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2018 Publications

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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Epidemiology & Human Genetics

Gerontology

Molecular Medicine

Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Neuroscience

Physical Rehabilitation Science

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Jennifer Mariano

Portney BA, Khatri R, Meltzer WA, Mariano JM, Zalzman M. ZSCAN4 is negatively regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system and the E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF20. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018 Mar 25;498(1):72-78. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.155.

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Epidemiology & Human Genetics

Matthew Adams

Yaqoob A, Khattak AA, Nadeem MF, Fatima H, Mbambo G, Ouattara A, Adams M, Zeeshan N, Takala-Harrison S. Prevalence of molecular markers of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from Pakistan. Malar J. 2018 Dec 17;17(1):471. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2620-y.

Ouattara A, Tran TM, Doumbo S, Adams M, Agrawal S, Niangaly A, Nelson-Owens S, Doumtabé D, Tolo Y, Ongoiba A, Takala-Harrison S, Traoré B, Silva JC, Crompton PD, Doumbo OK, Plowe CV. Extent and Dynamics of Polymorphism in the Malaria Vaccine Candidate Plasmodium falciparum Reticulocyte-Binding Protein Homologue-5 in Kalifabougou, Mali. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jul;99(1):43-50. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0737.

Travassos MA, Niangaly A, Bailey JA, Ouattara A, Coulibaly D, Lyke KE, Laurens MB, Pablo J, Jasinskas A, Nakajima R, Berry AA, Adams M, Jacob CG, Pike A, Takala-Harrison S, Liang L, Kouriba B, Kone AK, Rowe JA, Moulds J, Diallo DA, Doumbo OK, Thera MA, Felgner PL, Plowe CV. Children with cerebral malaria or severe malarial anaemia lack immunity to distinct variant surface antigen subsets. Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 19;8(1):6281. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24462-4.

Kimberly Claeys

Claeys KC, Schlaffer KE, Heil EL, Leekha S, Johnson JK. Validation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship-Driven Verigene Blood-Culture Gram-Negative Treatment Algorithm to Improve Appropriateness of Antibiotics. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 15;5(10):ofy233. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy233.

Gallagher JC, Satlin MJ, Elabor A, Saraiya N, McCreary EK, Molnar E, El-Beyrouty C, Jones BM, Dixit D, Heil EL, Claeys KC, Hiles J, Vyas NM, Bland CM, Suh J, Biason K, McCoy D, King MA, Richards L, Harrington N, Guo Y, Chaudhry S, Lu X, Yu D. Ceftolozane-Tazobactam for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections: A Multicenter Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 31;5(11):ofy280. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy280.

Heil EL, Claeys KC, Mynatt RP, Hopkins TL, Brade K, Watt I, Rybak MJ, Pogue JM. Making the change to area under the curve-based vancomycin dosing. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2018 Dec 15;75(24):1986-1995. doi: 10.2146/ajhp180034.

Claeys KC, Zasowski EJ, Lagnf AM, Sabagha N, Levine DP, Davis SL, Rybak MJ. Development of a Risk-Scoring Tool to Determine Appropriate Level of Care in Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections in an Acute Healthcare Setting. Infect Dis Ther. 2018 Dec;7(4):495-507. doi: 10.1007/s40121-018-0212-3.

Heavner MS, Claeys KC, Masich AM, Gonzales JP. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Considerations of Antibiotics of Last Resort in Treating Gram-Negative Infections in Adult Critically Ill Patients. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2018 Apr 5;20(5):10. doi: 10.1007/s11908-018-0614-0.

Masich AM, Heavner MS, Gonzales JP, Claeys KC. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Considerations of Beta-Lactam Antibiotics in Adult Critically Ill Patients. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2018 Apr 4;20(5):9. doi: 10.1007/s11908-018-0613-1.

Claeys KC, Hopkins TL, Vega AD, Heil EL. Fluoroquinolone Restriction as an Effective Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2018 Mar 23;20(5):7. doi: 10.1007/s11908-018-0615-z.

Pogue JM, Heil EL, Lephart P, Johnson JK, Mynatt RP, Salimnia H, Claeys KC. An Antibiotic Stewardship Program Blueprint for Optimizing Verigene BC-GN within an Institution: a Tale of Two Cities. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Apr 26;62(5):e02538-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02538-17.

Trinh TD, Zasowski EJ, Claeys KC, Casapao AM, Compton M, Lagnf A, Kidambi SD, Levine DP, Rybak MJ. Role of Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations by Modified Population Analysis Profile Method and Clinical Outcomes in High Inoculum Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections. Infect Dis Ther. 2018 Mar;7(1):161-169. doi: 10.1007/s40121-018-0187-0.

Claeys KC, Heil EL, Pogue JM, Lephart PR, Johnson JK. The Verigene dilemma: gram-negative polymicrobial bloodstream infections and clinical decision making. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Jun;91(2):144-146. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.01.012.

Claeys KC, Zasowski EJ, Trinh TD, Lagnf AM, Davis SL, Rybak MJ. Antimicrobial Stewardship Opportunities in Critically Ill Patients with Gram-Negative Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Analysis. Infect Dis Ther. 2018 Mar;7(1):135-146. doi: 10.1007/s40121-017-0179-5.

Smith JR, Frens JJ, Snider CB, Claeys KC. Impact of a pharmacist-driven care package on Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia management in a large community healthcare network: A propensity score-matched, quasi-experimental study. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Jan;90(1):50-54. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.10.001.

Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria

Kibria GMA, Swasey K, Kc A, Mirbolouk M, Sakib MN, Sharmeen A, Chadni MJ, Stafford KA. Estimated Change in Prevalence of Hypertension in Nepal Following Application of the 2017 ACC/AHA Guideline. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 Jul 6;1(3):e180606. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0606.

Kibria GMA, Swasey K, Sharmeen A, Sakib MN, Burrowes V. Prevalence and associated factors of pre-hypertension and hypertension in Nepal: Analysis of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Health Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 10;1(10):e83. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.83.

Kibria GMA, Swasey K, Hasan MZ, Choudhury A, Gupta RD, Abariga SA, Sharmeen A, Burrowes V. Determinants of hypertension among adults in Bangladesh as per the Joint National Committee 7 and 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Hypertension Association hypertension guidelines. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2018 Nov;12(11):e45-e55. doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2018.10.004.

Kibria GMA, Swasey K, Choudhury A, Burrowes V, Stafford KA, Uddin SMI, Mirbolouk M, Sharmeen A, Kc A, Mitra DK. The new 2017 ACC/AHA guideline for classification of hypertension: changes in prevalence of hypertension among adults in Bangladesh. J Hum Hypertens. 2018 Sep;32(8-9):608-616. doi: 10.1038/s41371-018-0080-z.

Kibria GMA, Burrowes V, Choudhury A, Sharmeen A, Ghosh S, Mahmud A, Kc A. Determinants of early neonatal mortality in Afghanistan: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2015. Global Health. 2018 May 9;14(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0363-8.

Kibria GMA, Burrowes V, Choudhury A, Sharmeen A, Ghosh S, Kalbarczyk A. A comparison of practices, distributions and determinants of birth attendance in two divisions with highest and lowest skilled delivery attendance in Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 May 2;18(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1770-9.

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Gerontology

Rachel McPherson

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Molecular Medicine

Robert Brown

Zhou H, Yang R, Wang W, Xu F, Xi Y, Brown RA, Zhang H, Shi L, Zhu D, Gong DW. Fc-apelin fusion protein attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced liver injury in mice. Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 30;8(1):11428. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29491-7.

Kevin Herold

Kilander MBC, Wang CH, Chang CH, Nestor JE, Herold K, Tsai JW, Nestor MW, Lin YC. A rare human CEP290 variant disrupts the molecular integrity of the primary cilium and impairs Sonic Hedgehog machinery. Sci Rep. 2018 Nov 26;8(1):17335. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35614-x.

McCarthy MM, Herold K, Stockman SL. Fast, furious and enduring: Sensitive versus critical periods in sexual differentiation of the brain. Physiol Behav. 2018 Apr 1;187:13-19. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.10.030.

Tierra Johnson

Mukhopadhyay S, Johnson TA, Sarkar R, Antalis TM. Serpins in Venous Thrombosis and Venous Thrombus Resolution. Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1826:197-211. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8645-3_13.

Jenna Leser

Snell NE, Rao VP, Seckinger KM, Liang J, Leser J, Mancini AE, Rizzo MA. Homotransfer of FRET Reporters for Live Cell Imaging. Biosensors (Basel). 2018 Oct 11;8(4):89. doi: 10.3390/bios8040089.

