University at Buffalo (UB)
Olga Pletnikova M.D.
Olga Pletnikova
M.D.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Brain Research; Histology
Professional Summary:
My professional expertise is in autopsy neuropathology, with focus on neurodegenerative disorders and forensic neuropathology, and brain banking. In the diagnostic domain, I am familiar with all major neurodegenerations to a level that allows me to teach pathology and neuropathology trainees. I gained this expertise through 20 years of examining cases from the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research, Huntington Disease Center, Fronto-temporal dementia study, and BIOCARD study. My experience in forensic pathology began in 1987 at the Bureau of Forensic Medicine in Moscow, Russia, and continued thereafter with 20 years of assisting in forensic neuropathology consultations at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, Maryland.
I have 15 years of experience managing the Johns Hopkins Brain Resource Center (BRC) a repository with approximately 2500 postmortem brain specimens of neurodegenerative cases and controls. As manager of the BRC, I was responsible for dissection and preparation of tissues for research, supervised the safe storage of these valuable tissues, and provided tissue samples for research to investigators at Hopkins and extramurally. The provision of these tissues included discussions and advice to requesting investigators in terms of case selection, anatomical regions, and histological and immunohistochemical methods.
My professional experience also includes the preparation and participation in clinical pathological conferences, and the teaching of neuroanatomy and brain cutting demonstration to medical and graduate students.
Education and Training:
- Internship, forensic pathology, The Moscow Bureau of the Forensic Pathology (1987)
- MD, internal medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Medical Institute (1986)
Employment:
- Research Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (2020-present)
- Research Associate, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2005–2020)
- Volunteer Faculty, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , (1999–2020)
- Research Technician, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2000–2005)
- Attending Staff, The Bureau of Forensic Medicine of the Moscow Health Department (1987–1997)
- Intern, The Bureau of Forensic Medicine of the Moscow Health Department (1986–1987)
Research Expertise:
- brain banking
- neuropathology: - The neuropathology of normal aging and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Parkinson's disease and Lewy body disease and Huntington's disease - Forensic neuropathology - Basic neuropathological methods and analysis
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- January 2022–December 2026
Immunomodulatory Therapy After Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest
NIH
Role: Consultant - January 2024–December 2024
Buffalo Bioimaging Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (B4ND)
Translational Pilot Studies Program University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
$68,000 - August 2018–April 2023
Biomarker Discovery and Validation in PSP
NIH
Role: Contributor
$576,476 - April 2016–March 2021
TDP-43 Proteinopathy in ALS-FTD: Mechanism, Target Validation and Biomarker The goal of this study to clarify mechanism of TDP-43 proteinopathy and perform target validation studies and develop biomarkers for ALS-FTD.
NIH
Role: Contributor
$250,000 - April 2017–March 2020
Alzheimer’s Disease before plaques and tangles: Abeta-Amyloid Oligomers and the Glymphatic Pathway The goal of this study is to generate novel information on very early development of Alzheimer’s disease to help identify new biomarkers for prevention and
NIH
Role: Contributor
$150,000 - April 2015
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
NIA/NIH
Role: Contributor
$1,173,896 - September 2009
Parkinson’s Disease Research Center of Excellence
NINDS
Role: Contributor
$1,237,499
Journal Articles:
- Scholz SW, Moroz BE, Saez-Atienzar S, Chia R, Cahoon EK, Dalgard CL, , , Freedman DM, Pfeiffer RM. (2024) Association of cardiovascular disease management drugs with Lewy body dementia: a case-control study. Brain communications (Jan), 6(1): fcad346. doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcad346
- Reho P, Saez-Atienzar S, Ruffo P, Solaiman S, Shah Z, Chia R, Kaivola K, Traynor BJ, Tilley BS, Gentleman SM, Hodges AK, Aarsland D, Monuki ES, Newell KL, Woltjer R, Albert MS, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Troncoso JC, Pletnikova O, Serrano GE, Beach TG, Easwaran HP, Scholz SW. (2024) Differential methylation analysis in neuropathologically confirmed dementia with Lewy bodies. Communications biology (Jan), 7(1): 35. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05725-x
- Stein-O'Brien GL, Palaganas R, Meyer EM, Redding-Ochoa J, Pletnikova O, Guo H, Bell WR, Troncoso JC, Huganir RL, Morris M. (2023) Transcriptional Signatures of Hippocampal Tau Pathology in Primary Age-Related Tauopathy and Alzheimer's Disease. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (Sep). doi:10.1101/2023.09.12.23295440
- Huang Y, Driedonks TAP, Cheng L, Turchinovich A, Pletniková O, Redding-Ochoa J, Troncoso JC, Hill AF, Mahairaki V, Zheng L, Witwer KW. (2023) Small RNA Profiles of Brain Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD (Sep).
- Kaivola K, Chia R, Ding J, Rasheed M, Fujita M, Menon V, Walton RL, Collins RL, Billingsley K, Brand H, Talkowski M, Zhao X, Dewan R, Stark A, Ray A, Solaiman S, Alvarez Jerez P, Malik L, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Albert MS, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Masellis M, Keith J, Black SE, Ferrucci L, Resnick SM, Tanaka T, , , , , Topol E, Torkamani A, Tienari P, Foroud TM, Ghetti B, Landers JE, Ryten M, Morris HR, Hardy JA, Mazzini L, D'Alfonso S, Moglia C, Calvo A, Serrano GE, Beach TG, Ferman T, Graff-Radford NR, Boeve BF, Wszolek ZK, Dickson DW, Chiò A, Bennett DA, De Jager PL, Ross OA, Dalgard CL, Gibbs JR, Traynor BJ, Scholz SW. (2023) Genome-wide structural variant analysis identifies risk loci for non-Alzheimer's dementias. Cell genomics (Jun), 3(6): 100316. doi:10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100316
- Huang Y, Arab T, Russell AE, Mallick ER, Nagaraj R, Gizzie E, Redding-Ochoa J, Troncoso JC, Pletnikova O, Turchinovich A, Routenberg DA, Witwer KW. (2023) Towards a human brain EV atlas: Characteristics of EVs from different brain regions, including small RNA and protein profiles. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (May). doi:10.1101/2023.05.06.539665
- Murlanova K, Jouroukhin Y, Novototskaya-Vlasova K, Huseynov S, Pletnikova O, Morales MJ, Guan Y, Kamiya A, Bergles DE, Dietz DM, Pletnikov MV. (2023) Loss of Astrocytic µ Opioid Receptors Exacerbates Aversion Associated with Morphine Withdrawal in Mice: Role of Mitochondrial Respiration. Cells (May), 12(10). doi:10.3390/cells12101412
- Jang Y, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Pantelyat AY, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Na CH. (2023) Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Analysis of Human Substantia Nigra From Parkinson's Disease Patients Identifies Multiple Pathways Potentially Involved in the Disease. Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP (Jan), 22(1): 100452. doi:10.1016/j.mcpro.2022.100452
- Jang Y, Thuraisamy T, Redding-Ochoa J, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Rosenthal LS, Dawson TM, Pantelyat AY, Na CH. (2022) Mass spectrometry-based proteomics analysis of human globus pallidus from progressive supranuclear palsy patients discovers multiple disease pathways. Clinical and translational medicine (Nov), 12(11): e1076.
- Morris M, Moghekar A, Guo H, Pletnikova O, Redding-Ochoa J, Albert M, Resnick SM, Chen L. (2022) Ubiquitin-positive astrogliopathy clinically mimicking Parkinson's disease. Acta neuropathologica communications (Nov), 10(1): 164. doi:10.1186/s40478-022-01464-y
- Huang Y, Driedonks TAP, Cheng L, Rajapaksha H, Routenberg DA, Nagaraj R, Redding J, Arab T, Powell BH, Pletniková O, Troncoso JC, Zheng L, Hill AF, Mahairaki V, Witwer KW. (2022) Brain Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Alzheimer's Disease Display Altered Key Protein Levels Including Cell Type-Specific Markers. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD (Oct).
- Kaivola K, Shah Z, Chia R, , Scholz SW. (2022) Genetic evaluation of dementia with Lewy bodies implicates distinct disease subgroups. Brain : a journal of neurology (Jun), 145(5): 1757-1762.
- Panicker N, Kam TI, Wang H, Neifert S, Chou SC, Kumar M, Brahmachari S, Jhaldiyal A, Hinkle JT, Akkentli F, Mao X, Xu E, Karuppagounder SS, Hsu ET, Kang SU, Pletnikova O, Troncoso J, Dawson VL, Dawson TM. (2022) Neuronal NLRP3 is a parkin substrate that drives neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. Neuron (May).
- Hinkle JT, Patel J, Panicker N, Karuppagounder SS, Biswas D, Belingon B, Chen R, Brahmachari S, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Dawson VL, Dawson TM. (2022) STING mediates neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in nigrostriatal a-synucleinopathy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Apr), 119(15): e2118819119.
- Murlanova K, Jouroukhin Y, Huseynov S, Pletnikova O, Morales MJ, Guan Y, Baraban JM, Bergles DE, Pletnikov MV. (2022) Deficient mitochondrial respiration in astrocytes impairs trace fear conditioning and increases naloxone-precipitated aversion in morphine-dependent mice. Glia (Mar).
- Roberts JA, Varma VR, An Y, Varma S, Candia J, Fantoni G, Tiwari V, Anerillas C, Williamson A, Saito A, Loeffler T, Schilcher I, Moaddel R, Khadeer M, Lovett J, Tanaka T, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Bennett DA, Albert MS, Yu K, Niu M, Haroutunian V, Zhang B, Peng J, Croteau DL, Resnick SM, Gorospe M, Bohr VA, Ferrucci L, Thambisetty M. (2021) A brain proteomic signature of incipient Alzheimer. Science advances (Nov), 7(46): eabi8178.
- Seo BA, Kim D, Hwang H, Kim MS, Ma SX, Kwon SH, Kweon SH, Wang H, Yoo JM, Choi S, Kwon SH, Kang SU, Kam TI, Kim K, Karuppagounder SS, Kang BG, Lee S, Park H, Kim S, Yan W, Li YS, Kuo SH, Redding-Ochoa J, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Lee G, Mao X, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Ko HS. (2021) TRIP12 ubiquitination of glucocerebrosidase contributes to neurodegeneration in Parkinson. Neuron (Oct).
- Johnson JO, Chia R, Miller DE, Li R, Kumaran R, Abramzon Y, Alahmady N, Renton AE, Topp SD, Gibbs JR, Cookson MR, Sabir MS, Dalgard CL, Troakes C, Jones AR, Shatunov A, Iacoangeli A, Al Khleifat A, Ticozzi N, Silani V, Gellera C, Blair IP, Dobson-Stone C, Kwok JB, Bonkowski ES, Palvadeau R, Tienari PJ, Morrison KE, Shaw PJ, Al-Chalabi A, Brown RH, Calvo A, Mora G, Al-Saif H, Gotkine M, Leigh F, Chang IJ, Perlman SJ, Glass I, Scott AI, Shaw CE, Basak AN, Landers JE, Chiò A, Crawford TO, Smith BN, Traynor BJ, , Smith BN, Ticozzi N, Fallini C, Gkazi AS, Topp SD, Scotter EL, Kenna KP, Keagle P, Tiloca C, Vance C, Troakes C, Colombrita C, King A, Pensato V, Castellotti B, Baas F, Ten Asbroek ALMA, McKenna-Yasek D, McLaughlin RL, Polak M, Asress S, Esteban-Pérez J, Stevic Z, D. (2021) Association of Variants in the SPTLC1 Gene With Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. JAMA neurology (Aug). doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2598
- Varma VR, Büsra Lüleci H, Oommen AM, Varma S, Blackshear CT, Griswold ME, An Y, Roberts JA, O. (2021) Abnormal brain cholesterol homeostasis in Alzheimer. NPJ aging and mechanisms of disease (Jun), 7(1): 11. doi:10.1038/s41514-021-00064-9
- Varma VR, Wang Y, An Y, Varma S, Bilgel M, Doshi J, Legido-Quigley C, Delgado JC, Oommen AM, Roberts JA, Wong DF, Davatzikos C, Resnick SM, Troncoso JC, Pletnikova O, O. (2021) Bile acid synthesis, modulation, and dementia: A metabolomic, transcriptomic, and pharmacoepidemiologic study. PLoS medicine (May), 18(5): e1003615. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003615
- Park JS, Kam TI, Lee S, Park H, Oh Y, Kwon SH, Song JJ, Kim D, Kim H, Jhaldiyal A, Na DH, Lee KC, Park EJ, Pomper MG, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Ko HS, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Lee S. (2021) Blocking microglial activation of reactive astrocytes is neuroprotective in models of Alzheimer. Acta neuropathologica communications (Apr), 9(1): 78. doi:10.1186/s40478-021-01180-z
- Dewan R, Chia R, Ding J, Hickman RA, Stein TD, Abramzon Y, Ahmed S, Sabir MS, Portley MK, Tucci A, Ibáñez K, Shankaracharya FNU, Keagle P, Rossi G, Caroppo P, Tagliavini F, Waldo ML, Johansson PM, Nilsson CF; American Genome Center (TAGC); FALS Sequencing Consortium; Genomics England Research Consortium; International ALS/FTD Genomics Consortium (iAFGC); International FTD Genetics Consortium (IFGC); International LBD Genomics Consortium (iLBDGC); NYGC ALS Consortium; PROSPECT Consortium, Rowe JB, Benussi L, Binetti G, Ghidoni R, Jabbari E, Viollet C, Glass JD, Singleton AB, Silani V, Ross OA, Ryten M, Torkamani A, Tanaka T, Ferrucci L, Resnick SM, Pickering-Brown S, Brady CB, Kowal N, Hardy JA, Van Deerlin V, Vonsattel JP, Harms MB, Morris HR, Ferrari R, Landers JE, Chiò A, Gibbs JR, Dalgard CL, Scholz SW, Traynor BJ. (2021) Pathogenic Huntingtin Repeat Expansions in Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neuron (Feb), 109(3): 448-460.
