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Overview

David Finkelstein is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on several key areas within medicine and neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on neurology and molecular biology.

The main fields of study where David Finkelstein has made contributions include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, their work spans various subfields such as:

  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

David Finkelstein's research topics cover a broad spectrum related to neurological diseases and mechanisms. The main research topics are:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling

Their recent publications illustrate active engagement in areas such as Parkinson's disease, amyloid and tau protein studies, and cellular neurobiology. Selected recent papers include:

  • Pathogenic Impact of α-Synuclein Phosphorylation and Its Kinases in α-Synucleinopathies, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Amyloid-beta and tau protein beyond Alzheimer's disease, 2023, Neural Regeneration Research
  • Parkinsonism as a Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic?, 2020, Journal of Parkinson's Disease
  • Fibrillar α-synuclein toxicity depends on functional lysosomes, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease: Current and Potential Therapeutics, 2022, Journal of Personalized Medicine

The venues in which David Finkelstein frequently publishes encompass:

  • Journal of Parkinson's Disease
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurotherapeutics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Collaboration is notable in David Finkelstein's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Christine T. O. Nguyen
  • Paul A. Adlard
  • Leah C. Beauchamp
  • Bang V. Bui
  • K. Kawahata

Best Publications

  • The transcription factor Myc controls metabolic reprogramming upon T lymphocyte activation

    Ruoning Wang;Christopher P. Dillon;Lewis Zhichang Shi;Sandra Milasta

  • IL-35-mediated induction of a potent regulatory T cell population

    Lauren W Collison;Vandana Chaturvedi;Abigail L Henderson;Abigail L Henderson;Paul R Giacomin

  • The whole-genome landscape of medulloblastoma subtypes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;Ivo Buchhalter;Ivo Buchhalter;A. Sorana Morrissy;Volker Hovestadt

  • Novel mutations target distinct subgroups of medulloblastoma

    Giles Robinson;Matthew Parker;Tanya A. Kranenburg;Charles Lu;Charles Lu

  • Rapid Restoration of Cognition in Alzheimer's Transgenic Mice with 8-Hydroxy Quinoline Analogs Is Associated with Decreased Interstitial Aβ

    Paul A. Adlard;Robert A. Cherny;Robert A. Cherny;David I. Finkelstein;David I. Finkelstein;Elisabeth Gautier

  • Genomics Identifies Medulloblastoma Subgroups That Are Enriched for Specific Genetic Alterations

    Margaret C. Thompson;Christine Fuller;Twala L. Hogg;James Dalton

  • Tau deficiency induces parkinsonism with dementia by impairing APP-mediated iron export

    Peng Lei;Scott Ayton;David I Finkelstein;Loredana Spoerri

  • C11orf95 – RELA fusions drive oncogenic NF-κB signalling in ependymoma

    Matthew Parker;Kumarasamypet M. Mohankumar;Chandanamali Punchihewa;Ricardo Weinlich

  • Stability and function of regulatory T cells is maintained by a neuropilin-1–semaphorin-4a axis

    Greg M. Delgoffe;Seng-Ryong Woo;Meghan E. Turnis;David M. Gravano

  • Cognitive Loss in Zinc Transporter-3 Knock-Out Mice: A Phenocopy for the Synaptic and Memory Deficits of Alzheimer's Disease?

    Paul A Adlard;Jacqui M Parncutt;David I Finkelstein;Ashley I Bush

  • Polylysine-functionalised thermoresponsive chitosan hydrogel for neural tissue engineering

    Kylie Elizabeth Crompton;J D Goud;Ravi J Bellamkonda;Thomas R Gengenbach

  • Cross-species genomics matches driver mutations and cell compartments to model ependymoma

    Robert A. Johnson;Karen D. Wright;Helen Poppleton;Kumarasamypet M. Mohankumar

  • Review Paper: A Review of the Cellular Response on Electrospun Nanofibers for Tissue Engineering

    David Russell Nisbet;John Stanley Forsythe;Wei Shen;David I Finkelstein

  • Ferroptosis and cell death mechanisms in Parkinson's disease.

    Stephanie J. Guiney;Paul A. Adlard;Ashley I. Bush;David I. Finkelstein

  • Comparison of the basal ganglia in rats, marmosets, macaques, baboons, and humans: Volume and neuronal number for the output, internal relay, and striatal modulating nuclei

    Craig Denis Hardman;Jasmine Monica Henderson;David Isaac Finkelstein;Malcolm Kenneth Horne

  • A Mouse Model of the Most Aggressive Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma

    Daisuke Kawauchi;Giles Robinson;Tamar Uziel;Paul Gibson

  • Critical Role for the DNA Sensor AIM2 in Stem Cell Proliferation and Cancer.

    Si Ming Man;Qifan Zhu;Qifan Zhu;Liqin Zhu;Zhiping Liu

  • Targeting Oxidative Stress in Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma

    Xiang Chen;Elizabeth Stewart;Anang A. Shelat;Chunxu Qu

  • Medulloblastoma Genotype Dictates Blood Brain Barrier Phenotype.

    Timothy N. Phoenix;Deanna M. Patmore;Scott Boop;Nidal Boulos

  • LC3-Associated Phagocytosis in Myeloid Cells Promotes Tumor Immune Tolerance.

    Larissa Dias Cunha;Mao Yang;Robert Carter;Clifford Guy

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Adlard
Paul A. Adlard Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Ashley I. Bush
Ashley I. Bush Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Malcolm K. Horne
Malcolm K. Horne Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Scott Ayton
Scott Ayton Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Robert A. Cherny
Robert A. Cherny Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Kevin J. Barnham
Kevin J. Barnham Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
John Drago
John Drago University of Melbourne
Andrew J. Lawrence
Andrew J. Lawrence Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
John S. Forsythe
John S. Forsythe Monash University
David W. Ellison
David W. Ellison St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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