Dr. Ward's research interests include psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis (PsA), osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), lupus, hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), other inflammatory skin diseases, multi-‘omics, microbiome, and skin disease co-morbidities.
2023
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Zhang H, Patrick MT, Tejasvi T, Sarkar MK, Wasikowski R, Stuart PE, Li Q, Xing X, Voorhees JJ, Ward NL, He K, Zhou X, Gudjonsson JE, Nair RP, Elder JT, Tsoi LC. Retrospective pharmacogenetic study of psoriasis highlights the role of KLK7 in TNF signaling. The British journal of dermatology. 2023 Sep 6.
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Ma F, Plazyo O, Billi AC, Tsoi LC, Xing X, Wasikowski R, Gharaee-Kermani M, Hile G, Jiang Y, Harms PW, Xing E, Kirma J, Xi J, Hsu JE, Sarkar MK, Chung Y, Di Domizio J, Gilliet M, Ward NL, Maverakis E, Klechevsky E, Voorhees JJ, Elder JT, Lee JH, Kahlenberg JM, Pellegrini M, Modlin RL, Gudjonsson JE. Single cell and spatial sequencing define processes by which keratinocytes and fibroblasts amplify inflammatory responses in psoriasis. Nature communications. 2023 Jun 12;14(14). 3455 p.
2022
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Parker KD, Mueller JL, Westfal M, Goldstein AM, Ward NL. A pilot study characterizing longitudinal changes in fecal microbiota of patients with Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis. Pediatric surgery international. 2022 Nov;38(38). 1541-1553.
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Goepfert A, Barske C, Lehmann S, Wirth E, Willemsen J, Gudjonsson JE, Ward NL, Sarkar MK, Hemmig R, Kolbinger F, Rondeau JM. IL-17-induced dimerization of IL-17RA drives the formation of the IL-17 signalosome to potentiate signaling. Cell reports. 2022 Oct 18;41(41). 111489 p. NIHMSID: NIHMS1843700.
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Bandyopadhyay M, Morelli AE, Balmert SC, Ward NL, Erdos G, Sumpter TL, Korkmaz E, Kaplan DH, Oberbarnscheidt MH, Tkacheva O, Shufesky WJ, Falo LD, Larregina AT. Skin codelivery of contact sensitizers and neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists integrated in microneedle arrays suppresses allergic contact dermatitis. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. 2022 Jul;150(150). 114-130. NIHMSID: NIHMS1774119.
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Gangwar RS, Gudjonsson JE, Ward NL. Mouse Models of Psoriasis: A Comprehensive Review. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 2022 Mar;142(142). 884-897. NIHMSID: NIHMS1893056.
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Gharaee-Kermani M, Estadt SN, Tsoi LC, Wolf-Fortune SJ, Liu J, Xing X, Theros J, Reed TJ, Lowe L, Gruszka D, Ward NL, Gudjonsson JE, Kahlenberg JM. IFN-κ Is a Rheostat for Development of Psoriasiform Inflammation. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 2022 Jan;142(142). 155-165.e3. NIHMSID: NIHMS1731160.
2021
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Shao S, Chen J, Swindell WR, Tsoi LC, Xing X, Ma F, Uppala R, Sarkar MK, Plazyo O, Billi AC, Wasikowski R, Smith KM, Honore P, Scott VE, Maverakis E, Kahlenberg JM, Wang G, Ward NL, Harms PW, Gudjonsson JE. Phospholipase A2 enzymes represent a shared pathogenic pathway in psoriasis and pityriasis rubra pilaris. JCI insight. 2021 Oct 22;6(6).
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Shao S, Tsoi LC, Swindell WR, Chen J, Uppala R, Billi AC, Xing X, Zeng C, Sarkar MK, Wasikowski R, Jiang Y, Kirma J, Sun J, Plazyo O, Wang G, Harms PW, Voorhees JJ, Ward NL, Ma F, Pellegrini M, Merleev A, Perez White BE, Modlin RL, Andersen B, Maverakis E, Weidinger S, Kahlenberg JM, Gudjonsson JE. IRAK2 Has a Critical Role in Promoting Feed-Forward Amplification of Epidermal Inflammatory Responses. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 2021 Oct;141(141). 2436-2448. NIHMSID: NIHMS1736470.
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Yan D, Gudjonsson JE, Le S, Maverakis E, Plazyo O, Ritchlin C, Scher JU, Singh R, Ward NL, Bell S, Liao W. New Frontiers in Psoriatic Disease Research, Part I: Genetics, Environmental Triggers, Immunology, Pathophysiology, and Precision Medicine. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 2021 Sep;141(141). 2112-2122.e3. NIHMSID: NIHMS1699610.
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Garshick MS, Ward NL, Krueger JG, Berger JS. Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Psoriasis: JACC Review Topic of the Week. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021 Apr 6;77(77). 1670-1680. NIHMSID: NIHMS1671925.