- Chia R, Sabir MS, Bandres-Ciga S, Saez-Atienzar S, Reynolds RH, Gustavsson E, Walton RL, Ahmed S, Viollet C, Ding J, Makarious MB, Diez-Fairen M, Portley MK, Shah Z, Abramzon Y, Hernandez DG, Blauwendraat C, Stone DJ, Eicher J, Parkkinen L, Ansorge O, Clark L, Honig LS, Marder K, Lemstra A, St George-Hyslop P, Londos E, Morgan K, Lashley T, Warner TT, Jaunmuktane Z, Galasko D, Santana I, Tienari PJ, Myllykangas L, Oinas M, Cairns NJ, Morris JC, Halliday GM, Van Deerlin VM, Trojanowski JQ, Grassano M, Calvo A, Mora G, Canosa A, Floris G, Bohannan RC, Brett F, Gan-Or Z, Geiger JT, Moore A, May P, Krüger R, Goldstein DS, Lopez G, Tayebi N, Sidransky E, Norcliffe-Kaufmann L, Palma JA, Kaufmann H, Shakkottai VG, Perkins M, Newell KL, Gasser T, Schulte C, Landi F, Salvi E, Cusi D, Masliah E, Kim RC, Caraway CA, Monuki ES, Brunetti M, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Albert MS, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Flanagan ME, Mao Q, Bigio EH, RodrÃguez-RodrÃguez E, Infante J, Lage C, González-Aramburu I, Sanchez-Juan P, Ghetti B, Keith J, Black SE, Masellis M, Rogaeva E, Duyckaerts C, Brice A, Lesage S, Xiromerisiou G, Barrett MJ, Tilley BS, Gentleman S, Logroscino G, Serrano GE, Beach TG, McKeith IG, Thomas AJ, Attems J, Morris CM, Palmer L, Love S, Troakes C, Al-Sarraj S, Hodges AK, Aarsland D, Klein G, Kaiser SM, Woltjer R, Pastor P, Bekris LM, Leverenz JB, Besser LM, Kuzma A, Renton AE, Goate A, Bennett DA, Scherzer CR, Morris HR, Ferrari R, Albani D, Pickering-Brown S, Faber K, Kukull WA, Morenas-Rodriguez E, Lleó A, Fortea J, Alcolea D, Clarimon J, Nalls MA, Ferrucci L, Resnick SM, Tanaka T, Foroud TM, Graff-Radford NR, Wszolek ZK, Ferman T, Boeve BF, Hardy JA, Topol EJ, Torkamani A, Singleton AB, Ryten M, Dickson DW, Chiò A, Ross OA, Gibbs JR, Dalgard CL, Traynor BJ, Scholz SW. (2021) Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture. Nat Genet (Feb).
- Jabbari E, Koga S, Valentino RR, Reynolds RH, Ferrari R, Tan MMX, Rowe JB, Dalgard CL, Scholz SW, Dickson DW, Warner TT, Revesz T, Höglinger GU, Ross OA, Ryten M, Hardy J, Shoai M, Morris HR; PSP Genetics Group. (2021) Genetic determinants of survival in progressive supranuclear palsy: a genome-wide association study. Lancet Neurology (Feb), 20(2): 107-116.
- Fischer NM, Hinkle JT, Perepezko K, Bakker CC, Morris M, Broen MPG, Butala A, Dawson TM, Leentjens AFG, Mari Z, Marvel CL, Mills KA, Rosenthal LS, Shepard MD, Pantelyat A, Bakker A, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Wang J, Pontone GM. (2021) Brainstem Pathologies Correlate With Depression and Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (Jan).
- Mahajan UV, Varma VR, Griswold ME, Blackshear CT, An Y, Oommen AM, Varma S, Troncoso JC, Pletnikova O, O'Brien R, Hohman TJ, Legido-Quigley C, Thambisetty M. (2020) Correction: Dysregulation of multiple metabolic networks related to brain transmethylation and polyamine pathways in Alzheimer disease: A targeted metabolomic and transcriptomic study. PLoS Med (Oct), 17(10): 1003439-1003439.
