Rita Najor

Title(s)	Staff Res Assoc, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Overlapping functions between Lamp2a and Lamp2b in cardiac autophagy. Autophagy. 2025 Apr 09; 1-12. Sampaio Cruz M, Manso AM, Soto-Hermida A, Bushway P, Silver E, Gunes BB, Tang Z, Gonzalez G, Lau S, Arbayo J, Najor RH, Chi L, Gu Y, Feng W, Cowling RT, Gustafsson AB, Chen J, Adler ED. PMID: 40202173.

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Cel Cell Biology
Protocol to separate small and large extracellular vesicles from mouse and human cardiac tissues. STAR Protoc. 2024 Mar 15; 5(1):102914. Liang W, Najor RH, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 38386549; PMCID: PMC10897917.

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Bio Biology Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Mitochondria are secreted in extracellular vesicles when lysosomal function is impaired. Nat Commun. 2023 08 18; 14(1):5031. Liang W, Sagar S, Ravindran R, Najor RH, Quiles JM, Chi L, Diao RY, Woodall BP, Leon LJ, Zumaya E, Duran J, Cauvi DM, De Maio A, Adler ED, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 37596294; PMCID: PMC10439183.

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Bio Biology Sci Science
Translation:Animals Cells
The Small GTPase Rab7 Regulates Release of Mitochondria in Extracellular Vesicles in Response to Lysosomal Dysfunction. bioRxiv. 2023 Feb 13. Liang W, Diao RY, Quiles JM, Najor RH, Chi L, Woodall BP, Leon LJ, Duran J, Cauvi DM, De Maio A, Adler ED, Gustafsson ÃSB. PMID: 36824711; PMCID: PMC9949095.

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Deciphering functional roles and interplay between Beclin1 and Beclin2 in autophagosome formation and mitophagy. Sci Signal. 2023 01 31; 16(770):eabo4457. Quiles JM, Najor RH, Gonzalez E, Jeung M, Liang W, Burbach SM, Zumaya EA, Diao RY, Lampert MA, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 36719945; PMCID: PMC10019900.

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Cel Cell Biology Phy Physiology Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Mcl-1 Differentially Regulates Autophagy in Response to Changes in Energy Status and Mitochondrial Damage. Cells. 2022 04 27; 11(9). Moyzis AG, Lally NS, Liang W, Najor RH, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 35563775; PMCID: PMC9102819.

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Bio Biophysics Cel Cell Biology Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Cells
Mcl-1-mediated mitochondrial fission protects against stress but impairs cardiac adaptation to exercise. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2020 09; 146:109-120. Moyzis AG, Lally NS, Liang W, Leon LJ, Najor RH, Orogo AM, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 32717194; PMCID: PMC7494655.

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Car Cardiology Cel Cell Biology Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Animals Cells
Aging is associated with a decline in Atg9b-mediated autophagosome formation and appearance of enlarged mitochondria in the heart. Aging Cell. 2020 08; 19(8):e13187. Liang W, Moyzis AG, Lampert MA, Diao RY, Najor RH, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 32627317; PMCID: PMC7431832.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 38 Fields:
Cel Cell Biology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Nuclear Parkin Activates the ERRα Transcriptional Program and Drives Widespread Changes in Gene Expression Following Hypoxia. Sci Rep. 2020 05 22; 10(1):8499. Shires SE, Quiles JM, Najor RH, Leon LJ, Cortez MQ, Lampert MA, Mark A, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 32444656; PMCID: PMC7244578.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Parkin does not prevent accelerated cardiac aging in mitochondrial DNA mutator mice. JCI Insight. 2019 04 16; 5. Woodall BP, Orogo AM, Najor RH, Cortez MQ, Moreno ER, Wang H, Divakaruni AS, Murphy AN, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 30990467; PMCID: PMC6542612.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
BNIP3L/NIX and FUNDC1-mediated mitophagy is required for mitochondrial network remodeling during cardiac progenitor cell differentiation. Autophagy. 2019 07; 15(7):1182-1198. Lampert MA, Orogo AM, Najor RH, Hammerling BC, Leon LJ, Wang BJ, Kim T, Sussman MA, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 30741592; PMCID: PMC6613840.

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Cel Cell Biology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Decline in cellular function of aged mouse c-kit+ cardiac progenitor cells. J Physiol. 2017 10 01; 595(19):6249-6262. Castaldi A, Dodia RM, Orogo AM, Zambrano CM, Najor RH, Gustafsson ÅB, Heller Brown J, Purcell NH. PMID: 28737214; PMCID: PMC5621489.

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Phy Physiology
Translation:Animals Cells
A Rab5 endosomal pathway mediates Parkin-dependent mitochondrial clearance. Nat Commun. 2017 01 30; 8:14050. Hammerling BC, Najor RH, Cortez MQ, Shires SE, Leon LJ, Gonzalez ER, Boassa D, Phan S, Thor A, Jimenez RE, Li H, Kitsis RN, Dorn GW, Sadoshima J, Ellisman MH, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 28134239; PMCID: PMC5290275.

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Bio Biology Sci Science
Translation:Animals Cells
PINK1 Is Dispensable for Mitochondrial Recruitment of Parkin and Activation of Mitophagy in Cardiac Myocytes. PLoS One. 2015; 10(6):e0130707. Kubli DA, Cortez MQ, Moyzis AG, Najor RH, Lee Y, Gustafsson ÅB. PMID: 26110811; PMCID: PMC4482400.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 47 Fields:
Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Animals Cells