Paper of the Month
The School of Medicine News spotlights a recently published faculty research paper in each issue. The goals are to highlight the great research happening at OHSU and to share this information across departments, institutes and disciplines.
More Featured Papers
2013
- March: Proangiogenic Paracrine Effects of Stem Cells
- February: New insights into the biological basis of intellectual disabilities in children
- January: An integrated approach of functional genomic screens in leukemia patients
2012
- November/December: Unraveling the complex genetics of congenital heart disease
- October: OHSU scientists develop new drugs against T. gondii
- June/July: Peroxide-based inactivation approach to vaccines looks promising
- May: How ATP opens ion channels and electrifies cells
- April: Discovery of a therapeutic target in Fanconi anemia
- March: Novel Scaffold-Based Vaccine for HIV-1 Looks Promising
- February: Toward a better understanding of cilia and flagella function
2011
- November/December: Crippled cytomegalovirus continues to provoke the immune system
- October: Anti-rejection drugs and hypertension
- September: Determinants of the HIV-1 core assembly pathway
- August: MS-like disease in macaques »
- June/July A mystery of the ear solved »
- May: The Structure of Lombricine Kinased »
- April: Sudy shows positive signs for repair of UV-induced DNA damage in skin cells »
- January: OX40, a co-stimulatory molecule critical for T cell activation during the pathogenesis of uveitis »
2010
- December: Evasion of CD8+ T cells is critical for superinfection by cytomegalovirus »
- October: New form of neurodegenerative disease characterized »
- September: New insight into hemojuvelin regulation of iron homeostasis »
- August: New light shown in the living brain by diagnostic drugs in MRI »
- July: Seeking a balance between blood clotting and uncontrolled bleeding »
- May/June: Evasion of CD8+ T cells is critical for superinfection by cytomegalovirus »
- April: Primary Afferent Activation of Thermosensitive TRPV1 Triggers Asynchronous Glutamate Release at Central Neuron »
- March: Non-Invasive Stem Cell Therapy in a Rat Model for Retinal Degeneration and Vascular Pathology »
- February: Molecular imaging of the initial inflammatory response in atherosclerosis: Implications for early detection of disease »
- January: A method for mapping intralocus interactions influencing excessive alcohol drinking »
- X-ray structure, symmetry and mechanism of an AMPA-subtype glutamate receptor »


