Selected Publications:
Rame JE, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Cappola A, Dumon KR, Cappola TP: Leptin Modifies the Impact of BMI on Heart Failure Progression: The Obesity Paradox Unraveling. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 38th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Nice, France : 2018.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, Chyu J, Zhang Y, El-Nachef D, Oyama K, Gornalusse GG, Russell DW, MacLellan WR: Major Histocompatibility Complex-I Deficient Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes as Potential off-the-Shelf Therapy for Cardiac Regeneration. International Society for Stem Cell Research. Boston, MA : 2017.
Tan MCC, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Cheng SF, Patton KK: Acute myocarditis following high-dose interleukin-2 treatment. J Cardiol Cases 15 (1): 28–31,2016.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, Airhart S, Nguyen H, Masri SC, Mokadam NA, Mahr C, Kirkpatrick JN: Echocardiographic Findings in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device
Pump Thrombosis. Heart Failure Society of America 20th Annual Scientific Meeting,
Orlando, Fl : 2016.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, Chyiu J, de la Mata A, MacLellan WR: Major Histocompatibility Complex-I Deficient Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes as Potential Off The-Shelf Therapy For Cardiac Regeneration. World Congress of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Health. World Heart Federation. Mexico City : 2016.
Landázuri N, Levit RD, Joseph G, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Flores CA, Weiss D, Sambanis A, Weber CJ, Safley SA, Taylor WR: Alginate microencapsulation of human mesenchymal stem cells as a strategy to enhance paracrine-mediated vascular recovery after hind limb ischemia. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 10 (3): 222-32,2016.
Hayek SS, Abdou MH, Demoss BD, Ortega-Legaspi JM, Veledar E, Deka A, Krishnan SK, Wilmot KA, Patel AD, Kumar VR, Devireddy CM: Prevalence of resistant hypertension and eligibility for catheter-based renal denervation in hypertensive outpatients. Am J Hypertens 26 (12): 1452-8,2013.
Ortega-Legaspi JM, de Gortari P, Garduño-Gutiérrez R, Amaya MI, León-Olea M, Coffeen U, Pellicer F: Expression of the dopaminergic D1 and D2 receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex in a model of neuropathic pain. Mol Pain 7 : 97,2011.
Coffeen U, Ortega-Legaspi JM, López-Muñoz FJ, Simón-Arceo K, Jaimes O, Pellicer F: Insular Cortex Lesion Diminishes Neuropathic and Inflammatory Pain-Like Behaviours. Eur J Pain 15 (2): 132-8,2011.
Coffeen U, Ortega-Legaspi JM, de Gortari P, Simón-Arceo K, Jaimes O, Amaya MI, Pellicer F: Inflammatory nociception diminishes dopamine release and increases dopamine D2 receptor mRNA in the rat's insular cortex. Mol Pain 6 : 75,2010.