- Huang Y, Cheng L, Turchinovich A, Mahairaki V, Troncoso JC, Pletniková O, Haughey NJ, Vella LJ, Hill AF, Zheng L, Witwer KW. (2020) Influence of species and processing parameters on recovery and content of brain tissue-derived extracellular vesicles. J Extracell Vesicles (Jun), 9(1)
- Tisza MJ, Pastrana DV, Welch NL, Stewart B, Peretti A, Starrett GJ, Pang YS, Krishnamurthy SR, Pesavento PA, McDermott DH, Murphy PM, Whited JL, Miller B, Brenchley J, Rosshart SP, Rehermann B, Doorbar J, Ta'ala BA, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Resnick SM, Bolduc B, Sullivan MB, Varsani A, Segall AM, Buck CB. (2020) Discovery of several thousand highly diverse circular DNA viruses. Elife (Feb), 9.
- Mahajan UV, Varma VR, Griswold ME, Blackshear CT, An Y, Oommen AM, Varma S, Troncoso JC, Pletnikova O, O'Brien R, Hohman TJ, Legido-Quigley C, Thambisetty M. (2020) Dysregulation of multiple metabolic networks related to brain transmethylation and polyamine pathways in Alzheimer disease: A targeted metabolomic and transcriptomic study. PLoS Med (Jan), 17(1): 1003012-1003012.
- van der Lee SJ, Conway OJ, Jansen I, Carrasquillo MM, Kleineidam L, van den Akker E, Hernández I, van Eijk KR, Stringa N, Chen JA, Zettergren A, Andlauer TFM, Diez-Fairen M, Simon-Sanchez J, Lleó A, Zetterberg H, Nygaard M, Blauwendraat C, Savage JE, Mengel-From J, Moreno-Grau S, Wagner M, Fortea J, Keogh MJ, Blennow K, Skoog I, Friese MA, Pletnikova O, Zulaica M, Lage C, de Rojas I, Riedel-Heller S, Illán-Gala I, Wei W, Jeune B, Orellana A, Then Bergh F, Wang X, Hulsman M, Beker N, Tesi N, Morris CM, Indakoetxea B, Collij LE, Scherer M, Morenas-RodrÃguez E, Ironside JW, van Berckel BNM, Alcolea D, Wiendl H, Strickland SL, Pastor P, RodrÃguez RodrÃguez E, Boeve BF, Petersen RC, Ferman TJ, van Gerpen JA, Reinders MJT, Uitti RJ, Tárraga L, Maier W, Dols-Icardo O, Kawalia A, Dalmasso MC, Boada M, Zettl UK, van Schoor NM, Beekman M, Allen M, Masliah E, de Munain AL, Pantelyat A, Wszolek ZK, Ross OA, Dickson DW, Graff-Radford NR, Knopman D, Rademakers R, Lemstra AW, Pijnenburg YAL, Scheltens P, Gasser T, Chinnery PF, Hemmer B, Huisman MA, Troncoso J, Moreno F, Nohr EA, Sørensen TIA, Heutink P, Sánchez-Juan P, Posthuma D, Clarimón J, Christensen K, Ertekin-Taner N, Scholz SW, Ramirez A, Ruiz A, Slagboom E, van der Flier WM, Holstege H. (2020) Correction to: A nonsynonymous mutation in PLCG2 reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia, and increases the likelihood of longevity. Acta Neuropathol (Jan), 139(5): 959-962.
- Karim MR, Liao EE, Kim J, Meints J, Martinez HM, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Lee MK. (2020) α-Synucleinopathy associated c-Abl activation causes p53-dependent autophagy impairment. Mol Neurodegener (Jan), 15(1): 27-27.
- Blauwendraat C, Reed X, Krohn L, Heilbron K, Bandres-Ciga S, Tan M, Gibbs JR, Hernandez DG, Kumaran R, Langston R, Bonet-Ponce L, Alcalay RN, Hassin-Baer S, Greenbaum L, Iwaki H, Leonard HL, Grenn FP, Ruskey JA, Sabir M, Ahmed S, Makarious MB, Pihlstrøm L, Toft M, van Hilten JJ, Marinus J, Schulte C, Brockmann K, Sharma M, Siitonen A, Majamaa K, Eerola-Rautio J, Tienari PJ, Pantelyat A, Hillis AE, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Albert MS, Resnick SM, Ferrucci L, Morris CM, Pletnikova O, Troncoso J, Grosset D, Lesage S, Corvol JC, Brice A, Noyce AJ, Masliah E, Wood N, Hardy J, Shulman LM, Jankovic J, Shulman JM, Heutink P, Gasser T, Cannon P, Scholz SW, Morris H, Cookson MR, Nalls MA, Gan-Or Z, Singleton AB. (2020) Genetic modifiers of risk and age at onset in GBA associated Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. Brain (Jan), 143(1): 234-248.
