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MD/PhD Alumni Profiles                    MD/PhD Alumni Publications and News of Note

Since its inception, the University of Kentucky has produced leaders in their fields. Among the many honors achieved by UK's 170,000 alumni, there are two winners of the Nobel Prize and five Pulitzer Prize winners. Alumni are truly the pride of the University of Kentucky. They are our source of strength and one of the University's greatest resources. Their achievements illustrate not only the quality of student that the University attracts, but also the quality of graduate it produces. Worldwide, alumni are living testaments to UK's mission, its dedicated faculty and staff and the power of an outstanding education. For many of our alumni, their education at UK made a difference in their life and is now making a difference in the lives of others.

MD/PhD Alumni Profiles

Gregory N Barnes, MD, PhD
MD (1992)
PhD, Biochemistry (1990)
"The role of Ca+2 dependent protein kinases and protein phosphatase 2A in the kindling model of epilepsy"
Mentor: TC Vanaman
Residency: Pediatrics, Washington University/St. Louis Children's Hospital; Child Neurology and Pediatric Epilepsy, Children's Hospital of Boston/Harvard Longwood Neurology Residency Program
Fellowship: Epilepsy, Duke University
Current: Assistant Professor, Neurology, Vanderbilt University

Gregory E Cooper, MD, PhD
MD (1994)
PhD, Microbiology (1992)
Mentor: MS Turker
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Residency: Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Fellowship: Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky; Physician, Lexington Clinic

Brian K Day, MD, PhD
MD (2007)
PhD, Anatomy & Neurobiology (2005)
"Microelectrode array studies of normal and disease-altered L-glutamate regulation in the mammalian central nervous system"
Mentor: GA Gerhardt
Residency: Neurology, Washington University

Dena Dubal, MD, PhD
MD (2003)
PhD, Physiology (2001)
"Estradiol Protects the Brain Against Stroke Injury: Potential Mechanisms of Action"
Mentor: PM Wise
Internship: University of California, San Francisco
Residency: Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship, Clinical: Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco (Bruce Miller, MD)
Fellowship, Postdoctoral: Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (Lennart Mucke, MD)
Current: Staff Scientist, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease;
Assistant Adjunct Professor, (in progress), Neurology, University of California, San Francisco

Karrie Grear, MD, PhD
MD (2010)
PhD, Physiology (2008)
"Uncoupling protein-2 splicing efficiency and human disease"
Mentor: GS Estus
Residency: Neurology, Wake Forest University

Christina S Hines, MD, PhD
MD (2005)
PhD, Biochemistry (2003)
"X-ray crystallographic and functional studies on the neuropeptidase neurolysin"
Mentor: DW Rodgers
Residency: Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University

Joshua L Hood, MD, PhD
MD (2006)
PhD, Immunology (2004)
"The association of calpain and its regulatory proteins with the endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus"
Mentor: TL Roszman
Residency: Pathology, Washington University, St. Louis
Fellowship, Postdoctoral: Nanomedicine, Washington University, St. Louis
Current: Faculty, Consortium for Translational Research and Advanced Imaging in Nanomedicine (C-TRAIN),
Washington University, St. Louis

Erin L Manning, MD, PhD
MD (2006)
PhD, Physiology (2002)
"Regulation of telomere length in murine hematopoietic cells"
Mentor: GE Van Zant
Internship: Surgery, University of Kentucky
Residency: Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky
Current: Faculty, Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky

Michael W Manning, MD, PhD
MD (2006)
PhD, Physiology (2002)
"Differential effects of doxycycline, a broad spectrum inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases"
Mentor: A Daugherty
Internship: Surgery, University of Kentucky
Residency: Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky
Current: Faculty, Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky

Melisa W Mullins, MD, PhD
MD (1999)
PhD, Microbiology (1997)
Mentor: Snow
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital
Fellowship: University of Michigan
Current: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Michigan State University

Xuan Nguyen, MD, PhD
MD (2006)
PhD, Anatomy & Neurobiology (2007)
"Aging and the dynorphinergic system: evaluation of memory and motor systems in prodynorphin knockout mice"
Mentor: G Bing
Internship: Internal Medicine, The University Hospital, University of Cincinnati
Residency: Chief Resident, Diagnostic Radiology, Pathology, University of Kentucky

