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James Powers

TitleProfessor Emeritus
InstitutionSchool of Medicine and Dentistry
DepartmentPathology and Laboratory Medicine
AddressUniversity of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 626
Rochester NY 14642
 
 Awards And Honors
1975     Moore Award* (AANP) *Award for best clinico-pathologic paper presented at annual meeting of American Association of Neuropathologists
1976     Moore Award* (AANP) *Award for best clinico-pathologic paper presented at annual meeting of American Association of Neuropathologists
1977     Moore Award* (AANP) *Award for best clinico-pathologic paper presented at annual meeting of American Association of Neuropathologists
1981     Moore Award* (AANP) *Award for best clinico-pathologic paper presented at annual meeting of American Association of Neuropathologists
1987 - 1988Nominee for Golden Apple Award, Medical University of South Carolina
1999     Commendation for Teaching, University of Rochester - Strong Memorial Hospital
2000     Commendation for Teaching, University of Rochester - Strong Memorial Hospital
2003     Distinguished Alumnus, Manhattan College
2004     Saul Korey Lecturer, AANP, Cleveland, Ohio
2004     Eric A. Schenk Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Pathology - Strong Memorial Hospital
2005     Commendation for Teaching, University of Rochester - Strong Memorial Hospital
 
 Overview
Dr. Powers' research interests include adreno-leukodystrophy, diseases of myelin, dementia (especially Alzheimer's senile and pre-senile), and neuronal migration defects and peroxisomal diseases.