- Allnutt MA, Johnson K, Bennett DA, Connor SM, Troncoso JC, Pletnikova O, Albert MS, Resnick SM, Scholz SW, De Jager PL, Jacobson S. (2020) Human Herpesvirus 6 Detection in Alzheimer's Disease Cases and Controls across Multiple Cohorts. Neuron (Jan), 105(6): 1027-1035.
- Ahmed S, Fairen MD, Sabir MS, Pastor P, Ding J, Ispierto L, Butala A, Morris CM, Schulte C, Gasser T, Jabbari E, Pletnikova O, Morris HR, Troncoso J, Gelpi E, Pantelyat A, Scholz SW. (2019) MAPT p.V363I mutation: A rare cause of corticobasal degeneration. Neurol Genet (Aug), 5(4): 347-347.
- Hishimoto A, Pletnikova O, Lang DL, Troncoso JC, Egan JM, Liu QR. (2019) Neurexin 3 transmembrane and soluble isoform expression and splicing haplotype are associated with neuron inflammasome and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Research and Therapy (May), 11(1): 39.
- Hishimoto A, Pletnikova O, Lang DL, Troncoso JC, Egan JM, Liu QR. (2019) Correction to: Neurexin 3 transmembrane and soluble isoform expression and splicing haplotype are associated with neuron inflammasome and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther (May), 11(1): 39-39.
- Hishimoto A, Pletnikova O, Lang DL, Troncoso JC, Egan JM, Liu QR. (2019) Neurexin 3 transmembrane and soluble isoform expression and splicing haplotype are associated with neuron inflammasome and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's research & therapy (Mar), 11(1): 28. doi:10.1186/s13195-019-0475-2
- Snowden SG, Ebshiana AA, Hye A, Pletnikova O, O'Brien R, Yang A, Troncoso J, Legido-Quigley C, Thambisetty M. (2019) Neurotransmitter Imbalance in the Brain and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD (Jan), 72(1): 35-43.
- Horti AG, Naik R, Foss CA, Minn I, Misheneva V, Du Y, Wang Y, Mathews WB, Wu Y, Hall A, LaCourse C, Ahn HH, Nam H, Lesniak WG, Valentine H, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Smith MD, Calabresi PA, Savonenko AV, Dannals RF, Pletnikov MV, Pomper MG. (2019) PET imaging of microglia by targeting macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (Jan), 116(5): 1686-1691.
- Bell WR, An Y, Kageyama Y, English C, Rudow GL, Pletnikova O, Thambisetty M, O'Brien R, Moghekar AR, Albert MS, Rabins PV, Resnick SM, Troncoso JC. (2019) Neuropathologic, genetic, and longitudinal cognitive profiles in primary age-related tauopathy (PART) and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. (Jan), 15(1): 8-16.
- Guerreiro R, Escott-Price V, Hernandez DG, Kun-Rodrigues C, Ross OA, Orme T, Neto JL, Carmona S, Dehghani N, Eicher JD, Shepherd C, Parkkinen L, Darwent L, Heckman MG, Scholz SW, Troncoso JC, Pletnikova O, Dawson T, Rosenthal L, Ansorge O, Clarimon J, Lleo A, Morenas-Rodriguez E, Clark L, Honig LS, Marder K, Lemstra A, Rogaeva E, St George-Hyslop P, Londos E, Zetterberg H, Barber I, Braae A, Brown K, Morgan K, Troakes C, Al-Sarraj S, Lashley T, Holton J, Compta Y, Van Deerlin V, Serrano GE, Beach TG, Lesage S, Galasko D, Masliah E, Santana I, Pastor P, Diez-Fairen M, Aguilar M, Tienari PJ, Myllykangas L, Oinas M, Revesz T, Lees A, Boeve BF, Petersen RC, Ferman TJ, Graff-Radford N, Cairns NJ, Morris JC, Pickering-Brown S, Mann D, Halliday GM, Hardy J, Trojanowski JQ, Dickson DW, Singleton A, Stone DJ, Bras J. (2019) Heritability and genetic variance of dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurobiol Dis (Jan), 127: 492-501.
- Sabir MS, Blauwendraat C, Ahmed S, Serrano GE, Beach TG, Perkins M, Rice AC, Masliah E, Morris CM, Pihlstrom L, Pantelyat A, Resnick SM, Cookson MR, Hernandez DG, Albert M, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Houlden H, Pletnikova O, Troncoso J, Scholz SW. (2019) Assessment of APOE in atypical parkinsonism syndromes. Neurobiol Dis (Jan), 127: 142-146.
