Benjamin A Smith
Overview
Explore the profile of Benjamin A Smith including associated specialties, affiliations and a list of published articles.
Author names and details appear as published. Due to indexing inconsistencies, multiple individuals may share a name, and a single author may have variations. MedLuna displays this data as publicly available, without modification or verification
Snapshot
Snapshot
Articles
13
Citations
577
Followers
0
Related Specialties
Related Specialties
Top 10 Co-Authors
Top 10 Co-Authors
Published In
Published In
Affiliations
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Recent Articles
1.
Baruzzi C, Snow N, VerCauteren K, Strickland B, Arnoult J, Fischer J, et al.
Ecol Evol
. 2023 Mar;
13(3):e9853.
PMID: 36911312
Wild pigs () are invading many areas globally and impacting biodiversity and economies in their non-native range. Thus, wild pigs are often targeted for eradication efforts. Age- and sex-specific body...
2.
Pellerin K, Rubino S, Burns J, Smith B, Mccarl C, Zhu J, et al.
Brain
. 2021 Jun;
144(8):2361-2374.
PMID: 34145876
Autoantibodies are a hallmark of numerous neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis, autoimmune encephalitides and neuromyelitis optica. Whilst well understood in peripheral myeloid cells, the pathophysiological significance of autoantibody-induced Fc receptor...
3.
Weihofen A, Liu Y, Arndt J, Huy C, Quan C, Smith B, et al.
Neurobiol Dis
. 2018 Nov;
124:276-288.
PMID: 30381260
Aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) is neuropathologically and genetically linked to Parkinson's disease (PD). Since stereotypic cell-to-cell spreading of α-syn pathology is believed to contribute to disease progression, immunotherapy with antibodies...
4.
Arndt J, Qian F, Smith B, Quan C, Kilambi K, Bush M, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2018 Apr;
8(1):6412.
PMID: 29686315
Aducanumab, a human-derived antibody targeting amyloid-β (Aβ), is in Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Biochemical and structural analyses show that aducanumab binds a linear epitope...
5.
Smith B, Gelles J, Goode B
Methods Enzymol
. 2014 Mar;
540:95-117.
PMID: 24630103
The actin cytoskeleton is very dynamic and highly regulated by multiple associated proteins in vivo. Understanding how this system of proteins functions in the processes of actin network assembly and...
6.
Smith B, Padrick S, Doolittle L, Daugherty-Clarke K, Correa Jr I, Xu M, et al.
Elife
. 2013 Sep;
2:e01008.
PMID: 24015360
During cell locomotion and endocytosis, membrane-tethered WASP proteins stimulate actin filament nucleation by the Arp2/3 complex. This process generates highly branched arrays of filaments that grow toward the membrane to...
7.
Smith B, Daugherty-Clarke K, Goode B, Gelles J
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2013 Jan;
110(4):1285-90.
PMID: 23292935
Actin filament nucleation by actin-related protein (Arp) 2/3 complex is a critical process in cell motility and endocytosis, yet key aspects of its mechanism are unknown due to a lack...
8.
Ydenberg C, Smith B, Breitsprecher D, Gelles J, Goode B
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken)
. 2011 Oct;
68(11):596-602.
PMID: 22002930
Membrane protrusion at the leading edge of migrating cells is driven by the polymerization of actin. Recent studies using advanced imaging techniques raised a lively controversy about the morphology of...
9.
Evans E, Smith B
New J Phys
. 2011 Oct;
13.
PMID: 21966242
The core component of a biological membrane is a fluid-lipid bilayer held together by interfacial-hydrophobic and van der Waals interactions, which are balanced for the most part by acyl chain...
10.
Lin A, Engel S, Smith B, Fairchild C, Aalbersberg W, Hay M, et al.
Bioorg Med Chem
. 2010 Nov;
18(23):8264-9.
PMID: 21036050
Bioactivity-guided fractionation of the extract from a Fijian red alga Peyssonnelia sp. led to the isolation of two novel sterol glycosides 19-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-19-hydroxy-cholest-4-en-3-one (1) and 19-O-β-d-N-acetyl-2-aminoglucopyranosyl-19-hydroxy-cholest-4-en-3-one (2), and two known alkaloids...