Rebecca L Wallings

Rebecca L Wallings,

Department: Department of Neuroscience
Business Phone: (352) 627-9200
Business Email: rebeccawallings@ufl.edu

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
Alzheimer’s disease-associated protective variant Plcg2-P522R modulates peripheral macrophage function in a sex-dimorphic manner.
Journal of neuroinflammation. 21(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12974-024-03271-9. [PMID] 39487477.
2024
ASO-mediated knockdown of GPNMB in mutant- GRN and Grn -deficient peripheral myeloid cells disrupts lysosomal function and immune responses.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. [DOI] 10.1101/2024.07.22.604676. [PMID] 39211224.
2024
Investigating the Role and Regulation of GPNMB in Progranulin-deficient Macrophages.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. [DOI] 10.1101/2024.03.12.584649. [PMID] 38558966.
2024
Investigating the role and regulation of GPNMB in progranulin-deficient macrophages.
Frontiers in immunology. 15 [DOI] 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1417836. [PMID] 39391322.
2024
Peripheral immune cell response to stimulation stratifies Parkinson’s disease progression from prodromal to clinical stages.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. [DOI] 10.1101/2024.12.05.625499. [PMID] 39677794.
2024
The R1441C-Lrrk2 mutation induces myeloid immune cell exhaustion in an age- and sex-dependent manner in mice.
Science translational medicine. 16(772) [DOI] 10.1126/scitranslmed.adl1535. [PMID] 39504353.
2024
The R1441C-LRRK2 mutation induces myeloid immune cell exhaustion in an age- and sex-dependent manner.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. [DOI] 10.1101/2023.10.12.562063. [PMID] 37905053.
2023
APOE and immunity: Research highlights.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 19(6):2677-2696 [DOI] 10.1002/alz.13020. [PMID] 36975090.
2023
ASO-mediated knockdown or kinase inhibition of G2019S-Lrrk2 modulates lysosomal tubule-associated antigen presentation in macrophages.
Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids. 34 [DOI] 10.1016/j.omtn.2023.102064. [PMID] 38028198.
2023
Disease mechanisms as subtypes: Lysosomal dysfunction in the endolysosomal Parkinson’s disease subtype.
Handbook of clinical neurology. 193:33-51 [DOI] 10.1016/B978-0-323-85555-6.00009-6. [PMID] 36803821.
2023
Progranulin and GPNMB: interactions in endo-lysosome function and inflammation in neurodegenerative disease.
Journal of neuroinflammation. 20(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12974-023-02965-w. [PMID] 38037070.
2023
Totally tubular: ASO-mediated knock-down of G2019S -Lrrk2 modulates lysosomal tubule-associated antigen presentation in macrophages.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. [DOI] 10.1101/2023.07.14.549028. [PMID] 37503274.
2022
Inflammation and immune dysfunction in Parkinson disease.
Nature reviews. Immunology. 22(11):657-673 [DOI] 10.1038/s41577-022-00684-6. [PMID] 35246670.
2022
Progranulin loss results in sex-dependent dysregulation of the peripheral and central immune system.
Frontiers in immunology. 13 [DOI] 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1056417. [PMID] 36618392.
2022
WHOPPA Enables Parallel Assessment of Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 and Glucocerebrosidase Enzymatic Activity in Parkinson’s Disease Monocytes.
Frontiers in cellular neuroscience. 16 [DOI] 10.3389/fncel.2022.892899. [PMID] 35755775.
2021
Gene therapy restores dopamine transporter expression and ameliorates pathology in iPSC and mouse models of infantile parkinsonism.
Science translational medicine. 13(594) [DOI] 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaw1564. [PMID] 34011628.
2020
Linking mitochondria to the immune response.
eLife. 9 [DOI] 10.7554/eLife.56214. [PMID] 32293561.
2020
LRRK2 at the Interface Between Peripheral and Central Immune Function in Parkinson’s.
Frontiers in neuroscience. 14 [DOI] 10.3389/fnins.2020.00443. [PMID] 32508566.
2019
LRRK2 interacts with the vacuolar-type H+-ATPase pump a1 subunit to regulate lysosomal function.
Human molecular genetics. 28(16):2696-2710 [DOI] 10.1093/hmg/ddz088. [PMID] 31039583.
2019
LRRK2 regulation of immune-pathways and inflammatory disease.
Biochemical Society transactions. 47(6):1581-1595 [DOI] 10.1042/BST20180463. [PMID] 31769472.
2019
Lysosomal Dysfunction at the Centre of Parkinson’s Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Trends in neurosciences. 42(12):899-912 [DOI] 10.1016/j.tins.2019.10.002. [PMID] 31704179.
2016
LRRK2 BAC transgenic rats develop progressive, L-DOPA-responsive motor impairment, and deficits in dopamine circuit function.
Human molecular genetics. 25(5):951-63 [DOI] 10.1093/hmg/ddv628. [PMID] 26744332.
2015
Cellular processes associated with LRRK2 function and dysfunction.
The FEBS journal. 282(15):2806-26 [DOI] 10.1111/febs.13305. [PMID] 25899482.

Grants

Aug 2024 ACTIVE
Investigating the effects of LRRK2 mutations in immune exhuastion
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: PARKINSONS FOU
Jul 2021 – Dec 2023
The role of the peripheral immune-system in FTD-GRN; increasing understanding for future therapeutic target development
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: BRIGHTFOCUS FOU

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