David Richard Pimentel, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine

650 Albany St Evans Biomed Research Ctr

Biography

Expertise includes: Oxidative modification; Exosomal communication.

Other Positions

  • Member, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Boston University

Education

  • University of Maryland School of Medicine, MD
  • University of Maryland, BA

Publications

  • Published on 6/13/2023

    Rucker DM, Siddiqi OK, Pimentel DR, Luptak I. Hemodynamic testing to guide vasodilator therapy in cardiac amyloidosis. J Cardiol Cases. 2023 Sep; 28(3):105-108. PMID: 37671260.

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  • Published on 1/31/2023

    Croteau D, Baka T, Young S, He H, Chambers JM, Qin F, Panagia M, Pimentel DR, Balschi JA, Colucci WS, Luptak I. SGLT2 inhibitor ertugliflozin decreases elevated intracellular sodium, and improves energetics and contractile function in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Biomed Pharmacother. 2023 Apr; 160:114310. PMID: 36731341.

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  • Published on 7/28/2021

    Mustafa Rizvi SH, Shao D, Tsukahara Y, Pimentel DR, Weisbrod RM, Hamburg NM, McComb ME, Matsui R, Bachschmid MM. Oxidized GAPDH transfers S-glutathionylation to a nuclear protein Sirtuin-1 leading to apoptosis. Free Radic Biol Med. 2021 10; 174:73-83. PMID: 34332079.

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  • Published on 6/25/2021

    Croteau D, Luptak I, Chambers JM, Hobai I, Panagia M, Pimentel DR, Siwik DA, Qin F, Colucci WS. Effects of Sodium-Glucose Linked Transporter 2 Inhibition With Ertugliflozin on Mitochondrial Function, Energetics, and Metabolic Gene Expression in the Presence and Absence of Diabetes Mellitus in Mice. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 07 06; 10(13):e019995. PMID: 34169737.

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  • Published on 10/20/2020

    Goodman JB, Qin F, Morgan RJ, Chambers JM, Croteau D, Siwik DA, Hobai I, Panagia M, Luptak I, Bachschmid M, Tong X, Pimentel DR, Cohen RA, Colucci WS. Redox-Resistant SERCA [Sarco(endo)plasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase] Attenuates Oxidant-Stimulated Mitochondrial Calcium and Apoptosis in Cardiac Myocytes and Pressure Overload-Induced Myocardial Failure in Mice. Circulation. 2020 12 22; 142(25):2459-2469. PMID: 33076678.

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  • Published on 9/16/2020

    Burns M, Rizvi SHM, Tsukahara Y, Pimentel DR, Luptak I, Hamburg NM, Matsui R, Bachschmid MM. Role of Glutaredoxin-1 and Glutathionylation in Cardiovascular Diseases. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 16; 21(18). PMID: 32948023.

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  • Published on 9/9/2020

    Croteau D, Qin F, Chambers JM, Kallick E, Luptak I, Panagia M, Pimentel DR, Siwik DA, Colucci WS. Differential Effects of Sacubitril/Valsartan on Diastolic Function in Mice With Obesity-Related Metabolic Heart Disease. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2020 Sep; 5(9):916-927. PMID: 33015414.

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  • Published on 7/8/2020

    Panagia M, Yang J, Gale E, Wang H, Luptak I, Chen HH, Patel D, Croteau D, Pimentel DR, Bachschmid MM, Colucci WS, Ran C, Sosnovik DE. A novel tracer for in vivo optical imaging of fatty acid metabolism in the heart and brown adipose tissue. Sci Rep. 2020 07 08; 10(1):11209. PMID: 32641756.

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  • Published on 4/3/2020

    Igwebuike C, Yaglom J, Huiting L, Feng H, Campbell JD, Wang Z, Havasi A, Pimentel D, Sherman MY, Borkan SC. Cross organelle stress response disruption promotes gentamicin-induced proteotoxicity. Cell Death Dis. 2020 04 03; 11(4):217. PMID: 32245975.

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  • Published on 2/17/2020

    Panagia M, He H, Baka T, Pimentel DR, Croteau D, Bachschmid MM, Balschi JA, Colucci WS, Luptak I. Increasing mitochondrial ATP synthesis with butyrate normalizes ADP and contractile function in metabolic heart disease. NMR Biomed. 2020 05; 33(5):e4258. PMID: 32066202.

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