Allison Mancini

Snell NE, Rao VP, Seckinger KM, Liang J, Leser J, Mancini AE, Rizzo MA. Homotransfer of FRET Reporters for Live Cell Imaging. Biosensors (Basel). 2018 Oct 11;8(4):89. doi: 10.3390/bios8040089.

Seckinger KM, Rao VP, Snell NE, Mancini AE, Markwardt ML, Rizzo MA. Nitric Oxide Activates β-Cell Glucokinase by Promoting Formation of the "Glucose-Activated" State. Biochemistry. 2018 Aug 28;57(34):5136-5144. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00333.

Trevor Mathias

Pratt SJP, Hernández-Ochoa EO, Lee RM, Ory EC, Lyons JS, Joca HC, Johnson A, Thompson K, Bailey P, Lee CJ, Mathias T, Vitolo MI, Trudeau M, Stains JP, Ward CW, Schneider MF, Martin SS. Real-time scratch assay reveals mechanisms of early calcium signaling in breast cancer cells in response to wounding. Oncotarget. 2018 May 18;9(38):25008-25024. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.25186.

Nisha Pawar

Kessler MD, Pawar NR, Martin SS, Antalis TM, O'Connor TD. Improving Cancer Detection and Treatment with Liquid Biopsies and ptDNA. Trends Cancer. 2018 Sep;4(9):643-654. doi: 10.1016/j.trecan.2018.07.004.

Camilo Vanegas

Hernández-Ochoa EO, Melville Z, Vanegas C, Varney KM, Wilder PT, Melzer W, Weber DJ, Schneider MF. Loss of S100A1 expression leads to Ca2+ release potentiation in mutant mice with disrupted CaM and S100A1 binding to CaMBD2 of RyR1. Physiol Rep. 2018 Aug;6(15):e13822. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13822.

Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Jessica Allen

Baliban SM, Allen JC, Curtis B, Amin MN, Lees A, Rao RN, Naidu G, Venkatesan R, Rao DY, Mohan VK, Ella KM, Levine MM, Simon R. Immunogenicity and Induction of Functional Antibodies in Rabbits Immunized with a Trivalent Typhoid-Invasive Nontyphoidal Salmonella Glycoconjugate Formulation. Molecules. 2018 Jul 17;23(7):1749. doi: 10.3390/molecules23071749.

Emily Flowers

Neely HR, Guo J, Flowers EM, Criscitiello MF, Flajnik MF. "Double-duty" conventional dendritic cells in the amphibian Xenopus as the prototype for antigen presentation to B cells. Eur J Immunol. 2018 Mar;48(3):430-440. doi: 10.1002/eji.201747260.

Flowers EM, Johnson AF, Aguilar R, Schott EJ. Prevalence of the pathogenic crustacean virus Callinectes sapidus reovirus 1 near flow-through blue crab aquaculture in Chesapeake Bay, USA. Dis Aquat Organ. 2018 Jul 4;129(2):135-144. doi: 10.3354/dao03232

Gillian Mbambo

Yaqoob A, Khattak AA, Nadeem MF, Fatima H, Mbambo G, Ouattara A, Adams M, Zeeshan N, Takala-Harrison S. Prevalence of molecular markers of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from Pakistan. Malar J. 2018 Dec 17;17(1):471. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2620-y.

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Neuroscience

Jason Alipio

Tooley J, Marconi L, Alipio JB, Matikainen-Ankney B, Georgiou P, Kravitz AV, Creed MC. Glutamatergic Ventral Pallidal Neurons Modulate Activity of the Habenula-Tegmental Circuitry and Constrain Reward Seeking. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 15;83(12):1012-1023. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.01.003.

Iñiguez SD, Flores-Ramirez FJ, Riggs LM, Alipio JB, Garcia-Carachure I, Hernandez MA, Sanchez DO, Lobo MK, Serrano PA, Braren SH, Castillo SA. Vicarious Social Defeat Stress Induces Depression-Related Outcomes in Female Mice. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 1;83(1):9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.07.014.

Jamila Asgar

Da Silva JT, Zhang Y, Asgar J, Ro JY, Seminowicz DA. Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls and brain networks are modulated in a testosterone-dependent manner in Sprague Dawley rats. Behav Brain Res. 2018 Sep 3;349:91-97. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.04.055.

Sam Bacharach

Bacharach SZ, Nasser HM, Zlebnik NE, Dantrassy HM, Kochli DE, Gyawali U, Cheer JF, Calu DJ. Cannabinoid receptor-1 signaling contributions to sign-tracking and conditioned reinforcement in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Oct;235(10):3031-3043. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-4993-6.

