Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Survival Associates With Neutrophils in a Sex-specific Manner
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- Received August 13, 2020
- Accepted in final form November 13, 2020
- First Published February 2, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Benjamin J. Murdock, PhD (murdockb{at}med.umich.edu),
- Stephen A. Goutman, MD, MS,
- Jonathan Boss, BS, MS (bossjona{at}umich.edu),
- Sehee Kim, PhD (seheek{at}umich.edu) and
- Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD, FAAN, FANA (efeldman{at}med.umich.edu)
- Benjamin J. Murdock, PhD (murdockb{at}med.umich.edu),
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(1) Rush University Medical Center, honorarium for guest speaking RE: immunology in ALS
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(1) Method of use patent; repurposing JAK/STAT inhibitors for use in treating ALS
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- Stephen A. Goutman, MD, MS,
(1) Biogen (2) IFT Pharma (3) Watermark Research Partners
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(1) NIH/NIEHS, K23ES027221, PI, 2017-present, (2) CDC/ATSDR, Contract # 200-2013-56856, Co-Investigator, 2013-2017, (3) CDC/ATSDR, R01 TS000289-01, Co-Investigator, 2018-present, (4) NIH/NIEHS, R01ES030049, Co-Investigator, 2020 - present
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(1) Target ALS, (2) ALS Association
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(1) Listed as an inventor on a patent held by University of Michigan titled "Methods For Treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" for targeting NK cells.
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- Jonathan Boss, BS, MS (bossjona{at}umich.edu),
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National Institutes of Health, Grant Number U24 AG066528-01. PI of overall grant is Dr. Stacy Drury, of which I will receive a $4,000 honorarium at the end of 2020 to fund a project that I am a co-PI on. The project is looking at the possible role of environmental exposures in explaining Black/White discrepancies in telomere length.
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- Sehee Kim, PhD (seheek{at}umich.edu) and
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- Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD, FAAN, FANA (efeldman{at}med.umich.edu)
(1) Peripheral Neuropathy Association, Board Member, 1996-present (2) American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics (ASENT), Board of Directors Member, 2003-present (3) The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy, Scientific Advisory Board Member, 2008-present (4) Stem Cell Michigan, Board Member, 2008-present (5) Peripheral Nerve Society Diabetes Neuropathy Consortium Board of Directors Member, 2018-present
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(1) Current Opinion in Neurology, Editorial Board member, 2012-present (2) Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, Editorial Board member, 2012-present (3) Experimental Neurology, Editorial Board member, 2012-present (4) Nature Neurology, Editorial Board member, 2012-present (5) Neurobiology of Disease, Editorial Board member, 2012-present (6) NeuroRx (Journal of the American Society of Neurotherapeutics), Editorial Board member, 2012-present (7) Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Editorial Board member, 2013-present (8) JAMA Neurology, Editorial Board member, 2014-present (9) Oxford University Press, Contemporary Neurology Series (CNS), Editor-in-Chief, 2016-present (10) Scientific Reports, Editorial Board member, 2018-present (11) The Lancet Neurology, Editorial Board member, 2019-present
(1) Listed as an inventor on a patent held by University of Michigan titled "Methods For Treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" for treating ALS using JAK/STAT inhibitors.
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(1) Novartis, consultant in 2019 (ended)
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(1) American Neurological Association, Chair of the Nominating Committee, 2017 - 2019 (2) National Academy of Medicine, Strategic Planning Committee, 2016-present (3) National Academy of Medicine, Vice Chair of Section 07, 2018-2019 (4) National Academy of Medicine, Chair of Section 07, 2020-present (5) National Academy of Medicine, Membership Committee, 2020-present
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(1) NIH, R21 NS102960, PI, 04/15/2018 Â 03/31/2020 (2) NIH, R01 ES030049, PI, 01/01/2020 Â 12/31/2024 (3) NIH, U24 DK115255, PI, 11/01/2019 Â 10/31/2020 (4) NIH, R21 NS102924, PI, 09/01/2018 Â 08/31/2020 (5) NIH, U01 AG057562, PI, 08/15/2018 Â 07/31/2021 (6) NIH, T32 NS007222, PI/preceptor, 07/01/2017 Â 06/30/2022 (7) NIH, U2C DK110768, Co-I, 08/02/2016 Â 06/30/2021 (8) NIH, R24 DK082841, PI, 08/01/2016 Â 07/31/2021 (9) NIH, R01 DK107956, PI, 03/01/2016 Â 02/28/2021 (10) NIH, R01 DK108173, site PI, 09/30/2015 Â 09/29/2020 (11) NIH, R01 GM13984201, Co-I, 09/21/2020 Â 08/31/2021 (12) CDC/ATSDR, R01 TS00289, PI, 09/30/2018-09/29/2021 (13) CDC/ATSDR, 200-2013-56856, PI, 09/01/2013 Â 08/31/2017
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(1) Novo Nordisk Foundation, NNFOC0011633, 05/01/2015 Â 04/30/2021 (2) Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 5-COE-2019-861-S-B, 10/01/2019 Â 09/30/2024
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- From the Department of Neurology (B.J.M., S.A.G., E.L.F.), and Department of Biostatistics (J.B., S.K.), School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Correspondence
Dr. Goutman sgoutman{at}med.umich.edu
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