Extensive pleiotropism and allelic heterogeneity mediate metabolic effects of IRX3 and IRX5

…, WA Bickmore, M Potthoff, M Chen, M Claussnitzer… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Whereas coding variants often have pleiotropic effects across multiple tissues, noncoding
variants are thought to mediate their phenotypic effects by specific tissue and temporal …

[HTML][HTML] A functional genomics pipeline identifies pleiotropy and cross-tissue effects within obesity-associated GWAS loci

…, NJ Sakabe, I Aneas, LE Montefiori, KM Farris… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many disease-associated variants,
yet mechanisms underlying these associations remain unclear. To understand obesity-…

[HTML][HTML] Dietary macronutrient composition impacts gene regulation in adipose tissue

KM Farris, AM Senior, DR Sobreira, RM Mitchell… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Diet is a key lifestyle component that influences metabolic health through several factors,
including total energy intake and macronutrient composition. While the impact of caloric intake …

Acute stress induces long-lasting alterations in the dopaminergic system of female mice

…, S Sridharma, CA Siciliano, EM Izadmehr, KM Farris… - BioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Stress is a risk factor for many neuropsychiatric disorders, and the mesolimbic dopamine (DA)
pathway is a crucial node of vulnerability. Despite the high prevalence of stress-related …

[HTML][HTML] 2017 lidar-derived mean high water shoreline for the coast of North Carolina from Cape Hatteras to Cape Lookout (NCcentral)

KMWAS Farris, MK Bartlett - 2022 - cmgds.marine.usgs.gov
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled national shoreline data for more than 20
years to document coastal change and serve the needs of research, management, and the …

[BOOK][B] The persistence of place in Appalachia: The phenomena of post-death migration, 1930-1970

MF Farris - 2015 - search.proquest.com
The research for this paper has been over forty years in the making as I first read the obituaries
of deceased Kentuckians in state and local newspapers beginning in 1972. A pattern …

Intensity‐modulated radiotherapy with planned Gamma Knife radiosurgery boost for head and neck cancer with extensive disease in proximity to critical structures

JC Farris, CR Steber, PJ Black, MD Chan… - Head & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background To describe intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with Gamma Knife
Radiosurgery (GKRS) boost for locally advanced head and neck cancer (HNC) with disease near …

Characterizing Alternative Splicing in Adipose Tissue Function and Metabolic Disease

KM Farris - 2024 - knowledge.uchicago.edu
Obesity is a complex disease, with both environmental and genetic causes, and it confers a
significant global health burden while remaining difficult to treat and prevent. A better …

Patient-reported outcomes from patients receiving immunotherapy or chemoimmunotherapy for metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer in clinical practice

…, TW Lycan Jr, BJ Levine, J Gabbard, J Ruiz, M Farris… - Clinical lung cancer, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Immunotherapy and chemoimmunotherapy clinical trials for metastatic non–small-cell
lung cancer (mNSCLC) have generally excluded patients with poor performance …

Social capital and solving the puzzle of Black women's political participation

EM Farris, MR Holman - Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In the USA, Black women participate in politics at much higher rates than expected, especially
given that the group ranks low on many of the traditional correlates of political participation…