Undergraduate School

B.S., Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan PR 1999

Other School

Ph.D., Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan PR 2004

Fellowship

Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle WA 2005-2010

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) Scholar Award, 2019

International Symposium on Resistance Arteries Best Poster Presentation Award, 2017

National Institute of Health: Minority Biomedical Research Support: Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement Research Fellowship (5R25GM61151) 2002, 2003, 2004

SACNAS Travel Award 2002, 2003

Minority Access to Research Career Travel Award, 2001

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Le T, Martín-Aragón Baudel M, Syed A, Singhrao N, Pan S, Flores-Tamez VA, Burns AE, Man KNM, Karey E, Hong J, Hell JW, Pinkerton KE, Chen CY, Nieves-Cintrón M. Secondhand Smoke Exposure Impairs Ion Channel Function and Contractility of Mesenteric Arteries. Function (Oxf). 2021 Aug 19;2(5):zqab041. doi:10.1093/function/zqab041. PMID:34553140.

Nieves-Cintrón M, Flores-Tamez VA, Le T, Baudel MM, Navedo MF. Cellular and molecular effects of hyperglycemia on ion channels in vascular smooth muscle. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2021 Jan;78(1):31-61. doi:10.1007/s00018-020-03582-z. Epub 2020 Jun 27. PMID:32594191.

Prada MP, Syed AU, Reddy GR, Martín-Aragón Baudel M, Flores-Tamez VA, Sasse KC, Ward SM, Sirish P, Chiamvimonvat N, Bartels P, Dickson EJ, Hell JW, Scott JD, Santana LF, Xiang YK, Navedo MF, Nieves-Cintrón M. AKAP5 complex facilitates purinergic modulation of vascular L-type Ca2+ channel CaV1.2. Nat Commun. 2020 Oct 20;11(1):5303. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18947-y. PMID:33082339.

Martin-Aragon Baudel M, Espinosa-Tanguma R, Nieves-Cintron M, Navedo MF. Purinergic Signaling During Hyperglycemia in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020 May 22;11:329. doi:10.3389/fendo.2020.00329. PMID:32528416.

Syed AU, Lee T, Navedo MF, Nieves-Cintrón M. Ion channels and their regulation in vascular smooth muscle. Shad KF, Luqman N, Saeedi Saravi SS, (eds). Basic and Clinical Understanding of Microcirculation, London, UK: IntechOpen. 2019 Oct 3. doi:10.5772/intechopen.88962.

Prada MP, Syed AU, Buonarati OR, Reddy GR, Nystoriak MA, Ghosh D, Simó S, Sato D, Sasse KC, Ward SM, Santana LF, Xiang YK, Hell JW, Nieves-Cintrón M, Navedo MF. A Gs-coupled purinergic receptor boosts Ca2+ influx and vascular contractility during diabetic hyperglycemia. Elife. 2019 Mar 1;8:e42214. doi:10.7554/eLife.42214. PMID:30821687.

Nieves-Cintron M, Tajada S, Santana LF, Navedo MF. Total Internal Reflection Fluorescent Microscopy in vascular smooth muscle. Methods in Signal Transduction: Vascular Smooth Muscle, 1st edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton FL. 2018:87-103.

Nieves-Cintrón M, Syed AU, Nystoriak MA, Navedo MF. Regulation of voltage-gated potassium channels in vascular smooth muscle during hypertension and metabolic disorders. Microcirculation. 2018 Jan;25(1):10.1111/micc.12423. doi:10.1111/micc.12423. PMID:29044853.

Morotti S, Nieves-Cintrón M, Nystoriak MA, Navedo MF, Grandi E. Predominant contribution of L-type Cav1.2 channel stimulation to impaired intracellular calcium and cerebral artery vasoconstriction in diabetic hyperglycemia. Channels (Austin). 2017 Jul 4;11(4):340-346. doi:10.1080/19336950.2017.1293220. Epub 2017 Feb 10. Erratum for: Addendum to: Nystoriak MA, Nieves-Cintron M, Patriarchi T, Buonarati OR, Prada MP, Morotti S, Grandi E, Fernandes JD, Forbush K, Hofmann F, et al. Ser1928 phosphorylation by PKA stimulates L-type CaV1.2 channel and vasoconstriction during acute hyperglycemia and diabetes. Science Signaling 10 eaaf9647. 2017. doi:10.1126/scisignal.aaf9647. PMID:28631947.