Dr. Durafourt has published on a number of topics, ranging from neuro-immunology to virtual visits for patient care in a stroke prevention clinic. His publications include:
- Aerococcus urinae endocarditis presenting with bilateral cerebellar infarcts. Rosborough K, Durafourt BA, Chan W, DeJong P, Appireddy R. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Sep;47(5):724-726. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.80. Epub 2020 Apr 24. PMID: 32329421
- A case of unexpected progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a hemodialysis patient. Durafourt BA, Rossiter JP, Baharnoori M. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Sep;47(5):727-730. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.59. Epub 2020 Mar 26. PMID: 32213219
- Home Virtual Visits for Outpatient Follow-Up Stroke Care: Cross-Sectional Study. Appireddy R, Khan S, Leaver C, Martin C, Jin A, Durafourt BA, Archer SL. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Oct 7;21(10):e13734. doi: 10.2196/13734. PMID: 31593536
- Surgery for Moyamoya Disease in Children. Appireddy R, Ranjan M, Durafourt BA, Riva-Cambrin J, Hader WJ, Adelson PD. J Child Neurol. 2019 Aug;34(9):517-529. doi: 10.1177/0883073819844854. Epub 2019 May 8. PMID: 31066331
- Roles of microglia in brain development, tissue maintenance and repair. Michell-Robinson MA, Touil H, Healy LM, Owen DR, Durafourt BA, Bar-Or A, Antel JP, Moore CS. Brain. 2015 May;138(Pt 5):1138-59. doi: 10.1093/brain/awv066. Epub 2015 Mar 29. Review. PMID: 25823474
- Direct and indirect effects of immune and central nervous system-resident cells on human oligodendrocyte progenitor cell differentiation. Moore CS, Cui QL, Warsi NM, Durafourt BA, Zorko N, Owen DR, Antel JP, Bar-Or A. J Immunol. 2015 Jan 15;194(2):761-72. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401156. Epub 2014 Dec 10. PMID: 25505283
- miR-155 as a multiple sclerosis-relevant regulator of myeloid cell polarization. Moore CS, Rao VT, Durafourt BA, Bedell BJ, Ludwin SK, Bar-Or A, Antel JP. Ann Neurol. 2013 Nov;74(5):709-20. doi: 10.1002/ana.23967. Epub 2013 Sep 23. PMID: 23818336
- Isolating, culturing, and polarizing primary human adult and fetal microglia. Durafourt BA, Moore CS, Blain M, Antel JP. Methods Mol Biol. 2013;1041:199-211. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-520-0_19. PMID: 23813381
- Assessment of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor expression and associated intracellular signaling cascades in primary cells of the human central nervous system. Miron VE, Durafourt BA, Antel JP, Kennedy TE. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;874:141-54. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-800-9_11. PMID: 22528445
- Comparison of polarization properties of human adult microglia and blood-derived macrophages. Durafourt BA, Moore CS, Zammit DA, Johnson TA, Zaguia F, Guiot MC, Bar-Or A, Antel JP. Glia. 2012 May;60(5):717-27. doi: 10.1002/glia.22298. Epub 2012 Jan 30. PMID: 22290798
- The tryptophan metabolite 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid plays anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective roles during inflammation: role of hemeoxygenase-1. Krause D, Suh HS, Tarassishin L, Cui QL, Durafourt BA, Choi N, Bauman A, Cosenza-Nashat M, Antel JP, Zhao ML, Lee SC. Am J Pathol. 2011 Sep;179(3):1360-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.05.048. PMID: 21855684
- Myeloid lineage cells inhibit neurite outgrowth through a myosin II-dependent mechanism. Pool M, Rambaldi I, Durafourt BA, Wright MC, Antel JP, Bar-Or A, Fournier AE. J Neuroimmunol. 2011 Aug 15;237(1-2):101-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.06.004. Epub 2011 Jul 7. PMID: 21737147
- Reduction of the peripheral blood CD56(bright) NK lymphocyte subset in FTY720-treated multiple sclerosis patients. Johnson TA, Evans BL, Durafourt BA, Blain M, Lapierre Y, Bar-Or A, Antel JP. J Immunol. 2011 Jul 1;187(1):570-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003823. Epub 2011 May 27. PMID: 21622858
- Differential responses of human microglia and blood-derived myeloid cells to FTY720. Durafourt BA, Lambert C, Johnson TA, Blain M, Bar-Or A, Antel JP. J Neuroimmunol. 2011 Jan;230(1-2):10-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.08.006. Epub 2010 Sep 9. PMID: 20826007