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- Panicker N, Sarkar S, Harischandra DS, Neal M, Kam TI, Jin H, Saminathan H, Langley M, Charli A, Samidurai M, Rokad D, Ghaisas S, Pletnikova O, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Anantharam V, Kanthasamy AG, Kanthasamy A. (2019) Fyn kinase regulates misfolded α-synuclein uptake and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in microglia. J Exp Med (Jan), 216(6): 1411-1430.
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- Sojkova J, Driscoll I, Iacono D, Zhou Y, Codispoti KE, Kraut MA, Ferrucci L, Pletnikova O, Mathis CA, Klunk WE, O'Brien RJ, Wong DF, Troncoso JC, Resnick SM. (2011) In vivo fibrillar beta-amyloid detected using [11C]PiB positron emission tomography and neuropathologic assessment in older adults. Arch Neurol (Feb), 68(2): 232-240.
- Ko HS, Lee Y, Shin JH, Karuppagounder SS, Gadad BS, Koleske AJ, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Dawson VL, Dawson TM. (2010) Phosphorylation by the c-Abl protein tyrosine kinase inhibits parkin's ubiquitination and protective function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (Sep), 107(38): 16691-16696.
- Chiocco MJ, Zhu X, Walther D, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Uhl GR, Liu QR. (2010) Fine mapping of calcineurin (PPP3CA) gene reveals novel alternative splicing patterns, association of 5'UTR trinucleotide repeat with addiction vulnerability, and differential isoform expression in Alzheimer's disease. Subst Use Misuse (Sep), 45(11): 1809-1826.
- Iacono D, Markesbery WR, Gross M, Pletnikova O, Rudow G, Zandi P, Troncoso JC. (2009) The Nun study: clinically silent AD, neuronal hypertrophy, and linguistic skills in early life. Neurology (Sep), 73(9): 665-673.
- Bandaru VV, Troncoso J, Wheeler D, Pletnikova O, Wang J, Conant K, Haughey NJ. (2009) ApoE4 disrupts sterol and sphingolipid metabolism in Alzheimer's but not normal brain. Neurobiol Aging (Apr), 30(4): 591-599.
- Tsang AH, Lee YI, Ko HS, Savitt JM, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Chung KK. (2009) S-nitrosylation of XIAP compromises neuronal survival in Parkinson's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (Mar), 106(12): 4900-4905.
- O'Brien RJ, Resnick SM, Zonderman AB, Ferrucci L, Crain BJ, Pletnikova O, Rudow G, Iacono D, Riudavets MA, Driscoll I, Price DL, Martin LJ, Troncoso JC. (2009) Neuropathologic studies of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). J Alzheimers Dis (Jan), 18(3): 665-675.
- Troncoso JC, Zonderman AB, Resnick SM, Crain B, Pletnikova O, O'Brien RJ. (2008) Effect of infarcts on dementia in the Baltimore longitudinal study of aging. Ann Neurol (Aug), 64(2): 168-176.
- Iacono D, O'Brien R, Resnick SM, Zonderman AB, Pletnikova O, Rudow G, An Y, West MJ, Crain B, Troncoso JC. (2008) Neuronal hypertrophy in asymptomatic Alzheimer disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol (Jun), 67(6): 578-589.
- Rudow G, O'Brien R, Savonenko AV, Resnick SM, Zonderman AB, Pletnikova O, Marsh L, Dawson TM, Crain BJ, West MJ, Troncoso JC. (2008) Morphometry of the human substantia nigra in ageing and Parkinson's disease. Acta Neuropathol (Apr), 115(4): 461-470.
- Rudnicki DD, Pletnikova O, Vonsattel JP, Ross CA, Margolis RL. (2008) A comparison of huntington disease and huntington disease-like 2 neuropathology. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol (Apr), 67(4): 366-374.
- Tan JM, Wong ES, Kirkpatrick DS, Pletnikova O, Ko HS, Tay SP, Ho MW, Troncoso J, Gygi SP, Lee MK, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Lim KL. (2008) Lysine 63-linked ubiquitination promotes the formation and autophagic clearance of protein inclusions associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Hum Mol Genet (Feb), 17(3): 431-439.
- Hishimoto A, Liu QR, Drgon T, Pletnikova O, Walther D, Zhu XG, Troncoso JC, Uhl GR. (2007) Neurexin 3 polymorphisms are associated with alcohol dependence and altered expression of specific isoforms. Hum Mol Genet (Dec), 16(23): 2880-2891.
- Riudavets MA, Iacono D, Resnick SM, O'Brien R, Zonderman AB, Martin LJ, Rudow G, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC. (2007) Resistance to Alzheimer's pathology is associated with nuclear hypertrophy in neurons. Neurobiol Aging (Oct), 28(10): 1484-1492.
