Directed, efficient, and versatile modifications of the Drosophila genome by genomic engineering

…, W Zhou, W Dong, AM Watson… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
With the completion of genome sequences of major model organisms, increasingly sophisticated
genetic tools are necessary for investigating the complex and coordinated functions of …

Suggested avenues to reduce the stigma of mental illness in the Middle East

AM Sewilam, AMM Watson… - … Journal of Social …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Stigma toward mentally ill individuals acts as a barrier to accessing care and
receiving treatment. Aim: To review current evidence pertaining to stigma toward mental …

Inflammatory macrophage expansion in pulmonary hypertension depends upon mobilization of blood-borne monocytes

…, YY Tai, Y Tang, Y Zhang, A Watson… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.aai.org
Pulmonary inflammation, which is characterized by the presence of perivascular macrophages,
has been proposed as a key pathogenic driver of pulmonary hypertension (PH), a …

Efficient ends-out gene targeting in Drosophila

J Huang, W Zhou, AM Watson, YN Jan, Y Hong - Genetics, 2008 - academic.oup.com
In this report, we describe several approaches to improve the scalability and throughput of
major genetic crosses in ends-out gene targeting. We generated new sets of targeting vectors …

Exposure to herpes simplex virus type 1 and cognitive impairments in individuals with schizophrenia

KM Prasad, AMM Watson, FB Dickerson… - Schizophrenia …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Latent infection with neurotropic herpes viruses, such as herpes simplex virus, type 1 (HSV1),
has been generally considered benign in most immunocompetent individuals except for …

[HTML][HTML] Frataxin deficiency promotes endothelial senescence in pulmonary hypertension

…, S Kim, YC Lai, T Satoh, AMM Watson… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The dynamic regulation of endothelial pathophenotypes in pulmonary hypertension (PH)
remains undefined. Cellular senescence is linked to PH with intracardiac shunts; however, its …

Interleukin-6 mediates neutrophil mobilization from bone marrow in pulmonary hypertension

…, SP O'Neil, R Kumar, A Arunkumar, A Watson… - Cellular & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Myeloid cells, such as neutrophils, are produced in the bone marrow in high quantities and
are important in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases such as pulmonary hypertension (PH)…

[HTML][HTML] Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived models to investigate human cytomegalovirus infection in neural cells

…, B Heath, G Raimondi, J Milosevic, AM Watson… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is one of the leading prenatal causes of congenital
mental retardation and deformities world-wide. Access to cultured human neuronal …

Computational repurposing of therapeutic small molecules from cancer to pulmonary hypertension

…, Q Yu, P Forsythe, A Gorelova, AM Watson… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Cancer therapies are being considered for treating rare noncancerous diseases like pulmonary
hypertension (PH), but effective computational screening is lacking. Via transcriptomic …

Consanguinity and increased risk for schizophrenia in Egypt

…, W Fathi, L Klei, J Wood, K Chowdari, A Watson… - Schizophrenia …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Consanguinity has been suggested as a risk factor for psychoses in some
Middle Eastern countries, but adequate control data are unavailable. Our recent studies in …