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Wai-Meng Kwok PhD

Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Anesthesiology
Division: Research

Member of the Cardiovascular Center
Member of the Comprehensive Injury Center

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Research Experience

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    • Publications (70)

  • Cyclosporin A Increases Mitochondrial Buffering of Calcium: An Additional Mechanism in Delaying Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Opening. (Mishra J, Davani AJ, Natarajan GK, Kwok WM, Stowe DF, Camara AKS) Cells 2019 Sep 07;8(9) PMID: 31500337 PMCID: PMC6770067 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082240408 09/11/2019       34 Citations
  • Slow Ca2+ Efflux by Ca2+/H+ Exchange in Cardiac Mitochondria Is Modulated by Ca2+ Re-uptake via MCU, Extra-Mitochondrial pH, and H+ Pumping by FOF1-ATPase. (Haumann J, Camara AKS, Gadicherla AK, Navarro CD, Boelens AD, Blomeyer CA, Dash RK, Boswell MR, Kwok WM, Stowe DF) Front Physiol 2018;9:1914 PMID: 30804812 PMCID: PMC6378946 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065923980 02/26/2019       10 Citations
  • Ability of CP-532,903 to protect mouse hearts from ischemia/reperfusion injury is dependent on expression of A3 adenosine receptors in cardiomyoyctes. (Wan TC, Tampo A, Kwok WM, Auchampach JA) Biochem Pharmacol 2019 May;163:21-31 PMID: 30710517 PMCID: PMC6470012 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061006338 02/03/2019       9 Citations
  • Peroxynitrite nitrates adenine nucleotide translocase and voltage-dependent anion channel 1 and alters their interactions and association with hexokinase II in mitochondria. (Yang M, Xu Y, Heisner JS, Sun J, Stowe DF, Kwok WM, Camara AKS) Mitochondrion 2019 May;46:380-392 PMID: 30391711 PMCID: PMC6487210 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85056228802 11/06/2018       24 Citations
  • Mitochondrial VDAC1: A Key Gatekeeper as Potential Therapeutic Target. (Camara AKS, Zhou Y, Wen PC, Tajkhorshid E, Kwok WM) Front Physiol 2017;8:460 PMID: 28713289 PMCID: PMC5491678 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85021639636 07/18/2017       213 Citations
  • Mitochondrial Cx43 hemichannels contribute to mitochondrial calcium entry and cell death in the heart. (Gadicherla AK, Wang N, Bulic M, Agullo-Pascual E, Lissoni A, De Smet M, Delmar M, Bultynck G, Krysko DV, Camara A, Schlüter KD, Schulz R, Kwok WM, Leybaert L) Basic Res Cardiol 2017 May;112(3):27 PMID: 28364353 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85016781519 04/02/2017       98 Citations
  • Identity and function of a cardiac mitochondrial small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel splice variant. (Yang M, Camara AKS, Aldakkak M, Kwok WM, Stowe DF) Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg 2017 Jun;1858(6):442-458 PMID: 28342809 PMCID: PMC5749404 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85017126810 03/28/2017       26 Citations
  • Association of TMTC2 With Human Nonsyndromic Sensorineural Hearing Loss. (Runge CL, Indap A, Zhou Y, Kent JW Jr, King E, Erbe CB, Cole R, Littrell J, Merath K, James R, Rüschendorf F, Kerschner JE, Marth G, Hübner N, Göring HH, Friedland DR, Kwok WM, Olivier M) JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2016 Sep 01;142(9):866-72 PMID: 27311106 PMCID: PMC5025373 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84997646398 06/17/2016       14 Citations
  • The Human 343delT HSPB5 Chaperone Associated with Early-onset Skeletal Myopathy Causes Defects in Protein Solubility. (Mitzelfelt KA, Limphong P, Choi MJ, Kondrat FD, Lai S, Kolander KD, Kwok WM, Dai Q, Grzybowski MN, Zhang H, Taylor GM, Lui Q, Thao MT, Hudson JA, Barresi R, Bushby K, Jungbluth H, Wraige E, Geurts AM, Benesch JL, Riedel M, Christians ES, Minella AC, Benjamin IJ) J Biol Chem 2016 Jul 15;291(29):14939-53 PMID: 27226619 PMCID: PMC4946913 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84978431927 05/27/2016       15 Citations
