Abstracts & Publications by
Rossitza Pironkova, M.D., FAAP

1. “Endotoxin Receptors (CD14) Are Found with CD16 (FcyRIII) in an Intracellular Compartment of Neutrophils That Contain Alkaline Phosphatase”, Patricia A. Detmars, Dahua Zhou, Darius Powell, Henry Lichenstein, Michal Kelley, and Rossitza Pironkova, The Journal of Immunology, 1995, 155: 2085-2095.

2. “Potential Role of Membrane Internalization and Vesicle Fusion in Adhesion of Neutrophils in Response to Lipopolysaccharide and TNF”, Patricia A. Detmars, Nathalie Thieblement, Thierry Vasselon, Rossitza Pironkova, David S. Miller, and Samuel D. Wright, The Journal of Immunology, 1996, 157: 5589-5596.

3. “Sensitive Responses of Leukocytes to Lipopolysaccharide Require a Protein Distinct from CD14 at the Cell Surface”, Thierry Vasselon, Rossitza Pironkova, and Patrica A. Detmers, The Journal of Immunology, 1997, 159: 4498-4505.

4. “Differential Screening for Hair Cell – Specific Genes from Single Cell eDNA Libraries”, Z. – P. Sun, K. P. Rosenblatt, R. Pironkova, and A. J. Hudspeth, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1997, 23, 730.

5. “Functional Characterization of Two cSlo Isoforms Differentially Expressed in Chicken Cochlear Hair Cells”, Z. – P. Sun, K. P. Rosenblatt, R. Pironkova, and A. J. Hudspeth, Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol, 1998, 21, 447.

6. “RIM Binding Proteins (RBPs) Couple Rab3-Interacting Molecules (RIMs) to Voltage-Gated Ca2+Channels”, H. Hibino, R. Pironkova, O. Onwumere, M. Vologodskaia, A. J. Hudspeth, and F. Lesage, Neuron, 2002, 34: 411 – 423.

7. “Direct integration with a nuclear protein and regulation of gene silencing by a variant of the Ca2+-channel 84 subunit”, H. Hibino, R. Pironkova, O. Onwumere, M. Rousset, P. Charnet, A. J. Hudspeth, and F. Lesage, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA, 2003, 100: 307-312.

8. “Radixin is a constituent of stereocilia in hair cells”, F. Pataki, R. Pironkova, and A. J. Hudspeth, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA, 2004, 101: 2601-2606.

9. “Brain injury and systemic inflammation in newborns with congenital heart disease undergoing heart surgery”, Rossitza P. Pironkova, Joseph Giamelli, Howard Seiden, Vincent A. Parnell, Dorota Gruber, Christina Sison, Czeslawa Kowal and Kaie Ojamaa, Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2017, 14: 228-238.