Nasser HM, Lafferty DS, Lesser EN, Bacharach SZ, Calu DJ. Disconnection of basolateral amygdala and insular cortex disrupts conditioned approach in Pavlovian lever autoshaping. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2018 Jan;147:35-45. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.11.010.

Poorna Dharmasri

Divakaruni SS, Van Dyke AM, Chandra R, LeGates TA, Contreras M, Dharmasri PA, Higgs HN, Lobo MK, Thompson SM, Blanpied TA. Long-Term Potentiation Requires a Rapid Burst of Dendritic Mitochondrial Fission during Induction. Neuron. 2018 Nov 21;100(4):860-875.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.025.

White MG, Panicker M, Mu C, Carter AM, Roberts BM, Dharmasri PA, Mathur BN. Anterior Cingulate Cortex Input to the Claustrum Is Required for Top-Down Action Control. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):84-95. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.12.023.

Andrew Furman

Furman AJ, Meeker TJ, Rietschel JC, Yoo S, Muthulingam J, Prokhorenko M, Keaser ML, Goodman RN, Mazaheri A, Seminowicz DA. Cerebral peak alpha frequency predicts individual differences in pain sensitivity. Neuroimage. 2018 Feb 15;167:203-210. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.11.042.

Utsav Gyawali

Bacharach SZ, Nasser HM, Zlebnik NE, Dantrassy HM, Kochli DE, Gyawali U, Cheer JF, Calu DJ. Cannabinoid receptor-1 signaling contributions to sign-tracking and conditioned reinforcement in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Oct;235(10):3031-3043. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-4993-6.

Wenzel JM, Oleson EB, Gove WN, Cole AB, Gyawali U, Dantrassy HM, Bluett RJ, Dryanovski DI, Stuber GD, Deisseroth K, Mathur BN, Patel S, Lupica CR, Cheer JF. Phasic Dopamine Signals in the Nucleus Accumbens that Cause Active Avoidance Require Endocannabinoid Mobilization in the Midbrain. Curr Biol. 2018 May 7;28(9):1392-1404.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.037.

Samuel Krimmel

Qadir H, Krimmel SR, Mu C, Poulopoulos A, Seminowicz DA, Mathur BN. Structural Connectivity of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Claustrum, and the Anterior Insula of the Mouse. Front Neuroanat. 2018 Nov 26;12:100. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00100.

Lindsay Pickett

Lenz KM, Pickett LA, Wright CL, Davis KT, Joshi A, McCarthy MM. Mast Cells in the Developing Brain Determine Adult Sexual Behavior. J Neurosci. 2018 Sep 12;38(37):8044-8059. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1176-18.2018.

VanRyzin JW, Pickett LA, McCarthy MM. Microglia: Driving critical periods and sexual differentiation of the brain. Dev Neurobiol. 2018 Jun;78(6):580-592. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22569.

Houman Qadir

Qadir H, Krimmel SR, Mu C, Poulopoulos A, Seminowicz DA, Mathur BN. Structural Connectivity of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Claustrum, and the Anterior Insula of the Mouse. Front Neuroanat. 2018 Nov 26;12:100. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00100.

Austin Ramsey

Cijsouw T, Ramsey AM, Lam TT, Carbone BE, Blanpied TA, Biederer T. Mapping the Proteome of the Synaptic Cleft through Proximity Labeling Reveals New Cleft Proteins. Proteomes. 2018 Nov 28;6(4):48. doi: 10.3390/proteomes6040048.

Lace Riggs

Zanos P, Moaddel R, Morris PJ, Riggs LM, Highland JN, Georgiou P, Pereira EFR, Albuquerque EX, Thomas CJ, Zarate CA Jr, Gould TD. Ketamine and Ketamine Metabolite Pharmacology: Insights into Therapeutic Mechanisms. Pharmacol Rev. 2018 Jul;70(3):621-660. doi: 10.1124/pr.117.015198.

Iñiguez SD, Flores-Ramirez FJ, Riggs LM, Alipio JB, Garcia-Carachure I, Hernandez MA, Sanchez DO, Lobo MK, Serrano PA, Braren SH, Castillo SA. Vicarious Social Defeat Stress Induces Depression-Related Outcomes in Female Mice. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 1;83(1):9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.07.014.

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Physical Rehabilitation Science

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