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Jasmine Alexander-Floyd

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Verified email at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Cited by 107

[PDF][PDF] Multiple molecular mechanisms rescue mtDNA disease in C. elegans

…, JL Weinert, C Fritsch, NG Ericson, J Alexander-Floyd… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Genetic instability of the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) plays an important role in human
aging and disease. Thus far, it has proven difficult to develop successful treatment strategies …

Lipid A variants activate human TLR4 and the noncanonical inflammasome differently and require the core oligosaccharide for inflammasome activation

J Alexander-Floyd, AR Bass, EM Harberts… - Infection and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Detection of Gram-negative bacterial lipid A by the extracellular sensor, myeloid differentiation
2 (MD2)/Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), or the intracellular inflammasome sensors, CASP4 …

[HTML][HTML] Natural genetic variation determines susceptibility to aggregation or toxicity in a C. elegansmodel for polyglutamine disease

T Gidalevitz, N Wang, T Deravaj, J Alexander-Floyd… - BMC biology, 2013 - Springer
Background Monogenic gain-of-function protein aggregation diseases, including Huntington’s
disease, exhibit substantial variability in age of onset, penetrance, and clinical symptoms, …

[HTML][HTML] HSP-4/BiP expression in secretory cells is regulated by a developmental program and not by the unfolded protein response

J Zha, M Ying, J Alexander-Floyd, T Gidalevitz - PLoS Biology, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Differentiation of secretory cells leads to sharp increases in protein synthesis, challenging
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) proteostasis. Anticipatory activation of the unfolded protein …

Human GBP1 facilitates the rupture of the Legionella-containing vacuole and inflammasome activation

…, J Alexander-Floyd, N Lopes Fischer, J Doerner… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The inflammasome is essential for host defense against intracellular bacterial pathogens,
including Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of the severe pneumonia Legionnaires…

[HTML][HTML] Unexpected cell type-dependent effects of autophagy on polyglutamine aggregation revealed by natural genetic variation in C. elegans

J Alexander-Floyd, S Haroon, M Ying, AA Entezari… - BMC biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Monogenic protein aggregation diseases, in addition to cell selectivity, exhibit
clinical variation in the age of onset and progression, driven in part by inter-individual genetic …

Lumbar repositioning deficit in a specific low back pain population

…, A Burnett, AN Floyd, K Gadsdon, J Logiudice… - Spine, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A cross-sectional observational design study was conducted to determine
lumbar repositioning error in 15 subjects who had chronic low back pain with a clinical …

[BOOK][B] Rainforest trees of mainland south-eastern Australia.

AG Floyd - 1989 - cabdirect.org
A full description with illustrations is given of each of 385 rain forest tree species. Keys and
the principal characteristics used for identification are based on ever-present botanical …

[BOOK][B] Australian rainforests in New South Wales.

AG Floyd - 1990 - cabdirect.org
An inventory of the rain forest (200 000 ha) in New South Wales in 2 (hardback) volumes. The
first volume has 8 chapters and introduces and defines the rain forests and their subforms, …

“Written, published,… cross-indexed, and footnoted”: Producing Black Female Ph. Ds and Black Women's and Gender Studies Scholarship in Political Science

NG Alexander-Floyd - PS: Political Science & Politics, 2008 - cambridge.org
In an essay entitled “Variations on Negations and the Heresy of Black Feminist Creativity,”
Black feminist Michele Wallace explores the difficulties of producing and presenting a “black …