University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
This collection showcases journal articles, book chapters, and other publications and presentations written by faculty and researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Publications from 2013
Endocytic transport and cytokinesis: from regulation of the cytoskeleton to midbody inheritance, John Schiel, Carly Childs, and Rytis Prekeris
Change in Physical Activity after a Diabetes Diagnosis: Opportunity for Intervention, Kristin L. Schneider, Christopher Andrews, Kathleen M. Hovey, Rebecca A. Seguin, Todd Manini, Michael J. Lamonte, Karen L. Margolis, Molly E. Waring, Yi Ning, Stacy Sims, Yunsheng Ma, Judith K. Ockene, Marcia L. Stefanick, and Sherry L. Pagoto
DNA polymerases beta and lambda do not directly affect Ig variable region somatic hypermutation although their absence reduces the frequency of mutations, Carol E. Schrader, Erin K. Linehan, Anna J. Ucher, Barbara Bertocci, and Janet Stavnezer
Cancer-testis gene expression is associated with the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677 C>T polymorphism in non-small cell lung carcinoma, Kerem M. Senses, Mithat Gonen, Ahmet Rasim Barutcu, Zeynep Kalaylioglu, Murat Isbilen, Ozlen Konu, Yao T. Chen, Nasser K. Altorki, and Ali O. Gure
Systolic pulmonary and hepatic vein flow reversal due to pacemaker-induced retrograde ventriculoatrial conduction, Amir Y. Shaikh, Theo E. Meyer, Dionyssios A. Robotis, Gerard P. Aurigemma, and Dennis A. Tighe
Cochlear implant electrode failure secondary to silicone touch-up during device manufacturing, Weiru Shao
Alternative spliceosome assembly pathways revealed by single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, Inna Shcherbakova, Aaron A. Hoskins, Larry J. Friedman, Victor Serebrov, Ivan R. Correa Jr., Ming-Qun Xu, Jeff Gelles, and Melissa J. Moore
Tunable Near Infrared to Ultraviolet Upconversion Luminescence Enhancement in (alpha-NaYF :Yb,Tm)/CaF Core/Shell Nanoparticles for In situ Real-time Recorded Biocompatible Photoactivation, Jie Shen, Guanying Chen, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Samuel J. Kesseli, Steven Buchholz, Zhipeng Li, Paras N. Prasad, and Gang Han
Technical note: Skin thickness measurements using high-resolution flat-panel cone-beam dedicated breast CT, Linxi Shi, Srinivasan Vedantham, Andrew Karellas, and Avice M. O'Connell
Uncoupling protein 2 impacts endothelial phenotype via p53-mediated control of mitochondrial dynamics, Yukio Shimasaki, Ning Pan, Louis M. Messina, Chunying Li, Kai Chen, Lijun Liu, Marcus P. Cooper, Joseph A. Vita, and John F. Keaney Jr.
