Jonathan D. Cherry, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

PhD, University of Rochester
BS, Ursinus College



Background
Dr. Cherry is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies with a BS in biology at Ursinus College in 2008. He earned his doctoral degree in Pathology from the University of Rochester in 2015. Dr. Cherry joined the McKee laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher the same year. He was appointed as an assistant professor at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine in 2019. Dr. Cherry also holds a research health scientist position within the VA Boston Healthcare System. His laboratory space is located at the Jamaica Plain VA hospital where he performs his research and helps support the VA-BU-CLF brain bank.

Research Interests
Dr. Cherry’s research interests focus on understanding how neuroinflammation after repetitive traumatic brain injury contributes to CTE pathogenesis. Specifically, Dr. Cherry seeks to identify what role microglia and inflammatory cytokines play in the early onset of hyperphosphorylated tau accumulation and spread.
Dr. Cherry’s research also extend to histology analysis. He is the director of the digital pathology hub present within the BU CTE center. This research entails exploring novel ways to analyze human postmortem tissue for neuropathologic targets and better characterize pathology across a spectrum of neurodegenerative disease including Alzheimer’s disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, motor neuron diseases, and others.

Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Neurology




Single Cell profiling of MAPT S305 mutation iPSC-derived organoids and brain tissue
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Bright Focus Fdn


Unique Neuroimmune Signature in Alzheimer's Disease Compared to CTE
10/01/2017 - 03/31/2021 (PI)
Alzheimer's Association


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Jonathan Cherry
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017 (Key Person)
PI: Ann C. McKee, MD
VA Boston Healthcare System




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  1. Labadorf A, Agus F, Aytan N, Cherry J, Mez J, McKee A, Stein TD. Inflammation and neuronal gene expression changes differ in early versus late chronic traumatic encephalopathy brain. BMC Med Genomics. 2023 Mar 09; 16(1):49.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36895005; PMCID: PMC9996917; DOI: 10.1186/s12920-023-01471-5;
     
  2. McKee AC, Stein TD, Huber BR, Crary JF, Bieniek K, Dickson D, Alvarez VE, Cherry JD, Farrell K, Butler M, Uretsky M, Abdolmohammadi B, Alosco ML, Tripodis Y, Mez J, Daneshvar DH. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE): criteria for neuropathological diagnosis and relationship to repetitive head impacts. Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Apr; 145(4):371-394.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36759368; DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02540-w;
     
  3. Nicks R, Clement NF, Alvarez VE, Tripodis Y, Baucom ZH, Huber BR, Mez J, Alosco ML, Aytan N, Cherry JD, Cormier KA, Kubilius C, Mathias R, Svirsky SE, Pothast MJ, Hildebrandt AM, Chung J, Han X, Crary JF, McKee AC, Frosch MP, Stein TD. Repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy are associated with TDP-43 inclusions and hippocampal sclerosis. Acta Neuropathol. 2023 Apr; 145(4):395-408.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36681782; DOI: 10.1007/s00401-023-02539-3;
     
  4. Kirsch D, Shah A, Dixon E, Kelley H, Cherry JD, Xia W, Daley S, Aytan N, Cormier K, Kubilus C, Mathias R, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, McKee AC, Stein TD. Vascular injury is associated with repetitive head impacts and tau pathology in chronic traumatic encephalopathy. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2023 Jan 20; 82(2):127-139.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36617181; PMCID: PMC9852946; DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlac122;
     
  5. Cherry JD, Baucom ZH, Eppich KG, Kirsch D, Dixon ER, Tripodis Y, Bieniek KF, Farrell K, Whitney K, Uretsky M, Crary JF, Dickson D, McKee AC. Neuroimmune proteins can differentiate between tauopathies. J Neuroinflammation. 2022 Nov 19; 19(1):278.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36403052; PMCID: PMC9675129; DOI: 10.1186/s12974-022-02640-6;
     
  6. Alosco ML, Su Y, Stein TD, Protas H, Cherry JD, Adler CH, Balcer LJ, Bernick C, Pulukuri SV, Abdolmohammadi B, Coleman MJ, Palmisano JN, Tripodis Y, Mez J, Rabinovici GD, Marek KL, Beach TG, Johnson KA, Huber BR, Koerte I, Lin AP, Bouix S, Cummings JL, Shenton ME, Reiman EM, McKee AC, Stern RA. Associations between near end-of-life flortaucipir PET and postmortem CTE-related tau neuropathology in six former American football players. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2023 01; 50(2):435-452.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36152064; PMCID: PMC9816291; DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05963-x;
     
  7. Farrell K, Iida MA, Cherry JD, Casella A, Stein TD, Bieniek KF, Walker JM, Richardson TE, White CL, Alvarez VE, Huber BR, Dickson DW, Insausti R, Dams-O'Connor K, McKee AC, Crary JF. Differential Vulnerability of Hippocampal Subfields in Primary Age-Related Tauopathy and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2022 Sep 19; 81(10):781-789.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36004533; PMCID: PMC9487677; DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlac066;
     
  8. Butler MLMD, Dixon E, Stein TD, Alvarez VE, Huber B, Buckland ME, McKee AC, Cherry JD. Tau Pathology in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is Primarily Neuronal. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2022 Sep 19; 81(10):773-780.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35903039; PMCID: PMC9487650; DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlac065;
     
  9. Atherton K, Han X, Chung J, Cherry JD, Baucom Z, Saltiel N, Nair E, Abdolmohammadi B, Uretsky M, Khan MM, Shea C, Durape S, Martin BM, Palmisano JN, Farrell K, Nowinski CJ, Alvarez VE, Dwyer B, Daneshvar DH, Katz DI, Goldstein LE, Cantu RC, Kowall NW, Alosco ML, Huber BR, Tripodis Y, Crary JF, Farrer L, Stern RA, Stein TD, McKee AC, Mez J. Association of APOE Genotypes and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. JAMA Neurol. 2022 Aug 01; 79(8):787-796.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35759276; PMCID: PMC9237800; DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.1634;
     
  10. Bowles KR, Pugh DA, Liu Y, Patel T, Renton AE, Bandres-Ciga S, Gan-Or Z, Heutink P, Siitonen A, Bertelsen S, Cherry JD, Karch CM, Frucht SJ, Kopell BH, Peter I, Park YJ, Charney A, Raj T, Crary JF, Goate AM. 17q21.31 sub-haplotypes underlying H1-associated risk for Parkinson's disease are associated with LRRC37A/2 expression in astrocytes. Mol Neurodegener. 2022 Jul 15; 17(1):48. PMID: 35841044; PMCID: PMC9284779; DOI: 10.1186/s13024-022-00551-x;
     
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Are Neuroimmune Proteins the Key to Neurodegenerative Disease Diagnosis?

Biomarkers 11/23/2022

Neuroimmune proteins may serve as biomarkers for diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases

Medical Xpress 11/21/2022

Gene Variation May Explain Most Severe CTE

Futurity 11/29/2018

Researchers Identify Genes That Could Make Some People More Susceptible To CTE

Tech Times 11/5/2018

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