Mathew A Nicholls, MD, PhD
MD (1999)
PhD, Biochemistry (1997)
"MR studies of the acute response of the rhesus CNS to the neurotoxin MPTP"
Mentor: TC Vanaman
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, University of Kentucky
Current: Baptist Hospital (KY), Orthopedic Surgery; Kentucky Orthopaedic & Hand Surgeons

Shane W Rau, MD, PhD
MD (2004)
PhD, Physiology and Biophysics (2003)
"Mechanisms of estradiol-mediated protection against stroke-like injury"
Mentor: PM Wise
Internship: Psychiatry, University of Virginia Health System
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Virginia Health System
Current: Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill;
Clinical Director, Clinical Research Unit, Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, NC
Attending Psychiatrist, UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health

Janelle Reed
Janelle Reed, MD, PhD

MD (2009)
PhD, Anatomy & Neurobiology (2005)
"Alterations in proteasome subunit expression and influences on the inflammatory response"
Mentors: AJ Bruce-Keller and JN Keller
Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Kentucky




Mark A Wurth, MD, PhD

MD (2008)
PhD, Biochemistry (2006)
"Role of actin dynamics in paramyxovirus F mediated membrane fusion events"
Mentor: RE Dutch
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Kentucky

Jeff Yates
Jeff Yates, MD, PhD

MD (2010)
PhD, Physiology (2006)
"The genetic regulation of the response of hematopoietic stem/ progenitor cells to the cytostatic agent hydroxyurea"
Mentor: G Van Zant
Residency: Internal Medicine / Pediatrics, Indiana University




Kristine-S-Ziemba
Kristine S Ziemba, MD, PhD

MD (2008)
PhD, Physiology (2007)
"Targeting axon growth from neurons transplanted into the central nervous system"
Mentor: GM Smith
Residency: Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Arizona


Willie-Craft
Willie craft Jr., MD, PhD

MD (2011)
PhD, Biochemistry (2009)
"Investigation of the proteolytic processing of the hendra virus fusion protein"
Mentor: RE Dutch
Residency: Internal Medicine, Hahnemann University, Pennsylvania Hospital, Pennsylvania


Michelle-Stephens
Michelle Stephens, MD, PhD

MD (2011)
PhD, Anatomy & Neurobiology (2009)
"Glutamate regulation in the hippocampal trisynaptic pathway in aging and status epilepticus"
Mentor: GA Gerhardt
Residency: Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Ohio

 

Nirma-Ravi
Nirmal Ravi, MD, PhD

MD (2011)
PhD, Biomedical Engineering (2009)
"Regeneration of damaged growth plate using IGF_I plasmid releasing porous PLGA scaffolds"
Mentor: DA Puleo
Residency: Family Medicine, Providence Hospital, Georgetown, Washington D.C.


Romulo-Albuquerque
Romulo Albuquerque, MD, PhD

MD (2011)
PhD, Physiology (2009)
"Soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2: an endogenous inhibitor of lymphangiogenesis"
Mentor: J Ambati
Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Kentucky Hospital, Kentucky


James-Butler
James Butler, MD, PhD

MD (2011)
PhD, Microbiology & Immunology (2009)
"Mechanisms governing the zonal activity of alpha-fetoprotein enhancer EIII"
Mentor: BT Spear
Residency: Psychiatry, UT Southwestern, Texas

Natalie-Wallis
Natalie Wallis, MD, PhD

MD (2012)
PhD, Pharmacology (2010)
Mentor: MW Kilgore
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Kentucky Hospital, Kentucky

 


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MD/PhD Alumni Publications and News of Note

Ziemba, K.S. and Noe, K.H., 2010, "Treatment of epilepsy in postmenopausal women," Aging Health, 6: 87-96, (Epub).
By Kristine Ziemba, MD/PhD Alumnus, Class of 2008

A much appreciated hand-me-down (page 4)
UK Medicine, A publication of the UK College of Medicine (Summer 2008)
Formation of The Leadership Legacy Program by Janelle Reed (MD/PhD Alumnus, Class of 2009) and Erika Erlandson. A means of passing along advice from medical school class to class, this enrichment program complements the formal curriculum by enhancing professionalism, creativity, and leadership skills.

