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Deborah J. Watson

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaORCID 0000-0002-8044-8344Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Hakon H. HakonarsoniD· 2 shared Abiola Harrison· 1 shared Amir Hossein SaeidianiD· 1 shared Anabelle Tuttle· 1 shared Boris KereniD· 1 shared Bridget M. Riley-GillisiD· 1 shared Chaya Nautiyal MuraliiD· 1 shared Chen-Lin HsiehiD· 1 shared

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Thyrotropin-releasing hormone protects hippocampal neurons against glutamate toxicity via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT pathway and new protein synthesis

Yina Dong, Deborah J. Watson

This paper shows TRH protects hippocampal neurons from glutamate toxicity through the PI3K/AKT pathway and new protein synthesis.

bioRxiv · Nov 11, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Variants in BSN, encoding the presynaptic protein Bassoon, result in a novel neurodevelopmental disorder with a broad phenotypic range

Stacy G. Guzman, Sarah McKeown Ruggiero, Shiva Ganesan, Colin A. Ellis, Abiola Harrison, Katie Rose Sullivan, Zornitza Stark, Natasha J. Brown, Sajel Lala Kana, Anabelle Tuttle, Jair Antonio Tenorio, Pablo Daniel Lapunzina, Julián B. Nevado, Marie McDonald, Courtney Jensen, , Ingo Helbig

The paper identifies BSN variants as a cause of a new neurodevelopmental disorder with a broad phenotypic range, using clinical data and computational phenotyping.

medRxiv · Feb 10, 2025 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Multi-Ancestry Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis Identifies Novel Loci in Atopic Dermatitis

Meritxell Oliva, Mrinal K. Sarkar, Michael March, Amir Hossein Saeidian, Frank D. Mentch, Chen-Lin Hsieh, Fanying Tang, Ranjitha Uppala, Matthew T. Patrick, Qinmengge Li, Rachael Wasikowski, Joanne Michelle Kahlenberg, Deborah J. Watson, Joseph Glessner, Lam C. Tsoi, , Bridget M. Riley-Gillis

This study conducts a multi-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis of 56,146 AD cases and 602,280 controls, identifying 101 genomic loci, 15 novel to AD or eczema, and linking them to AD pathophysiology through functional analyses.

medRxiv · Jun 17, 2024 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine