Sami J Barmada, MD, PhD
Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research Professor
Associate Professor of Neurology
Medical School
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Sami J Barmada, MD, PhD
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Center MemberTaubman Institute
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Center MemberCenter for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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Center MemberCaswell Diabetes Institute
Recent Publications
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Chen C, Saloner R, Paolillo EW, Cadwallader CJ, VandeBunte AM, Lario Lago A, Rademakers R, Ramos EM, Considine CM, Weintraub S, Bayram E, Pantelyat A, Sullivan AC, Staffaroni AM, Kornak J, Tipton PW, Barmada S, Gendron T, Lapid MI, Kremers WK, Masdeu JC, Appleby BS, Bozoki AC, Clark DG, Darby RR, Dickerson BC, Domoto-Reilly K, Galasko D, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford NR, Grant IM, Hales CM, Honig LS, Hsiung G-YR, Huey ED, Irwin DJ, Knopman DS, Kwan JY, Léger GC, Litvan I, Mackenzie IR, Mendez MF, Onyike CU, Pascual B, Roberson ED, Snyder A, Tartaglia MC, Wint D, Forsberg LK, Heuer HW, Boeve BF, Rosen HJ, Rojas JC, Boxer AL, Casaletto KB, Abdullah M, Apostolova L, Botha H, Brushaber D, Day GS, Dickson D, Dwosh E, Faber K, Fields JA, Fong JC, Foroud T, Gavrilova R, Geschwind DH, Goldman J, Graff-Radford J, Jones DT, Kantarci K, Kolander T, Lee S, Ljubenkov P, Lucente D, Massimo L, McGinnis S, McMillan CT, Mester C, Miyagawa T, Molden J, Paulson H, Petrucelli L, Ramanan V, Rankin KP, Rascovsky K, Rhoads KW, Savica R, Seeley W, Syrjanen J, Taylor J, Vandebergh M, Wong B, Yokoyama J. Neurology Open Access, 2026 Aug 31; 2 (3):Journal ArticleAssociations of Plasma GDF15, CRP, and IL-6 With Cognitive Trajectories in Patients With Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
DOI:10.1212/wn9.0000000000000142 -
Rana JK, Pinarbasi ES, Fernandez MG, Navratna V, Conway KS, Lieberman AP, Barmada SJ, Mosalaganti S. Acta Neuropathol, 2026 Aug 20; 152 (1):Journal ArticleCorrection: CTE-type tau filaments in Alzheimer's disease with co-morbid LATE-NC.
DOI:10.1007/s00401-026-03069-4 PMID: 42622684 -
Rana JK, Pinarbasi ES, Fernandez MG, Navratna V, Conway KS, Lieberman AP, Barmada SJ, Mosalaganti S. Acta Neuropathol, 2026 Jul 7; 152 (1):Journal ArticleCTE-type tau filaments in Alzheimer's disease with co-morbid LATE-NC.
DOI:10.1007/s00401-026-03052-z PMID: PMC13337903 -
Copley KE, Dykstra MM, Miller MR, Linsenmeier M, Lai L, Wang Y, Chang Y-W, Barmada SJ, Shorter J. Sci Adv, 2026 Jun 26; 12 (26): eady0256Journal ArticleIsoform-specific steric zippers drive aberrant assembly and mislocalization of shortened TDP-43.
DOI:10.1126/sciadv.ady0256 PMID: PMC13292936 -
Moore S, Julian DL, Alsop E, Gittings LM, Lorenzini I, McMillan M, Macklin-Isquierdo S, Lehmkuhl E, Kalab P, de Paula Moreira D, Hayes L, Donnelly C, Barmada SJ, Zarnescu DC, Van Keuren-Jensen K, Sattler R. bioRxiv, 2026 Jun 25;Journal ArticleADAR2-Mediated RNA Editing Promotes TDP-43 Nuclear Export and Alters RNA Binding.
DOI:10.64898/2026.06.22.730622 PMID: PMC13321060 -
Pinarbasi E, Rana J, Fernandez M, Navratna V, Conway K, Lieberman A, Nelson P, Barmada S, Mosalaganti S. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 2026 Jun 3; 85 (6): 561 - 694.Proceeding / Abstract / PosterCTE-Type Tau Filaments in LATE-NC
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Replogle JM, Marks JD, Fernandez MG, Yuan H, Yu D, Winters E, Jawahar VM, Deshmukh R, Sutanto R, Kowal I, Frankenfield A, Shi R, Carlomagno Y, Jansen-West K, Todd TW, Kopach A, Sandra Ndayambaje I, Qi YA, Shantaraman A, Pozo-Cabanell I, Sheth U, Yue M, Duong D, Ferguson SM, Bennett DA, Damme M, Boeve BF, Day GS, Kellman B, Skarnes WC, Petersen RC, Josephs KA, Graff-Radford NR, McDonough JA, Prudencio M, Barmada SJ, Zhang Y, Hao L, DeTure M, Rawlinson B, Engelberg-Cook E, Casey MC, Perez N, Dickson DW, Wingo A, Liu Y, Seyfried NT, Wingo TS, Mosalaganti S, Petrucelli L, Ward ME. 2026 Mar 28;PreprintNeurodegeneration risk variants promote lysosomal TMEM106B fibril accumulation.
DOI:10.64898/2026.03.26.714634 PMID: 41929000 -
White MA, Crowley L, Massenzio F, Li X, Niblock M, Milani S, Coleman MP, Barmada SJ, Sreedharan J. Mol Neurobiol, 2026 Jan 17; 63 (1): 370Journal ArticleInhibiting Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Suppresses TDP-43-Mediated Neurotoxicity in a Caspase-Dependent Manner.
DOI:10.1007/s12035-026-05675-5 PMID: PMC12812098
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