Improved detection rate of cytogenetic abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and other mature B-cell neoplasms with use of CpG-oligonucleotide DSP30 and interleukin 2 stimulation, Min Shi, Matthew J. Cipollini, Patricia Crowley-Bish, Anne W. Higgins, Hongbo Yu, and Patricia M. Miron
Atg6 is required for multiple vesicle trafficking pathways and hematopoiesis in Drosophila, Bhupendra V. Shravage, Jahda H. Hill, Christine M. Powers, Louisa Wu, and Eric H. Baehrecke
Mutations in STT3A and STT3B cause two congenital disorders of glycosylation, Shiteshu Shrimal, Bobby G. Ng, Marie-Estelle Losfeld, James R. Gilmore, and Hudson H. Freeze
Extreme C-terminal sites are posttranslocationally glycosylated by the STT3B isoform of the OST, Shiteshu Shrimal, Steven F. Trueman, and Reid Gilmore
Coordinated cell type-specific epigenetic remodeling in prefrontal cortex begins before birth and continues into early adulthood, Hennady P. Shulha, Iris Cheung, Yin Guo, Schahram Akbarian, and Zhiping Weng
Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain inflammasomes mediate IL-1beta response and host resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi infection, Grace Kelly Silva, Renata Sesti Costa, Tatiana Nunes Silveira, Braulia C. Caetano, Catarina Veltrini Horta, Fredy Roberto Gutierrez-Salazar, Paulo Marcos da Matta Guedes, Warrison A. Andrade, Mariana De Niz, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Dario Simoes Zamboni, and Joao Santana Silva
Recurrent and recent selective sweeps in the piRNA pathway, Alfred Simkin, Alex Wong, Yu-Ping Poh, William E. Theurkauf, and Jeffrey D. Jensen
The effect of postoperative stroke and myocardial infarction on long-term survival after carotid revascularization, Jessica P. Simons, Philip P. Goodney, Donald T. Baril, Brian W. Nolan, Nathanael Hevelone, Jack L. Cronenwett, Louis M. Messina, and Andres Schanzer
Increased cell-intrinsic excitability induces synaptic changes in new neurons in the adult dentate gyrus that require npas4, Shuyin Sim, Salome Antolin, Chia-Wei Lin, Yingxi Lin, and Carlos Lois
Mediation of smoking-associated postoperative mortality by perioperative complications in veterans undergoing elective surgery: data from Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP)--a cohort study, Jasvinder A. Singh, Mary T. Hawn, Elizabeth J. Campagna, William G. Henderson, Joshua S. Richman, and Thomas K. Houston
RAGE is a nucleic acid receptor that promotes inflammatory responses to DNA, Cherilyn M. Sirois, Tengchuan Jin, Allison L. Miller, Damien Bertheloot, Hirotaka Nakamura, Gabor Horvath, Abubakar Mian, Jiansheng Jiang, Jacob Schrum, Lukas Bossaller, Karin Pelka, Natalio Garbi, Yambasu Brewah, Jane Tian, ChewShun Chang, Partha S. Chowdhury, Gary P. Sims, Roland Kolbeck, Anthony J. Coyle, Alison A. Humbles, T. Sam Xiao, and Eicke Latz
Chronic kidney disease and outcomes in heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction: the Cardiovascular Research Network PRESERVE Study, David H. Smith, Micah L. Thorp, Jerry H. Gurwitz, David D. McManus, Robert J. Goldberg, Larry A. Allen, Grace Hsu, Sue Hee Sung, David J. Magid, and Alan S. Go
Does increasing insurance improve outcomes for US cancer patients, Jillian K. Smith, Sing Chau Ng, Zheng Zhou, James E. Carroll Jr., Theodore P. McDade, Shimul A. Shah, and Jennifer F. Tseng
A role for alpha4(non-alpha6)* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in motor behavior, Lindsey G. Soll, Sharon R. Grady, Outi Salminen, Michael J. Marks, and Andrew R. Tapper
Elevated levels of adiponectin and other cytokines in drug naive, first episode schizophrenia patients with normal weight, Xueqin Song, Xiaoduo Fan, Xinwen Song, Jianjiang Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xue Li, Jinsong Gao, Amy Harrington, Douglas M. Ziedonis, and Luxian Lv
Evolution of faculty affairs and faculty development offices in U.S. medical schools: a 10-year follow-up survey, Roberta E. Sonnino, Vivian Reznik, Luanne A. Thorndyke, Archana Chatterjee, Carlos F. Rios-Bedoya, Elza Mylona, Kathleen G. Nelson, Carol S. Weisman, Page S. Morahan, and William C. Wadland
Primary endpoints of the biventricular pacing after cardiac surgery trial, Henry M. Spotnitz, Santos E. Cabreriza, Daniel Y. Wang, T. Alexander Quinn, Bin Cheng, Lauren N. Bedrosian, Linda Aponte-Patel, and Craig R. Smith
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Problems and prospects, Jemeen Sreedharan and Robert H. Brown Jr.
Adaptive beta-cell proliferation increases early in high-fat feeding in mice, concurrent with metabolic changes, with induction of islet cyclin D2 expression, Rachel E. Stamateris, Rohit B. Sharma, Douglas A. Hollern, and Laura C. Alonso
Gene transfer to the CNS using recombinant adeno-associated virus, Lorelei Stoica, Seemin Seher Ahmed, Guangping Gao, and Miguel Sena-Esteves
Mesenchymal stem cells utilize CXCR4-SDF-1 signaling for acute, but not chronic, trafficking to gastric mucosal inflammation, Calin Stoicov, Hanchen Li, Jian Hua Liu, and JeanMarie Houghton
Jumping over the fence: RNA nuclear export revisited, Caterina Strambio-De-Castilla
Antigenic peptide trimming by ER aminopeptidases--insights from structural studies, Efstratios Stratikos and Lawrence J. Stern
Multipronged CD4(+) T-cell effector and memory responses cooperate to provide potent immunity against respiratory virus, Tara M. Strutt, K. Kai McKinstry, Nikki B. Marshall, Allen M. Vong, Richard W. Dutton, and Susan L. Swain
Generalized Spinous Follicular Lichen Nitidus with Perifollicular Granulomas, Heather S. Summe, Sheila M. Greenlaw, April Deng, Cynthia Magro, and Karen Wiss
Blasticidin S inhibits translation by trapping deformed tRNA on the ribosome, Egor Svidritskiy, Clarence Ling, Dmitri N. Ermolenko, and Andrei A. Korostelev
Immune senescence: new insights into defects but continued mystery of root causes, Susan L. Swain and Bonnie B. Blomberg
Dendritic GluN2A Synthesis Mediates Activity-Induced NMDA Receptor Insertion, Sharon A. Swanger, Yuncan A. He, Joel D. Richter, and Gary J. Bassell
Comparison of success rates using video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy by residents during a simulated pediatric emergency, Michael J. Sylvia, Louise S. Maranda, Kathryn L. Harris, Jennifer A. Thompson, and Barbara M. Walsh
Control of neutrophil inflammation at mucosal surfaces by secreted epithelial products, Rose L. Szabady and Beth A. McCormick
MicroRNAs in liver disease, Gyongyi Szabo and Shashi Bala
TYK2-STAT1-BCL2 Pathway Dependence in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Sanda Takaomi, Jeffrey W. Tyner, Alejandro Gutierrez, Vu N. Ngo, Jason Glover, Bill H. Chang, Arla Yost, Wenxue Ma, Angela G. Fleischman, Wenjun Zhou, Yandan Yang, Maria Kleppe, Yebin Ahn, Jessica Tatarek, Michelle A. Kelliher, Donna S. Neuberg, Ross L. Levine, Richard Moriggl, Mathias Muller, Nathanael S. Gray, Catriona H. M. Jamieson, Andrew P. Weng, Louis M. Staudt, Brian J. Druker, and A. Thomas Look
Role of noncontrast head CT in the assessment of vascular abnormalities in the emergency room, Deepak Takhtani, Sathish Kumar Dundamadappa, and Jeevak Almast
Health-care access and weight change among young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, Joyce W. Tang, Norrina Allen, Peter de Chavez, David C. Goff Jr., Catarina I. Kiefe, Cora E. Lewis, and Mercedes Carnethon
Development and evaluation of a crosswalk between the SF-36 physical functioning scale and Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index in rheumatoid arthritis, Peter M. ten Klooster, Martijn A. H. Oude Voshaar, Barbara Gandek, Matthias S. F. Rose, Jakob B. Bjorner, Erik Taal, Cees A. W. Glas, Piet L. C. M. van Riel, and Mart A. F. J. van de Laar
Cross-reactive human B cell and T cell epitopes between influenza A and B viruses, Masanori Terajima, Jenny Aurielle B. Babon, Mary Dawn T. Co, and Francis A. Ennis
The N-terminus of vaccinia virus host range protein C7L is essential for function, Masanori Terajima, Stina L. Urban, and Anita M. Leporati
Working hard: women's self-care practices in Ghana, Rosemary Theroux Dr., Robin Toft Klar, and Linda Messenger
