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Lourdes Carolina Figueroa

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionRush University, Rush Medical College
DepartmentPhysiology and Biophysics
Address1750 West Harrison St
Chicago IL 60612
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    My Scopus ID is 48461187100.
    My NIH COMMONS name is LCFIGUEROA.

    My Faculty Profile at Rush University Medical Center:
    https://www.rushu.rush.edu/faculty/lourdes-carolina-figueroa-phd

    My Laboratory:
    https://www.rushu.rush.edu/research/departmental-research/physiology-and-biophysics-research/laboratory-eduardo-r%C3%ADos-phd

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    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Lourdes+Figueroa

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    https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=48461187100

    Education:
    PhD, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Biophysics and Physiology Program, Venezuela
    Licentiate, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Cell Biology Program, Venezuela

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    1. Tammineni ER, Manno C, Oza G, Figueroa L. Skeletal muscle disorders as risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2025 Apr 01; 599:112466. PMID: 39848431; PMCID: PMC11886953.
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    2. R?os E, Sams? M, Figueroa LC, Manno C, Tammineni ER, Rios Giordano L, Riazi S. Artificial intelligence approaches to the volumetric quantification of glycogen granules in EM images of human tissue. J Gen Physiol. 2024 Sep 02; 156(9). PMID: 38980209; PMCID: PMC11233403.
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    3. Figueroa L, Kraeva N, Manno C, Ibarra-Moreno CA, Tammineni ER, Riazi S, Rios E. Distinct pathophysiological characteristics in developing muscle from patients susceptible to malignant hyperthermia. Br J Anaesth. 2023 07; 131(1):47-55. PMID: 36792386.
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    4. Tammineni ER, Figueroa L, Manno C, Varma D, Kraeva N, Ibarra CA, Klip A, Riazi S, Rios E. Muscle calcium stress cleaves junctophilin1, unleashing a gene regulatory program predicted to correct glucose dysregulation. Elife. 2023 02 01; 12. PMID: 36724092.
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    5. Manno C, Tammineni E, Figueroa L, Oropeza-Almaz?n Y, Rios E, Manno C, Tammineni E, Figueroa L, Oropeza-Almaz?n Y, Rios E. A novel method for determining murine skeletal muscle fiber type using autofluorescence lifetimes. J Gen Physiol. 2022 09 05; 154(9). PMID: 35796671; PMCID: PMC9272018.
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    6. Manno C, Tammineni E, Figueroa L, Marty I, R?os E. Quantification of the calcium signaling deficit in muscles devoid of triadin. PLoS One. 2022; 17(2):e0264146. PMID: 35213584.
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    7. Ibarra Moreno CA, Kraeva N, Zvaritch E, Figueroa L, Rios E, Biesecker L, Van Petegem F, Hopkins PM, Riazi S. A multi-dimensional analysis of genotype-phenotype discordance in malignant hyperthermia susceptibility. Br J Anaesth. 2020 12; 125(6):995-1001. PMID: 32861507.
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    8. Tammineni ER, Kraeva N, Figueroa L, Manno C, Ibarra CA, Klip A, Riazi S, Rios E. Intracellular calcium leak lowers glucose storage in human muscle, promoting hyperglycemia and diabetes. Elife. 2020 05 04; 9. PMID: 32364497.
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    9. Figueroa L, Kraeva N, Manno C, Toro S, R?os E, Riazi S. Abnormal calcium signalling and the caffeine-halothane contracture test. Br J Anaesth. 2019 Jan; 122(1):32-41. PMID: 30579404.
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    10. Manno C, Figueroa LC, Gillespie D, Fitts R, Kang C, Franzini-Armstrong C, Rios E. Calsequestrin depolymerizes when calcium is depleted in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of working muscle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 01 24; 114(4):E638-E647. PMID: 28069951.
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    11. R?os E, Figueroa L, Manno C, Kraeva N, Riazi S. The couplonopathies: A comparative approach to a class of diseases of skeletal and cardiac muscle. J Gen Physiol. 2015 Jun; 145(6):459-74. PMID: 26009541.
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    12. Manno C, Figueroa L, Royer L, Pouvreau S, Lee CS, Volpe P, Nori A, Zhou J, Meissner G, Hamilton SL, R?os E. Altered Ca2+ concentration, permeability and buffering in the myofibre Ca2+ store of a mouse model of malignant hyperthermia. J Physiol. 2013 Sep 15; 591(18):4439-57. PMID: 23798496.
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    13. Manno C, Figueroa L, Fitts R, R?os E. Confocal imaging of transmembrane voltage by SEER of di-8-ANEPPS. J Gen Physiol. 2013 Mar; 141(3):371-87. PMID: 23440278.
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    14. Figueroa L, Shkryl VM, Blatter LA, R?os E. Using two dyes with the same fluorophore to monitor cellular calcium concentration in an extended range. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e55778. PMID: 23409040.
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    15. Manno C, Sztretye M, Figueroa L, Allen PD, R?os E. Dynamic measurement of the calcium buffering properties of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in mouse skeletal muscle. J Physiol. 2013 Jan 15; 591(2):423-42. PMID: 23148320.
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    16. Figueroa L, Shkryl VM, Zhou J, Manno C, Momotake A, Brum G, Blatter LA, Ellis-Davies GC, R?os E. Synthetic localized calcium transients directly probe signalling mechanisms in skeletal muscle. J Physiol. 2012 Mar 15; 590(6):1389-411. PMID: 22310315.
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    17. Sztretye M, Yi J, Figueroa L, Zhou J, Royer L, Allen P, Brum G, R?os E. Measurement of RyR permeability reveals a role of calsequestrin in termination of SR Ca(2+) release in skeletal muscle. J Gen Physiol. 2011 Aug; 138(2):231-47. PMID: 21788611.
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    18. Sztretye M, Yi J, Figueroa L, Zhou J, Royer L, R?os E. D4cpv-calsequestrin: a sensitive ratiometric biosensor accurately targeted to the calcium store of skeletal muscle. J Gen Physiol. 2011 Aug; 138(2):211-29. PMID: 21788610.
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