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  1. Anthocyanins in cardioprotection: A path through mitochondria

    Article • Pharmacological Research, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  2. Effects of sevoflurane vs. propofol on mitochondrial functional activity after ischemia-reperfusion injury and the influence on clinical parameters in patients undergoing CABG surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

    Article • Perfusion, February 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  3. Anthocyanins as substrates for mitochondrial complex I - protective effect against heart ischemic injury

    Article • FEBS Journal, February 2015, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  4. Neuroprotective effects of nitric oxide donor NOC-18 against brain ischemia-induced mitochondrial damages: role of PKG and PKC

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  5. Effects of standardized extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves EGb761 on mitochondrial functions: mechanism(s) of action and dependence on the source of mitochondria and respiratory substrate

    Article • Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  6. Small Aβ1-42oligomer-induced membrane depolarization of neuronal and microglial cells: Role of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Research, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite, Ramune Morkuniene

  7. Microcirculatory, mitochondrial, and histological changes following cerebral ischemia in swine

    Article • BMC Neuroscience, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  8. Influence of NADPH oxidase on inflammatory response in primary intestinal epithelial cells in patients with ulcerative colitis

    Article • BMC Gastroenterology, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  9. Antibodies bound to Aβ oligomers potentiate the neurotoxicity of Aβ by activating microglia

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  10. In the eye of the storm: mitochondrial damage during heart and brain ischaemia

    Article • FEBS Journal, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  11. Experimental acute pancreatitis induces mitochondrial dysfunction in rat pancreas, kidney and lungs but not in liver

    Article • Pancreatology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  12. Experimental acute pancreatitis induces mitochondrial dysfunction in rat pancreas, kidney and lungs but not in liver

    Article • Pancreatology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  13. P053 Influence of NADPH oxidase on inflammatory response in the primary intestinal epithelial cells from patients with ulcerative colitis

    Article • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  14. Anthocyanins block ischemia-induced apoptosis in the perfused heart and support mitochondrial respiration potentially by reducing cytosolic cytochrome c

    Article • The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  15. Immunogenic properties of amyloid beta oligomers

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Science, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  16. Mitochondrial involvement in regulation of apoptosis via redox state of external cytochrome c

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  17. Influence of Ethanol Extract of Ginkgo biloba Leaves on the Isolated Rat Heart Work and Mitochondria Functions

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, May 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  18. Molecular, histological and microcirculatory modeling of cerebral ischemia in pigs

    Article • Critical Care, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  19. There is no evidence that mitochondria are the main source of reactive oxygen species in mammalian cells

    Article • Mitochondrion, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  20. Phenomenological Kinetic and Control Analysis of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Isolated Mitochondria

    Article • October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  21. Beta-amyloid oligomers: recent developments

    Article • BioMolecular Concepts, June 2011, De Gruyter

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  22. Tetramethylphenylenediamine protects the isolated heart against ischaemia-induced apoptosis and reperfusion-induced necrosis

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  23. Mitochondria in regulation of cell death in cardiovascular and brain pathologies

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  24. Estradiol-induced protection against ischemia-induced heart mitochondrial damage and caspase activation is mediated by protein kinase G

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  25. Size-dependent neurotoxicity of β-amyloid oligomers

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  26. Effects of Ginkgo biloba extract on heart and liver mitochondrial functions: mechanism(s) of action

    Article • Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  27. Mitochondria as decision-makers in cell death

    Article • Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, January 2010, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  28. Effects of ischemia-reperfusion and pretreatment with mildronate on rat liver mitochondrial function

    Article • Pharmacological Reports, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  29. Nitric oxide protects the heart from ischemia-induced apoptosis and mitochondrial damage via protein kinase G mediated blockage of permeability transition and cytochrome c release

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Science, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  30. Regulation of apoptosis by the redox state of cytochrome c

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  31. S12.35 Mitochondria as regulators of apoptosis through the redox state of cytochrome c

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  32. AMPK, MAPK and Bax in the heart: some questions answered

    Article • Biochemical Journal, June 2008, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  33. Mitochondrial Regulation of Caspase Activation by Cytochrome Oxidase and Tetramethylphenylenediamine via Cytosolic Cytochrome c Redox State

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2007, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  34. Nitric oxide and mitochondrial respiration in the heart

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, July 2007, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  35. Nitric oxide from neuronal nitric oxide synthase sensitises neurons to hypoxia-induced death via competitive inhibition of cytochrome oxidase

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, July 2007, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  36. The cardioprotective effect of NOC-18 on ischemia/reperfusion induced mitochondrial damage and cell viability

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  37. Interactions between nitric oxide, oxygen, reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, October 2006, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  38. Estradiol prevents release of cytochrome c from mitochondria and inhibits ischemia-induced apoptosis in perfused heart

    Article • Experimental Gerontology, July 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  39. Estradiol prevents release of cytochrome c from heart mitochondria after ischemia due to activation of estrogen receptors

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, June 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  40. NO and estrogens protect against ischaemia-induced apoptosis by inhibiting mitochondrial permeability transition

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, June 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  41. S-nitrosothiol inhibition of mitochondrial complex I causes a reversible increase in mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, May 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  42. What else has to happen for nitric oxide to induce cell death?

