Cecilia Canessa MD
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Medicine (Nephrology)
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Membrane Proteins - Ion Channels | Membrane Biophysics | Epithelial Transport of Ions and Solutes | Physiology of Human Disease | Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology Track | Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Internal Medicine: Nephrology
Research Interests
Renal Function; Epithelial Sodium Channels more...
Education
- M.D., Cayetano Heredia University Lima, Peru, 1982
Selected Publications
- Arteaga MF, Alvarez de la Rosa D, Alvarez JA, Canessa CM. Multiple translational isoforms give functional specificity to serum- and glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1. Mol Biol Cell, 18:2072-80, 2007.
- Arteaga MF, Wang L, Ravid T, Hochstrasser M, Canessa CM. A short amphipathic helix targets Sgk1 to the ER-associated ubiquitin-conjugation machinery. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 103:11178-83, 2006.
- Zhang P, Sigworth FJ, Canessa CM. Gating of acid-sensitive ion channel-1: Release of Ca2+ block vs. allosteric mechanism. J Gen Physiol, 127:109-17, 2006.