- Chang SY, Yong TF, Yu CY, Liang MC, Pletnikova O, Troncoso J, Burgunder JM, Soong TW. (2007) Age and gender-dependent alternative splicing of P/Q-type calcium channel EF-hand. Neuroscience (Mar), 145(3): 1026-1036.
- Pletnikova O. (2006) Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 12 and Huntington’s Disease-Like 2: Clues to Pathogenesis, in: Human Nucleotide Expansion Disorders, Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology. (Jan), 19: 253-276.
- Wang C, Ko HS, Thomas B, Tsang F, Chew KC, Tay SP, Ho MW, Lim TM, Soong TW, Pletnikova O, Troncoso J, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Lim KL. (2005) Stress-induced alterations in parkin solubility promote parkin aggregation and compromise parkin's protective function. Hum Mol Genet (Dec), 14(24): 3885-3897.
- Pletnikova O, West N, Lee MK, Rudow GL, Skolasky RL, Dawson TM, Marsh L, Troncoso JC. Pletnikova O. (2005) Abeta deposition is associated with enhanced cortical alpha-synuclein lesions in Lewy body diseases. Neurobiology of Aging (Aug), 26((8)): 2162-2167.
- Ko HS, von Coelln R, Sriram SR, Kim SW, Chung KK, Pletnikova O, Troncoso J, Johnson B, Saffary R, Goh EL, Song H, Park BJ, Kim MJ, Kim S, Dawson VL, Dawson TM. (2005) Accumulation of the authentic parkin substrate aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase cofactor, p38/JTV-1, leads to catecholaminergic cell death. J Neurosci (Aug), 25(35): 7968-7978.
- Li W, West N, Colla E, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Marsh L, Dawson TM, Jäkälä P, Hartmann T, Price DL, Lee MK. (2005) Aggregation promoting C-terminal truncation of alpha-synuclein is a normal cellular process and is enhanced by the familial Parkinson's disease-linked mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (Feb), 102(6): 2162-2167.
- Mikolaenko I, Pletnikova O, Kawas CH, O'Brien R, Resnick SM, Crain B, Troncoso JC. (2005) Alpha-synuclein lesions in normal aging, Parkinson disease, and Alzheimer disease: evidence from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). J Neuropathol Exp Neurol (Feb), 64(2): 156-162.
- Hatanpaa KJ, Blass DM, Pletnikova O, Crain BJ, Bigio EH, Hedreen JC, White CL, Troncoso JC. (2004) Most cases of dementia with hippocampal sclerosis may represent frontotemporal dementia. Neurology (Aug), 63(3): 538-542.
- Chung KK, Thomas B, Li X, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Marsh L, Dawson VL, Dawson TM. (2004) S-nitrosylation of parkin regulates ubiquitination and compromises parkin's protective function. Science (May), 304(5675): 1328-1331.
Books and Book Chapters:
- Troncoso JC, Rubio A, Fowler D. (2009) Neurodegenerative Diseases, in: Essential Forensic Neuropathology. In: Essential Forensic Neuropathology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 247-263.
- Margolis RL, Holmes SE, O’Hearn E, Rudnicki DD, Hwang J, Cortez-Apreza N, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC. (2006) Nucleic Acids and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 12 and Huntington’s Disease-Like 2: Clues to Pathogenesis, in: ; Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology. In: Human Nucleotide Expansion Disorders. Springer, 253-276.
Service Activities:
- JSMBS faculty council alternate for PAS (2023–2024)
- JSMBS faculty council alternate for PAS (2023–2024)
- I am working on organizing a human brain tissue samples repository as an integral part of the Biorepository in the department. I am expanding my collaborative efforts with the brain bank at JHU to establish a long-term interaction between two banking systems and ensure an uninterrupted exchange of postmortem human brain samples to be used for research and teaching purposes. Going forward, this service will significantly stimulate basic and translational studies of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric conditions at UB, a promising and highly fundable research direction. (2020–present)
- 2/12/2014 Presentation “Movement and neurodegenerative disorders” and brain cutting demonstration to the staff at Copper Ridge Peak Healthcare Skilled Nursing Facility at Copper Ridge 710 Obrecht Rd, Sykesville, MD (2014)
- 10/6/2010 Presentation “Movement and neurodegenerative disorders” and brain cutting demonstration to the staff at Copper Ridge Peak Healthcare Skilled Nursing Facility at Copper Ridge 710 Obrecht Rd, Sykesville, MD 2/12/2014 Presentation “Movement and neurodegenerative disorders” and brain cutting demonstration to the staff at Copper Ridge Peak Healthcare Skilled Nursing Facility at Copper Ridge 710 Obrecht Rd, Sykesville, MD