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Ronald L Hamilton

Associate Professor of Neuropathology, University of Pittsburgh
Verified email at upmc.edu
Cited by 29899

Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

…, B Giordani, JD Glass, JH Growdon, RL Hamilton… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
The Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) performed a genome-wide association
study of late-onset Alzheimer disease using a three-stage design consisting of a discovery …

Post-mortem correlates of in vivo PiB-PET amyloid imaging in a typical case of Alzheimer's disease

…, ML Debnath, CE Hope, BA Isanski, RL Hamilton… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer Pittsburgh Compound-B (PiB) binds
with high affinity to β-pleated sheet aggregates of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide in vitro. The in …

[PDF][PDF] Intertumoral heterogeneity within medulloblastoma subgroups

…, KKW Li, HK Ng, CG Eberhart, IF Pollack, RL Hamilton… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
While molecular subgrouping has revolutionized medulloblastoma classification, the extent
of heterogeneity within subgroups is unknown. Similarity network fusion (SNF) applied to …

Lewy bodies in Alzheimer's disease: a neuropathological review of 145 cases using α‐synuclein immunohistochemistry

RL Hamilton - Brain pathology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Antibodies to α‐synuclein (AS) now provide a sensitive and specific method for the
detection of Lewy bodies (LBs) and their use will allow a more accurate determination of the …

Expression of Nrf2 in neurodegenerative diseases

…, GP Ritson, LA Chia, RL Hamilton… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
In response to oxidative stress, the nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) transcription factor
translocates from the cytoplasm into the nucleus and transactivates expression of genes …

[HTML][HTML] Induction of CD8+ T-cell responses against novel glioma–associated antigen peptides and clinical activity by vaccinations with α-type 1 polarized dendritic …

…, TL Whiteside, LH Butterfield, RL Hamilton… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose A phase I/II trial was performed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a novel
vaccination with α-type 1 polarized dendritic cells (αDC1) loaded with synthetic peptides …

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a national football league player: part II

BI Omalu, ST DeKosky, RL Hamilton, RL Minster… - …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: We present the second reported case of autopsy-confirmed chronic traumatic
encephalopathy in a retired professional football player, with neuropathological features that …

Common variants at 7p21 are associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions

…, IRA Mackenzie, HH Feldman, RL Hamilton… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the second most common cause of presenile
dementia. The predominant neuropathology is FTLD with TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) …

Meta-analysis confirms CR1, CLU, and PICALM as alzheimer disease risk loci and reveals interactions with APOE genotypes

…, RC Green, JH Growdon, RL Hamilton… - Archives of …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives: To determine whether genotypes at CLU, PICALM, and CR1 confer risk for
Alzheimer disease (AD) and whether risk for AD associated with these genes is influenced by …

Multiple recurrent genetic events converge on control of histone lysine methylation in medulloblastoma

…, B Lach, R Grundy, IF Pollack, RL Hamilton… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
We used high-resolution SNP genotyping to identify regions of genomic gain and loss in the
genomes of 212 medulloblastomas, malignant pediatric brain tumors. We found focal …