School of Medicine Basic Sciences departments

Biochemistry

• Expanding the binding space of argonaute-2: incorporation of either E or Z isomers of 6′-vinylphosphonate at the 5′ end of the antisense strand improves RNAi activity. Chemical Communications.
  Dhrubajyoti Datta*, Jayanta Kundu, Patrick Miller, Mehreen Khan, Juan Salinas, June Qin, Sarah LeBlanc, Tuyen Nguyen, Haiyan Peng, Christopher Theile, Martin Egli, Muthiah Manoharan*.
  
  
• The BCL-2 protein family: from discovery to drug development. Cell Death & Differentiation.
  Carlo Croce*, David Vaux*, Andreas Strasser*, Joseph Opferman*, Peter Czabotar*, Stephen Fesik*.
  
  
• Mode of action approach supports a lack of carcinogenic potential of six organic UV filters. Critical Reviews in Toxicology.
  Samuel Cohen*, Alan Boobis, David Jacobson-Kram, Rita Schoeny, Thomas Rosol, Gary Williams, Norbert Kaminski, Gary Eichenbaum, F Peter Guengerich, J Nash.
  
  

Cell and Developmental Biology

• Blebbisomes are large, organelle-rich extracellular vesicles withcell-like properties. Nature Cell Biology.
  Dennis Jeppesen*, Zachary Sanchez*, Noah Kelley, James Hayes, Jessica Ambroise, Emma Koory, Evan Krystofiak, Nilay Taneja, Qin Zhang, Matthew Dungan, Olivia Perkins, Matthew Tyska, Ela Knapik, Amanda Doran, Robert Coffey, Dylan Burnette*.
  
  Supported by the Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource and the Proteomics Core.
  
  School of Medicine Basic Sciences: Exploring a New Frontier in Cell Communication: A Q&A with the Burnette Lab on Blebbisomes
  

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

• The transcription factor ZNF469 regulates collagen production in liver fibrosis. JCI Insight.
  Sebastian Steinhauser, David Estoppey, Dennis Buehler, Yanhua Xiong, Nicolas Pizzato, Amandine Rietsch, Fabian Wu, Nelly Leroy, Tiffany Wunderlin, Isabelle Claerr, Philipp Tropberger, Miriam Müller, Alexandra Vissieres, Lindsay Davison, Eric Farber-Eger, Quinn Wells, Quanhu Sheng, Sebastian Bergling, Sophia Wild, Pierre Moulin, Jiancong Liang, Wayne English, Brandon Williams, Judith Knehr, Marc Altorfer, Alejandro Reyes, Johannes Voshol, Craig Mickanin, Dominic Hoepfner, Florian Nigsch, Mathias Frederiksen, Charles Flynn*, Barna Fodor*, Jonathan Brown*, Christian Kolter*.
  
  
• Increased cGMP improves microvascular exercise training adaptations in diet-induced obesity. American Journal of Physiology.
  Nathan Winn*, David Cappel, Ethan Pollack, Louise Lantier, Jillian Riveros, Deanna Bracy, Joshua Beckman, David Wasserman.
  
  
• Automating the Addiction Behaviors Checklist for Problematic Opioid Use Identification. JAMA Psychiatry.
  Angus Chatham*, Eli Bradley*, Vanessa Troiani, Donielle Beiler, Parker Christy, Lori Schirle, Sandra Sanchez-Roige, David Samuels, Alvin Jeffery*.
  
  
• Beta 2 adrenergic receptor gene methylation activates innate lymphoid cells to drive hypertension in lymphocyte deficient hosts. Cariovascular Research.
  Wei Chen*, Sara Perrotta, Liang Xiao, Lorenzo Carnevale, Marwa Abd-ElDayem, Elizabeth Hennen, Luis Rivera-Medina, David Patrick, Mingfang Ao, Fabio Pallante, Azzurra Zonfrilli, Shilin Zhao, Agnese Migliaccio, Lan Lan, Stefania Fardella, Giuseppe Sciumè, Francesco Mastroiacovo, Giuseppe Lembo, Daniela Carnevale*, David Harrison.
  
  
• Association of Delirium with Increased Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.
  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
  Yubo Feng*, Chao Yan, Yuankai Huo, Bingshan Li, Zhongliang Zu, Michael Smith, Mayur Patel, You Chen*.

Pharmacology

• The risk of donor-acquired allergy in solid-organ transplant recipients. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology.
  Erika Yue Lee*, Kaylee Sohng, Lianne Singer, Susan Tarlo, Elizabeth Phillips.
  
  
• Characterizing the Cellular Properties of Fasciola Cinereum Neurons (P3-9.013). Neurology.
  Simra Kazimuddin, Janaie Sandoval, Quynh Anh Nguyen.
  
  
• Richardson’s law and the origins of alcohol research. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  Snigdha Mukerje*, Cody Siciliano*.
  

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