Selected works of Dr. Burton M. Altura, and Dr. Bella T. Altura, noted magnesium
researchers
This is the Home Page of Dr. Burton M. Altura and Dr. Bella T. Altura, donated as a
public service by Paul Mason. Their more than forty years of
research has established them as some of the world's foremost magnesium
researchers. You can jump to any of their articles
below.
- The Expression of Platelet-Activating Factor is Induced by Low Extracellular Mg2+ in Aortic, Cerebral and Neonatal Coronary Vascular Smooth Muscle; Cross Talk with Ceramide Production, NF–kB and Proto-Oncogenes: Possible Links to Atherogenesis and Sudden Cardiac Death in Children and Infants, and Aging; Hypothesis, Review and Viewpoint,
Altura BM1,2,3,4,5*, Li W1, Zhang A1, Zheng T1, Shah NC1, Gatha J. Shah1, Pérez-Albela JL6, Altura BT1,3,4,5
- Insights into the Possible Mechanisms By Which Platelet-Activating Factor and PAF-receptors Function
in Vascular Smooth Muscle in Magnesium Deficiency and Vascular Remodeling: Possible Links to
Atherogenesis, Hypertension and Cardiac Failure
Altura BM1,2,3,4,5*, Shah NC1,5, Gatha J. Shah1, Pérez-Abela JL6, Altura BT1,3,4,5
- Magnesium Deficiency Results in Oxidation and Fragmentation of DNA, Down Regulation of Telomerase Activity, and Ceramide Release in Cardiovascular Tissues and Cells: Potential Relationship to Atherogenesis, Cardiovascular Diseases and Aging
Altura BM1,2,3,4,5*, Shah NC1,5, Gatha J. Shah1, Perez-Abela JL6, Altura BT1,3,4,5
- Magnesium Deficiency Results in Oxidation and Fragmentation of DNA, Down Regulation of Telomerase Activity, and Ceramide Release in Cardiovascular Tissues and Cells: Potential Relationship to Atherogenesis, Cardiovascular Diseases and Aging
BM Altura1,2,3,4,5,*, NC Shah1,5, GJ Shah1, JL Perez-Albela6, BT Altura1,3,4,5
- Genotoxic Effects of Magnesium Deficiency in the Cardiovascular System and their Relationships to Cardiovascular Diseases and Atherogenesis
Burton M Altura1-5,*, Nilank C Shah1,5, Gatha J Shah1 and Bella T Altura1,3,5
- Potential Roles of Magnesium Deficiency in Inflammation and Atherogenesis:
Importance and Cross-talk of Platelet-Activating Factor and Ceramide
Altura BM1,2,3,4,5*, Gebrewold A1, Shah NC1,5, Shah GJ1,5 and Altura BT1,3,4,5
- Importance of Ionized Magnesium Measurements in Physiology and Medicine
and the Need for Ion-selective Electrodes
Burton M Altura1-6* and Bella T Altura1-6
- Sudden Cardiac Death in Infants, Children
and Young Adults: Possible Roles of Dietary Magnesium Intake and Generation of Platelet-
Activating Factor in Coronary Arteries
Altura BM1-6*, Li W1, Zhang A1, Zheng T1, Shah NC1,5, Shah GJ1, Yang ZW1, Perez-
Albela JL7 and Altura BT1-6
- Is the High Frequency of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac and Lung Surgeries Related to Hypomagnesemia and Releases of Ceramides and Platelet-Activating Factor?
Altura BM1,2,3,4,5*, Shah NC1,2, Shah GJ1,2, Zhang A1, Li W1, Altura BT1,3
- Why is Alcohol-Induced Atrial Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death
Difficult to Prevent and Treat: Potential Roles of Unrecognized Ionized
Hypomagnesemia and Release of Ceramides and Platelet-Activating Factor
Burton M Altura 1-5*, Nilank C Shah1,5, Gatha J Shah1, and Bella T Altura1,2-5
- HDFx: A Recently Discovered Biologic and its Potential Use in Prevention and
Treatment of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses and Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs
Burton M Altura1-6*, Asefa Gebrewold1 and Anthony Carella1
- HDFx: A Recently Discovered Biologic and its Potential Use in Prevention and
Treatment of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses and Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs
Burton M Altura1-6*, Asefa Gebrewold1 and Anthony Carella1
- HDFx: A Novel Immunomodulator and Potential Superbug Super - Warrior for Hospitalized Patients
and Battlefield Casualties
Altura BM1-6*
- Mg deficiency results in modulation of serum lipids, glutathione, and NO synthase isozyme activation in cardiovascular tissues: relevance to de novo synthesis of ceramide, serum Mg2+ and atherogenesis,
Nilank C. Shah, Jian-Ping Liu, Jahangir Iqba, Mahmood Hussain, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Zhiqiang Li, Yan Li, Wenyan Li, Anthony C. Sica, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, Bella T. Altura, and Burton M. Altura
Int J Clin Exp Med 2011;4(2):103-118
www.ijcem.com /ISSN:1940-5901/IJCEM110300
- Short-term magnesium deficiency upregulates ceramide synthase in cardiovascular tissues and cells: cross-talk between cytokines, Mg2+,NF-kB and de novo ceramide
Burton M. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, Gatha Shah, Aimin Zhang, Wenyan Li, Tao Zheng, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, and Bella T. Altura
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (October 7, 2011). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00453.2011
- Sphingolipids regulate[Mg2+]o uptake and [Mg2+]i content in vascular smooth muscle cells: potential mechanisms and importance to membrane transport of Mg2+
Tao Zheng, Wenyan Li, Bella T. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, and Burton M. Altura
First published November 26, 2010; doi:IO.I152/ajpheart.00976.2010.
