BURKIN LAB

Publications

1. Li J, Rao H, Burkin DJ, Kaufman SJ and Wu C (2003). The muscle integrin binding protein (MIBP) interacts with alpha7beta1 integrin and regulates cell adhesion and laminin matrix deposition. Dev.Biol. 261: 209-219

2. Burkin DJ, Wallace GQ, Milner DJ, Chaney EJ, Mulligan J and Kaufman, SJ (2005). Transgenic expression of alpha7beta1 integrin increases muscle integrity and regenerative capacity and reduces cardiomyopathy in dystrophic mice. American J. Pathology 166: 253-263

3. Flintoff-Dye NL, Welser J, Rooney J, Scowen P, Tamowski S and Burkin DJ. (2005) A role for the alpha7beta1 integrin in vascular development and integrity. Dev Dyn 234: 11-21.

4. Boppart, MD, Burkin, DJ and Kaufman, SJ. (2006). alpha7beta1 Integrin Regulates echantransduction and Prevents Skeletal Muscle Injury Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 290: C1660-1665.

5. Rooney JE, Welser JV, Dechert MA, Flintoff-Dye NL and Burkin DJ. (2006). Severe muscular dystrophy in mice lacking dystrophin and alpha7 integrin. J Cell Sci (In Press).

6. Welser JV,Flintoff-Dye NL and Burkin DJ. Placental Insufficiency in alpha7 Deficient Mice . (In Preparation).

7. Dechert MA, Rooney JE, Welser JV and Burkin DJ. Increased expression of KLF4 in alpha7 integrin deficient mice. (In Preparation).