Kate E. McCluskey
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Postdoctoral Associate
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Education & Training
- PhD
- University of California, San Francisco, Neuroscience (2024)
- BA
- Middlebury College, Neuroscience (2018)
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Medical Research Interests
Developmental Biology; Genetics; Neurosciences
ORCID
0009-0009-7187-9941
Publications
2025
Ciliary biology intersects autism and congenital heart disease
Teerikorpi N, McCluskey KE, Bader E, Lasser MC, Wang S, Nguyen CH, Schmidt JD, Kostyanovskaya E, Sun N, Dea J, Nowakowski TJ, Willsey AJ, Willsey HR. Ciliary biology intersects autism and congenital heart disease. Development 2025, 152: dev204295. DOI: 10.1242/dev.204295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutism gene variants disrupt enteric neuron migration and cause gastrointestinal dysmotility
McCluskey K, Stovell K, Law K, Kostyanovskaya E, Schmidt J, Exner C, Dea J, Brimble E, State M, Willsey A, Willsey H. Autism gene variants disrupt enteric neuron migration and cause gastrointestinal dysmotility. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 2238. PMID: 40050271, PMCID: PMC11885846, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57342-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAutism genesLarge-effect variantsDevelopment of enteric neuronsEnteric neuronal dysfunctionXenopus tropicalisGenetic variantsNeuronal progenitor migrationGenesGene variantsMolecular underpinningsGastrointestinal distressNeuronal migrationSignal modulationGut neuronsIn vivo drug screeningEnteric neuronsGastrointestinal dysmotilitySerotonin SignalingNeuronal dysfunctionCo-occurrence of autismGastrointestinal dysfunctionMigratory progenitorsVariantsTherapeutic pathwaysGastrointestinal system
2023
Pleiotropy of autism-associated chromatin regulators
Lasser M, Sun N, Xu Y, Wang S, Drake S, Law K, Gonzalez S, Wang B, Drury V, Castillo O, Zaltsman Y, Dea J, Bader E, McCluskey K, State M, Willsey A, Willsey H. Pleiotropy of autism-associated chromatin regulators. Development 2023, 150: dev201515. PMID: 37366052, PMCID: PMC10399978, DOI: 10.1242/dev.201515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsChromatin regulatorsMitotic spindleGene ontology analysisCellular proliferationChromatin regulationGene functionOntology analysisHuman cellsASD genetic riskCell deathDNA damageFunctional workBiologyRegulatorSynaptic functionProteinTubulinSpindleBroad relevanceProliferationPathological mechanismsHistonesGenetic riskVivoPleiotropy
2022
Brain Camp: A Summer Pipeline Program to Increase Diversity in Neurosciences.
Wei XP, Diwanji D, McHenry L, Lea R, McCluskey K, Griffin S, Comrie A, Margol V, Josephson SA. Brain Camp: A Summer Pipeline Program to Increase Diversity in Neurosciences. Neurologist 2022, 27: 173-176. PMID: 34967821, DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0000000000000409.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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