  • Combining patient proteomics and in vitro cardiomyocyte phenotype testing to identify potential mediators of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. (Raphael R, Purushotham D, Gastonguay C, Chesnik MA, Kwok WM, Wu HE, Shah SJ, Mirza SP, Strande JL) J Transl Med 2016 Jan 20;14:18 PMID: 26792056 PMCID: PMC4719542 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84955276098 01/23/2016       20 Citations
  • Markov chain Monte Carlo based analysis of post-translationally modified VDAC gating kinetics. (Tewari SG, Zhou Y, Otto BJ, Dash RK, Kwok WM, Beard DA) Front Physiol 2014;5:513 PMID: 25628567 PMCID: PMC4292549 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84925875428 01/30/2015       8 Citations
  • Enhanced effects of isoflurane on the long QT syndrome 1-associated A341V mutant. (Mikuni I, Torres CG, Bakshi T, Tampo A, Carlson BE, Bienengraeber MW, Kwok WM) Anesthesiology 2015 Apr;122(4):806-20 PMID: 25585005 PMCID: PMC4366337 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84937251640 01/15/2015       8 Citations
  • High efficiency differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells to cardiomyocytes and characterization by flow cytometry. (Bhattacharya S, Burridge PW, Kropp EM, Chuppa SL, Kwok WM, Wu JC, Boheler KR, Gundry RL) J Vis Exp 2014 Sep 23(91):52010 PMID: 25286293 PMCID: PMC4448667 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84908292226 10/07/2014       67 Citations
  • Regulation of voltage-gated Ca(2+) currents by Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in resting sensory neurons. (Kostic S, Pan B, Guo Y, Yu H, Sapunar D, Kwok WM, Hudmon A, Wu HE, Hogan QH) Mol Cell Neurosci 2014 Sep;62:10-8 PMID: 25064143 PMCID: PMC4187344 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84906053798 07/30/2014       9 Citations
  • Sigma-1 receptor antagonism restores injury-induced decrease of voltage-gated Ca2+ current in sensory neurons. (Pan B, Guo Y, Kwok WM, Hogan Q, Wu HE) J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2014 Aug;350(2):290-300 PMID: 24891452 PMCID: PMC4109486 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84904994795 06/04/2014       25 Citations
  • Protection against cardiac injury by small Ca(2+)-sensitive K(+) channels identified in guinea pig cardiac inner mitochondrial membrane. (Stowe DF, Gadicherla AK, Zhou Y, Aldakkak M, Cheng Q, Kwok WM, Jiang MT, Heisner JS, Yang M, Camara AK) Biochim Biophys Acta 2013 Feb;1828(2):427-42 PMID: 22982251 PMCID: PMC3534888 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84870201962 09/18/2012       67 Citations
  • Ca²⁺-dependent regulation of Ca²⁺ currents in rat primary afferent neurons: role of CaMKII and the effect of injury. (Tang Q, Bangaru ML, Kostic S, Pan B, Wu HE, Koopmeiners AS, Yu H, Fischer GJ, McCallum JB, Kwok WM, Hudmon A, Hogan QH) J Neurosci 2012 Aug 22;32(34):11737-49 PMID: 22915116 PMCID: PMC3723336 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84865228570 08/24/2012       26 Citations
  • Tyrosine nitration of voltage-dependent anion channels in cardiac ischemia-reperfusion: reduction by peroxynitrite scavenging. (Yang M, Camara AK, Wakim BT, Zhou Y, Gadicherla AK, Kwok WM, Stowe DF) Biochim Biophys Acta 2012 Nov;1817(11):2049-59 PMID: 22709907 PMCID: PMC3985433 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84865693217 06/20/2012       32 Citations
  • Partial restoration of the long QT syndrome associated KCNQ1 A341V mutant by the KCNE1 β-subunit. (Mikuni I, Torres CG, Bienengraeber MW, Kwok WM) Biochim Biophys Acta 2011 Dec;1810(12):1285-93 PMID: 21854832 PMCID: PMC3215802 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80855123723 08/23/2011       13 Citations
  • Store-operated Ca2+ entry in sensory neurons: functional role and the effect of painful nerve injury. (Gemes G, Bangaru ML, Wu HE, Tang Q, Weihrauch D, Koopmeiners AS, Cruikshank JM, Kwok WM, Hogan QH) J Neurosci 2011 Mar 09;31(10):3536-49 PMID: 21389210 PMCID: PMC3565463 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79952394104 03/11/2011       86 Citations
  • Subtype-specific reduction of voltage-gated calcium current in medium-sized dorsal root ganglion neurons after painful peripheral nerve injury. (McCallum JB, Wu HE, Tang Q, Kwok WM, Hogan QH) Neuroscience 2011 Apr 14;179:244-55 PMID: 21277351 PMCID: PMC3209503 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79952622183 02/01/2011       26 Citations
