Cai C, Teng L, Vu D, He JQ, Guo Y, Li Q, Tang XL, Rokosh G, Bhatnagar A, Bolli R. The Heme Oxygenase 1 Inducer (CoPP) Protects Human Cardiac Stem Cells against Apoptosis through Activation of the Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase (ERK)/NRF2 Signaling Pathway and Cytokine Release. J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 28;287(40):33720-32. Epub 2012 Aug 9.     PDF

 

Lin P, Zhu H, Cai C, Wang X, Cao C, Xiao R, Pan Z, Weisleder N, Takeshima H, Ma J. Nonmuscle myosin IIA facilitates vesicle trafficking for MG53-mediated cell membrane repair. FASEB J. 2012 May;26(5):1875-83. Epub 2012 Jan 17.     PDF

 

Cai C, Weisleder N, Ko JK, Komazaki S, Sunada Y, Nishi M, Takeshima H, Ma J. Membrane repair defects in muscular dystrophy are linked to altered interaction between MG53, caveolin-3, and dysferlin. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jun 5;284(23):15894-902. Epub 2009 Apr 20.     PDF
 

Li N, Lin P, Cai C, Pan Z, Weisleder N, Ma J. The amino-terminal peptide of Bax perturbs intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis to enhance apoptosis in prostate cancer cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2009 Feb;296(2):C267-72. Epub 2008 Dec 17.     PDF

 

Cai C, Masumiya H, Weisleder N, Matsuda N, Nishi M, Hwang M, Ko JK, Lin P, Thornton A, Zhao X, Pan Z, Komazaki S, Brotto M, Takeshima H, Ma J. MG53 nucleates assembly of cell membrane repair machinery. Nat Cell Biol. 2009 Jan;11(1):56-64. Epub 2008 Nov 30.     PDF

 

Cai C, Masumiya H, Weisleder N, Pan Z, Nishi M, Komazaki S, Takeshima H, Ma J. MG53 regulates membrane budding and exocytosis in muscle cells. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jan 30;284(5):3314-22. Epub 2008 Nov 24.     PDF

 

Cai C, Lin P, Cheung KH, Li N, Levchook C, Pan Z, Ferrante C, Boulianne GL, Foskett JK, Danielpour D, Ma J. The presenilin-2 loop peptide perturbs intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and accelerates apoptosis. J Biol Chem. 2006 Jun 16;281(24):16649-55. Epub 2006 Apr 7.     PDF

 

Cai C, Zhu H, Chen J. Overexpression of caveolin-1 increases plasma membrane fluidity and reduces P-glycoprotein function in Hs578T/Dox. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Jul 30;320(3):868-74.     Link

 

Cai C, Chen J. Overexpression of caveolin-1 induces alteration of multidrug resistance in Hs578T breast adenocarcinoma cells. Int J Cancer. 2004 Sep 10;111(4):522-9.     Link