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Robert Gros

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Physiology and PharmacologyWestern University

Robert Gros

Associate Professor

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2015.

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Research

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Acetylcholine Ageing Cardiac Remodelling Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory System Heart Failure Non-Neuronal Cholinergic

Latest papers

Beyond cancer: breast cancer gene 2 emerges as a new player in atherosclerosis.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
From cells to organism: Impact of dyslipidemia on inwardly rectifying K+ channels and cerebral vascular function.
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026
STIP1 signaling drives protein synthesis in pathological cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2026

All 67 publications

Latest funding

Novel Mechanisms in Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Novel Mechanisms in Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Novel Mechanisms in Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 4 grants and awards

67 publications.

Beyond cancer: breast cancer gene 2 emerges as a new player in atherosclerosis.

Michels DCR, Singh A, Patel M, Rasheed B, Nikfarjam S, Bu S, Ehsan M, Feng B, German-Castelan L, Gros R, Frisbee JC, Singh KK

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2026

DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00790.2025 PMID: 42435432

From cells to organism: Impact of dyslipidemia on inwardly rectifying K+ channels and cerebral vascular function.

Kowalewska PM, Sancho M, Fabris S, Huff MW, Gros R, Welsh DG

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2026

DOI: 10.1177/0271678x251399019 PMID: 41355035

STIP1 signaling drives protein synthesis in pathological cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.

Moura V, Pastor Martins Nogueira I, Kaline Silva Ferreira K, Couto Guedes de Jesus I, Kenedy Santos A, Pinheiro I, Espanhol F, Morais Silva M, Maia K, Scalzo SA, Souza-Neto F, Gómez Mendoza D, William Martins Pessoa P, Albieiro Pinheiro Gonçalves D, Guatimosim C, Gorshkov V, Kjeldsen F, Verano-Braga T, F Prado V, Gros R, Antônio Máximo Prado M, Guatimosim S

American journal of physiology. Cell physiology2026

DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00211.2026 PMID: 42663117

Long-Term Supplementation of GABA Regulates Growth, Food Intake, Locomotion, and Lipid Metabolism by Increasing Ghrelin and Growth Hormone in Adolescent Mice.

Begazo-Jimenez R, Yu A, Gros R, Lu WY

Nutrients2025

DOI: 10.3390/nu17101634 PMID: 40431374

A century of exercise physiology: key concepts in neural control of the circulation.

Shoemaker JK, Gros R

European journal of applied physiology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00421-024-05451-0 PMID: 38441688

Sex-dependent cholinergic effects on amyloid pathology: A translational study.

German-Castelan L, Shanks HRC, Gros R, Saito T, Saido TC, Saksida LM, Bussey TJ, Prado MAM, Schmitz TW, Prado VF, Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle flagship study of ageing

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2024

DOI: 10.1002/alz.13481 PMID: 37846816

CaV3.1 channels facilitate calcium wave generation and myogenic tone development in mouse mesenteric arteries.

El-Lakany MA, Haghbin N, Arora N, Hashad AM, Mironova GY, Sancho M, Gros R, Welsh DG

Scientific reports2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47715-3 PMID: 37989780

High levels of lipoprotein(a) in transgenic mice exacerbate atherosclerosis and promote vulnerable plaque features in a sex-specific manner.

Assini JM, Clark JR, Youssef A, Xing C, Doerfler AM, Park SH, Saxena L, Yaseen AB, Børen J, Gros R, Bao G, Lagor WR, Boffa MB, Koschinsky ML

Atherosclerosis2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.05.019 PMID: 37290980

Minimal Kidney Disease Phenotype in Shroom3 Heterozygous Null Mice

Lawlor A, Cunanan K, Cunanan J, Paul A, Khalili H, Ko D, Khan A, Gros R, Drysdale T, Bridgewater D

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease20238 citations

DOI: 10.1177/20543581231165716

Correlation of functional and radioligand binding characteristics of GPER ligands confirming aldosterone as a GPER agonist.

Ding Q, Chorazyczewski J, Gros R, Motulsky HJ, Limbird LE, Feldman RD

Pharmacology research & perspectives2022

DOI: 10.1002/prp2.995 PMID: 36065843

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Robert Gros

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Beyond cancer: breast cancer gene 2 emerges as a new player in atherosclerosis.

From cells to organism: Impact of dyslipidemia on inwardly rectifying K+ channels and cerebral vascular function.

STIP1 signaling drives protein synthesis in pathological cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.

Long-Term Supplementation of GABA Regulates Growth, Food Intake, Locomotion, and Lipid Metabolism by Increasing Ghrelin and Growth Hormone in Adolescent Mice.

A century of exercise physiology: key concepts in neural control of the circulation.

Sex-dependent cholinergic effects on amyloid pathology: A translational study.

CaV3.1 channels facilitate calcium wave generation and myogenic tone development in mouse mesenteric arteries.

High levels of lipoprotein(a) in transgenic mice exacerbate atherosclerosis and promote vulnerable plaque features in a sex-specific manner.

Minimal Kidney Disease Phenotype in Shroom3 Heterozygous Null Mice

Correlation of functional and radioligand binding characteristics of GPER ligands confirming aldosterone as a GPER agonist.

Novel Mechanisms in Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy

Novel Mechanisms in Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy

Novel Mechanisms in Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy

The role of neuronal and non-neuronal acetylcholine in cardiac regulation and remodelling

Frequent collaborators

Maria Drangova

Qingping Feng

Silvia Penuela

Robert Bartha

Peter Chidiac

Rithwik Ramachandran

Kibret Mequanint

Wataru Inoue

Amin Rizkalla

Jean-François Thibodeau

Amira Klip

Richard Leduc

Gregory Steinberg

Wei-Yang Lu

Lauren Flynn

Thomas Drysdale

Darren Bridgewater

Frank Beier