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David Pleasure, MDDavid Pleasure MD
Title:
Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics
Office Address: 2425 Stockton Blvd, Room 602A
Sacramento, CA 95817
Office Phone:
(916) 453-2331
E-Mail Address: david.pleasure (at) ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Education: BA Yale College
MD College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University
Research Papers: Click Here for Research Paper Links

Research Interests:

Development and regeneration of the nervous system; pathogenesis of demyelinative diseases.

Current Research:

Mechanisms of CNS injury and repair in autoimmune demyelinative diseases


Noteworthy Publications:

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Lrp6-mediated canonical Wnt signaling is required for lip formation and fusion. Song L, Li Y, Wang K, Wang YZ, Molotkov A, Gao L, Zhao T, Yamagami T, Wang Y, Gan Q, Pleasure DE, Zhou CJ. Development. 2009 Sep;136(18):3161-71. 2009
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PARP-1 deficiency increases the severity of disease in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. Selvaraj V, Soundarapandian MM, Chechneva O, Williams AJ, Sidorov MK, Soulika AM, Pleasure DE, Deng W. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jul 23. [Epub ahead of print] 2009
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Early postnatal proteolipid promoter-expressing progenitors produce multilineage cells in vivo. Guo F, Ma J, McCauley E, Bannerman P, Pleasure D. J Neurosci. 2009 Jun 3;29(22):7256-70 2009
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Impaired regenerative response of primary sensory neurons in ZPK/DLK gene-trap mice. Itoh A, Horiuchi M, Bannerman P, Pleasure D, Itoh T. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 May 29;383(2):258-62. Epub 2009 Apr 7. 2009
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Ocular coloboma and dorsoventral neuroretinal patterning defects in Lrp6 mutant eyes. Zhou CJ, Molotkov A, Song L, Li Y, Pleasure DE, Pleasure SJ, Wang YZ. Dev Dyn. 2008 Dec;237(12):3681-9 2008
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Activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling reporter in developing mouse olfactory nerve layer marks a specialized subgroup of olfactory ensheathing cells. Wang YZ, Molotkov A, Song L, Li Y, Pleasure DE, Zhou CJ. Dev Dyn. 2008 Nov;237(11):3157-68. 2008
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Characterization of acid-sensing ion channel expression in oligodendrocyte-lineage cells. Glia Early View, PUBLISHED ONLINE May 1, 2008, in advance of print. Feldman DH, Horiuchi M, Keachie K, McCauley E, Bannerman P, Itoh A, Itoh T, Pleasure D 2008
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Bone morphogenetic proteins 4, 6, and 7 are upregulated in mouse spinal cord during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neurosci Res 86:125-135, 2008. Ara, See, Mamntov, Citrin, Bannerman, Pleasure, and Grinspan 2008
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MEK-ERK signaling is involved in interferon-γ-induced death of oligodendroglial progenitor cells. J Biol Chem 281:20095-20106. Horiuchi, Itoh, Pleasure, Itoh 2007
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Astrogliosis in EAE spinal cord: derivation from radial glia, and relationships to oligodendroglia. Glia 5:57-64. Bannerman, Hahn, Soulika, Gallo, Pleasure 2006
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Motor neuron pathology in thy1-YFP transgenic mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Brain 128:1877-1886 Bannerman, Hahn, Ramirez, Bonnemann, Yu, Rostami, Pleasure 2005
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A Schwann cell autonomous role of neuropilin-2. J Neurosci Res 79:468-475 Ara, Bannerman, Shaheen, Pleasure 2005
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Induction of neuropilins -1 and -2 and their ligands, Sema3A, Sema3F, and VEGF, during Wallerian degeneration in the peripheral nervous system. Exp Neurol 183:489-498. Scarlato, Ara, Bannerman, Scherer, Pleasure 2003
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Acidosis has opposite effects on neuronal survival during hypoxia and reoxygenation. J Neurochem 84:1018-1027. Almaas, Pytte, Lindstad, Wright, Saugstad, Pleasure, Rootwelt 2003
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(Editors) Neurology, Rudolph's Pediatrics, McGraw Hill, New York, 2003, pp 2165-2350. Pleasure and Di Vito 2003
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Tumor necrosis factor alpha increases neuronal vulnerability to excitotoxic necrosis by inducing expression of the AMPA-glutamate receptor subunit, GluR1, via an acid sphingomyelinase- and NFKappaB-dependent mechanism. Neurobiol Disease 11:199-213. Yu, Cheng, Wen, Wu, Lee, Pleasure 2002
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Acute and chronic alterations in calcium homeostasis in 3-nitropropionic acid-treated human NT2-N neurons. Neuroscience 113:699-708. Lee, Itoh, Pleasure 2002
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AMPA glutamate receptor-mediated calcium signaling is transiently enhanced during development of oligodendrocytes. J Neurochem 81:390-402. Itoh (T), Beesley, Itoh (A), Cohen, Kavanaugh, Coulter, Grinspan, Pleasure 2002
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