Paper of the Month
The School of Medicine spotlights a recently published faculty research paper each month. The goals are to highlight the great research happening at OHSU and to share this information across departments, institutes and disciplines.
Archive
2018
2017
2016
- November 2018: Unique dataset creates foundation to better understand, treat genetic subsets of AML
- October 2018: Researchers link excessive airway nerve density with more severe asthma symptoms
- November 2017: Analysis: Oregon's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- October 2017: Genetic markers found for severe form of multiple sclerosis
- September 2017: Face the factors (in fibrin formation)
- June 2017: Attacking the attacker
- May 2017: From highly collaborative project, a powerful new tool to study tissues and tumors
- April 2017: Thinking with your stomach
- March 2017: What works for low back pain?
- February 2017: From bad egg to good egg
- January 2017: Fighting cancer with lupus
- December 2016: The gut factor
- November 2016: Shedding new light on vision at the molecular level
- October 2016: There's more to white matter that matters
- September 2016: New findings on glial cells
- August 2016: Researchers develop NAD+ biosensor
- June 2016: Low HDL is not dangerous when low-density lipoprotein and triglycerides are low
- May 2016: Mapping MAIT cells: Understanding intracellular interactions in Mtb infection
- April 2016: Uncovering a new cure strategy for preventing HIV mother-to-child transmission
- March 2016: A new mechanism for understanding synaptic plasticity
- February 2016: A new class of allosteric dopamine transporter ligands suggests therapeutic promise for chronic pain
- January 2016: How effective are opioid guidelines in the primary care setting?
2015
2014
2013
2012
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2010
- December: Functional Integration of Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons after Traumatic Brain Injury
- November: Increased systolic load causes adverse remodeling of fetal aortic and mitral valves
- September: Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis at the Dendritic Lobules of an Inhibitory Interneuron in the Mammalian Retina
- August: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Chronic Tinnitus: A Randomized Clinical Trial
- July: Levodopa Is a Double-Edged Sword for Balance and Gait in People With Parkinson's Disease
- June: Effectiveness of Total Worker Health Interventions
- April: Identification and characterization of nuclear and nucleolar localization signals in the adeno-associated virus serotype 2 assembly-activating protein
- March: Engineering the Glutamate Transporter Homologue GltPh Using Protein Semisynthesis
- February: B cell follicle sanctuary permits persistent productive simian immunodeficiency virus infection in elite controllers
- January: Live Imaging of Endogenous PSD-95 Using ENABLED: A Conditional Strategy to Fluorescently Label Endogenous Proteins
- December: First step toward predicting Sudden Cardiac Death
- November: Now identified: High-confidence risk genes for autism spectrum disorder
- October: The culprit behind chemotherapy-induced muscle atrophy
- September: Clues to the mystery of hearing's molecular mechanisms
- August: New molecular blueprint breaks ground for neurological therapies
- July: Proof of POLST
- June: Potential for non-hormonal contraception
- April: Separating out the desirable from the undesirable in opioid use
- March: Electronic health record research paves way for more effective health care for children
- February: From kitchen sink to targeted therapy - improving dengue vaccine effectiveness
- January: The weight is over
- November/December: Brains shrink in monkeys that drink
- October: Trauma, triage and the role of patient choice
- August/September: The glucose paradox in stroke, and the OHSU team way around it
- July: If you build it, will they come?
- June: Discovery pinpoints cause of two types of leukemia, providing insights into new treatment approach
- May: Gene cloning leads to molecular discovery of an essential pyruvate transporter for Trypanosoma brucei parasite survival
- April: A Potential Neuroimmune-Based Treatment for Methamphetamine Addiction
- March: Proangiogenic Paracrine Effects of Stem Cells
- February: New insights into the biological basis of intellectual disabilities in children
- January: An integrated approach of functional genomic screens in leukemia patients
- November/December: Unraveling the complex genetics of congenital heart disease
- October: OHSU scientists develop new drugs against T. gondii
- June/July: Peroxide-based inactivation approach to vaccines looks promising
- May: How ATP opens ion channels and electrifies cells
- April: Discovery of a therapeutic target in Fanconi anemia
- March: Novel Scaffold-Based Vaccine for HIV-1 Looks Promising
- February: Toward a better understanding of cilia and flagella function
- November/December: Crippled cytomegalovirus continues to provoke the immune system
- October: Anti-rejection drugs and hypertension
- September: Determinants of the HIV-1 core assembly pathway
- August: MS-like disease in macaques
- June/July A mystery of the ear solved
- May: The Structure of Lombricine Kinased
- April: Sudy shows positive signs for repair of UV-induced DNA damage in skin cells
- January: OX40, a co-stimulatory molecule critical for T cell activation during the pathogenesis of uveitis
- December: Evasion of CD8+ T cells is critical for superinfection by cytomegalovirus
- October: New form of neurodegenerative disease characterized
- September: New insight into hemojuvelin regulation of iron homeostasis
- August: New light shown in the living brain by diagnostic drugs in MRI
- July: Seeking a balance between blood clotting and uncontrolled bleeding
- May/June: Evasion of CD8+ T cells is critical for superinfection by cytomegalovirus
- April: Primary Afferent Activation of Thermosensitive TRPV1 Triggers Asynchronous Glutamate Release at Central Neuron
- March: Non-Invasive Stem Cell Therapy in a Rat Model for Retinal Degeneration and Vascular Pathology
- February:
Molecular imaging of the initial inflammatory response in
atherosclerosis: Implications for early detection of disease
- January: A method for mapping intralocus interactions influencing excessive alcohol drinking X-ray structure, symmetry and mechanism of an AMPA-subtype glutamate receptor