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A COMPREHENSIVE GENETIC ASSOCIATION AND FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF TNF IN SCHIZOPHRENIA RISK Schizophr Res. 2006 Mar;83(1):7-13. Shirts BH, Bamne M, Kim JJ, Talkowski M, Wood J, Yolken R, Nimgaonkar VL ABSTRACT: In view of prior reports suggesting associations between polymorphisms of the tumor necrosis factor gene (TNF) and schizophrenia, we sequenced all exons, introns and […]

THIAZOLE, OXADIAZOLE, AND CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES OF ARTEMISININ ARE HIGHLY SELECTIVE AND POTENT INHIBITORS OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII J Med Chem. 2010 May 13:53(9):3594-601 Hencken CP, Jones-Brando L, Bordon C, Stohler R, Mott BT, Yolken R, Posner GH, Woodard LE Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA [email protected] ABSTRACT:

EVALUATING RNA STATUS FOR RT-PCR IN EXTRACTS OF POSTMORTEM HUMAN BRAIN TISSUE Biotechniques 36:628-633 Miller CL, Diglisic S, Leister F, Webster M, Yolken RH ABSTRACT: Total RNA was extracted from 105 individual postmortem human brain samples representing a range of postmortem conditions. To improve upon parameters currently used to screen for RNA quality, electropherogram patterns

META-ANALYSIS OF 12 GENOMIC STUDIES IN BIPOLAR DISORDER J Mol Neurosci. 2007;31(3):221-43 Elashoff M, Higgs BW, Yolken RH, Knable MB, Weis S, Webster MJ, Barci BM, Torrey EF Elashoff Consulting, Germantown, MD 20876, USA ABSTRACT Multiple genome-wide expression studies of bipolar disorder have been published. However, a unified picture of the genomic basis for the

THE CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE VAL158MET POLYMORPHISM IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BROAD-BASED COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA Schizophr Res 2007 Nov; 96 (1-3):87-92. Epub 2007 Jul 2 Dickerson FB, Boronow JJ, Stallings C, Origoni AE, Sullens A, Yolken RH Stanley Research Program at Sheppard Pratt, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA. [email protected] ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: A valine/methionine

DEFICIT SCHIZOPHRENIA: ASSOCIATION WITH SERUM ANTIBODIES TO CYTOMEGALOVIRUS Schizophr Bull. 2006 Apr;32(2):396-400 Dickerson F, Kirkpatrick B, Boronow J, Stallings C, Origoni A., Yolken R Stanley Research Center at Sheppard Pratt, 6501 North Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21204, USA. [email protected] ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Patients with deficit schizophrenia differ from nondeficit patients with schizophrenia relative to several neurobiological

PREDIAGNOSTIC CIRCULATING ANTIBODIES TO JC AND BK HUMAN POLYOMAVIRUSES AND RISK OF NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Mar;15(3):543-50 Rollison DE, Engels EA, Halsey NA, Shah KV, Viscidi RP, Helzlsouer KJ H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. [email protected] ABSTRACT Viral infections have been associated with

ARE EXPOSURE TO CYTOMEGALOVIRUS AND GENETIC VARIATION ON CHROMOSOME 6P JOINT RISK FACTORS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA? Ann Med. 2007;39(2):145-53. Kim JJ, Shirts BH, Dayal M, Bacanu SA, Wood J, Xie W, Zhang X, Chowdari KV, Yolken R, Devlin B, Nimgaonkar VL. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh,

ANTIBODIES TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS IN INDIVIDUALS AT ULTRA HIGH RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS Biol Pyschiatry. 2007 May 15;61(10):1215-7. Epub 2007 Jan 3. Amminger GP, McGorry PD, Berger GE, Wade D, Yung AR, Phillips LJ, Harrigan SM, Francey SM, Yolken RH ORYGEN Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia. [email protected] ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: While there is

ALTERED TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY OF HUMAN ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES IN NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS AFTER INFECTION WITH TOXOPLASMA GONDII J Infect Dis 194(10):1447-1449, 2006 Frank O, Jones-Brando L, Leib-Mosch C, Yolken R, Seifarth W. Medical Clinic III, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, D-68305 Mannheim, Germany ABSTACT: Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) arose in antiquity from stable