Encouraging trends in acute myocardial infarction survival in the oldest old, Jennifer Tjia, Jeroan J. Allison, Jane S. Saczynski, Mayra Tisminetzky, Jane L. Givens, Kate L. Lapane, Darleen M. Lessard, and Robert J. Goldberg
Re-using Mini-Sentinel data following rapid assessments of potential safety signals via modular analytic programs, Sengwee Toh, Jerry Avorn, Ralph B. D'Agostino Sr., Jerry H. Gurwitz, Bruce M. Psaty, Kenneth J. Rothman, Kenneth G. Saag, Miriam C.J.M. Sturkenboom, Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Almut G. Winterstein, and Brian L. Strom
Use of antiepileptics for seizure prophylaxis after traumatic brain injury, Heather Torbic, Allison A. Forni, Kevin E. Anger, Jeremy R. Degrado, and Bonnie C. Greenwood
Translating the genomics revolution: the need for an international gene therapy consortium for monogenic diseases, Jacques P. Tremblay, Terence R. Flotte, and Guangping Gao
Identification of both copy number variation-type and constant-type core elements in a large segmental duplication region of the mouse genome, Juzoh Umemori, Akihiro Mori, Kenji Ichiyanagi, Takeaki Uno, and Tsuyoshi Koide
A pilot study of a primary prevention curriculum to address preschool behavior problems, Carole C. Upshur, Melodie Wenz-Gross, and George W. Reed
Relation of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide with diastolic function in hypertensive heart disease, Imran Uraizee, Susan Cheng, Chung-Lieh Hung, Anil Verma, James D. Thomas, Michael R. Zile, Gerard P. Aurigemma, and Scott D. Solomon
HIV-1 Nef responsiveness is determined by Env variable regions involved in trimer association and correlates with neutralization sensitivity, Yoshiko Usami and Heinrich G. Gottlinger
Advances in understanding the pathogenesis of HLH, G. Naheed Usmani, Bruce A. Woda, and Peter E. Newburger
Tuning innate immune activation by surface texturing of polymer microparticles: the role of shape in inflammasome activation, Christine Vaine, Milan K. Patel, Jintao Zhu, Eunji Lee, Robert W. Finberg, Ryan C. Hayward, and Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones
Characterization of FUS mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using RNA-Seq, Marka van Blitterswijk, Eric T. Wang, Brad A. Friedman, Pamela J. Keagle, Ashley Lyn Leclerc, Leonard H. van den Berg, David E. Housman, Jan H. Veldink, John E. Landers, and Patrick Lowe
Reduction of coil mass artifacts in high-resolution flat detector conebeam CT of cerebral stent-assisted coiling, Imramsjah M. J. van der Bom, Samuel Y. Hou, Ajit S. Puri, Gabriela Spilberg, D. Ruijters, P. van de Haar, B. Carelsen, Srinivasan Vedantham, Matthew J. Gounis, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
Frameless multimodal image guidance of localized convection-enhanced delivery of therapeutics in the brain, Imramsjah M. J. van der Bom, Richard P. Moser, Guangping Gao, Miguel Sena-Esteves, Neil Aronin, and Matthew J. Gounis
Viral antigen density and confinement time regulate the reactivity pattern of CD4 T-cell responses to vaccinia virus infection, Vijay Vanguri, Christopher Govern, Rebecca Smith, and Eric Huseby
Bending the cost curve? Results from a comprehensive primary care payment pilot, Sonal Vats, Arlene S. Ash, and Randall P. Ellis
X-ray phase contrast imaging of the breast: analysis of tissue simulating materials, Srinivasan Vedantham and Andrew Karellas
Dedicated breast CT: geometric design considerations to maximize posterior breast coverage, Srinivasan Vedantham, Andrew Karellas, Margaret M. Emmons, Lawrence J. Moss, Sarwat Hussain, and Stephen P. Baker
