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D. Martin Watterson is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on fields such as Immunology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health. The main topics covered in their work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Immune cells in cancer, Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Watterson are:

  • Involvement of p38 MAPK in Synaptic Function and Dysfunction, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • PI3Kγ stimulates a high molecular weight form of myosin light chain kinase to promote myeloid cell adhesion and tumor inflammation, 2022, Nature Communications
  • First-in-Human Studies of MW01-6-189WH, a Brain-Penetrant, Antineuroinflammatory Small-Molecule Drug Candidate: Phase 1 Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetic, and Pharmacodynamic Studies in Healthy Adult Volunteers, 2020, Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development
  • The 5HT2b Receptor in Alzheimer's Disease: Increased Levels in Patient Brains and Antagonist Attenuation of Amyloid and Tau Induced Dysfunction, 2024, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Therapeutic treatment with the anti-inflammatory drug candidate MW151 may partially reduce memory impairment and normalizes hippocampal metabolic markers in a mouse model of comorbid amyloid and vascular pathology, 2022, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Watterson include:

  • Saktimayee M. Roy
  • Ottavio Arancio
  • Linda J. Van Eldik
  • Erica Acquarone
  • Jeffrey C. Pelletier

Watterson's work has appeared in journals such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development

Best Publications

  • Epithelial myosin light chain kinase–dependent barrier dysfunction mediates T cell activation–induced diarrhea in vivo

    Daniel R. Clayburgh;Terrence A. Barrett;Yueming Tang;Jon B. Meddings

  • Targeting protein kinases in central nervous system disorders

    Laura K. Chico;Linda J. Van Eldik;D. Martin Watterson

  • A novel p38α MAPK inhibitor suppresses brain proinflammatory cytokine up-regulation and attenuates synaptic dysfunction and behavioral deficits in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

    Lenka Munoz;Lenka Munoz;Hantamalala Ralay Ranaivo;Saktimayee M Roy;Wenhui Hu;Wenhui Hu

  • Microglial p38α MAPK is a key regulator of proinflammatory cytokine up-regulation induced by toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands or beta-amyloid (Aβ).

    Adam D Bachstetter;Bin Xing;Lucia de Almeida;Edgardo R Dimayuga

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins and the Molecular Basis of Calcium Action

    Linda J. Van Eldik;Joseph G. Zendegui;Daniel R. Marshak;D. Martin Watterson

  • Suppression of acute proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine upregulation by post-injury administration of a novel small molecule improves long-term neurologic outcome in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury

    Eric Lloyd;Kathleen Somera-Molina;Kathleen Somera-Molina;Linda J Van Eldik;D Martin Watterson

  • Glia as a therapeutic target: selective suppression of human amyloid-beta-induced upregulation of brain proinflammatory cytokine production attenuates neurodegeneration.

    Hantamalala Ralay Ranaivo;Jeffrey M. Craft;Wenhui Hu;Ling Guo

  • Glia Proinflammatory Cytokine Upregulation as a Therapeutic Target for Neurodegenerative Diseases: Function‐Based and Target‐Based Discovery Approaches

    Linda J. Van Eldik;Wendy L. Thompson;Hantamalala Ralay Ranaivo;Heather A. Behanna

  • Protein kinase involved in lung injury susceptibility: Evidence from enzyme isoform genetic knockout and in vivo inhibitor treatment

    Mark S. Wainwright;Janet Rossi;James Schavocky;Susan Crawford

  • Calmodulin and signal transduction

    Linda J. van Eldik;D. Martin Watterson

  • Mechanism of glial activation by S100B: involvement of the transcription factor NFκB

    Amy G.M Lam;Tanuja Koppal;Keith T Akama;Ling Guo

  • Glial activation links early-life seizures and long-term neurologic dysfunction : Evidence using a small molecule inhibitor of proinflammatory cytokine upregulation

    Kathleen C. Somera-Molina;Beverley Robin;Cherie Ann Somera;Christopher Anderson

  • A kinase-related protein stabilizes unphosphorylated smooth muscle myosin minifilaments in the presence of ATP.

    V P Shirinsky;A V Vorotnikov;K G Birukov;A K Nanaev

  • Spinach calmodulin: isolation, characterization, and comparison with vertebrate calmodulins.

    D. Martin Watterson;David B. Iverson;Linda J. Van Eldik

  • Neuroinflammation: a potential therapeutic target.

    Jeffrey M Craft;D Martin Watterson;Linda J Van Eldik

  • Human amyloid β-induced neuroinflammation is an early event in neurodegeneration

    Jeffrey M. Craft;D. Martin Watterson;Linda J. Van Eldik

  • Structural characterization of a higher plant calmodulin : spinacia oleracea.

    Thomas J. Lukas;David B. Iverson;Michael Schleicher;D. Martin Watterson

  • Affinity chromatography purification of a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase using immobilized modulator protein, a troponin C-like protein from brain.

    D.Martin Watterson;Thomas C. Vanaman

  • Aminopyridazines inhibit β-amyloid-induced glial activation and neuronal damage in vivo

    Jeffrey M. Craft;D.Martin Watterson;Sally A. Frautschy;Linda J.Van Eldik

  • An aminopyridazine-based inhibitor of a pro-apoptotic protein kinase attenuates hypoxia-ischemia induced acute brain injury.

    Anastasia V. Velentza;Mark S. Wainwright;Magdalena Zasadzki;Salida Mirzoeva

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda J. Van Eldik
Linda J. Van Eldik University of Kentucky
Linda J. Van Eldik
Linda J. Van Eldik University of Kentucky
Jacques Haiech
Jacques Haiech University of Strasbourg
Adam D. Bachstetter
Adam D. Bachstetter University of Kentucky
Ottavio Arancio
Ottavio Arancio Columbia University
Daniel M. Roberts
Daniel M. Roberts University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Wayne F. Anderson
Wayne F. Anderson Northwestern University
Michael Schleicher
Michael Schleicher Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Daniel R. Marshak
Daniel R. Marshak Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Konstantin G. Birukov
Konstantin G. Birukov University of Chicago

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