1. Maples, C., Ruiz, W.G. and Apodaca, G. Both actin and microtubules are required for efficient postendocytic traffic in MDCK cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272:6741-6751, 1997. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
2. Lavelle, J.P., Apodaca, G., Meyers, S.A., Ruiz, W.G. and Zeidel, M.L. Disruption of the guinea pig urinary bladder permeability barrier in noninfectious cystitis. American Journal of Physiology. 274:F205-214, 1998. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
3. Leung, S.M., Chen, D., DasGupta, B.R., Whiteheart, S.W. and Apodaca, G. SNAP-23 Requirement for transferrin recycling in streptolysin-O permeabilized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273:17732-17741, 1998. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
4. Birder, L.A., Apodaca, G., deGroat, W.C. and Kanai, A.J. Adrenergic and Capsaicin evoked nitric oxide release from urothelium and afferent nerves in urinary bladder. American Journal of Physiology. 275:F226-F229, 1998. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
5. Henkel, J.R., Apodaca, G., Altschuler Y., Hardy, S. and Weisz, O.A. Selective perturbation of apical membrane traffic by expression of influenza M2, an acid-activated channel, in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 9:2477-2490, 1998. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
6. Truschel, S.T., Ruiz, W.G., Shulman, T.S., Pilewski, J.M., Sun, T.-T., Zeidel, M.L. and Apodaca, G. Primary uroepithelial cultures: a model system to analyze umbrella cell barrier function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274:15020-15029, 1999. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
7. Altschuler, Y., Liu, S.-H., Katz, L., Tang, K., Hardy, S., Brodsky, F., Apodaca, G. and Mostov, K. ADP-ribosylation factor 6 and endocytosis at the apical surface of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Journal of Cell Biology. 147:7-12, 1999. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
8. Leung, S.-M., Rojas, R., Maples, C., Flynn, C., Ruiz, W.G., Jou, T.-S. and Apodaca, G. Modulation of endocytic traffic in polarized MDCK cells by the small GTPase RhoA. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 10:4369-4384, 1999. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
9. Jou, T.-S., Leung, S.-M., Fung, L., Ruiz W., Nelson, J. and Apodaca, G. Selective alterations in biosynthetic and endocytic protein traffic in MDCK epithelial cells expressing mutants of the small GTPase Rac1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11:287-304, 2000. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
10. Lavelle, J.P., Meyers, S.A., Ruiz, W.G., Buffington, C.A.T., Zeidel, M.L. and Apodaca, G. Functional and structural urothelial derangements in feline interstitial cystitis: a human interstitial cystitis model. American Journal of Physiology. 278:F540-F553, 2000. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
11. Altschuler, Y., Kinlough, C.L., Poland, P.A., Apodaca, G., Weisz, O.A. and Hughey, R.P. Clathrin-mediated endocytosis of MUC1 is regulated by glycosylation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11:819-831, 2000. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
12. Leung, S.-M., Ruiz, W.G. and Apodaca, G. Sorting of membrane and fluid at the apical pole of polarized MDCK cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11:2131-2150, 2000. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
13. Liu, S.-H., Towler, M.C., Chen, E., Chen, C.-Y., Song, W., Apodaca, G. and Brodsky, F.M. A novel clathrin homologue that codistributes with cytoskeletal components functions in the trans-Golgi network. EMBO Journal. 20:272-284, 2001. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
14. Rojas, R., W.G. Ruiz, S.-M. Leung, T.-S. Jou, and G. Apodaca. Cdc42-dependent modulation of tight junctions and membrane protein traffic in polarized MDCK epithelial cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12:2257-2274, 2001. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
15. Rajasekaran, S.A., Palmer, L.G., Moon, S.Y., Soler, A.P., Apodaca, G., Harper, J.F., Zheng, Y., and Rajasekaran, A.K. Na,K-ATPase activity is required for formation of tight junctions, desmosomes, and induction of polarity in epithelial cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 12:3717-3732, 2001. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
16. Magyar, C.E., White, K.E., Rojas, R., Apodaca, G., and Friedman, P.A. Expression of plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase and NXC1 Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in distal convoluted tubule cells. American Journal of Physiology, 283:F29-F40, 2002. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
17. Truschel, S., Wang, E., Ruiz, W.G., Leung, S.-M., Rojas, R., Lavelle, J., Zeidel, M., Stoffer, D., and Apodaca, G. Stretch-regulated exocytosis/endocytosis in bladder umbrella cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13:830-846, 2002. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
18. Lavelle, J., Meyers, S., Ramage, R., Bastacky, S., Doty, D., Apodaca, G., and Zeidel, M.L. Bladder permeability barrier: recovery from selective injury of surface epithelial cells. American Journal of Physiology, 283:F242-253, 2002. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
19. Birder, LA., Nealen, M., Kiss, S., de Groat, W.C., Caterina, M.J., Wang, E., Apodaca, G., and Kanai, A.J. b-Adrenoceptor agonists stimulate endothelial nitric oxide synthase in rat urinary bladder urothelial cells. Journal of Neuroscience, 22:8063-8070, 2002. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
20. Birder, L.A., Nakamura, Y., Kiss, S., Nealan, M.L., Barrick, S., Kanai, A.J., Wang, E., Ruiz, G., deGroat, W.C., Apodaca, G., Watkins, S., and Caterina, J. Altered bladder function in mice lacking the vanilloid receptor TRPV1. Nature Neuroscience, 5:856-860. 2002. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
21. Kanai, A., Zeidel, M., Lavelle, J., Greenberger, J., Birder, L, DeGroat, W., Apodaca, G., Meyers, S., Ramage, R., Epperly, M. Manganese superoxide dismutase gene therapy protects against irradiation-induced cystitis. American Journal of Physiology, 283:F1304-1312. 2002. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
22. Apodaca, G., Kiss, S., Ruiz, W., Meyers, S., Zeidel, M., and Birder, L. Disruption of bladder epithelium barrier function after spinal cord injury. American Journal of Physiology. 284:F966-F976, 2003. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
23. Wang, E., Truschel, S., and Apodaca, G. Analysis of hydrostatic pressure-induced changes in umbrella cell surface area. Methods. 30:207-217, 2003. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
24. Wang, E., Lee, J.-M., Johnson, J.P., Kleyman, T., Bridges, R., and Apodaca, G. Hydrostatic pressure-regulated ion transport in bladder uroepithelium. American Journal of Physiology. 285:F651-663, 2003. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
25. Pollack, A.L., Apodaca, G., and Mostov, K.E. Hepatocyte growth factor induces MDCK cell morphogenesis without causing loss of tight junction functional integrity. American Journal of Physiology. 286:C482-494. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
26. Kanai, A., Epperly, M., Pearce, L., Birder, L., Zeidel, M., Meyers, S., Greenberger, J., de Groat, W., Apodaca, G., and Peterson, J. Differing roles of mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase in cardiomyocytes and uroethelial cells. American Journal of Physiology. 286:H13-H21, 2004. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
27. Hill, W.G., Mathai, J.C., Gensure, R.H., Zeidel, J.D., Apodaca, G., Saenz, J.P., Kinne-Saffran, E., Kinne, R., Zeidel, M.L. Permeabilities of teleost and elasmobranch gill apical membranes: evidence that lipid bilayers alone do not account for barrier function. American Journal of Physiology . 287:C235-242, 2004. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
28. Archaya, P., Beckel, J., Wang, E., Ruiz, W.G., Rojas, R., and Apodaca G. Distribution of the tight junction proteins ZO-1, occludin and claudin-4, -8, and -12 in bladder epithelium. American Journal of Physiology. 287:F305-F318, 2004. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
29. Cetin, S., Ford, H.R., Sysko, L.R., Agarwal, C., Wang, J., Neal M.D., Baty, C., Apodaca, G., and Hackam, D.J. Endotoxin inhibits intestinal epithelial restitution through activation of Rho-GTPase and increased focal adhesions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279:24592-24600, 2004. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
30. Hill, W.G., Southern, N.M., Maciver, B., Potter, E., Apodaca, G., Smith, C.P., Zeidel, M.L. Isolation and characterization of the Xenopus oocyte plasma membrane: A new method for studying the activity of water and solute transporters. American Journal of Physiology. 289:F217-224, 2005. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
31. Hill, W.G., Almasri, E., Ruiz, W.G., Apodaca, G., Zeidel, M.L. Water and solute permeability of rat lung caveolae: High permeabilities explained by acyl chain unsaturation. American Journal of Physiology. 289:C33-41, 2005. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
32. Zeidel, J.D., Mathai, J.C., Campbell, J.D., Ruiz, W.G., Apodaca, G., Riordan, J., Zeidel. M.L. Selective Permeability Barrier to Urea in Shark Rectal Gland. American Journal of Physiology. 289:F83-89, 2005. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
33. Wang, E.C., Lee, J.-M., Ruiz, W.G., Balestreire, E., von Bodungen, M., Barrick, S., Cockayne, D., Birder, L., and Apodaca, G. ATP and purinergic receptor-dependent membrane traffic in bladder umbrella cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115:2412-2422, 2005. (click here to download this article in PDF format);
34. Yu W, Zacharia LC, Jackson EK, Apodaca G. Adenosine Receptor Expression and Function in Bladder Uroepithelium. Am J Physiol. 2006 Mar 29; PMID: 16571869. (click here to download this article in PDF format)MI
35. Morimoto T, Liu W, Woda C, Carattino MD, Wei Y, Hughey RP, Apodaca G, Satlin LM, Kleyman TR. Mechanism underlying flow stimulation of sodium absorption in the mammalian collecting duct.PAm J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006 Sep;291(3):F663-9. Epub 2006 Apr 25. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
36. Ducharme NA, Hales CM, Lapierre LA, Ham AJ, Oztan A, Apodaca G, Goldenring, JR. MARK2/EMK1/Par-1Balpha phosphorylation of Rab11-family interacting protein 2 is necessary for the timely establishment of polarity in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Mol Biol Cell. 2006 Aug;17(8):3625-37. Epub 2006 Jun 14. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
37. Balestreire, E. and Apodaca, G. Apical EGF receptor signaling: regulation of stretch-dependent exocytosis in bladder umbrella cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18:1312-1323, 2007. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
38. Rondanino, C., Rojas, R., Ruiz, W.G., Wang, E., Hughey, R.P., Dunn, K.W., and Apodaca, G. RhoB-dependent modulation of postendocytic traffic in polarized Madin-Darby Canine kidney cells. Traffic. 8:932-949, 2007. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
39. Ameen, N. and Apodaca. G. Defects in enterocyte brush border morphology and CFTR apical endocytosis in myosin VI-deficient Myo6(sv/sv) Snell’s Waltzer Mice. Traffic. 8:998-1006, 2007. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
40. Ducharme, N., Williams, J., Oztan, A., Apodaca, G., Goldenring, J. Rab11-FIP2 regulates differentiable steps in transcytosis. American Journal of Physiology. 293: C1059-C1072, 2007. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
41. Cresawn, K.O., Potter, B.A., Oztan, A., Guerriero, C.J., Ihrke, G., Goldenring, J.R., Apodaca, G., and Weisz, O.A. Differential involvement of endocytic compartments in the biosynthetic traffic of apical proteins. EMBO Journal. 26: 3737-3748, 2007. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
42. Oztan, A. Silvis, M., Weisz, O.A., Bradbury, N.A., Hsu, S.-C., Goldenring, J.R., Yeaman, C., and Apodaca, G. Exocyst requirement for endocytic traffic directed toward the apical and basolateral poles of polarized MDCK cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. (in press), 2007.
Reviews, invited published papers, proceedings of conference and symposia, monographs, books, and book chapters:
1. Apodaca, G. Endocytic traffic in polarized epithelial cells: Role of the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton. Traffic. 2:149-159, 2001. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
2. Apodaca, G. Modulation of membrane traffic by mechanical stimuli. American Journal of Physiology. 282:F179-F190, 2002. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
3. Rojas, R. and Apodaca, G. Immunoglobulin transport across polarized epithelial cells. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 3:944-956, 2003. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
4. Traub, L. and Apodaca, G. AP-1B: Polarized sorting at the endosome. Nature Cell Biol. 5:1045-1047, 2003. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
5. Apodaca, G. The uroepithelium: not just a passive barrier. Traffic. 5:1-12, 2004. (click here to download this article in PDF format)
6. Apodaca, G. Synaptotagmins: mediators of Ca2+-regulated vesicle fusion. Focus on "stable gene silencing of synaptotagmin I in rat PC12 cells inhibits Ca2+-evoked release of catecholamine". (click here to download this article in PDF format)
7.Apodaca, G., Balestreire, E., Birder, L. The Uroepithelial-Associated Signaling Web. Kidney International. (in press), 2007.