 
 Selected Publications
  • Flint D, Li R, Webster LS, Naidu S, Kolodny E, Percy A, van der Knaap M, Powers JM, Mantovani JF, Ekstein J, Goldman JE, Messing A, Brenner M. Splice site, frameshift, and chimeric GFAP mutations in Alexander disease. Hum Mutat. 2012 Jul; 33(7):1141-8.
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  • Powers JM, Johnson MD. Mycoplasmal panencephalitis: a neuropathologic documentation. Acta Neuropathol. 2012 Jul; 124(1):143-8.
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  • Bugiani M, Boor I, Powers JM, Scheper GC, van der Knaap MS. Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter: a review. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2010 Oct; 69(10):987-96.
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  • Faust PL, Kaye EM, Powers JM. Myelin lesions associated with lysosomal and peroxisomal disorders. Expert Rev Neurother. 2010 Sep; 10(9):1449-66.
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  • Raymond GV, Seidman R, Monteith TS, Kolodny E, Sathe S, Mahmood A, Powers JM. Head trauma can initiate the onset of adreno-leukodystrophy. J Neurol Sci. 2010 Mar 15; 290(1-2):70-4.
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  • Hu Y, Mahar TJ, Hicks DG, Raymond D, Jones C, Wandtke JC, Powers JM, Xu H. Malignant solitary fibrous tumor: report of 3 cases with unusual features. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2009 Oct; 17(5):451-7.
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  • Hedley-Whyte ET, Goldman JE, Nedergaard M, Friedman A, Han X, Schmidt RE, Powers JM. Hyaline protoplasmic astrocytopathy of neocortex. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2009 Feb; 68(2):136-47.
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  • Zu-Rhein GM, Lo SC, Hulette CM, Powers JM. A novel cerebral microangiopathy with endothelial cell atypia and multifocal white matter lesions: a direct mycoplasmal infection? J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2007 Dec; 66(12):1100-17.
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  • Ali ZS, Van Der Voorn JP, Powers JM. A comparative morphologic analysis of adult onset leukodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids and pigmented glia--a role for oxidative damage. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2007 Jul; 66(7):660-72.
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  • Lu JF, Barron-Casella E, Deering R, Heinzer AK, Moser AB, deMesy Bentley KL, Wand GS, C McGuinness M, Pei Z, Watkins PA, Pujol A, Smith KD, Powers JM. The role of peroxisomal ABC transporters in the mouse adrenal gland: the loss of Abcd2 (ALDR), Not Abcd1 (ALD), causes oxidative damage. Lab Invest. 2007 Mar; 87(3):261-72.
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  • van Kollenburg B, van Dijk J, Garbern J, Thomas AA, Scheper GC, Powers JM, van der Knaap MS. Glia-specific activation of all pathways of the unfolded protein response in vanishing white matter disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2006 Jul; 65(7):707-15.
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  • Powers JM. p53-mediated apoptosis, neuroglobin overexpression, and globin deposits in a patient with hereditary ferritinopathy. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2006 Jul; 65(7):716-21.
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  • Bagaeva LV, Rao P, Powers JM, Segal BM. CXC chemokine ligand 13 plays a role in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Immunol. 2006 Jun 15; 176(12):7676-85.
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  • Powers JM, Pei Z, Heinzer AK, Deering R, Moser AB, Moser HW, Watkins PA, Smith KD. Adreno-leukodystrophy: oxidative stress of mice and men. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2005 Dec; 64(12):1067-79.
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  • van der Voorn JP, van Kollenburg B, Bertrand G, Van Haren K, Scheper GC, Powers JM, van der Knaap MS. The unfolded protein response in vanishing white matter disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2005 Sep; 64(9):770-5.
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  • Boor PK, de Groot K, Waisfisz Q, Kamphorst W, Oudejans CB, Powers JM, Pronk JC, Scheper GC, van der Knaap MS. MLC1: a novel protein in distal astroglial processes. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2005 May; 64(5):412-9.
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  • Mancuso M, Davidzon G, Kurlan RM, Tawil R, Bonilla E, Di Mauro S, Powers JM. Hereditary ferritinopathy: a novel mutation, its cellular pathology, and pathogenetic insights. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2005 Apr; 64(4):280-94.
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  • van der Voorn JP, Pouwels PJ, Kamphorst W, Powers JM, Lammens M, Barkhof F, van der Knaap MS. Histopathologic correlates of radial stripes on MR images in lysosomal storage disorders. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 Mar; 26(3):442-6.
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  • Powers JM. Adreno-leukodystrophy: a personal historical note. Acta Neuropathol. 2005 Jan; 109(1):124-7.
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  • Powers JM. Demyelination in peroxisomal diseases. J Neurol Sci. 2005 Feb 15; 228(2):206-7.
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  • Lavigne CM, Shrier DA, Ketkar M, Powers JM. Tacrolimus leukoencephalopathy: a neuropathologic confirmation. Neurology. 2004 Sep 28; 63(6):1132-3.
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  • Van Haren K, van der Voorn JP, Peterson DR, van der Knaap MS, Powers JM. The life and death of oligodendrocytes in vanishing white matter disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2004 Jun; 63(6):618-30.
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  • Marotti JD, Tobias S, Fratkin JD, Powers JM, Rhodes CH. Adult onset leukodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids and pigmented glia: report of a family, historical perspective, and review of the literature. Acta Neuropathol. 2004 Jun; 107(6):481-8.
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  • van der Voorn JP, Kamphorst W, van der Knaap MS, Powers JM. The leukoencephalopathy of infantile GM1 gangliosidosis: oligodendrocytic loss and axonal dysfunction. Acta Neuropathol. 2004 Jun; 107(6):539-45.
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  • Powers JM, Byrne NP, Ito M, Takao M, Yankopoulou D, Spillantini MG, Ghetti B. A novel leukoencephalopathy associated with tau deposits primarily in white matter glia. Acta Neuropathol. 2003 Aug; 106(2):181-7.
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  • Heinzer AK, Watkins PA, Lu JF, Kemp S, Moser AB, Li YY, Mihalik S, Powers JM, Smith KD. A very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase-deficient mouse and its relevance to X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 2003 May 15; 12(10):1145-54.
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  • Goodman AD, Mock DJ, Powers JM, Baker JV, Blumberg BM. Human herpesvirus 6 genome and antigen in acute multiple sclerosis lesions. J Infect Dis. 2003 May 1; 187(9):1365-76.
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  • Chattopadhyay S, Ito M, Cooper JD, Brooks AI, Curran TM, Powers JM, Pearce DA. An autoantibody inhibitory to glutamic acid decarboxylase in the neurodegenerative disorder Batten disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2002 Jun 1; 11(12):1421-31.
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  • Raffo S, Rubio A, Rodenhouse TG, Patel U, Bonfigilo T, Powers JM. September 2001: 51-year-old man with seizures since childhood. Brain Pathol. 2002 Jan; 12(1):137-9.
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  • Powers JM. Normal and defective neuronal membranes: structure and function: neuronal lesions in peroxisomal disorders. J Mol Neurosci. 2001 Apr-Jun; 16(2-3):285-7; discussion 317-21.
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  • Decker SJ, Kinsey WH. Characterization of cortical secretory vesicles from the sea urchin egg. Dev Biol. 1983 Mar; 96(1):37-45.
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