Danalache Alexandru

Danalache Bogdan Alexandru (PhD) is a Canadian (Romanian-born) biologist who discovered first a new role of oxytocin in cardiomyocyte differentiation.

References1. Joanne Paquin*, Bogdan A. Danalache*, Marek Jankowski, Samuel M. McCann, and Jolanta Gutkowska. Oxytocin induces differentiation of P19 embryonic stem cells to cardiomyocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. , 99, pp. 9550-5, 2002.

2. Danalache BA, Paquin J, Donghao W, Grygorczyk R, Moore JC, Mummery CL, Gutkowska J, Jankowski M. Nitric oxide signaling in oxytocin-mediated cardiomyogenesis. Stem Cells. 2007 Mar;25(3):679-88. Epub 2006 Nov 30.PMID: 17138963 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3. Jankowski M, Danalache B, Wang D, Bhat P, Hajjar F, Marcinkiewicz M, Paquin J, McCann SM, Gutkowska J. Oxytocin in cardiac ontogeny. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Aug 31;101(35):13074-9. Epub 2004 Aug 17. PMID: 15316117 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]