouse transgenesis. Glia. 2009 Dec;57(16):1706-15. DOI:10.1002/glia.20882 |
- Schmidt TM and Kofuji P. Functional and morphological differences among intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. J Neurosci. 2009 Jan 14;29(2):476-82. DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4117-08.2009 |
- Schmidt TM, Taniguchi K, and Kofuji P. Intrinsic and extrinsic light responses in melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells during mouse development. J Neurophysiol. 2008 Jul;100(1):371-84. DOI:10.1152/jn.00062.2008 |
- Ma H, Lesné S, Kotilinek L, Steidl-Nichols JV, Sherman M, Younkin L, Younkin S, Forster C, Sergeant N, Delacourte A, Vassar R, Citron M, Kofuji P, Boland LM, and Ashe KH. Involvement of beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1) in amyloid precursor protein-mediated enhancement of memory and activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 8;104(19):8167-72. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0609521104 |
- Metea MR, Kofuji P, and Newman EA. Neurovascular coupling is not mediated by potassium siphoning from glial cells. J Neurosci. 2007 Mar 7;27(10):2468-71. DOI:10.1523/jneurosci.3204-06.2007 |
- Connors NC and Kofuji P. Potassium channel Kir4.1 macromolecular complex in retinal glial cells. Glia. 2006 Jan 15;53(2):124-31. DOI:10.1002/glia.20271 |
- Clark JP 3rd, Sampair CS, Kofuji P, Nath A, and Ding JM. HIV protein, transactivator of transcription, alters circadian rhythms through the light entrainment pathway. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2005 Sep;289(3):R656-62. DOI:10.1152/ajpregu.00179.2005 |
- Kofuji P and Newman EA. Potassium buffering in the central nervous system. Neuroscience. 2004;129(4):1045-56. DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.06.008 |
- Wu J, Marmorstein AD, Kofuji P, and Peachey NS. Contribution of Kir4.1 to the mouse electroretinogram. Mol Vis. 2004 Sep 1;10:650-4.
- Connors NC, Adams ME, Froehner SC, and Kofuji P. The potassium channel Kir4.1 associates with the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex via alpha-syntrophin in glia. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 2;279(27):28387-92. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M402604200 |
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, N, I Lopez, C Chiu, P Kofuji, HA Lester, and C Neusch. 2003. Time course of inner ear degeneration and defness in mice lacking the Kir4.1 potassium channel subunit. Hearing Research. 177: 71-80.
· Zahs, KR, P Kofuji, C Meier, and R Dermietzel. 2003. Connexin immuoreactivity in glial cells of the rat retina. J. Comp. Neurol. 455: 531-546.
· Kofuji, P, B Biedermann, V Siddharthan, M Raap, I Iandiev, I Milenkovic, A Thomzig, RW Veh, A Bringmann and A Reichenbach. 2002. Kir potassium channel subunit expression in retinal glial cells: implications for spatial potassium buffering. Glia 39:292-303.
· Connors, NC and P Kofuji. 2002. Dystrophin Dp71 is critical for the clustered localization of potassium channels in retinal glial cells. J Neurosci 22:4321-4327.
· Marcus, DC, T Wu, P Wangemann and P Kofuji. 2002. KCNJ10 (Kir4.1) potassium channel knockout abolishes endocochlear potential. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 282:C403-C407.
· Neusch, C, N Rozengurt, RE Jacobs, HA Lester and P Kofuji. 2001. Kir4.1 potassium channel subunit is crucial for oligodendrocyte development and in vivo myelination. J Neurosci. 21:5429-5438.
· Labarca, C, J Schwarz, P Deshpande, S Schwarz, MW Nowak, C Fonck, R Nashmi, P Kofuji, H Dang, W Shi, M Fidan, BS Khakh, Z Chen, BJ Bowers, J Boulter, JM Wehner and HA Lester. 2001. Point mutant mice with hypersensitive alpha 4 nicotinic receptors show dopaminergic deficits and increased anxiety. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 98:2786-2791.
· Kofuji, P, P Ceelen, KR Zahs, LW Surbeck, HA Lester and EA Newman. 2000. Genetic inactivation of an inwardly rectifying potassium channel (Kir4.1 subunit) in mice: phenotypic impact in retina. J Neurosci 20: 5733-5740.
· Doupnik, CA, N Davidson, HA Lester, and P Kofuji. 1997. RGS proteins reconstitute the rapid gating kinetics of gbetagamma- activated inwardly rectifying K+ channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 94:10461-6.
· Silverman, SK, P Kofuji, DA Dougherty, N Davidson, and HA Lester. 1996. A regenerative link in the ionic fluxes through the weaver potassium channel underlies the pathophysiology of the mutation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 93:15429-34.
· Kofuji, P, CA Doupnik, N Davidson, and HA Lester. 1996. A unique P-region residue is required for slow voltage-dependent gating of a G protein-activated inward rectifier K+ channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes. J Physiol (Lond). 490:633-45.
· Kofuji, P, M Hofer, KJ Millen, JH Millonig, N Davidson, HA Lester, and ME Hatten. 1996. Functional analysis of the weaver mutant GIRK2 K+ channel and rescue of weaver granule cells. Neuron. 16:941-52.
· Kofuji, P, N Davidson, and HA Lester. 1995. Evidence that neuronal G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ channels are activated by G beta gamma subunits and function as heteromultimers. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 92:6542-6.