Eliminating patient identified barriers to decrease Medicaid inpatient admission rates and improve quality of care

T Davis, J Beste, S Batish, R Watford… - The Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Board Family Med
Background and Objectives: The goal of this study was to decrease admission and
readmission rate for the 2296 Medicaid patients in our clinic. Our focus was to eliminate patient …

Critical role for STAT4 activation by type 1 interferons in the interferon-γ response to viral infection

KB Nguyen, WT Watford, R Salomon, SR Hofmann… - Science, 2002 - science.org
Interferons (IFNs) are essential for host defense. Although the antiviral effects of the type 1
IFNs IFN-α and IFN-β (IFN-α/β) have been established, their immunoregulatory functions, …

Perforator mapping reduces the operative time of DIEP flap breast reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of preoperative ultrasound, computed …

RG Wade, J Watford, JCR Wormald… - Journal of Plastic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Prior to DIEP flap breast reconstruction, mapping the perforators of the lower
abdominal wall using ultrasound, computed tomography angiography (CTA) or magnetic …

[HTML][HTML] GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19

…, Watford General Hospital, Watford, UK Carmody … - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Critical illness in COVID-19 is an extreme and clinically homogeneous disease phenotype
that we have previously shown 1 to be highly efficient for discovery of genetic associations 2 . …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor Progression Locus 2 (Tpl2) activates the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, inhibits forkhead box P3 (FoxP3) Expression, and limits …

…, R Kirkland, KD Wyatt, T Nagy, WT Watford - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
The serine/threonine kinase tumor progression locus 2 (Tpl2, also known as Map3k8/Cot) is
a potent inflammatory mediator that drives the production of TNFα, IL-1β, and IFNγ. We …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor progression locus 2 (Tpl2) kinase promotes chemokine receptor expression and macrophage migration during acute inflammation

…, AD Gingerich, L Wei, WT Watford - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
In autoimmune diseases, the accumulation of activated leukocytes correlates with inflammation
and disease progression, and, therefore, the disruption of leukocyte trafficking is an …

A patient–clinician James Lind Alliance partnership to identify research priorities for hyperemesis gravidarum

…, H Penny, K Shorter, R Spijker, J Trovik, E Watford… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective There are many uncertainties surrounding the aetiology, treatment and sequelae
of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). Prioritising research questions could reduce research …

Crafting Precedent

PJ Watford, RC Chen, M Basile - 2017 - HeinOnline
How does the law of judicial precedent work in practice? That is the question at the heart of
The Law of Judicial Precedent, the first treatise on the subject in more than ioo years. The …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor Progression Locus 2 Promotes Induction of IFNλ, Interferon Stimulated Genes and Antigen-Specific CD8+ T Cell Responses and Protects against …

T Kuriakose, RA Tripp, WT Watford - PLoS pathogens, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP) cascades are important in antiviral immunity through
their regulation of interferon (IFN) production as well as virus replication. Although the …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor Progression Locus 2 Differentially Regulates IFNγ and IL-17 Production by Effector CD4+ T Cells in a T Cell Transfer Model of Colitis

NV Acuff, X Li, R Kirkland, T Nagy, WT Watford - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Autoimmune diseases are approaching epidemic levels, estimated to affect 5–8% of the
population. A number of autoimmune diseases are believed to be driven by autoreactive T cells, …