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Stephanie Pitts

East Carolina University
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[HTML][HTML] Identification of novel risk loci for restless legs syndrome in genome-wide association studies in individuals of European ancestry: a meta-analysis

…, JL Mountain, CAM Northover, SJ Pitts… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Restless legs syndrome is a prevalent chronic neurological disorder with
potentially severe mental and physical health consequences. Clearer understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Criterion-related validity of spectroscopy-based skin carotenoid measurements as a proxy for fruit and vegetable intake: a systematic review

MD Radtke, SJ Pitts, L Jahns, GC Firnhaber… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Carotenoids are a category of health-promoting phytonutrients that are found in a variety of
fruits and vegetables and have been used as a biomarker to approximate dietary fruit and …

Immunoglobulin class-switched B cells form an active immune axis between CNS and periphery in multiple sclerosis

…, TC Kuo, M Sirota, S Wang, SJ Pitts… - Science translational …, 2014 - science.org
In multiple sclerosis (MS), lymphocyte—in particular B cell—transit between the central
nervous system (CNS) and periphery may contribute to the maintenance of active disease. …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of reflection spectroscopy-based skin carotenoid assessment in children

S Hasnin, DA Dev, T Swindle, SB Sisson, SJ Pitts… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Assessing children’s skin carotenoid score (SCS) using reflection spectroscopy (RS) is a
non-invasive, widely used method to approximate fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC). The …

[HTML][HTML] A genetic investigation of sex bias in the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

…, MH McIntyre, JL Mountain, CAM Northover, SJ Pitts… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) shows substantial heritability
and is two to seven times more common in male individuals than in female individuals. We …

Inherited myeloproliferative neoplasm risk affects haematopoietic stem cells

…, JL Mountain, ES Noblin, CAM Northover, SJ Pitts… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are blood cancers that are characterized by the
excessive production of mature myeloid cells and arise from the acquisition of somatic driver …

[HTML][HTML] Disease risk scores for skin cancers

…, NA Furlotte, M Johnson, CH Wilson, SJ Pitts… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We trained and validated risk prediction models for the three major types of skin cancer—
basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and melanoma—on a cross-…

[PDF][PDF] Common variant burden contributes to the familial aggregation of migraine in 1,589 families

…, MH McIntyre, JL Mountain, CAM Northover, SJ Pitts… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Complex traits, including migraine, often aggregate in families, but the underlying genetic
architecture behind this is not well understood. The aggregation could be explained by rare, …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of prevalence and health consequences of uniparental disomy in four million individuals from the general population

…, ES Noblin, CAM Northover, SJ Pitts… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Meiotic nondisjunction and resulting aneuploidy can lead to severe health consequences in
humans. Aneuploidy rescue can restore euploidy but may result in uniparental disomy (UPD…

[HTML][HTML] A community-based lifestyle and weight loss intervention promoting a Mediterranean-style diet pattern evaluated in the stroke belt of North Carolina: the Heart …

TC Keyserling, CD Samuel-Hodge, SJ Pitts, BA Garcia… - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background Because residents of the southeastern United States experience disproportionally
high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it is important to develop effective lifestyle …