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Alison J. May

Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Verified email at mssm.edu
Cited by 454

Salivary glands regenerate after radiation injury through SOX2‐mediated secretory cell replacement

E Emmerson, AJ May, L Berthoin… - EMBO molecular …, 2018 - embopress.org
Salivary gland acinar cells are routinely destroyed during radiation treatment for head and
neck cancer that results in a lifetime of hyposalivation and co‐morbidities. A potential …

The accuracy of academic self-evaluations in adolescents with learning disabilities

CA Stone, AL May - Journal of learning disabilities, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to document the degree of overestimation of academic skills
among students with learning disabilities (LD) and to evaluate the role of reference group and …

SOX2 regulates acinar cell development in the salivary gland

E Emmerson, AJ May, S Nathan, N Cruz-Pacheco… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.26620.001 Acinar cells play an essential role in the secretory function of exocrine
organs. Despite this requirement, how acinar cells are generated during organogenesis …

Stereotypes of individuals with learning disabilities: Views of college students with and without learning disabilities

AL May, CA Stone - Journal of learning disabilities, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
To explore possible reasons for low self-identification rates among undergraduates with
learning disabilities (LD), we asked students (38 with LD, 100 without LD) attending two large, …

Mutations in TRNT1 cause congenital sideroblastic anemia with immunodeficiency, fevers, and developmental delay (SIFD)

…, AK Sendamarai, DH Wiseman, A May… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
Mutations in genes encoding proteins that are involved in mitochondrial heme synthesis,
iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis, and mitochondrial protein synthesis have previously been …

[HTML][HTML] EMQN Best Practice Guidelines for molecular and haematology methods for carrier identification and prenatal diagnosis of the haemoglobinopathies

…, B De la Salle, S Henderson, A May - European Journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Haemoglobinopathies constitute the commonest recessive monogenic disorders worldwide,
and the treatment of affected individuals presents a substantial global disease burden. …

A novel syndrome of congenital sideroblastic anemia, B-cell immunodeficiency, periodic fevers, and developmental delay (SIFD)

DH Wiseman, A May, S Jolles, P Connor… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Congenital sideroblastic anemias (CSAs) are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders
identified by pathological erythroid precursors with perinuclear mitochondrial iron deposition …

Diverse progenitor cells preserve salivary gland ductal architecture after radiation-induced damage

AJ May, N Cruz-Pacheco, E Emmerson… - …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
The ductal system of the salivary gland has long been postulated to be resistant to radiation-induced
damage, a common side effect incurred by head and neck cancer patients …

Autosomal dominant reticuloendothelial iron overload associated with a 3–base pair deletion in the ferroportin 1 gene(SLC11A3)

…, SJ Perkins, M Worwood, A May… - Blood, The Journal …, 2002 - ashpublications.org
We describe a family with autosomal dominant inheritance of increased body iron stores
characterized by raised serum ferritin concentration and normal transferrin saturation. Liver …

Congenital sideroblastic anemia due to mutations in the mitochondrial HSP70 homologue HSPA9

…, MH Dziegiel, MM Heeney, A May… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
The congenital sideroblastic anemias (CSAs) are relatively uncommon diseases characterized
by defects in mitochondrial heme synthesis, iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biogenesis, or …