Sami J Barmada, MD, PhD

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Sami J Barmada, MD, PhD
portrait of Sami Jihad Barmada
Professor
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      Taubman Institute
    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      CTE-type tau filaments in Alzheimer’s disease with co-morbid LATE-NC
      Rana JK, Pinarbasi ES, Fernandez MG, Navratna V, Conway KS, Lieberman AP, Barmada SJ, Mosalaganti S. Acta Neuropathologica, 2026 Dec 1; 152 (1): DOI:10.1007/s00401-026-03052-z
      PMID: 42410250
    • Journal Article
      Correction: CTE-type tau filaments in Alzheimer’s disease with co-morbid LATE-NC (Acta Neuropathologica, (2026), 152, 1, (3), 10.1007/s00401-026-03052-z)
      Rana JK, Pinarbasi ES, Fernandez MG, Navratna V, Conway KS, Lieberman AP, Barmada SJ, Mosalaganti S. Acta Neuropathologica, 2026 Dec 1; 152 (1): DOI:10.1007/s00401-026-03069-4
      PMID: 42622684
    • Journal Article
      TDP-43-Associated Neurodegenerative Disease Conceptualization and Integrated Staging: A Review.
      Benatar M, Barmada S, Jicha GA, Lagier-Tourenne C, Gregory J, Al-Chalabi A, Boeve BF, Jack CR, Seeley WW, Maragakis NJ, Wuu J, Zeier Z, Onyike C, Lewcock J, Hovinga C, Jafar-Nejad P, Uspenskaya O, Simmons A, Browne SE, Rohrer J, Petrucelli L, Shapiro J, Scharper D, Boxer A, Ostrow LW, Staffaroni AM, Dacks P, Turner MR, Dave KD, de Majo M, Mitic L, Fradette S, Budd Haeberlein S, Simuni T, Dunn B, McMillan CT, Lee EB. JAMA Neurol, 2026 Oct 1; 83 (10): 1013 - 1022. DOI:10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2812
      PMID: 42636000
    • Preprint
      Tandem Tau and α-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays Reveal α-Synuclein Copathology Potentiates Tau Seeding in Alzheimer’s Disease
      Soto C, Gorski D, Evans H, Pinho M, Rehan Z, Perkins M, Pinarbasi E, Reader J, Barmada S, Paulson H, Pritzkow S. 2026 Sep 6; Research Square, DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-10845149/v1
    • Journal Article
      Associations of Plasma GDF15, CRP, and IL-6 With Cognitive Trajectories in Patients With Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
      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): DOI:10.1212/wn9.0000000000000142
    • Preprint
      Cerebrospinal fluid YWHAG:NPTX2 ratio predicts clinical severity and future phenoconversion in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
      Oh HS-H, Downer JD, Dietz CD, Yballa C, Marcora E, Lario-Lago A, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Hsiao-Nakamoto J, Chiu C-L, Auger P, Powers C, Di Paolo G, Huang F, Appleby B, Barmada S, Bayram E, Bozoki A, Clark D, Darby RR, Dickerson B, Domoto-Reilly K, Faber K, Fagan A, Foroud T, Galasko DR, Geschwind D, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford N, Grant IM, Hales CM, Honig LS, Hsiung G-Y, Huey ED, Irwin D, Knopman D, Kornak J, Kwan J, Léger GC, Litvan I, Mackenzie IR, Mendez MF, Onyike C, Pascual B, Pressman P, Rademakers R, Ramos EM, Roberson ED, Snyder A, Tartaglia C, Wint D, Bouzigues A, Russell LL, Foster PH, Ferry-Bolder E, van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Seelaar H, Sanchez-Valle R, Laforce R, Graff C, Galimberti D, Vanderberghe R, de Mendonça A, di Fede G, Santana I, Gerhard A, Levin J, Nacmias B, Otto M, Bertoux M, Lebouvier T, Ducharme S, Butler CR, Le Ber I, Finger E, Masellis M, Rowe JB, Synofzik M, Moreno F, Borroni B, Sogorb-Esteve A, Weiner S, Gobom J, Zetterberg H, Rohrer JD, Paolillo EW, VandeVrede L, Ljubenkov PJ, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Gorno-Tempini ML, Gendron T, Petrucelli L, Boeve BF, Rosen HJ, Yokoyama JS, Russo SJ, Seeley WW, Rojas JC, Casaletto KB, Staffaroni AM, Goate A, Boxer AL, Saloner R. 2026 Sep 2; bioRxiv, DOI:10.64898/2026.08.22.746470
    • Journal Article
      Clinical Associations of Cerebrospinal Fluid TMEM106B in Familial and Sporadic Frontotemporal Dementia
      Olzinski M, Downer J, Cobigo Y, Rajbanshi B, Li J, Loureiro J, Worringer KA, Heuer H, Ljubenkov P, Vandevrede L, Staffaroni A, Lario-Lago A, Leichter D, Wolf A, Wise A, Sanderson-Cimino M, Barragan E, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW, Casaletto KB, Kramer J, Ramos EM, Geschwind D, Cook C, Petrucelli L, Forsberg LK, Gendron T, Boeve BF, Perneel J, Rademakers R, Rosen HJ, Saloner R, Boxer AL, Rojas JC. JAMA Neurology, 2026 Aug 10; 83 (8): 778 - 787. DOI:10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.1927
      PMID: 42329632
    • Journal Article
      ADAR2-Mediated RNA Editing Promotes TDP-43 Nuclear Export and Alters RNA Binding.
      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; DOI:10.64898/2026.06.22.730622
      PMID: PMC13321060

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