Richard E. Fine, PhD

Emeritus Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Publications

  • Published 3/11/2014

    Zhu H, Wang X, Wallack M, Li H, Carreras I, Dedeoglu A, Hur JY, Zheng H, Li H, Fine R, Mwamburi M, Sun X, Kowall N, Stern RA, Qiu WQ. Intraperitoneal injection of the pancreatic peptide amylin potently reduces behavioral impairment and brain amyloid pathology in murine models of Alzheimer's disease. Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Feb; 20(2):252-62. PMID: 24614496.

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  • Published 10/6/2011

    Sullivan CP, Berg EA, Elliott-Bryant R, Fishman JB, McKee AC, Morin PJ, Shia MA, Fine RE. Pyroglutamate-Aß 3 and 11 colocalize in amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease cerebral cortex with pyroglutamate-Aß 11 forming the central core. Neurosci Lett. 2011 Nov 14; 505(2):109-12. PMID: 22001577.

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  • Published 4/16/2011

    Sullivan CP, Jay AG, Stack EC, Pakaluk M, Wadlinger E, Fine RE, Wells JM, Morin PJ. Retromer disruption promotes amyloidogenic APP processing. Neurobiol Dis. 2011 Aug; 43(2):338-45. PMID: 21515373.

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  • Published 6/27/2007

    Yaar M, Zhai S, Panova I, Fine RE, Eisenhauer PB, Blusztajn JK, Lopez-Coviella I, Gilchrest BA. A cyclic peptide that binds p75(NTR) protects neurones from beta amyloid (1-40)-induced cell death. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2007 Oct; 33(5):533-43. PMID: 17596181.

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  • Published 5/15/2006

    Lynch JA, George AM, Eisenhauer PB, Conn K, Gao W, Carreras I, Wells JM, McKee A, Ullman MD, Fine RE. Insulin degrading enzyme is localized predominantly at the cell surface of polarized and unpolarized human cerebrovascular endothelial cell cultures. J Neurosci Res. 2006 May 15; 83(7):1262-70. PMID: 16511862.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • Brandeis University, PhD
  • University of California, Berkeley, BS