Joan M. Vianney Blasi Cabus Professor of Cell Biology Catedràtic d'Universitat de Biologia Cel.lular E-mail: blasi@ub.edu Phone: +3493 4035810

Research Interests

Current Projects

Selected Recent Publications

Cloning, molecular characterization and expression of ecto-nucleoside
triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1 from Torpedo electric organ.
Martin-Satue M, Torrejon-Escribano B, Felipe A, de Aranda IG, Elias M, Marsal J, Blasi J, Solsona C. 
Neurochem Int. 2006 Oct 6; [Epub ahead of print] 
 
Distribution of synaptobrevin/VAMP 1 and 2 in rat brain.
Raptis A, Torrejon-Escribano B, Gomez de Aranda I, Blasi J. 
J Chem Neuroanat. 2005 Dec;30(4):201-11. Epub 2005 Sep 16. 
 
Endogenous hemichannels play a role in the release of ATP from Xenopus oocytes.
Bahima L, Aleu J, Elias M, Martin-Satue M, Muhaisen A, Blasi J, Marsal J, Solsona C. 
J Cell Physiol. 2006 Jan;206(1):95-102. 
 
Synaptic proteins and SNARE complexes are localized in lipid rafts from rat brain synaptosomes.
Gil C, Soler-Jover A, Blasi J, Aguilera J.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Apr 1;329(1):117-24. 
 
Effect of epsilon toxin-GFP on MDCK cells and renal tubules in vivo
Soler-Jover A, Blasi J, Gomez de Aranda I, Navarro P, Gibert M, Popoff MR, Martin-Satue M. 
J Histochem Cytochem. 2004 Jul;52(7):931-42. 
 
 
Control of neurotransmitter release by an internal gel matrix in synaptic vesicles.
Reigada D, Diez-Perez I, Gorostiza P, Verdaguer A, Gomez de Aranda I, Pineda O, Vilarrasa J, Marsal J, Blasi J, Aleu J, Solsona C.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Mar 18;100(6):3485-90. Epub 2003 Mar 10. 
 
 
Calcium-dependent acetylcholine release from Xenopus oocytes: simultaneous ionic currents and acetylcholine release recordings.
Aleu J, Blasi J, Solsona C, Marsal J.
Eur J Neurosci. 2002 Oct;16(8):1442-8. 
 
Early induction of secretoneurin expression following kainic acid
administration at convulsant doses in the rat and gerbil hippocampus.
Marti E, Blasi J, Ferrer I. 
Hippocampus. 2002;12(2):174-85. 
 
SNARE expression and distribution during 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation.
Torrejon-Escribano B, Gomez de Aranda I, Blasi J. 
FEBS Lett. 2002 Feb 13;512(1-3):275-81. 
 
Differential regulation of chromogranin A, chromogranin B and secretoneurin protein expression after transient forebrain ischemia in the gerbil.
Marti E, Ferrer I, Blasi J.
Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 2001 Feb;101(2):159-66.