Publications

To B-E3 or Not to B-E3: The Roles of MuRF1 and Junctophilin-2 in Junctin Regulation

Iona M. A. Palmer, Helen E. Collins

JACC: Basic to Translational Science

From Bump to Pump: Extracellular Matrix Remodeling, Dynamics, and Biomechanics in the Maternal Heart

Avery N. Kendall, Iona M. A. Palmer, Helen E. Collins

American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory Physiology, vol. 330(6), 2026, pp. H1814-H1826

Sex and Ventricular Remodeling

Steven P. Jones, Helen E. Collins

Current Opinion in Physiology, 2026

Temporal Dynamics in Murine Cardiac Transcriptome Following Myocardial Infarction.

Richa Singhal, Ilaria Ferrari, Robert E. Brainard, Kenneth R. Brittian, Julia Chariker, Helen E. Collins, Joseph B. Moore IV, Yibing Nong, Steven P. Jones

Circulation Research, vol. 138(2), 2026

Cardiac Ketone Body Oxidation Enhances Exercise Performance.

Kara R. Gouwens, Ernesto Pena Calderin, J Okhiria, Daniel C. Nguyen, Emily B. Schulman-Geltzer, Yania Martinez-Ondaro, Maleesha De Silva, Helen E. Collins, Yibing Nong, Sophia Sears, Matthew A. Nystoriak, Bradford G. Hill

Circulation Research, vol. 328(3), 2025, pp. 350-353

Don't Go Vaping My Heart: E-cigarette Exposure During Pregnancy Promotes Peripartum Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sympathetic Dominance

Brittany R. Reynolds, Sean M. Raph, Anand Ramalingam, Sweta Srivastava, Pawel Lorkiewicz, Lillian E. Watson, Kenneth R. Brittian, Helen E. Collins, Alex P. Carll

American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory Physiology , vol. 329(4), 2025, pp. H889-H898

Is a Decline in Myocardial Citrullination in the Aged Female Heart Really PAD 2 the Bone?

Avery N. Kendall, Helen E. Collins

American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory Physiology, vol. 392(2), 2025, pp. H409-411

Maternal Cardiovascular Research and Education Should be Prioritized in the US.

Helen E. Collins

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2025

Severe Attenuation of Circadian Clock Output in the Heart following Sustained Augmentation of Cardiomyocyte Protein O-GlcNAcylation.

Gobinath Shanmugam, Samuel F. Chang, Helen E. Collins, Chae-Mong Ha, Mariame S. Kane, Luke Potter, L. Xie, Luyun Zou, Jianhua Zhang, John C. Chatham, Adam R. Wende, Martin E. Young.

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 12: 1601407, 2025

Cardiac mitochondrial metabolism during pregnancy and the postpartum period

Emily B. Schulman-Geltzer, Kyle L. Fulghum, Richa A. Singhal, Bradford G. Hill, Helen E. Collins

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, vol. 326(5), 2024, pp. H1324-H1335

Cardiomyocyte Ketone Body Metabolism Regulates Myocardial Perfusion.

Kara R. Gouwens, Yibing Nong, Ning Chen, Emily B. Schulman-Geltzer, Helen E. Collins, Bradford G. Hill, Matthew A. Nystoriak

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol., 2024

Exercise-induced changes in myocardial glucose utilization during periods of active cardiac growth.

Kyle L. Fulghum, Helen E. Collins, Pawel K. Lorkiewicz, Teresa A. Cassel, Teresa W. M. Fan, Bradford G. Hill

J Mol Cell Cardiol, vol. 191, 2024, pp. 50-62

Female Cardioprotection in Ischemia/Reperfusion: Isn't a SUR thing anymore?

Annalara G. Fischer, Helen E. Collins

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Plus, 2024

Guidelines for assessing maternal cardiovascular physiology during pregnancy and postpartum

Helen E Collins, Barbara T Alexander, Alison S Care, Margie H Davenport, Sandra T Davidge, Mansoureh Eghbali, Dino A Giussani, Martijn F Hoes, Colleen G Julian, Holly A LaVoie, I Mark Olfert, Susan E Ozanne, Egle Bytautiene Prewit, Junie P Warrington, Lubo Zhang, Styliani Goulopoulou

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol , vol. 327(1), 2024, pp. H191-H220.

