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  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William J. Bowers is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Computer Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Signal Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Cancer Research, and Surgery.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas related to pulmonary health and audio processing technologies. Notable themes in their portfolio include Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Music and Audio Processing, Speech and Audio Processing, Music Technology and Sound Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms.

William J. Bowers has published in several notable venues, with multiple papers appearing in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, followed by contributions to The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

  • Investigating the acoustic fidelity of remote recording methods, 2022, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Impaired Wingless and Int-1(WNT) Signaling in Type 2 Alveolar Epithelial Cells Drives Senescence and Inefficient Alveolar Repair in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficient Lungs, 2025, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Polymers Induce Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Altered Metabolism in AAT Deficient Lungs and Precision-Cut Lung Slices (PCLS), 2025, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • A hand biomechanics dataset of kinematics, kinetics, electromyography, and imaging in healthy adults, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent coauthors include N. Mohammad, J. Lee, Alek M. Aranyos, Karina A. Serban, and Emily P. Ahn, indicating interdisciplinary collaboration across respiratory medicine and technical fields.

In recognition of their contributions, William J. Bowers was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Mediation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1-dependent cell death by apoptosis-inducing factor.

    Seong Woon Yu;Hongmin Wang;Marc F. Poitras;Carmen Coombs

  • Expanded CUG Repeats Trigger Aberrant Splicing of ClC-1 Chloride Channel Pre-mRNA and Hyperexcitability of Skeletal Muscle in Myotonic Dystrophy

    Ami Mankodi;Masanori P. Takahashi;Hong Jiang;Carol L. Beck

  • Regulation of neuronal traits by a novel transcriptional complex.

    Nurit Ballas;Elena Battaglioli;Fouad Atouf;Maria E. Andres

  • Inhibitors of leucine-rich repeat kinase-2 protect against models of Parkinson's disease

    Byoung Dae Lee;Joo Ho Shin;Jackalina Vankampen;Leonard Petrucelli

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha and the Roles it Plays in Homeostatic and Degenerative Processes Within the Central Nervous System

    Sara L. Montgomery;William J. Bowers

  • Apoptosis-inducing factor substitutes for caspase executioners in NMDA-triggered excitotoxic neuronal death.

    Hongmin Wang;Seong Woon Yu;David W. Koh;Jasmine Lew

  • Early correlation of microglial activation with enhanced tumor necrosis factor-alpha and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression specifically within the entorhinal cortex of triple transgenic Alzheimer's disease mice.

    Michelle C Janelsins;Michael A Mastrangelo;Salvatore Oddo;Frank M LaFerla

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha mediated signaling in neuronal homeostasis and dysfunction.

    Keigan M. Park;William J. Bowers

  • Modulation of the neuronal glutamate transporter EAAT4 by two interacting proteins

    Mandy Jackson;Wei Song;Mu Ya Liu;Lin Jin

  • Detailed immunohistochemical characterization of temporal and spatial progression of Alzheimer's disease-related pathologies in male triple-transgenic mice.

    Michael A Mastrangelo;William J Bowers

  • Triple-transgenic Alzheimer's disease mice exhibit region-specific abnormalities in brain myelination patterns prior to appearance of amyloid and tau pathology.

    Maya K. Desai;Kelly L. Sudol;Michelle C. Janelsins;Michael A. Mastrangelo

  • Drp1 inhibition attenuates neurotoxicity and dopamine release deficits in vivo

    Phillip M. Rappold;Mei Cui;Jonathan C. Grima;Rebecca Z. Fan

  • Chronic neuron-specific tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression enhances the local inflammatory environment ultimately leading to neuronal death in 3xTg-AD mice.

    Michelle C. Janelsins;Michael A. Mastrangelo;Keigan M. Park;Kelly L. Sudol

  • Early oligodendrocyte/myelin pathology in Alzheimer's disease mice constitutes a novel therapeutic target.

    Maya K. Desai;Michael A. Mastrangelo;Deborah A. Ryan;Kelly L. Sudol

  • GTPase activity plays a key role in the pathobiology of LRRK2

    Yulan Xiong;Candice E. Coombes;Austin Kilaru;Xiaojie Li

  • Brn3b/Brn3c double knockout mice reveal an unsuspected role for Brn3c in retinal ganglion cell axon outgrowth

    Steven Wen Wang;Xiuqian Mu;William J. Bowers;Dong Seob Kim

  • HSV ICP0 recruits USP7 to modulate TLR-mediated innate response

    Sandrine Daubeuf;Divyendu Singh;Yaohong Tan;Hongiu Liu

  • Regeneration of the MPTP-lesioned Dopaminergic System after Convection-enhanced Delivery of AAV2-GDNF

    Adrian P Kells;Jamie Eberling;Xiaomin Su;Philip Pivirotto

  • Ablation of TNF-RI/RII expression in Alzheimer's disease mice leads to an unexpected enhancement of pathology: implications for chronic pan-TNF-α suppressive therapeutic strategies in the brain.

    Sara L. Montgomery;Michael A. Mastrangelo;Diala Habib;Wade C. Narrow

  • Chondroitinase ABC combined with neurotrophin NT-3 secretion and NR2D expression promotes axonal plasticity and functional recovery in rats with lateral hemisection of the spinal cord.

    Guillermo García-Alías;Hayk A. Petrosyan;Lisa Schnell;Philip J. Horner

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard J. Federoff
Howard J. Federoff University of California, Irvine
Joseph D. Rosenblatt
Joseph D. Rosenblatt University of Miami
Stephen Dewhurst
Stephen Dewhurst University of Rochester
Lorne M. Mendell
Lorne M. Mendell Stony Brook University
David I. Yule
David I. Yule University of Rochester
Valina L. Dawson
Valina L. Dawson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ted M. Dawson
Ted M. Dawson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Krystof S. Bankiewicz
Krystof S. Bankiewicz The Ohio State University
Salvatore Oddo
Salvatore Oddo Arizona State University
Jamie L. Eberling
Jamie L. Eberling Michael J. Fox Foundation

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