Publications

11. Angelini M, Savalli N, Steccanella F, Maxfield S, Pozzi S, DiFranco M, Cannon SC, Pantazis A, Olcese R. (2025) The molecular transition that confers voltage dependence to muscle contraction. Nat Commun 16:4847. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59649-7

10. Wang K, Nilsson M, Angelini M, Olcese R, Elinder F, Pantazis A. (2025) A rich conformational palette underlies human Ca_V2.1-channel availability. Nat Commun 16:3815. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58884-2
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9. Dahlberg P⚖️, Pozzi S⚖️, Bulmer L, Golluscio A, Nilsson M, Nygren A, Larsson HP, Pantazis A✉️, Gummesson A✉️. (2025) Clinical and electrophysiological characterization of a SCN5A gain-of-function mutation associated with CPVT-like arrhythmia. J Mol Cell Cardiol 203:47-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2025.04.001

8. Nilsson M, Wang K, Minguez-Viñas T, Angelini M, Berglund S, Olcese R, Pantazis A. (2024) Voltage-dependent G-protein regulation of Ca_V2.2 (N-type) channels. Sci Adv 10(37):eadp6665. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp6665
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7. Minguez-Viñas T⚖️, Prakash V⚖️, Wang K, Lindström SH, Pozzi S, Scott SA, Spiteri E, Stevenson DA, Ashley EA, Gunnarsson C, Pantazis A. (2023) Two epilepsy-associated variants in KCNA2 (K_V1.2) at position H310 oppositely affect channel functional expression. J Physiol 601(23):5367-5389. DOI: 10.1113/JP285052
🏆 J Physiol Early Investigator Prize 2023 (Neuroscience) to T. Minguez-Viñas

6. Nilsson M, Lindström SH, Kaneko M, Wang K, Minguez-Viñas T, Angelini M, Steccanella F, Holder D, Ottolia M, Olcese R, Pantazis A. (2022) An epilepsy-associated K_V1.2 charge-transfer-center mutation impairs K_V1.2 and K_V1.4 trafficking. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (direct submission) 119(17):e2113675119. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2113675119
🏆 “Best Scientific Paper” award by DOMFIL, the graduate student section of the LiU Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
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📰 Neurologi i Sverige invited article (by M. Nilsson)

5. Angelini M, Pezhouman A, Savalli N, Chang M, Steccanella F, Scranton K, Calmettes G, Ottolia M, Pantazis A, Karagueuzian H, Weiss JN, Olcese R. (2021) suppression of ventricular arrhythmias by targeting late L-type Ca²⁺ current. J Gen Physiol 153(12):e202012584. DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202012584
📰 Commentary by Gonano LA & Mattiazzi A (2021) J Gen Physiol DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202113009

4. Pantazis A✉️, Kaneko M, Angelini M, Steccanella F, Westerlund AM, Lindström SH, Nilsson M, Delemotte L, Saitta SC, Olcese R✉️. (2020) Tracking the motion of the K_V1.2 voltage sensor reveals the molecular perturbations caused by a de novo mutation in a case of epilepsy. J Physiol 598(22):5245-5269. DOI: 10.1113/JP280438

3. Seki S, Yamamoto T, Quinn K, Spigelman I, Pantazis A, Olcese R, Wiedau-Pazos M, Chandler SH, Venugopal S. (2019) Circuit-specific early impairment of proprioceptive sensory neurons in the SOD1^G93A mouse model for ALS. J Neurosci 39(44):8798-8815. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1214-19.2019

2. Venugopal S, Seki S, Terman DH, Pantazis A, Olcese R, Wiedau-Pazos M, Chandler SH. (2019) Resurgent Na⁺ current offers noise modulation in bursting neurons. PLoS Comput Biol 15(6):e1007154. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007154

1. Pantazis A✉️, Westerberg K, Althoff T, Abramson J, Olcese R✉️. (2018) Harnessing photoinduced electron transfer to optically determine protein sub-nanoscale atomic distances. Nat Commun 9:4738. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07218-6
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