University of Pittsburgh Department of Human Genetics
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Robert E. Ferrell
Position: Professor
Office:A304 Crabtree Hall
Phone:412-624-3018
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Education:B.S., Chemistry, Mississippi College, 1970
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 1976
 


Recent Publications:

Insulin resistance is associated with higher intramyocellular triglycerides in type I but not type II myocytes concomitant with higher ceramide content.
Paul M Coen, John J Dubé, Francesca Amati, Maja Stefanovic-Racic, Robert E Ferrell, Frederico G S Toledo, Bret H Goodpaster
Diabetes 2010 Jan;59:80-8
PMC2797948    

A novel functional variant in the stem cell growth factor promoter protects against severe malarial anemia.
Collins Ouma, Christopher C Keller, Gregory C Davenport, Tom Were, Stephen Konah, Michael F Otieno, James B Hittner, John M Vulule, Jeremy Martinson, John M Ong'echa, Robert E Ferrell, Douglas J Perkins
Infect. Immun. 2010 Jan;78:453-60
PMC2798205    

Salivary testosterone and a trinucleotide (CAG) length polymorphism in the androgen receptor gene predict amygdala reactivity in men.
Stephen B Manuck, Anna L Marsland, Janine D Flory, Adam Gorka, Robert E Ferrell, Ahmad R Hariri
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2010 Jan;35:94-104

High-density association study of 383 candidate genes for volumetric BMD at the femoral neck and lumbar spine among older men.
Laura M Yerges, Lambertus Klei, Jane A Cauley, Kathryn Roeder, Candace M Kammerer, Susan P Moffett, Kristine E Ensrud, Cara S Nestlerode, Lynn M Marshall, Andrew R Hoffman, Cora Lewis, Thomas F Lang, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Robert E Ferrell, Eric S Orwoll, Joseph M Zmuda
J. Bone Miner. Res. 2009 Dec;24:2039-49
PMC2791518    

Serotonin transporter triallelic genotype and response to citalopram and risperidone in dementia with behavioral symptoms.
Alexandre Y Dombrovski, Benoit H Mulsant, Robert E Ferrell, Francis E Lotrich, Jules I Rosen, Meredith Wallace, Patricia R Houck, Sati Mazumdar, Bruce G Pollock
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 2010 Jan;25:37-45

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