Guidelines for in vivo models of developmental programming of cardiovascular disease risk

Junie P Warrington, Helen E Collins, Sandra T Davidge, Jussara M do Carmo, Styliani Goulopoulou, Suttira Intapad, Analia S Loria, Jenny L Sones, Loren E Wold, Erin K Zinkhan, Barbara T Alexander

Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol , vol. 327(1), 2024, pp. H221-H241.

Cardiomyocyte ZKSCAN3 regulates remodeling following pressure‐overload

Xiaosen Ouyang, Sayan Bakshi, Gloria Benavides, Zhihuan Sun, Gerardo Hernandez-Moreno, Helen E. Collins, Mariame Kane, Silvio Litovsky, Martin Young, John Chatham, Victor Darley-Usmar, Adam Wende, Jianhua Zhang

Physiological Reports, 2023

Coordinated Metabolic Responses Facilitate Cardiac Growth in Pregnancy and Exercise

Emily B Schulman-Geltzer, Helen E Collins, Bradford G Hill, Kyle L Fulghum

Curr Heart Fail Rep., 2023

Does cardio-hepatic communication contribute to pregnancy-induced cardiac growth and its reversal?

Emily Schulman, Helen E. Collins

Physiology, 2023

Female Cardiovascular Biology and Resilience in the Setting of Physiological and Pathological Stress

Helen E. Collins

Redox Biology, 2023

The Interplay between Sex, Time of day, Fasting Status, and their Impact on Cardiac Mitochondrial Structure, Function, and Dynamics

Mariame S. Kane, Gloria A. Benavides, Edie Osuma, Michelle Johnson, Helen E. Collins, Yecheng He, Nha V. Huynh, David Westbrook, Silvio H. Litovsky, Kasturi Mitra, John C. Chatham, Victor Darley-Usmar, Martin E. Young, Jianhua Zhang.

Scientific Reports, vol. 13(1), 2023

Abstract P2019: Do Changes In Metabolism Or Lactation Mediate The Reversal Of Pregnancy-induced Cardiac Growth?

Emily B. Schulman, Bradford G. Hill, Helen E. Collins

Circulation Research, 2022

Cardiomyocyte stromal interaction molecule 1 is a key regulator of Ca2+‐dependent kinase and phosphatase activity in the mouse heart

Helen E Collins, Joshua C. Anderson, Adam R. Wende, John C. Chatham

Physiological reports, 2022

Influence of biological sex and exercise on murine cardiac metabolism

Kyle Fulghum, Helen E. Collins, Steven P. Jones, Bradford G. Hill

Journal of sport and health science, 2022

Metabolic Signatures of Pregnancy-Induced Cardiac Growth.

Kyle Fulghum, Juliette B. Smith, Julia L. Chariker, Lauren F. Garrett, Kenneth Brittian, Pawel Lorkiewicz, Lindsey McNally, Shizuka Uchida, Steven P. Jones, Bradford G. Hill, Helen E. Collins

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2022

STIM and Orai Mediated Regulation of Calcium Signaling in Age-Related Diseases

Helen E. Collins, Dingguo Zhang, John C. Chatham

Frontiers in Aging, 2022

Mitochondrial Morphology and Mitophagy in Heart Diseases: Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses Using Transmission Electron Microscopy

Helen E Collins, Mariame S. Kane, Silvio Litovsky, Victor Darley-Usmar, Martin E. Young, John C. Chatham, Jianhua Zhang

Frontiers in Aging, 2021

The Identification of a Novel Calcium-Dependent Link Between NAD+ and Glucose Deprivation-Induced Increases in Protein O-GlcNAcylation and ER Stress

Luyun Zou, Helen E. Collins, Martin E. Young, Jianhua Zhang, Adam R. Wende, Victor Darley-Usmar, John C. Chatham

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021

Abstract 526: Unraveling the Molecular Signature of Pregnancy Induced Hypertrophy

Helen E Collins, K. Fulghum, Lindsey McNally, M. Foster, K. Brittian, Shizuka Uchida, M. Nystoriak, Steven P Jones, B. Hill

2020

Regulation of cardiac O-GlcNAcylation: More than just nutrient availability.