Scaling-law for the energy dependence of anatomic power spectrum in dedicated breast CT, Srinivasan Vedantham, Linxi Shi, Stephen J. Glick, and Andrew Karellas
SU9518 inhibits proliferative vitreoretinopathy in fibroblast and genetically modified Muller cell-induced rabbit models, Gisela Velez, Alexa R. Weingarden, Hetian Lei, Andrius Kazlauskas, and Guangping Gao
Segment self-repulsion is the major driving force of influenza genome packaging, Sergey V. Venev and Konstantin B. Zeldovich
Retinal gene delivery by rAAV and DNA electroporation, Aditya Venkatesh, Shan Ma, Fernanda Langellotto, Guangping Gao, and Claudio Punzo
A truncation allele in vascular endothelial growth factor c reveals distinct modes of signaling during lymphatic and vascular development, Jacques A. Villefranc, Stefania Nicoli, Katie Bentley, Michael Jeltsch, Georgia Zarkada, John C. Moore, Holger Gerhardt, Kari Alitalo, and Nathan D. Lawson
Cement directed kyphoplasty reduces cement leakage as compared with vertebroplasty: results of a controlled, randomized trial, Thomas J. Vogl, Robert Pflugmacher, Johannes Hierholzer, Gerd Stender, Matthew J. Gounis, Ajay K. Wakhloo, Christian Fiebig, and Renate Hammerstingl
Exploring angular distance in protein-protein docking algorithms, Thom Vreven, Howook Hwang, and Zhiping Weng
Performance of ZDOCK in CAPRI rounds 20-26, Thom Vreven, Brian G. Pierce, Howook Hwang, and Zhiping Weng
A DNA break- and phosphorylation-dependent positive feedback loop promotes immunoglobulin class-switch recombination, Bao Q. Vuong, Kayleigh Herrick-Reynolds, Bharat Vaidyanathan, Joseph N. Pucella, Anna J. Ucher, Nina M. Donghia, Xiwen Gu, Laura Nicolas, Urszula Nowak, Numa Rahman, Matthew P. Strout, Kevin D. Mills, Janet Stavnezer, and Jayanta Chaudhuri
Oncogenic RAS directs silencing of tumor suppressor genes through ordered recruitment of transcriptional repressors, Narendra Wajapeyee, Sunil K. Malonia, Rajendra Kumar Palakurthy, and Michael R. Green
Post-translational intracellular trafficking determines the type of immune response elicited by DNA vaccines expressing Gag antigen of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1), Aaron Wallace, Kim West, Alan L. Rothman, Francis A. Ennis, Shan Lu, and Shixia Wang
Validation of anaphylaxis in the Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel, Kathleen E. Walsh, Sarah L. Cutrona, Sarah Foy, Meghan A. Baker, Susan Forrow, Azadeh Shoaibi, Pamala A. Pawloski, Michelle Conroy, Andrew M. Fine, Lise E. Nigrovic, Nandini Selvam, Mano S. Selvan, William O. Cooper, and Susan E. Andrade
Inflammation in mice ectopically expressing human Pyogenic Arthritis, Pyoderma Gangrenosum, and Acne (PAPA) Syndrome-associated PSTPIP1 A230T mutant proteins, Donghai Wang, Susanne Hoing, Heide Christine Patterson, Umtul M. Ahmad, Vijay A. K. Rathinam, Klaus Rajewsky, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, and Douglas T. Golenbock
Challenges in sodium intake reduction and meal consumption patterns among participants with metabolic syndrome in a dietary trial, Jinsong Wang, Barbara C. Olendzki, Nicole M. Wedick, Gioia M. Persuitte, Annie L. Culver, Wenjun Li, Philip A. Merriam, James Carmody, Hua Julia Fang, Zhiying Zhang, Gin-Fei Olendzki, Liang Zheng, and Yunsheng Ma
Dietary Magnesium Intake Improves Insulin Resistance among Non-Diabetic Individuals with Metabolic Syndrome Participating in a Dietary Trial, Jinsong Wang, Gioia M. Persuitte, Barbara C. Olendzki, Nicole M. Wedick, Zhiying Zhang, Philip A. Merriam, Hua Julia Fang, James Carmody, Gin-Fei Olendzki, and Yunsheng Ma
