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January 2023 Publications

Liraglutide Counteracts Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Palmitate-Treated Hypothalamic Neurons without Restoring Mitochondrial Homeostasis.Griffin H, Sullivan SC, Barger SW, Phelan KD, Baldini G.Int J Mol Sci. Alzheimer’s disease-associated U1 snRNP splicing dysfunction causes neuronal hyperexcitability and cognitive impairment.Chen PC, Han X, Shaw TI, Fu Y, Sun H, Niu M, Wang Z, Jiao Y, Teubner BJW, Eddins […]

Biochemistry Collaborations

Dr. Zhiqiang Qin, Associate Professor of Pathology, and Dr. Lu Dai, Assistant Professor of Pathology, recently published a paper in PLOS Pathogens that discusses the development of new HDACs/BRD4 dual inhibitors targeting virus-associated lymphomas. Research staff members Dr. Jungang Chen and Dr. Zhengyu Wang made major contributions to both studies. Additional UAMS collaborators included the […]

December 2022 publications

PolĪ» promotes microhomology-mediated end-joining.Chandramouly G, Jamsen J, Borisonnik N, Tyagi M, Calbert ML, Tredinnick T, Ozdemir AY, Kent T, Demidova EV, Arora S, Wilson SH, Pomerantz RT.Nat Struct Mol Biol. Two Distinct Modes of DNA Binding by an MCM Helicase Enable DNA Translocation.Meagher M, Myasnikov A, Enemark EJ.Int J Mol Sci. Gamma-Tocotrienol Modulates Total-Body Irradiation-Induced […]

U.S. Defense Department Awards UAMS Cancer Researcher $760,000 to Study Aggressive Type of Lymphoma

Samantha Kendrick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $760,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study a fast-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma common among veterans and military personnel.

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