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Helena Oft

    Education & Training

  • Georgetown University, BS, 2020
Representative Publications

Song S, Oft H, Metwally S, Paruchuri S, Bielanin J, Fiesler V, Sneiderman C, Kohanbash G, Sun D. Deletion of Slc9a1 in Cx3cr1+ cells stimulated microglial subcluster CREB1 signaling and microglia-oligodendrocyte crosstalk. J Neuroinflammation. 2024 Mar 20;21(1):69. doi: 10.1186/s12974-024-03065-z. PMID: 38509618; PMCID: PMC10953158.

Song S, Hasan MN, Yu L, Paruchuri SS, Bielanin JP, Metwally S, Oft HCM, Fischer SG, Fiesler VM, Sen T, Gupta RK, Foley LM, Hitchens TK, Dixon CE, Cambi F, Sen N, Sun D. Microglial-oligodendrocyte interactions in myelination and neurological function recovery after traumatic brain injury. J Neuroinflammation. 2022 Oct 5;19(1):246. doi: 10.1186/s12974-022-02608-6. PMID: 36199097; PMCID: PMC9533529.

Oft HC, Simon DW, Sun D. New insights into metabolism dysregulation after TBI. J Neuroinflammation. 2024 Jul 29;21(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s12974-024-03177-6. PMID: 39075578; PMCID: PMC11288120.

Bhuiyan MIH, Fischer S, Patel SM, Oft H, Zhang T, Foley LM, Zhang J, Hitchens TK, Molyneaux BJ, Deng X, Sun D. Efficacy of novel SPAK inhibitor ZT-1a derivatives (1c, 1d, 1g & 1h) on improving post-stroke neurological outcome and brain lesion in mice. Neurochem Int. 2023 Jan;162:105441. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2022.105441. Epub 2022 Nov 11. PMID: 36375633; PMCID: PMC9839627.

Bielanin JP, Metwally SAH, Oft HCM, Paruchuri SS, Lin L, Capuk O, Pennock ND, Song S, Sun D. NHE1 Protein in Repetitive Mild TBI-Mediated Neuroinflammation and Neurological Function Impairment. Antioxidants (Basel). 2024 Jul 13;13(7):836. doi: 10.3390/antiox13070836. PMID: 39061904; PMCID: PMC11274226.

Student Year
G2
Career Advisor
Sarah Berman, MD, PhD
Thesis Advisor
Dandan Sun, MD, PhD
Program
Neuroscience (CNUP)
Trainee
Current
Training Start Year
2021