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Selected works of Dr. Burton M. Altura, and Dr. Bella T. Altura, noted magnesium researchers

This is the Home Page of Dr. Burton M. Altura and Dr. Bella T. Altura, donated as a public service by Paul Mason. Their more than forty years of research has established them as some of the world's foremost magnesium researchers. You can jump to any of their articles below.

 

• Mg deficiency results in modulation of serum lipids, glutathione, and NO synthase isozyme activation in cardiovascular tissues: relevance to de novo synthesis of ceramide, serum Mg2+ and atherogenesis,
  Nilank C. Shah, Jian-Ping Liu, Jahangir Iqba, Mahmood Hussain, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Zhiqiang Li, Yan Li, Wenyan Li, Anthony C. Sica, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, Bella T. Altura, and Burton M. Altura
  Int J Clin Exp Med 2011;4(2):103-118
  www.ijcem.com /ISSN:1940-5901/IJCEM110300
  
  
• Short-term magnesium deficiency upregulates ceramide synthase in cardiovascular tissues and cells: cross-talk between cytokines, Mg2+,NF-kB and de novo ceramide
  Burton M. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, Gatha Shah, Aimin Zhang, Wenyan Li, Tao Zheng, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, and Bella T. Altura
  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (October 7, 2011). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00453.2011
  
  
• Sphingolipids regulate[Mg²⁺]o uptake and [Mg²⁺]i content in vascular smooth muscle cells: potential mechanisms and importance to membrane transport of Mg²⁺
  Tao Zheng, Wenyan Li, Bella T. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, and Burton M. Altura
  First published November 26, 2010; doi:IO.I152/ajpheart.00976.2010.
  
  
• Magnesium deficiency upregulates serine palmitoyl transferase (SPT 1 and SPT 2) in cardiovascular tissues: relationship to serum ionized Mg and cytochrome c,
  Burton M. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, Zhiqiang Li, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, and Bella T. Altura
  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 299: H932-H938, 2010.
  First published June 25, 2010; doi:l0.1152/ajpheart.Ol076.2009.
  
  
• Short-term magnesium deficiency upregulates sphingomyelin synthase and p53 in cardiovascular tissues and cells: relevance to the de novo synthesis of ceramide
  Burton M. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, Zhiqiang Li, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Aimin Zhang, Wenyan Li, Tao Zheng, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, and Bella T. Altura
  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 299: H2046--H2055, 2010.
  First published October 8, 2010; doi:l0.1152/ajpheart.00671.2010.
  
  
• Cerebral spinal fluid and serum ionized magnesium and calcium levels in preeclamptic women during administration of magnesium sulfate
  Alexander Apostol, M.D., Radu Apostol, D.O., Erum Ali, M.D., Anne Choi, M.D., Nazanin Ehsuni, M.D., Bin Hu, M.D., Lei Li, M.D., Bella T. Altura, Ph.D., and Burton M. Altura, Ph.D.
  ZJ Fertility and SterilityR Vol. 94, No. 1, June 2010
  
  
• Short-term magnesium deficiency results in decreased levels of serum sphingomyelin, lipid peroxidation, and apoptosis in cardiovascular tissues
  Burton M. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Zhiqiang Li, Jose Luis Perez-Aibela, Anthony C. Sica, and Bella T. Altura
  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H86-H92, 2009.
  First published May 8, 2009; doi:IO.ll52/ajpheart.Ol l54.2008.
  
  
• Review: Benefits and Risks of Sex Hormone Replacement in Postmenopausal Women
  Mildred S. Seelig, MD, Burton M. Altura, PhD, Bella T. Altura, PhD
  Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 23, No.5, 482S-496S (2004)
  
  
• EDITORIAL COMMENTS: How Best to Determine Magnesium Status: A New Laboratory Test Worth Trying
  MILDRED S. SEELIG, PHD, BURTON M. ALTURA, PHD
  Nutrition 13 (1997):376-377
  
  
• Editorial: How Best to Determine Magnesium Requirement: Need to Consider Cardiotherapeutic Drugs that Affect Its Retention
  Mildred Seelig, MD, MPH, MACN, Burton M. Altura, PhD, FACN
  Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 16, No.1, 4-6 (1997)
  
  
• Rapid communication: Cocaine induces rapid loss of intracellular free Mg2+ in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells
  Burton M. Altura, Aimin Zhang, Toni P.-O. Cheng and Bella T. Altura
  European Journal of Pharmacology - Molecular Pharmacology Section, 246 (1993) 299-301
  
  
• PLENARY SESSION II, SATURDAY, Abstract 39, LOW MAGNESIUM: A COMMON DENOMINATOR IN PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES IN DIABETES MELLITUS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND ECLAMPSIA Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Seelig MS, Altura BT, Resnick LM, Handwerker SM, Altura BM. Nilank C. Shah, Jian-Ping Liu, Jahangir Iqbal, Mahmood Hussain, Xian - Cheng Jiang, Zhiqiang Li, Yan Li, Tao Zheng, Wenyan Li, Anthony C. Sica, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, Bella T. Altura, and Burton M. Altura
  J Am Coll Nutr 11:608 (1992)
  
  
• Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Magnesium: Relationships to Atherosclerosis, Ischemic Heart Disease and Hypertension
  B.M. Altura, B.T. Altura
  Magnes Trace Elem (1991-92;10:182-192
  
  

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