John Konhilas, PhD

Professor, Physiology

Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP

Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

konhilas@arizona.edu

Publications

Skaria, Rinku S, et al. “Epicardial Placement of Human Placental Membrane Protects from Heart Injury in a Swine Model of Myocardial Infarction.”. Physiol Rep, vol. 11, no. 20, Oct. 2023, p. e15838, https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15838.

Iwanski, Jessika, et al. “Antihypertensive Drug Treatment and Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Human PSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes and Primary Endothelial Cells.”. Stem Cell Reports, Sept. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.08.018.

Polverino, Francesca, et al. “Metformin: Experimental and Clinical Evidence for a Potential Role in Emphysema Treatment.”. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, May 2021, https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202012-4510OC.

Pappas, Christopher T, et al. “Cardiac-Specific Knockout of Lmod2 Results in a Severe Reduction in Myofilament Force Production and Rapid Cardiac Failure.”. J Mol Cell Cardiol, vol. 122, Sept. 2018, pp. 88-97, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.08.009.

Avery, Ryan J, et al. “Remodeling Failing Human Myocardium With Hybrid Cell Matrix and Transmyocardial Revascularization.”. ASAIO J, vol. 64, no. 5, Sept. 2018, pp. e130-e133, https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000727.

Kazui, Toshinobu, et al. “A Dual Therapy of Off-Pump Temporary Left Ventricular Extracorporeal Device and Amniotic Stem Cell for Cardiogenic Shock.”. J Cardiothorac Surg, vol. 12, no. 1, Sept. 2017, p. 80, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-017-0648-7.

Schipper, David A, et al. “Improved Metabolism and Redox State With a Novel Preservation Solution: Implications for Donor Lungs After Cardiac Death (DCD).”. Pulm Circ, vol. 7, no. 2, Apr.–June 2017, pp. 494-0, https://doi.org/10.1177/2045893217706065.

Li, Frank, et al. “Nebulin Deficiency in Adult Muscle Causes Sarcomere Defects and Muscle-Type-Dependent Changes in Trophicity: Novel Insights in Nemaline Myopathy.”. Hum Mol Genet, vol. 24, no. 18, Sept. 2015, pp. 5219-33, https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddv243.