  • Survival of neurally induced mesenchymal cells may determine degree of motor recovery in injured spinal cord rats. (Alexanian AR, Kwok WM, Pravdic D, Maiman DJ, Fehlings MG) Restor Neurol Neurosci 2010;28(6):761-7 PMID: 21209491 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78650261810 01/07/2011       22 Citations
  • Biphasic effect of nitric oxide on the cardiac voltage-dependent anion channel. (Cheng Q, Sedlic F, Pravdic D, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) FEBS Lett 2011 Jan 21;585(2):328-34 PMID: 21156174 PMCID: PMC3035949 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78651347754 12/16/2010       25 Citations
  • Mitochondrial matrix K+ flux independent of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel opening. (Aldakkak M, Stowe DF, Cheng Q, Kwok WM, Camara AK) Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2010 Mar;298(3):C530-41 PMID: 20053924 PMCID: PMC2838564 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77749292115 01/08/2010       51 Citations
  • Suppressed Ca2+/CaM/CaMKII-dependent K(ATP) channel activity in primary afferent neurons mediates hyperalgesia after axotomy. (Kawano T, Zoga V, Gemes G, McCallum JB, Wu HE, Pravdic D, Liang MY, Kwok WM, Hogan Q, Sarantopoulos C) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 May 26;106(21):8725-30 PMID: 19439665 PMCID: PMC2681318 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-66649097000 05/15/2009       57 Citations
  • ATP-sensitive potassium currents in rat primary afferent neurons: biophysical, pharmacological properties, and alterations by painful nerve injury. (Kawano T, Zoga V, McCallum JB, Wu HE, Gemes G, Liang MY, Abram S, Kwok WM, Hogan QH, Sarantopoulos CD) Neuroscience 2009 Aug 18;162(2):431-43 PMID: 19422886 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-67649378414 05/09/2009       48 Citations
  • Protective actions of epoxyeicosatrienoic acid: dual targeting of cardiovascular PI3K and KATP channels. (Bodiga S, Zhang R, Jacobs DE, Larsen BT, Tampo A, Manthati VL, Kwok WM, Zeldin DC, Falck JR, Gutterman DD, Jacobs ER, Medhora MM) J Mol Cell Cardiol 2009 Jun;46(6):978-88 PMID: 19336274 PMCID: PMC2796716 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-67349200006 04/02/2009       42 Citations
  • Nitric oxide activates ATP-sensitive potassium channels in mammalian sensory neurons: action by direct S-nitrosylation. (Kawano T, Zoga V, Kimura M, Liang MY, Wu HE, Gemes G, McCallum JB, Kwok WM, Hogan QH, Sarantopoulos CD) Mol Pain 2009 Mar 14;5:12 PMID: 19284878 PMCID: PMC2673211 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-65449119668 03/17/2009       105 Citations
  • Accelerated inactivation of cardiac L-type calcium channels triggered by anaesthetic-induced preconditioning. (Tampo A, Hogan CS, Sedlic F, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) Br J Pharmacol 2009 Feb;156(3):432-43 PMID: 19154423 PMCID: PMC2697672 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-65449143981 01/22/2009       18 Citations
  • The A3 adenosine receptor agonist CP-532,903 [N6-(2,5-dichlorobenzyl)-3'-aminoadenosine-5'-N-methylcarboxamide] protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury via the sarcolemmal ATP-sensitive potassium channel. (Wan TC, Ge ZD, Tampo A, Mio Y, Bienengraeber MW, Tracey WR, Gross GJ, Kwok WM, Auchampach JA) J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2008 Jan;324(1):234-43 PMID: 17906066 PMCID: PMC2435594 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-37349025060 10/02/2007       70 Citations
  • Isoflurane activates human cardiac mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive K+ channels reconstituted in lipid bilayers. (Jiang MT, Nakae Y, Ljubkovic M, Kwok WM, Stowe DF, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesth Analg 2007 Oct;105(4):926-32, table of contents PMID: 17898367 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34748824991 09/28/2007       26 Citations
