Rachel Naomi Curry

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email

rachel.curry@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Fellow: Pediatrics
Neuro-oncology Research Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

BA from University of Chicago: 06/2009 - Chicago, Illinois United States; Immunology, Neuroscience

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine: 07/2024 - Houston, Texas United States; Cell and Cancer Biology

Selected Publications

KE Schultheiss, YG Jang, RN Yanowitch, J Tolentino, DJ Curry, J Lüders, F Asgarzadie-Gadim, RL Macdonald "Fat and neurosurgery: does obesity affect outcome after intracranial surgery." Neurosurgery. 2009 Feb 1;64(2):316-327. Pubmed PMID: 19190459
MA Jensen, RN Yanowitch, AT Reder, DM White, BGW Arnason "Immunoglobulin-like transcript 3, an inhibitor of T cell activation, is reduced on blood monocytes during multiple sclerosis relapses and is induced by interferon beta-1b.." Mult Scler. 2009 Dec 9;16(1):30-38. Pubmed PMID: 20007427
EF Coccaro, CS Sripada, RN Yanowitch, KL Phan "Corticolimbic function in impulsive-aggressive behavior.." Biol Psychiatry. 2011 May 3;69(12):1153-1159. Pubmed PMID: 21531387
R Curry, EF Coccaro "The neurochemistry of human aggression.." Adv Genet. 2011 Nov 10;75:151-169. Pubmed PMID: 22078480

Y Huang, P Rajappa, W Hu, C Hoffman, B Cisse, JH Kim, E Gorge, R Yanowitch, W Cope, E Vartanian, R Xu, T Zhang, D Pisapia, J Xiang, J Huse, I Matei, H Peinado, J Bromberg, E Holland, BS Ding, S Rafii, D Lyden, J Greenfield "A proangiogenic signaling axis in myeloid cells promotes malignant progression of glioma.." J Clin Invest. 2017 May 1;127(5):1826-1838.
P Rajappa, WS Cobb, E Vartanian, Y Huang, L Daly, C Hoffman, J Zhang, B Shen, R Yanowitch, K Garg, B Cisse, S Haddock, J Huse, DJ Pisapia, TA Chan, DC Lyden, JF Bromberg, JP Greenfield "Malignant astrocytic tumor transformation potentiated by JAK-mediated recruitment of myeloid cells.." Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Jun 15;23(12):3109-3119. Pubmed PMID: 28039266
RN Curry, SM Glasgow "The role of neurodevelopmental pathways in brain tumors.." Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Apr 27;9 Pubmed PMID: 34012965
Sardar D, Chen HC, Reyes A, Varadharajan S, Jain A, Mohila C, Curry R, Lozzi B, Rajendran K, Cervantes A, Yu K, Jalali A, Rao G, Mack SC, Deneen B "Sox9 directs divergent epigenomic states in brain tumor subtypes.." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 19;119(29) Pubmed PMID: 35858326
Yu K, Kong K, Lozzi B, Luna-Figueroa E, Cervantes A, Curry R, Mohila CA, Rao G, Jalali A, Mills GB, Scott KL, Deneen B "In vivo functional characterization of EGFR variants identifies novel drivers of glioblastoma.." Neuro Oncol. 2023 Mar 14;25(3):471-481. Pubmed PMID: 36044040
Curry RN, Aiba I, Meyer J, Lozzi B, Ko Y, McDonald MF, Rosenbaum A, Cervantes A, Huang-Hobbs E, Cocito C, Greenfield JP, Jalali A, Gavvala J, Mohila C, Serin Harmanci A, Noebels J, Rao G, Deneen B. "Glioma epileptiform activity and progression are driven by IGSF3-mediated potassium dysregulation.." Neuron. 2023 Mar 1;111(5):682-695. Pubmed PMID: 36787748