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Overview

James A. Waschek is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting fields including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader disciplines, their work focuses particularly on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Social Psychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

Their main research topics include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Reproductive System and Pregnancy, Diabetes Treatment and Management, and Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response.

James A. Waschek has published research articles in multiple scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

They have coauthored papers with several recurring collaborators, such as Yukio Ago, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Alessandro Castorina, S Asano, and Vanesa Hauk.

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Vasoactive intestinal peptide promotes host defense against enteric pathogens by modulating the recruitment of group 3 innate lymphoid cells," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "PACAP is a pathogen-inducible resident antimicrobial neuropeptide affording rapid and contextual molecular host defense of the brain," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A Basomedial Amygdala to Intercalated Cells Microcircuit Expressing PACAP and Its Receptor PAC1 Regulates Contextual Fear," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "PACAP and VIP Modulate LPS-Induced Microglial Activation and Trigger Distinct Phenotypic Changes in Murine BV2 Microglial Cells," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Targeted deletion of PAC1 receptors in retinal neurons enhances neuron loss and axonopathy in a model of multiple sclerosis and optic neuritis," 2021, Neurobiology of Disease

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XVIII. Nomenclature of Receptors for Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide

    Anthony J. Harmar;Akira Arimura;Illana Gozes;Laurent Journot

  • Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide mediates circadian rhythmicity and synchrony in mammalian clock neurons

    Sara J Aton;Christopher S Colwell;Anthony J Harmar;James Waschek

  • Pharmacology and functions of receptors for vasoactive intestinal peptide and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide: IUPHAR review 1.

    Anthony J Harmar;Jan Fahrenkrug;Illana Gozes;Marc Laburthe

  • Disrupted circadian rhythms in VIP- and PHI-deficient mice

    Christopher S. Colwell;Stephan Michel;Jason Itri;Williams Rodriguez

  • Multiple Actions of Pituitary Adenylyl Cyclase Activating Peptide in Nervous System Development and Regeneration

    James A Waschek

  • Neural Tube Expression of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) and Receptor: Potential Role in Patterning and Neurogenesis

    James A. Waschek;Robert A. Casillas;Thinh B. Nguyen;Emanuel M. DiCicco-Bloom

  • VIP and PACAP: neuropeptide modulators of CNS inflammation, injury, and repair

    JA Waschek

  • Maternal Embryonic Leucine Zipper Kinase Is a Key Regulator of the Proliferation of Malignant Brain Tumors, Including Brain Tumor Stem Cells

    Ichiro Nakano;Michael Masterman-Smith;Kuniyasu Saigusa;Andres A. Paucar

  • Selective deficits in the circadian light response in mice lacking PACAP

    Christopher S Colwell;Stephan Michel;Jason Itri;Williams Rodriguez

  • Impaired nerve regeneration and enhanced neuroinflammatory response in mice lacking pituitary adenylyl cyclase activating peptide.

    B.D. Armstrong;C. Abad;S. Chhith;G. Cheung-Lau

  • Disrupted neuronal activity rhythms in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-deficient mice.

    Tim Brown;Christopher S Colwell;James Waschek;Hugh D Piggins

  • Pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide is an intrinsic regulator of Treg abundance and protects against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Yossan-Var Tan;Catalina Abad;Robert Lopez;Hongmei Dong

  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide and Sonic Hedgehog Interact to Control Cerebellar Granule Precursor Cell Proliferation

    Arnaud Nicot;Vincent Lelièvre;Jimmy Tam;James A. Waschek

  • Gastrointestinal dysfunction in mice with a targeted mutation in the gene encoding vasoactive intestinal polypeptide: a model for the study of intestinal ileus and Hirschsprung's disease.

    V Lelievre;G Favrais;G Favrais;C Abad;H Adle-Biassette;H Adle-Biassette

  • High-Speed and Scalable Whole-Brain Imaging in Rodents and Primates

    Kaoru Seiriki;Atsushi Kasai;Takeshi Hashimoto;Wiebke Schulze

  • Circadian Rhythm in Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in the Mouse Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

    Jason Itri;Stephan Michel;James A. Waschek;Christopher S. Colwell

  • Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide–Null Mice Demonstrate Enhanced Sweet Taste Preference, Dysglycemia, and Reduced Taste Bud Leptin Receptor Expression

    Bronwen Martin;Yu-Kyong Shin;Caitlin M. White;Sunggoan Ji

  • Noncompensation in peptide/receptor gene expression and distinct behavioral phenotypes in VIP- and PACAP-deficient mice.

    Beatrice A. Girard;Vincent Lelievre;Karen M. Braas;Tannaz Razinia

  • STAT3-mediated astrogliosis protects myelin development in neonatal brain injury.

    Hiroko Nobuta;Cristina A. Ghiani;Cristina A. Ghiani;Pablo M. Paez;Pablo M. Paez;Vilma Spreuer;Vilma Spreuer

  • Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide: An Important Trophic Factor and Developmental Regulator?

    James A. Waschek

  • Differential effects of peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI) and related peptides on stimulation and suppression of neuroblastoma cell proliferation. A novel VIP-independent action of PHI via MAP kinase.

    Vincent Lelièvre;Nicolas Pineau;Joanna Du;Chia-Hui Wen

  • Pituitary Adenylyl Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Stimulates DNA Synthesis But Delays Maturation of Oligodendrocyte Progenitors

    Matthew Lee;Vincent Lelièvre;Paul Zhao;Mike Torres

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XVIII. Nomenclature of Receptors for Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide

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Frequent Co-Authors

Hitoshi Hashimoto
Hitoshi Hashimoto Osaka University
Christopher S. Colwell
Christopher S. Colwell University of California, Los Angeles
Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom
Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jean de Vellis
Jean de Vellis University of California, Los Angeles
Takanobu Nakazawa
Takanobu Nakazawa Osaka University
Ryota Hashimoto
Ryota Hashimoto National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Michael S. Fanselow
Michael S. Fanselow University of California, Los Angeles
Anthony J. Harmar
Anthony J. Harmar University of Edinburgh
Michael R. Yeaman
Michael R. Yeaman University of California, Los Angeles
Bruce A. Vallance
Bruce A. Vallance University of British Columbia

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