Gregory Barnes
Perdigoto AL, Chaudhry N, Barnes GN, Filbin MT, Carter BD. A novel role for PTEN in the inhibition of neurite outgrowth by myelin-associated glycoprotein in cortical neurons. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2011 Jan;46(1):235-44. Epub 2010 Sep 30.PubMed PMID: 20869442; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3018674.

Barnes GN, Paolicchi JM. Neuropsychiatric comorbidities in childhood absence epilepsy. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 Dec;4(12):650-1. Epub 2008 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 19015658.

Gant JC, Thibault O, Blalock EM, Yang J, Bachstetter A, Kotick J, Schauwecker PE, Hauser KF, Smith GM, Mervis R, Li Y, Barnes GN. Decreased number of
interneurons and increased seizures in neuropilin 2 deficient mice: implications for autism and epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2009 Apr;50(4):629-45. Epub 2008 Jul 24. PubMed PMID: 18657176; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2836361.

Yang J, Houk B, Shah J, Hauser KF, Luo Y, Smith G, Schauwecker E, Barnes GN. Genetic background regulates semaphorin gene expression and epileptogenesis in mouse brain after kainic acid status epilepticus. Neuroscience. 2005;131(4):853-69. PubMed PMID: 15749340.

Barnes GN, Slevin JT. Ionotropic glutamate receptor biology: effect on synaptic connectivity and function in neurological disease. Curr Med Chem. 2003 Oct;10(20):2059-72. Review. PubMed PMID: 12871085.

Barnes GN, Slevin JT, Vanaman TC. Rat brain protein phosphatase 2A: an enzyme that may regulate autophosphorylated protein kinases. J Neurochem. 1995
Jan;64(1):340-53. PubMed PMID: 7798931.

Gregory Cooper
Abner EL, Kryscio RJ, Cooper GE, Fardo DW, Jicha GA, Mendiondo MS, Nelson PT, Smith CD, Van Eldik LJ, Wan L, Schmitt FA. Mild cognitive impairment: statistical models of transition using longitudinal clinical data. Int J Alzheimers Dis.2012;2012:291920. Epub 2012 Mar 25. PubMed PMID: 22536535; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC3320090.

Jicha GA, Abner EL, Schmitt FA, Kryscio RJ, Riley KP, Cooper GE, Stiles N, Mendiondo MS, Smith CD, Van Eldik LJ, Nelson PT. Preclinical AD Workgroup
staging: pathological correlates and potential challenges. Neurobiol Aging. 2012 Mar;33(3):622.e1-622.e16. Epub 2011 Apr 19. PubMed PMID: 21507528; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3245887.

Riley KP, Jicha GA, Davis D, Abner EL, Cooper GE, Stiles N, Smith CD, Kryscio RJ, Nelson PT, Van Eldik LJ, Schmitt FA. Prediction of preclinical Alzheimer's disease: longitudinal rates of change in cognition. J Alzheimers Dis. 2011;25(4):707-17. PubMed PMID: 21498903; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3353267.

Grabowski TJ, Damasio H, Tranel D, Cooper GE, Ponto LL, Watkins GL, Hichwa RD. Residual naming after damage to the left temporal pole: a PET activation study. Neuroimage. 2003 Jul;19(3):846-60. PubMed PMID: 12880813.

Brian Day
Quintero JE, Day BK, Zhang Z, Grondin R, Stephens ML, Huettl P, Pomerleau F, Gash DM, Gerhardt GA. Amperometric measures of age-related changes in glutamate regulation in the cortex of rhesus monkeys. Exp Neurol. 2007 Dec;208(2):238-46. Epub 2007 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 17927982.

Burmeister JJ, Pomerleau F, Palmer M, Day BK, Huettl P, Gerhardt GA. Improved ceramic-based multisite microelectrode for rapid measurements of L-glutamate in the CNS. J Neurosci Methods. 2002 Sep 30;119(2):163-71. PubMed PMID: 12323420.