  • Opposing effects of spinal nerve ligation on calcium-activated potassium currents in axotomized and adjacent mammalian primary afferent neurons. (Sarantopoulos CD, McCallum JB, Rigaud M, Fuchs A, Kwok WM, Hogan QH) Brain Res 2007 Feb 09;1132(1):84-99 PMID: 17184741 PMCID: PMC2692681 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33846212798 12/23/2006       46 Citations
  • Painful peripheral nerve injury decreases calcium current in axotomized sensory neurons. (McCallum JB, Kwok WM, Sapunar D, Fuchs A, Hogan QH) Anesthesiology 2006 Jul;105(1):160-8 PMID: 16810008 PMCID: PMC3725035 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33746874473 07/01/2006       61 Citations
  • Characterization of human cardiac mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel and its regulation by phorbol ester in vitro. (Jiang MT, Ljubkovic M, Nakae Y, Shi Y, Kwok WM, Stowe DF, Bosnjak ZJ) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006 May;290(5):H1770-6 PMID: 16361367 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33646399432 12/20/2005       32 Citations
  • The interaction of isoflurane and protein kinase C-activators on sarcolemmal KATP channels. (Turner LA, Fujimoto K, Suzuki A, Stadnicka A, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) Anesth Analg 2005 Jun;100(6):1680-1686 PMID: 15920195 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-19044394666 05/28/2005       8 Citations
  • Beta-escin diminishes voltage-gated calcium current rundown in perforated patch-clamp recordings from rat primary afferent neurons. (Sarantopoulos C, McCallum JB, Kwok WM, Hogan Q) J Neurosci Methods 2004 Oct 15;139(1):61-8 PMID: 15351522 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-4444234330 09/08/2004       27 Citations
  • Preconditioning of the myocardium by volatile anesthetics. (Kwok WM, Aizawa K) Curr Med Chem Cardiovasc Hematol Agents 2004 Jul;2(3):249-55 PMID: 15320790 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-3042701428 08/24/2004       9 Citations
  • Protein kinase C-epsilon primes the cardiac sarcolemmal adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel to modulation by isoflurane. (Aizawa K, Turner LA, Weihrauch D, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) Anesthesiology 2004 Aug;101(2):381-9 PMID: 15277921 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-3343026158 07/28/2004       36 Citations
  • Contribution of reactive oxygen species to isoflurane-induced sensitization of cardiac sarcolemmal adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel to pinacidil. (An J, Stadnicka A, Kwok WM, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 2004 Mar;100(3):575-80 PMID: 15108971 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-1442357298 04/28/2004       12 Citations
  • ATP-sensitive potassium channels in rat primary afferent neurons: the effect of neuropathic injury and gabapentin. (Sarantopoulos C, McCallum B, Sapunar D, Kwok WM, Hogan Q) Neurosci Lett 2003 Jun 12;343(3):185-9 PMID: 12770693 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0038548409 05/29/2003       39 Citations
  • The effects of isoflurane on the cardiac slowly activating delayed-rectifier potassium channel in Guinea pig ventricular myocytes. (Suzuki A, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) Anesth Analg 2003 May;96(5):1308-1315 PMID: 12707124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0037406182 04/23/2003       41 Citations
  • Isoflurane activates rat mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ channels reconstituted in lipid bilayers. (Nakae Y, Kwok WM, Bosnjak ZJ, Jiang MT) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003 May;284(5):H1865-71 PMID: 12573994 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0037405092 02/08/2003       57 Citations
  • Loss of T-type calcium current in sensory neurons of rats with neuropathic pain. (McCallum JB, Kwok WM, Mynlieff M, Bosnjak ZJ, Hogan QH) Anesthesiology 2003 Jan;98(1):209-16 PMID: 12502999 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0037217589 12/28/2002       70 Citations