- Magnesium deficiency upregulates serine palmitoyl transferase (SPT 1 and SPT 2) in cardiovascular tissues: relationship to serum ionized Mg and cytochrome c,
Burton M. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, Zhiqiang Li, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, and Bella T. Altura
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 299: H932-H938, 2010.
First published June 25, 2010; doi:l0.1152/ajpheart.Ol076.2009.
- Short-term magnesium deficiency upregulates sphingomyelin synthase and p53 in cardiovascular tissues and cells: relevance to the de novo synthesis
of ceramide
Burton M. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, Zhiqiang Li, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Aimin Zhang, Wenyan Li, Tao Zheng, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, and Bella T. Altura
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 299: H2046--H2055, 2010.
First published October 8, 2010; doi:l0.1152/ajpheart.00671.2010.
- Cerebral spinal fluid and serum ionized magnesium and calcium levels in preeclamptic women during administration of magnesium sulfate
Alexander Apostol, M.D., Radu Apostol, D.O., Erum Ali, M.D., Anne Choi, M.D., Nazanin Ehsuni, M.D., Bin Hu, M.D., Lei Li, M.D., Bella T. Altura, Ph.D., and Burton M. Altura, Ph.D.
ZJ Fertility and SterilityR Vol. 94, No. 1, June 2010
- Short-term magnesium deficiency results in decreased levels of serum sphingomyelin, lipid peroxidation, and apoptosis in cardiovascular tissues
Burton M. Altura, Nilank C. Shah, Xian-Cheng Jiang, Zhiqiang Li, Jose Luis Perez-Aibela, Anthony C. Sica, and Bella T. Altura
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H86-H92, 2009.
First published May 8, 2009; doi:IO.ll52/ajpheart.Ol l54.2008.
- Review: Benefits and Risks of Sex Hormone Replacement in Postmenopausal Women
Mildred S. Seelig, MD, Burton M. Altura, PhD, Bella T. Altura, PhD
Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 23, No.5, 482S-496S (2004)
- EDITORIAL COMMENTS: How Best to Determine Magnesium Status: A New Laboratory Test Worth Trying
MILDRED S. SEELIG, PHD, BURTON M. ALTURA, PHD
Nutrition 13 (1997):376-377
- Editorial: How Best to Determine Magnesium Requirement: Need to Consider Cardiotherapeutic Drugs that Affect Its Retention
Mildred Seelig, MD, MPH, MACN, Burton M. Altura, PhD, FACN
Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 16, No.1, 4-6 (1997)
- Rapid communication: Cocaine induces rapid loss of intracellular free Mg2+ in cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells
Burton M. Altura, Aimin Zhang, Toni P.-O. Cheng and Bella T. Altura
European Journal of Pharmacology - Molecular Pharmacology Section, 246 (1993) 299-301
- PLENARY SESSION II, SATURDAY, Abstract 39, LOW MAGNESIUM: A COMMON DENOMINATOR IN PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES IN DIABETES MELLITUS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND ECLAMPSIA Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Seelig MS, Altura BT, Resnick LM, Handwerker SM, Altura BM. Nilank C. Shah, Jian-Ping Liu, Jahangir Iqbal, Mahmood Hussain, Xian - Cheng Jiang, Zhiqiang Li, Yan Li, Tao Zheng, Wenyan Li, Anthony C. Sica, Jose Luis Perez-Albela, Bella T. Altura, and Burton M. Altura
J Am Coll Nutr 11:608 (1992)
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Magnesium: Relationships to Atherosclerosis, Ischemic Heart Disease and Hypertension
B.M. Altura, B.T. Altura
Magnes Trace Elem (1991-92;10:182-192
Book Review - Please Read
Paul the Mg Librarian says, "My friend Dr. Bella Altura and her husband Dr. Burton Altura are perhaps the most famous magnesium researchers in the world, and are Co-Presidents of my Magnesium For Health Foundation, which funds this Magnesium Library.
Bella wrote a Memoir, that begins:
"I was born in a small town in Germany at the wrong time in history, the beginning of the Nazi era." Altura recalls how one early November evening, about forty Schutztaffel men break down the door of their home, destroy all their belongings, and drag her father out onto the street where they proceed to beat him nearly to death. He is then placed in a prison cell before being shipped off to Dachau concentration camp. That traumatic experience, the first of several Altura would soon endure, marked the end of her childhood, just two weeks after her seventh birthday; and signified the beginning of ten agonizing years of surviving the Holocaust. More fortunate than most, however, her family is ultimately reunited and immigrate to "golden America." Shortly after settling in the United States, her mother-the family's saving grace-succumbs to brain cancer, leaving Altura in profound sadness. After a painful past, she finally finds a sense of purpose and fulfillment working in a lab where she meets her future husband, Burt, who introduces her to the joys of living."
Bella goes on to describe her wonderful career in Magnesium Research, which she wants to continue if she can get funding.
So please do yourself a favor, and do the world a favor, and buy Bella's inspiring and memorable memoir, "Golden America", available for $14.95 from Amazon.com
Bella has also come out with a new book a few days ago to SAVE AMERICA, titled "What Difference Does It Make?" which is also available from Amazon.com for $14.
As I write this, Bella and her husband Burt are facing Hurricane
Irma, which is set to strike their home in Florida in 48 hours.
Please PRAY for them, and buy Bella's books.
God Bless You, from Paul the Mg Librarian
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