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Elena Constantinescu, Ph.D.

Major positions and appointments

• Principal investigator
• Member of the Scientific Council
• Research Fellow, Fulbright Fellowship Yale University, New Haven, USA

Major research interests of the group

• Cytoskeletal proteins of the erythrocyte, platelet and endothelial cells in normal and pathological conditions;
• Adhesion molecules implicated in endothelial-monocyte interactions in hyperlipemia;
• Alterations of cerebral vasculature in pathological conditions.

In collaboration with the former research staff: Florea Lupu, Horia Rus, Florin Niculescu

Endothelial cells express  spectrin-like cytoskeletal protein and an immunological analogue of erythroid protein 4.1

Antibodies raised against purified spectrin and fodrin revealed that endothelial cells of heart microvasculature, aorta, or cultured aortic endothelial cells express α- and β-subunits of spectrin and fodrin (gel electrophoresis, immunoautoradiography, immunofluorescence) (C. Heltianu et ...
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