Dena Dubal
Harris JA, Koyama A, Maeda S, Ho K, Devidze N, Dubal DB, Yu GQ, Masliah E, Mucke L. Human P301L-Mutant Tau Expression in Mouse Entorhinal-Hippocampal
Network Causes Tau Aggregation and Presynaptic Pathology but No Cognitive Deficits. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e45881. Epub 2012 Sep 24. PubMed PMID: 23029293.

Cissé M, Halabisky B, Harris J, Devidze N, Dubal DB, Sun B, Orr A, Lotz G, Kim DH, Hamto P, Ho K, Yu GQ, Mucke L. Reversing EphB2 depletion rescues cognitive functions in Alzheimer model. Nature. 2011 Jan 6;469(7328):47-52. Epub 2010 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 21113149; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3030448.

Dubal DB, Mueller S, Ruben BS, Engstrom JW, Josephson SA. T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder following mycophenolate treatment for myasthenia gravis. Muscle Nerve. 2009 Jun;39(6):849-50. PubMed PMID: 19358236.

Cheng JS, Dubal DB, Kim DH, Legleiter J, Cheng IH, Yu GQ, Tesseur I, Wyss-Coray T, Bonaldo P, Mucke L. Collagen VI protects neurons against Abeta
toxicity. Nat Neurosci. 2009 Feb;12(2):119-21. Epub 2009 Jan 4. PubMed PMID: 19122666; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2812922.

Mueller S, Dubal DB, Josephson SA. A case of paraneoplastic myelopathy associated with the neuromyelitis optica antibody. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2008 May;4(5):284-8. Epub 2008 Mar 4. PubMed PMID: 18317500.

Dubal DB, Rau SW, Shughrue PJ, Zhu H, Yu J, Cashion AB, Suzuki S, Gerhold LM, Bottner MB, Dubal SB, Merchanthaler I, Kindy MS, Wise PM. Differential modulation of estrogen receptors (ERs) in ischemic brain injury: a role for ERalpha in estradiol-mediated protection against delayed cell death. Endocrinology. 2006 Jun;147(6):3076-84. Epub 2006 Mar 9. PubMed PMID: 16527848.

Wise PM, Dubal DB, Rau SW, Brown CM, Suzuki S. Are estrogens protective or risk factors in brain injury and neurodegeneration? Reevaluation after the Women's health initiative. Endocr Rev. 2005 May;26(3):308-12. Epub 2005 Apr 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 15851820.

Karrie Grear
Grear KE, Ling IF, Simpson JF, Furman JL, Simmons CR, Peterson SL, Schmitt FA, Markesbery WR, Liu Q, Crook JE, Younkin SG, Bu G, Estus S. Expression of SORL1 and a novel SORL1 splice variant in normal and Alzheimers disease brain. Mol Neurodegener. 2009 Nov 4;4:46. PubMed PMID: 19889229; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC2776013.

Christina Hines
Kreisl WC, Jenko KJ, Hines CS, Hyoung Lyoo C, Corona W, Morse CL, Zoghbi SS, Hyde T, Kleinman JE, Pike VW, McMahon FJ, Innis RB; the Biomarkers Consortium PET Radioligand Project Team. A genetic polymorphism for translocator protein 18 kDa affects both in vitro and in vivo radioligand binding in human brain to this putative biomarker of neuroinflammation. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2012 Sep 12. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.131. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22968319.

Zanotti-Fregonara P, Hines CS, Zoghbi SS, Liow JS, Zhang Y, Pike VW, Drevets WC, Mallinger AG, Zarate CA Jr, Fujita M, Innis RB. Population-based input
function and image-derived input function for [(11)C](R)-rolipram PET imaging: Methodology, validation and application to the study of major depressive disorder. Neuroimage. 2012 Aug 10;63(3):1532-1541. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.007. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22906792.

Fujita M, Hines CS, Zoghbi SS, Mallinger AG, Dickstein LP, Liow JS, Zhang Y, Pike VW, Drevets WC, Innis RB, Zarate CA Jr. Downregulation of Brain Phosphodiesterase Type IV Measured with (11)C-(R)-Rolipram Positron Emission Tomography in Major Depressive Disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Oct 1;72(7):548-54. Epub 2012 Jun 5. PubMed PMID: 22677471; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3438357.