Identification of Map4k4 as a novel suppressor of skeletal muscle differentiation, Mengxi Wang, Shinya U. Amano, Rachel J. Roth Flach, Anil Chawla, Myriam Aouadi, and Michael P. Czech
Beverage-consumption patterns and associations with metabolic risk factors among low-income Latinos with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, Monica L. Wang, Stephenie C. Lemon, Barbara C. Olendzki, and Milagros C. Rosal
Dietary and physical activity factors related to eating disorder symptoms among middle school youth, Monica Wang, Courtney E. Walls, Karen E. Peterson, Tracy K. Richmond, Jennifer L. Spadano-Gasbarro, Mary L. Greaney, Emily Blood, Solomon Mezgebu, Marie C. McCormick, S. V. Subramanian, and S. Bryn Austin
DNA immunization, Shixia Wang and Shan Lu
Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus pulmonary fungal infections in mice with (99m)Tc-labeled MORF oligomers targeting ribosomal RNA, Yuzhen Wang, Ling Chen, Xinrong Liu, Dengfeng Cheng, Guozheng Liu, Yuxia Liu, Shuping Dou, Donald J. Hnatowich, and Mary Rusckowski
A histone acetylation switch regulates H2A.Z deposition by the SWR-C remodeling enzyme, Shinya Watanabe, Marta Radman-Livaja, Oliver J. Rando, and Craig L. Peterson
Working as a team to improve patient care in the intensive care unit, Nicholas C. Watson and Johnny L. Isenberger
Dynamic Nucleosome Organization at hox Promoters during Zebrafish Embryogenesis, Steven Weicksel, Jia Xu, and Charles G. Sagerstrom
NK cells controlling virus-specific T cells: Rheostats for acute vs. persistent infections, Raymond M. Welsh and Stephen N. Waggoner
Closing the Feedback Loop: An Interactive Voice Response System to Provide Follow-up and Feedback in Primary Care Settings, James H. Willig, Marc Krawitz, Anantachai Panjamapirom, Midge N. Ray, Christa R. Nevin, Thomas M. English, Mark P. Cohen, and Eta S. Berner
Fever in the pediatric patient, Robyn Wing, Maya R. Dor, and Patricia A. McQuilkin
Pediatric head injury and concussion, Robyn Wing and Catherine A. James
Outcomes following resection of pancreatic cancer, Elan R. Witkowski, Jillian K. Smith, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Anti-IFN-gamma and peptide-tolerization therapies inhibit acute lung injury induced by cross-reactive influenza A-specific memory T cells, Myriam F. Wlodarczyk, Anke R. Kraft, Hong D. Chen, Laurie L. Kenney, and Liisa K. Selin
Identification of a novel variant of LMP-1 of EBV in patients with endemic Burkitt lymphoma in western Kenya, Eric M. Wohlford, Amolo S. Asito, Kiprotich Chelimo, Peter Odada Sumba, Paul C. Baresel, Rebecca A. Oot, Ann M. Moormann, and Rosemary A. Rochford
Structural basis of the relaxed state of a Ca2+-regulated myosin filament and its evolutionary implications, John L. Woodhead, Fa-Qing Zhao, and Roger W. Craig
Randomized trial of a family-based, automated, conversational obesity treatment program for underserved populations, Julie A. Wright, Barrett D. Phillips, B. L. Watson, P. K. Newby, G. J. Norman, and W. G. Adams
Disclosure of adverse events in the United States and Canada: an update, and a proposed framework for improvement, Albert W. Wu, Dennis J. Boyle, Gordon Wallace, and Kathleen M. Mazor
Progressive bilateral lipoma arborescens of the knee complicated by juvenile spondyloarthropathy: a case report and review of the literature, Jing Xue, Anthony J. Alario, Scott D. Nelson, and Huaxiang Wu
Evidence for biphasic uncoating during HIV-1 infection from a novel imaging assay, Hongzhan Xu, Tamera Franks, Gregory Gibson, Kelly Huber, Nadia Rahm, Caterina Strambio De Castilla, Jeremy Luban, Christopher Aiken, Simon Watkins, Nicolas Sluis-Cremer, and Zandrea Ambrose