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  • 1983 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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William A. Banks is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work notably intersects with subfields such as neurology, molecular biology, physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and oncology.

The scientist's published research focuses on topics including barrier structure and function studies, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, regulation of appetite and obesity, and proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with William A. Banks are:

  • Michelle A. Erickson
  • Elizabeth M. Rhea
  • Kim M. Hansen
  • Aric F. Logsdon
  • May J. Reed

Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
  • The FASEB Journal

Some recent notable papers authored or coauthored by William A. Banks are:

  • Transport of Extracellular Vesicles across the Blood-Brain Barrier: Brain Pharmacokinetics and Effects of Inflammation, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Healthy aging and the blood-brain barrier, 2021, Nature Aging

Other significant related publications, although not authored by them, include:

  • The S1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 crosses the blood-brain barrier in mice, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Development of Novel Therapeutics Targeting the Blood-Brain Barrier: From Barrier to Carrier, 2021, Advanced Science
  • Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 with the Blood-Brain Barrier, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

William A. Banks was recognized with the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1983.

Best Publications

  • Leptin enters the brain by a saturable system independent of insulin.

    William A. Banks;Abba J. Kastin;Abba J. Kastin;Weitao Huang;Weitao Huang;Jonathan B. Jaspan;Jonathan B. Jaspan

  • Transport of brain-derived neurotrophic factor across the blood-brain barrier

    Weihong Pan;William A Banks;Melita B Fasold;Jonathan Bluth

  • Extent and Direction of Ghrelin Transport Across the Blood-Brain Barrier Is Determined by Its Unique Primary Structure

    William A. Banks;Matthias Tschöp;Sandra M. Robinson;Mark L. Heiman

  • Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor is involved in learning and neuroprotection

    Matthew J During;Lei Cao;David S Zuzga;Jeremy S Francis

  • Ghrelin controls hippocampal spine synapse density and memory performance

    Sabrina Diano;Susan A Farr;Susan A Farr;Stephen C Benoit;Ewan C McNay

  • From blood–brain barrier to blood–brain interface: new opportunities for CNS drug delivery

    William A. Banks

  • Passage of Cytokines across the Blood-Brain Barrier

    William A. Banks;Abba J. Kastin;Richard D. Broadwell

  • Characteristics of compounds that cross the blood-brain barrier

    William A Banks

  • Brain-immune communication pathways.

    Ning Quan;William A. Banks

  • Murine tumor necrosis factor alpha is transported from blood to brain in the mouse.

    Enrique G. Gutierrez;William A. Banks;Abba J. Kastin

  • The Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Loneliness in an Elderly Population in Long-Term Care Facilities

    Marian R. Banks;William A. Banks

  • Animal-assisted therapy and loneliness in nursing homes: use of robotic versus living dogs.

    Marian R. Banks;Lisa M. Willoughby;William A. Banks

  • Triglycerides Induce Leptin Resistance at the Blood-Brain Barrier

    William A. Banks;Alan B. Coon;Sandra M. Robinson;Asif Moinuddin

  • Clinical depression and inflammatory risk markers for coronary heart disease.

    Gregory E Miller;Cinnamon A Stetler;Robert M Carney;Kenneth E Freedland

  • Plasma exosomal α-synuclein is likely CNS-derived and increased in Parkinson’s disease

    Min Shi;Changqin Liu;Travis J. Cook;Kristin M. Bullock;Kristin M. Bullock

  • The source of cerebral insulin.

    William A. Banks

  • Insulin in the brain: there and back again.

    William A. Banks;Joshua B. Owen;Joshua B. Owen;Michelle A. Erickson;Michelle A. Erickson

  • Penetration of interleukin-6 across the murine blood-brain barrier.

    William A. Banks;Abba J. Kastin;Enrique G. Gutierrez

  • The blood-brain barrier and immune function and dysfunction.

    William A. Banks;Michelle A. Erickson;Michelle A. Erickson

  • Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction as a Cause and Consequence of Alzheimer's Disease:

    Michelle A Erickson;William A Banks;William A Banks

Frequent Co-Authors

Abba J. Kastin
Abba J. Kastin Louisiana State University
John E. Morley
John E. Morley Saint Louis University
James E. Zadina
James E. Zadina Tulane University
Nuran Ercal
Nuran Ercal Missouri University of Science and Technology
Alexander V. Kabanov
Alexander V. Kabanov University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seiji Shioda
Seiji Shioda Shonan University of Medical Sciences
Elaine R. Peskind
Elaine R. Peskind University of Washington
D. Allan Butterfield
D. Allan Butterfield University of Kentucky
Barbara S. Stonestreet
Barbara S. Stonestreet Brown University
Murray A. Raskind
Murray A. Raskind University of Washington

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