  • Isoflurane sensitizes the cardiac sarcolemmal adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel to pinacidil. (Gassmayr S, Stadnicka A, Suzuki A, Kwok WM, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 2003 Jan;98(1):114-20 PMID: 12502987 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0037220170 12/28/2002       18 Citations
  • Biphasic effects of isoflurane on the cardiac action potential: an ionic basis for anesthetic-induced changes in cardiac electrophysiology. (Suzuki A, Aizawa K, Gassmayr S, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) Anesthesiology 2002 Nov;97(5):1209-17 PMID: 12411807 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036841579 11/02/2002       22 Citations
  • Protein tyrosine kinase-dependent modulation of isoflurane effects on cardiac sarcolemmal K(ATP) channel. (Stadnicka A, Kwok WM, Warltier DC, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 2002 Nov;97(5):1198-208 PMID: 12411806 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036841553 11/02/2002       27 Citations
  • Isoflurane-induced facilitation of the cardiac sarcolemmal K(ATP) channel. (Fujimoto K, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) Anesthesiology 2002 Jul;97(1):57-65 PMID: 12131104 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036303318 07/20/2002       62 Citations
  • Differential modulation of the cardiac adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel by isoflurane and halothane. (Kwok WM, Martinelli AT, Fujimoto K, Suzuki A, Stadnicka A, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 2002 Jul;97(1):50-6 PMID: 12131103 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036304131 07/20/2002       45 Citations
  • Gabapentin decreases membrane calcium currents in injured as well as in control mammalian primary afferent neurons. (Sarantopoulos C, McCallum B, Kwok WM, Hogan Q) Reg Anesth Pain Med 2002;27(1):47-57 PMID: 11799505 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036148724 01/19/2002       81 Citations
  • Differential modulation of the cardiac L- and T-type calcium channel currents by isoflurane. (Camara AK, Begic Z, Kwok WM, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 2001 Aug;95(2):515-24 PMID: 11506128 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034895175 08/17/2001       28 Citations
  • Cannabinoid CB1 receptor-mediated inhibition of prolactin release and signaling mechanisms in GH4C1 cells. (Ho BY, Stadnicka A, Prather PL, Buckley AR, Current LL, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) Endocrinology 2000 May;141(5):1675-85 PMID: 10803576 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034455309 05/10/2000       25 Citations
  • Painful neuropathy decreases membrane calcium current in mammalian primary afferent neurons. (Hogan QH, McCallum JB, Sarantopoulos C, Aason M, Mynlieff M, Kwok WM, Bosnjak ZJ) Pain 2000 May;86(1-2):43-53 PMID: 10779659 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034194621 04/26/2000       84 Citations
  • Modulation of cardiac inward rectifier K(+)current by halothane and isoflurane. (Stadnicka A, Bosnjak ZJ, Kampine JP, Kwok WM) Anesth Analg 2000 Apr;90(4):824-33 PMID: 10735783 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034075549 03/29/2000       41 Citations
  • Xenon does not alter cardiac function or major cation currents in isolated guinea pig hearts or myocytes. (Stowe DF, Rehmert GC, Kwok WM, Weigt HU, Georgieff M, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 2000 Feb;92(2):516-22 PMID: 10691240 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033960742 02/26/2000       71 Citations
  • Effects of halothane and isoflurane on fast and slow inactivation of human heart hH1a sodium channels. (Stadnicka A, Kwok WM, Hartmann HA, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 1999 Jun;90(6):1671-83 PMID: 10360866 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0033048942 06/09/1999       28 Citations
  • Terikalant, an inward-rectifier potassium channel blocker, does not abolish the cardioprotection induced by ischemic preconditioning in the rat. (Schultz JE, Kwok WM, Hsu AK, Gross GJ) J Mol Cell Cardiol 1998 Sep;30(9):1817-25 PMID: 9769237 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032168385 10/14/1998       7 Citations
  • Sensitization of the cardiac Na channel to alpha1-adrenergic stimulation by inhalation anesthetics: evidence for distinct modulatory pathways. (Weigt HU, Kwok WM, Rehmert GC, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 1998 Jan;88(1):125-33 PMID: 9447865 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0031963051 02/03/1998       13 Citations
  • Modulation of the cardiac sodium current by inhalational anesthetics in the absence and presence of beta-stimulation. (Weigt HU, Kwok WM, Rehmert GC, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 1998 Jan;88(1):114-24 PMID: 9447864 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0031961846 02/03/1998       23 Citations
  • Modulation of cardiac sodium current by alpha1-stimulation and volatile anesthetics. (Weigt HU, Kwok WM, Rehmert GC, Turner LA, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesthesiology 1997 Dec;87(6):1507-16 PMID: 9416736 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0031442019 01/07/1998       12 Citations
  • Conformational state-dependent effects of halothane on cardiac Na+ current. (Weigt HU, Rehmert GC, Bosnjak ZJ, Kwok WM) Anesthesiology 1997 Dec;87(6):1494-506 PMID: 9416735 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0031437082 01/07/1998       15 Citations
  • Effects of sevoflurane on inward rectifier K+ current in guinea pig ventricular cardiomyocytes. (Stadnicka A, Bosnjak ZJ, Kampine JP, Kwok WM) Am J Physiol 1997 Jul;273(1 Pt 2):H324-32 PMID: 9249507 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33751298061 07/01/1997       26 Citations
  • Voltage-dependent effects of volatile anesthetics on cardiac sodium current. (Weigt HU, Kwok WM, Rehmert GC, Turner LA, Bosnjak ZJ) Anesth Analg 1997 Feb;84(2):285-93 PMID: 9024016 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0031046365 02/01/1997       49 Citations
  • Study of quantum anharmonic oscillators by state-dependent diagonalization. (Ho KC, Liu YT, Lo CF, Liu KL, Kwok WM, Shiu ML) Phys Rev A 1996 Mar;53(3):1280-1284 PMID: 9913016 03/01/1996    
  • Inhibition of pinacidil induced IK(ATP) in heart by changes in extracellular pH. (Kwok WM, Kass RS) Cardiovasc Res 1994 Jun;28(6):836-40 PMID: 7923288 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047680861 06/01/1994       4 Citations
  • Block of cardiac ATP-sensitive K+ channels by external divalent cations is modulated by intracellular ATP. Evidence for allosteric regulation of the channel protein. (Kwok WM, Kass RS) J Gen Physiol 1993 Oct;102(4):693-712 PMID: 8270910 PMCID: PMC2229174 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0027486270 10/01/1993       17 Citations
  • Phosphorylation-independent regulation of cardiac IK by guanine nucleotides and isoproterenol. (Freeman LC, Kwok WM, Kass RS) Am J Physiol 1992 Apr;262(4 Pt 2):H1298-302 PMID: 1314511 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0026752064 04/01/1992       18 Citations
  • Delayed rectification in single cells isolated from guinea pig sinoatrial node. (Anumonwo JM, Freeman LC, Kwok WM, Kass RS) Am J Physiol 1992 Mar;262(3 Pt 2):H921-5 PMID: 1558202 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0026524968 03/01/1992       63 Citations
  • Calcium-induced inactivation of calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle. (Kwok WM, Best PM) Pflugers Arch 1991 Sep;419(2):166-76 PMID: 1961687 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0025954031 09/01/1991       6 Citations
  • Delayed-rectifier potassium channel activity in isolated membrane patches of guinea pig ventricular myocytes. (Walsh KB, Arena JP, Kwok WM, Freeman L, Kass RS) Am J Physiol 1991 Apr;260(4 Pt 2):H1390-3 PMID: 1849375 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0025874842 04/01/1991       36 Citations
  • The influence of ion species on phosphatidylcholine bilayer structure and packing. (Cunningham BA, Shimotake JE, Tamura-Lis W, Mastran T, Kwok WM, Kauffman JW, Lis LJ) Chem Phys Lipids 1986 Jan;39(1-2):135-43 PMID: 3753902 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0022630332 01/01/1986       42 Citations
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