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David Pleasure, MDDavid Pleasure MD
Title:
Distinguished Professor, UC Davis
Honorary Member, American Neurological Association
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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PEDF is a novel oligodendrogenic morphogen acting on the adult SVZ and corpus callosum. J Neurosci 32:12152-12164, 2012 (PMID: 22933798). Sohn, Selvaraj, Wakayama, Orosco, Lee, Crawford, Guo, Lang, Horiuchi, Zarbalis, Itoh, Deng, Pleasure. 2012
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Adenomatous polyposis coli regulates oligodendroglial development. J Neurosci 33:3113-3130, 2012 (PMID: 23407966). Lang, Maeda, Bannerman, Xu, Horiuchi, Pleasure, Guo. 2012
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Disruption of NMDA receptors in oligodendroglial lineage cells does not alter their susceptibility to EAE or their normal development. J Neurosci 32:639-645, 2012 (PMID: 22238099). Guo, Maeda, Mills Ko, Delgado, Horiuchi, Soulika, Miers, Burns, Itoh, Shen, Lee, Sohn, and Pleasure 2012
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IFN-gamma signaling in the central nervous system controls the course of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis independently of the localization and composition of inflammatory foci. J Neuroinflam 9:7, 2012 (PMID: 22248039). Lee, Chanamara, Pleasure, and Soulika, 2012
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Macroglial Plasticity and the Origins of Reactive Astroglia in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Fuzheng Guo, Yoshiko Maeda, Joyce Ma, Monica Delgado, Jiho Sohn, Laird Miers, Emily Mills Ko, Peter Bannerman, Jie Xu, Yazhou Wang, Chengji Zhou, Hirohide Takebayashi, and David Pleasure 2011
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Zfp488 promotes oligodendrocyte differentiation of neural progenitor cells in adult mice after demyelination Mangala M. Soundarapandian, Vimal Selvaraj, U-Ging Lo, Mari S. Golub, Daniel H. Feldman, David E. Pleasure & Wenbin Deng 2011
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Pyramidal neurons are generated from oligodendroglial progenitor cells in adult piriform cortex. Guo F, Maeda Y, Ma J, Xu J, Horiuchi M, Miers L, Vaccarino F, Pleasure D. J Neurosci. 2010 Sep 8;30(36):12036-49.PMID: 20826667 2010
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Differing in vitro survival dependency of mouse and rat NG2+ oligodendroglial progenitor cells. Horiuchi M, Lindsten T, Pleasure D, Itoh T. J Neurosci Res. 2010 Apr;88(5):957-70.PMID: 19908280 2010
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Maintenance of the relative proportion of oligodendrocytes to axons even in the absence of BAX and BAK. Kawai K, Itoh T, Itoh A, Horiuchi M, Wakayama K, Bannerman P, Garbern JY, Pleasure D, Lindsten T. Eur J Neurosci. 2009 Dec 3;30(11):2030-41. Epub 2009 Nov 25.PMID: 20128842 2009
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Initiation and progression of axonopathy in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Soulika AM, Lee E, McCauley E, Miers L, Bannerman P, Pleasure D. J Neurosci. 2009 Nov 25;29(47):14965-79.PMID: 19940192 2009
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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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