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, December 2005, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  43. What else has to happen for nitric oxide to induce cell death?

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, October 2005, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  44. NITRIC OXIDE FROM INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE SENSITIZES THE INFLAMED AORTA TO HYPOXIC DAMAGE VIA RESPIRATORY INHIBITION

    Article • Shock, April 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  45. Inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory complex I by nitric oxide, peroxynitrite and S-nitrosothiols

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  46. Nitric oxide from inflammatory-activated glia synergizes with hypoxia to induce neuronal death

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Research, January 2004, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  47. Nitric oxide induces apoptosis via hydrogen peroxide, but necrosis via energy and thiol depletion

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, December 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  48. Nitric oxide induces apoptosis via hydrogen peroxide, but necrosis via energy and thiol depletion

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, November 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  49. S-Nitrosothiol-induced rapid cytochrome c release, caspase activation and mitochondrial permeability transition in perfused heart

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  50. Inhibition of mitochondrial permeability transition prevents mitochondrial dysfunction, cytochrome c release and apoptosis induced by heart ischemia

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, April 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  51. Mitochondria in apoptosis of ischemic heart

    Article • FEBS Letters, March 2003, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  52. Nitric oxide inhibition of mitochondrial respiration and its role in cell death

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, December 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  53. Inhibition of mitochondrial permeability transition and release of cytochrome c by anti-apoptotic nucleoside analogues

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, August 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  54. Nitric oxide and hypoxia target cytochrome oxidase to induce apoptosis and necrosis via mitochondrial permeability transition

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, June 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  55. Nitrosation causes mitochondrial dysfunction and cytochrome c release in myocardium

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, June 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  56. Estrogens prevent calcium-induced release of cytochrome c from heart mitochondria

    Article • FEBS Letters, May 2002, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  57. Mitochondrial disappearance from cells: a clue to the role of autophagy in programmed cell death and disease?

    Article • Biochimie, February 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  58. Nitric Oxide, Mitochondria, and Cell Death

    Article • IUBMB Life, September 2001, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  59. Release of mitochondrial cytochrome c and activation of cytosolic caspases induced by myocardial ischaemia

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, September 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  60. Caspases are reversibly inactivated by hydrogen peroxide

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 2001, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  61. Reversal of nitric oxide-, peroxynitrite- and S-nitrosothiol-induced inhibition of mitochondrial respiration or complex I activity by light and thiols

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, August 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  62. Nitric oxide donors, nitrosothiols and mitochondrial respiration inhibitors induce caspase activation by different mechanisms

    Article • FEBS Letters, February 2000, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  63. Mitochondria Mediate Nitric Oxide-Induced Cell Death

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, November 1999, Wiley

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  64. Superoxide dismutase and hydrogen peroxide cause rapid nitric oxide breakdown, peroxynitrite production and subsequent cell death

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, August 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  65. Release of cytochrome c from heart mitochondria is induced by high Ca2+ and peroxynitrite and is responsible for Ca2+-induced inhibition of substrate oxidation

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, January 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  66. 12 Cytochrome c and activation of caspases during myocardial ischaemia

    Article • Biochemical Society Transactions, November 1998, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  67. Kinetic Analysis of Changes in Activity of Heart Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation System Induced by Ischemia

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, October 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  68. Control and kinetic analysis of ischemia-damaged heart mitochondria: which parts of the oxidative phosphorylation system are affected by ischemia?

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, December 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  69. The function of ATP/ADP translocator in the regulation of mitochondrial respiration during development of heart ischemic injury

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, April 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite, Professor Boris N. Kholodenko

  70. Control of Respiration in Heart Mitochondria: Comparative Study of Oxidation of Succinate and NAD-Dependent Substrates

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  71. Development of the technique and methods of myoventriculoplasty with use of programmable cardiosynchronized electroneurostimulation

    Article • Biomedical Engineering, July 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite

  72. Role of an adenine-nucleotide translocator in regulation of mitochondrial pyruvate oxidation in the heart

    Article • Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, May 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vilmante Borutaite