Publications
Salazar K, Espinoza F, Cerda-Gallardo G, Ferrada L, Magdalena R, Ramírez E, Ulloa V, Saldivia N, Troncoso N, Oviedo MJ, Barahona MJ, Martínez F, Nualart F. SVCT2 Overexpression and Ascorbic Acid Uptake Increase Cortical Neuron Differentiation, Which Is Dependent on Vitamin C Recycling between Neurons and Astrocytes. Antioxidants (Basel). 2021 Sep 3;10(9):1413. doi: 10.3390/antiox10091413. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34573045/
Jara N, Ramirez E, Ferrada L, Salazar K, Espinoza F, González-Chavarría I, Nualart F. Vitamin C deficient reduces proliferation in a human periventricular tumor stem cell-derived glioblastoma model. J Cell Physiol . 2021 Aug;236(8):5801-5817. doi: 10.1002/jcp.30264. Epub 2021 Jan 11. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33432597/
Espinoza F, Magdalena R, Saldivia N, Jara N, Martínez F, Ferrada L, Salazar K, Ávila F, Nualart F. Vitamin C Recycling Regulates Neurite Growth in Neurospheres Differentiated In Vitro. Antioxidants (Basel) . 2020 Dec 14;9(12):1276. doi: 10.3390/antiox9121276. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33327638/
Torres-Vergara P, Ho YS, Espinoza F, Nualart F, Escudero C, Penny J. The constitutive androstane receptor and pregnane X receptor in the brain. Br J Pharmacol. 2020 Jun;177(12):2666-2682. doi: 10.1111/bph.15055. Epub 2020 Apr 22. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32201941/
Salazar K, Martínez F, Pérez-Martín M, Cifuentes M, Trigueros L, Ferrada L, Espinoza F, Saldivia N, Bertinat R, Forman K, Oviedo MJ, López-Gambero AJ, Bonansco C, Bongarzone ER, Nualart F. SVCT2 Expression and Function in Reactive Astrocytes Is a Common Event in Different Brain Pathologies. Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Jul;55(7):5439-5452. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0762-5. Epub 2017 Sep 23. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28942474/
Salazar K, Martínez M, Ulloa V, Bertinat R, Martínez F, Jara N, Espinoza F, Bongarzone ER, Nualart F. SVCT2 Overexpression in Neuroblastoma Cells Induces Cellular Branching that is Associated with ERK Signaling. Mol Neurobiol. 2016 Dec;53(10):6668-6679. doi: 10.1007/s12035-015-9553-z. Epub 2015 Dec 8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26646539/
Nualart F, Mack L, García A, Cisternas P, Bongarzone ER, Heitzer M, Jara N, Martínez F, Ferrada L, Espinoza F, Baeza V, Salazar K. Vitamin C Transporters, Recycling and the Bystander Effect in the Nervous System: SVCT2 versus Gluts. J Stem Cell Res Ther. 2014 May 19;4(5):209. doi: 10.4172/2157-7633.1000209. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25110615/
Pastor P, Cisternas P, Salazar K, Silva-Alvarez C, Oyarce K, Jara N, Espinoza F, Martínez AD, Nualart F. SVCT2 vitamin C transporter expression in progenitor cells of the postnatal neurogenic niche. Front Cell Neurosci. 2013 Aug 13;7:119. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00119. eCollection 2013. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23964197/