Shrestha S, Hirvonen J, Hines CS, Henter ID, Svenningsson P, Pike VW, Innis RB. Serotonin-1A receptors in major depression quantified using PET: controversies, confounds, and recommendations. Neuroimage. 2012 Feb 15;59(4):3243-51. Epub 2011 Nov 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 22155042; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3288718.

Hines CS, Liow JS, Zanotti-Fregonara P, Hirvonen J, Morse C, Pike VW, Innis RB. Human biodistribution and dosimetry of ¹¹C-CUMI-101, an agonist radioligand for serotonin-1a receptors in brain. PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25309. Epub 2011 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 21980419; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3181260.

Joshua Hood
Hood JL, Jallouk AP, Campbell N, Ratner L, Wickline SA. Cytolytic nanoparticles attenuate HIV-1 infectivity. Antivir Ther. 2012 Sep 6. doi: 10.3851/IMP2346. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22954649.

Hood JL, Wickline SA. A systematic approach to exosome-based translational nanomedicine. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol. 2012 Jul-Aug;4(4):458-67. doi: 10.1002/wnan.1174. Epub 2012 May 30. PubMed PMID: 22648975.

Hood JL, San RS, Wickline SA. Exosomes released by melanoma cells prepare sentinel lymph nodes for tumor metastasis. Cancer Res. 2011 Jun 1;71(11):3792-801. Epub 2011 Apr 8. PubMed PMID: 21478294.

Pan H, Myerson JW, Ivashyna O, Soman NR, Marsh JN, Hood JL, Lanza GM, Schlesinger PH, Wickline SA. Lipid membrane editing with peptide cargo linkers in cells and synthetic nanostructures. FASEB J. 2010 Aug;24(8):2928-37. Epub 2010 Mar 24. PubMed PMID: 20335225; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2909291.

Hood JL, Pan H, Lanza GM, Wickline SA; Consortium for Translational Research in Advanced Imaging and Nanomedicine (C-TRAIN). Paracrine induction of
endothelium by tumor exosomes. Lab Invest. 2009 Nov;89(11):1317-28. Epub 2009 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 19786948; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3316485.

Hood JL, Eby CS. Evaluation of a prolonged prothrombin time. Clin Chem. 2008 Apr;54(4):765-8; discussion 768-9. PubMed PMID: 18375491.

Erin Manning
Fecho K, Manning EL, Maixner W, Schmitt CP. Effects of carrageenan and morphine on acute inflammation and pain in Lewis and Fischer rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Jan;21(1):68-78. Epub 2006 Apr 17. PubMed PMID: 16603335.

Manning EL, Crossland J, Dewey MJ, Van Zant G. Influences of inbreeding and genetics on telomere length in mice. Mamm Genome. 2002 May;13(5):234-8. PubMed PMID: 12016510.

Michael Manning
Urbas A, Manning MW, Daugherty A, Cassis LA, Lodder RA. Near-infrared spectrometry of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the ApoE-/- mouse. Anal Chem. 2003 Jul 15;75(14):3650-5. PubMed PMID: 14570222.

Manning MW, Cassis LA, Daugherty A. Differential effects of doxycycline, a broad-spectrum matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor, on angiotensin II-induced atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysms. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2003 Mar 1;23(3):483-8. Epub 2003 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 12615694.

Matthew Nicholls
Lawton JN, Nicholls MA, Charoglu CP. Immobilization for scaphoid fracture: forearm rotation in long arm thumb-spica versus Munster thumb-spica casts. Orthopedics. 2007 Aug;30(8):612-4. PubMed PMID: 17727015.

Nicholls MA, Lawton JN, Lawrence SJ. Radiologic case study. Radial shaft fracture, anterior interosseous nerve injury, and the presence of a foreign body within the soft tissues of the proximal forearm. Orthopedics. 2003 Jan;26(1):26,111-2. PubMed PMID: 12555829.

Nicholls MA, Selby JB, Hartford JM. Athletic activity after total joint replacement. Orthopedics. 2002 Nov;25(11):1283-7. Review. PubMed PMID: 12452348.

Shane Rau
Pedersen CA, Smedley KL, Leserman J, Jarskog LF, Rau SW, Kampov-Polevoi A, Casey RL, Fender T, Garbutt JC. Intranasal Oxytocin Blocks Alcohol Withdrawal in Human Subjects. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 Oct 1. doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01958.x. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23025690.

