User profiles for C. C. Funk

Chris Funk

- Verified email at ucsb.edu - Cited by 20777

Cory Funk

- Verified email at systemsbiology.org - Cited by 4567

Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

…, C Dulary, S Herms, AV Smith, CC Funk… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We identified rare coding variants associated with Alzheimer's disease in a three-stage case–control
study of 85,133 subjects. In stage 1, we genotyped 34,174 samples using a whole-…

A quasi-global precipitation time series for drought monitoring

CC Funk, PJ Peterson, MF Landsfeld, DH Pedreros… - 2014 - pubs.usgs.gov
Estimating precipitation variations in space and time is an important aspect of drought early
warning and environmental monitoring. An evolving drier-than-normal season must be …

Food security under climate change

ME Brown, CC Funk - Science, 2008 - science.org
Our third Moore’s Law factor—cleverness—can be increased by replacing some of these vias
with vertical nanowire transistors (13)(see the figure). These vertical transistors can reach …

[PDF][PDF] Multiscale analysis of independent Alzheimer's cohorts finds disruption of molecular, genetic, and clinical networks by human herpesvirus

B Readhead, JV Haure-Mirande, CC Funk… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Investigators have long suspected that pathogenic microbes might contribute to the onset
and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) although definitive evidence has not been …

[PDF][PDF] Isoforms of RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 independently control nucleic acid sensor MDA5-driven autoimmunity and multi-organ development

K Pestal, CC Funk, JM Snyder, ND Price, PM Treuting… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Mutations in ADAR, which encodes the ADAR1 RNA-editing enzyme, cause Aicardi-Goutières
syndrome (AGS), a severe autoimmune disease associated with an aberrant type I …

[PDF][PDF] Meta-analysis of the Alzheimer's disease human brain transcriptome and functional dissection in mouse models

…, TM Perumal, TV Lee, K Allison, V Swarup, CC Funk… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
We present a consensus atlas of the human brain transcriptome in Alzheimer's disease (AD),
based on meta-analysis of differential gene expression in 2,114 postmortem samples. We …

[PDF][PDF] IL-10 alters immunoproteostasis in APP mice, increasing plaque burden and worsening cognitive behavior

…, A Li, C Ceballos-Diaz, JA Eddy, CC Funk… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Anti-inflammatory strategies are proposed to have beneficial effects in Alzheimer's disease.
To explore how anti-inflammatory cytokine signaling affects Aβ pathology, we investigated …

[HTML][HTML] The viral hypothesis: how herpesviruses may contribute to Alzheimer's disease

…, B Readhead, C Johnston, M Darvas, CC Funk - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The hypothesis that infectious agents, particularly herpesviruses, contribute to Alzheimer’s
disease (AD) pathogenesis has been investigated for decades but has long engendered …

[HTML][HTML] Declining global per capita agricultural production and warming oceans threaten food security

CC Funk, ME Brown - Food Security, 2009 - Springer
Despite accelerating globalization, most people still eat food that is grown locally. Developing
countries with weak purchasing power tend to import as little food as possible from global …

Estrogen Dendrimer Conjugates that Preferentially Activate Extranuclear, Nongenomic Versus Genomic Pathways of Estrogen Action

WR Harrington, SH Kim, CC Funk… - Molecular …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Estrogenic hormones are classically thought to exert their effects by binding to nuclear
estrogen receptors and altering target gene transcription, but estrogens can also have …