Helen E. Collins, John C. Chatham

Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease, 2020

Acute increases in O-GlcNAc indirectly impair mitochondrial bioenergetics through dysregulation of LonP1-mediated mitochondrial protein complex turnover.

JaLessa. N. Wright, Gloria Benavides, Michelle S. Johnson, Williyat Wani, Xiaosen Ouyang, Luyun Zou, Helen E. Collins, Jianhua Zhang, Victor Darley-Usmar, John C. Chatham

American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2019

Novel role of the ER/SR Ca2+ sensor STIM1 in the regulation of cardiac metabolism.

Helen E. Collins, Betty M. Pat, Luyun Zou, Silvio H. Litovsky, Adam R. Wende, Martin E. Young, John C. Chatham

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2019

Temporal partitioning of adaptive responses of the murine heart to fasting

Rachel A. Brewer, Helen E Collins, Ryan Berry, Manoja K. Brahma, B. A. Tirado, R. A. Peliciari-Garcia, Haley L Stanley, A. Wende, H. Taegtmeyer, N. Rajasekaran, V. Darley-Usmar, Jianhua Zhang, S. Frank, J. Chatham, M. Young

Life sciences, 2018

O-GlcNAcylation and cardiovascular disease.

J. N. Wright, Helen E Collins, A. Wende, J. Chatham

Biochemical Society transactions, 2017

Cardiomyocyte STIM1 is a key regulator of Ca2+-dependent kinase activity in the mouse heart

Helen E Collins, Jc Anderson, J. Chatham

2016

Abstract 19844: Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 is Essential for the Maintenance of Cardiac Metabolism

Helen E Collins, Betty M Pat, S. Litovsky, M. Young, J. Chatham

2015

Non-voltage-gated Ca²⁺ entry pathways in the heart: the untold STOrai?

Helen E Collins, J. Chatham

Cardiovascular research, 2015

The Novel Contribution of the ER/SR Ca2+ Sensor STIM1 to Cardiac Function and Metabolism

Helen E Collins, Betty M Pat, S. Litovsky, M. Young, J. Chatham

2015

Cardiomyocyte-Specific BMAL1 Plays Critical Roles in Metabolism, Signaling, and Maintenance of Contractile Function of the Heart

M. Young, Rachel A. Brewer, R. A. Peliciari-Garcia, Helen E Collins, Lan He, Tana L. Birky, Bradley W. Peden, E. Thompson, Billy Joe Ammons, M. Bray, J. Chatham, A. Wende, Qinglin Yang, C. Chow, T. Martino, K. Gamble

Journal of biological rhythms, 2014

Protein O-GlcNAcylation and Cardiovascular (Patho)physiology*

S. A. Marsh, Helen E Collins, J. Chatham

The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014

Stromal interaction molecule 1 is essential for normal cardiac homeostasis through modulation of ER and mitochondrial function.

Helen E Collins, Lan He, Luyun Zou, Jing Qu, Lufang Zhou, S. Litovsky, Qinglin Yang, M. Young, R. Marchase, J. Chatham

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2014

The ER/SR Ca2+ sensing protein STIM1 is essential for normal cardiomyocyte function (1150.8)

Helen E Collins, Lan He, Betty M Pat, Luyun Zou, Jing Qu, Lufang Zhou, S. Litovsky, Qinglin Yang, M. Young, J. Chatham

2014

Abstract 16836: STIM1-Mediated Store-Operated Calcium Entry: a Friend or Foe in the Adult Heart

Helen E Collins, Lan He, Betty M Pat, S. Litovsky, Qinglin Yang, M. Young, J. Chatham