Pedersen CA, Gibson CM, Rau SW, Salimi K, Smedley KL, Casey RL, Leserman J, Jarskog LF, Penn DL. Intranasal oxytocin reduces psychotic symptoms and improves Theory of Mind and social perception in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2011 Oct;132(1):50-3. Epub 2011 Aug 15. PubMed PMID: 21840177.

Suzuki S, Gerhold LM, Böttner M, Rau SW, Dela Cruz C, Yang E, Zhu H, Yu J, Cashion AB, Kindy MS, Merchenthaler I, Gage FH, Wise PM. Estradiol enhances
neurogenesis following ischemic stroke through estrogen receptors alpha and beta. J Comp Neurol. 2007 Feb 20;500(6):1064-75. PubMed PMID: 17183542.

Janelle Reed
Weant KA, Bowers RC, Reed J, Braun KA, Dodd DM, Baker SN. Safety and cost-effectiveness of a clinical protocol implemented to standardize the use of Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab antivenom at an academic medical center. Pharmacotherapy. 2012 May;32(5):433-40. doi: 10.1002/j.1875-9114.2012.01026.x.Epub 2012 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 22467377.

Mark Wurth
Wurth MA, Schowalter RM, Smith EC, Moncman CL, Dutch RE, McCann RO. The actin cytoskeleton inhibits pore expansion during PIV5 fusion protein-promoted cell-cell fusion. Virology. 2010 Aug 15;404(1):117-26. PubMed PMID: 20537366; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2885465.

Jeff Yates
Yates JL, Makhoul FR, Skinner SC, Shashidhar H. Laparoscopic imaging of pancreatic agenesis with congenital absence of the gallbladder. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22270042.

Kristine Ziemba
Ziemba KS, Wellik KE, Hoffman-Snyder C, Noe KH, Demaerschalk BM, Wingerchuk DM. Timing of antiepileptic drug withdrawal in adult epilepsy patients after neocortical surgical resection: a critically appraised topic. Neurologist. 2011May;17(3):176-8. PubMed PMID: 21532391.

Ziemba KS, O'Carroll CB, Drazkowski JF, Wingerchuk DM, Hoffman-Snyder C, Wellik KE, Demaerschalk BM. Do antiepileptic drugs increase the risk of suicidality in adult patients with epilepsy?: a critically appraised topic. Neurologist. 2010 Sep;16(5):325-8. PubMed PMID: 20827125.

Romulo Albuquerque
Tarallo V, Hirano Y, Gelfand BD, Dridi S, Kerur N, Kim Y, Cho WG, Kaneko H, Fowler BJ, Bogdanovich S, Albuquerque RJ, Hauswirth WW, Chiodo VA, Kugel JF,
Goodrich JA, Ponicsan SL, Chaudhuri G, Murphy MP, Dunaief JL, Ambati BK, Ogura Y,Yoo JW, Lee DK, Provost P, Hinton DR, Núñez G, Baffi JZ, Kleinman ME, Ambati J. DICER1 loss and Alu RNA induce age-related macular degeneration via the NLRP3inflammasome and MyD88. Cell. 2012 May 11;149(4):847-59. Epub 2012 Apr 26. PubMed PMID: 22541070; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3351582.

Kleinman ME, Kaneko H, Cho WG, Dridi S, Fowler BJ, Blandford AD, Albuquerque RJ, Hirano Y, Terasaki H, Kondo M, Fujita T, Ambati BK, Tarallo V, Gelfand BD, Bogdanovich S, Baffi JZ, Ambati J. Short-interfering RNAs induce retinal degeneration via TLR3 and IRF3. Mol Ther. 2012 Jan;20(1):101-8. doi:10.1038/mt.2011.212. Epub 2011 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 21988875; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3255577.

Natalie Wallis
Zaytseva YY, Wallis NK, Southard RC, Kilgore MW. The PPARgamma antagonist T0070907 suppresses breast cancer cell proliferation and motility via both PPARgamma-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Anticancer Res. 2011 Mar;31(3):813-23. PubMed PMID: 21498701.

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