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Uppala R, Tsoi LC, Harms PW, Wang B, Billi AC, Maverakis E, Michelle Kahlenberg J, Ward NL, Gudjonsson JE. "Autoinflammatory psoriasis"-genetics and biology of pustular psoriasis. Cellular & molecular immunology. 2021 Feb;18(18). 307-317.
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Gordon DM, Moore KE, Vincent W, Iwamoto DK, Campbell C, Hunter BA, Ward NL, Hawes SW, Albritton T, McCaulley H, DiTunno D, Judkins A. Intimate Partner Violence Among Low-Income Fathers: Testing a Stress-Coping Model. Journal of interpersonal violence. 2021 Feb;36(36). 1634-1659. NIHMSID: NIHMS1013148.
2020
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Jiang Y, Tsoi LC, Billi AC, Ward NL, Harms PW, Zeng C, Maverakis E, Kahlenberg JM, Gudjonsson JE. Cytokinocytes: the diverse contribution of keratinocytes to immune responses in skin. JCI insight. 2020 Oct 15;5(5).
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Billi AC, Ludwig JE, Fritz Y, Rozic R, Swindell WR, Tsoi LC, Gruzska D, Abdollahi-Roodsaz S, Xing X, Diaconu D, Uppala R, Camhi MI, Klenotic PA, Sarkar MK, Husni ME, Scher JU, McDonald C, Kahlenberg JM, Midura RJ, Gudjonsson JE, Ward NL. KLK6 expression in skin induces PAR1-mediated psoriasiform dermatitis and inflammatory joint disease. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2020 Jun 1;130(130). 3151-3157.
2019
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Horsley V, Glass D, Minnillo R, Gallo R, Cruz P, Ward NL. Diversity is Excellence: Initiatives in the Society for Investigative Dermatology to Broaden Participation. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 2019 Oct;139(139). 2217-2219.
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Portillo JC, Van Grol J, Saffo S, Lopez Corcino Y, Rodriguez M, Fox BA, Bzik DJ, Ward NL, Dubyak GR, Rojas RE, Toosi Z, Subauste CS. CD40 in Endothelial Cells Restricts Neural Tissue Invasion by Toxoplasma gondii. Infection and immunity. 2019 Aug;87(87).
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Rivas-Marin E, Stettner S, Gottshall EY, Santana-Molina C, Helling M, Basile F, Ward NL, Devos DP. Essentiality of sterol synthesis genes in the planctomycete bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus. Nature communications. 2019 Jul 2;10(10). 2916 p.
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Billi AC, Gharaee-Kermani M, Fullmer J, Tsoi LC, Hill BD, Gruszka D, Ludwig J, Xing X, Estadt S, Wolf SJ, Rizvi SM, Berthier CC, Hodgin JB, Beamer MA, Sarkar MK, Liang Y, Uppala R, Shao S, Zeng C, Harms PW, Verhaegen ME, Voorhees JJ, Wen F, Ward NL, Dlugosz AA, Kahlenberg JM, Gudjonsson JE. The female-biased factor VGLL3 drives cutaneous and systemic autoimmunity. JCI insight. 2019 Apr 18;4(4).
2018
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Gilbert E, Zhu J, Peng T, Ward NL. Decreased Labial Herpes Simplex Virus Outbreaks Following Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Injection: A Case Report. Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD. 2018 Oct 1;17(17). 1127-1129.
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Li Y, Golden JB, Camhi MI, Zhang X, Fritz Y, Diaconu D, Ivanco TL, Simon DI, Kikly K, McCormick TS, Wang Y, Ward NL. Protection from Psoriasis-Related Thrombosis after Inhibition of IL-23 or IL-17A. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 2018 Feb;138(138). 310-315. NIHMSID: NIHMS1012085.
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Parker KD, Albeke SE, Gigley JP, Goldstein AM, Ward NL. Microbiome Composition in Both Wild-Type and Disease Model Mice Is Heavily Influenced by Mouse Facility. Frontiers in microbiology. 9(9). 1598 p.
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Swindell WR, Beamer MA, Sarkar MK, Loftus S, Fullmer J, Xing X, Ward NL, Tsoi LC, Kahlenberg MJ, Liang Y, Gudjonsson JE. RNA-Seq Analysis of IL-1B and IL-36 Responses in Epidermal Keratinocytes Identifies a Shared MyD88-Dependent Gene Signature. Frontiers in immunology. 9(9). 80 p.
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Hawkes JE, Adalsteinsson JA, Gudjonsson JE, Ward NL. Research Techniques Made Simple: Murine Models of Human Psoriasis. The Journal of investigative dermatology. 2018 Jan;138(138). e1-e8. NIHMSID: NIHMS1060322.
2017
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Wang Q, McCormick TS, Ward NL, Cooper KD, Conic R, Xu R. Combining mechanism-based prediction with patient-based profiling for psoriasis metabolomics biomarker discovery. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2017(2017). 1734-1743.
