Suzee Lee, MD
Professor
Neurology
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Fellowship UCSF 2010
• Residency Neurology Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center 2008
• MD McGill University 2004

Websites

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• Lee Lab website (suzeelee.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• Defining trajectories of dynamic biomarkers for C9ORF72 repeat expansion carriers, NIH, 2018-2023
• Detecting presymptomatic disease in inherited frontotemporal dementia, NIH, 2011-2017

Publications (47)

Top publication keywords:
Nerve Nettau ProteinsC9orf72 ProteinHeterozygoteAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsPulvinarCerebral CortexProteinsBasal GangliaDNA Repeat ExpansionFrontotemporal DementiaProdromal SymptomsThalamusNeuroimaging

• Network degeneration and dysfunction in presymptomatic C9ORF72 expansion carriers.
  NeuroImage. Clinical 2016 Lee SE, Sias AC, Mandelli ML, Brown JA, Brown AB, Khazenzon AM, Vidovszky AA, Zanto TP, Karydas AM, Pribadi M, Dokuru D, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, …
• Young-onset frontotemporal dementia in a homozygous tau R406W mutation carrier.
  Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2015 Ng AS, Sias AC, Pressman PS, Fong JC, Karydas AM, Zanto TP, De May M, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Miller BL, Lee SE
• Altered network connectivity in frontotemporal dementia with C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion.
  Brain : a journal of neurology 2014 Lee SE, Khazenzon AM, Trujillo AJ, Guo CC, Yokoyama JS, Sha SJ, Takada LT, Karydas AM, Block NR, Coppola G, Pribadi M, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Fong JC, Weiner MW, Boxer AL, Kramer JH, Rosen HJ, …
• Evidence for a role of the rare p.A152T variant in MAPT in increasing the risk for FTD-spectrum and Alzheimer's diseases.
  Human molecular genetics 2012 Coppola G, Chinnathambi S, Lee JJ, Dombroski BA, Baker MC, Soto-Ortolaza AI, Lee SE, Klein E, Huang AY, Sears R, Lane JR, Karydas AM, Kenet RO, Biernat J, Wang LS, Cotman CW, Decarli CS, Levey AI, …
• Clinical characterization of bvFTD due to FUS neuropathology.
  Neurocase 2011 Lee SE, Seeley WW, Poorzand P, Rademakers R, Karydas A, Stanley CM, Miller BL, Rankin KP
• Clinicopathological correlations in corticobasal degeneration.
  Annals of neurology 2011 Lee SE, Rabinovici GD, Mayo MC, Wilson SM, Seeley WW, DeArmond SJ, Huang EJ, Trojanowski JQ, Growdon ME, Jang JY, Sidhu M, See TM, Karydas AM, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, Weiner MW, Geschwind MD, …

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• C9orf72 gene networks in the human brain correlate with cortical thickness in C9-FTD and implicate vulnerable cell types.
  Frontiers in neuroscience 2024 Broce IJ, Sirkis DW, Nillo RM, Bonham LW, Lee SE, Miller BL, Castruita PA, Sturm VE, Sugrue LS, Desikan RS, Yokoyama JS
• Functional network collapse in neurodegenerative disease.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Brown JA, Lee AJ, Fernhoff K, Pistone T, Pasquini L, Wise AB, Staffaroni AM, Luisa Mandelli M, Lee SE, Boxer AL, Rankin KP, Rabinovici GD, Luisa Gorno Tempini M, Rosen HJ, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Seeley…
• Network Connectivity Alterations across the MAPT Mutation Clinical Spectrum.
  Annals of neurology 2023 Zhang L, Flagan TM, Häkkinen S, Chu SA, Brown JA, Lee AJ, Pasquini L, Mandelli ML, Gorno-Tempini ML, Sturm VE, Yokoyama JS, Appleby BS, Cobigo Y, Dickerson BC, Domoto-Reilly K, Geschwind DH, Ghoshal N…
• C9orf72 gene networks in the human brain correlate with cortical thickness in C9-FTD and implicate vulnerable cell types.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Broce IJ, Sirkis DW, Nillo RM, Bonham LW, Lee SE, Miller B, Castruita P, Sturm VE, Sugrue LS, Desikan RS, Yokoyama JS
• Single-cell RNA-seq reveals alterations in peripheral CX3CR1 and nonclassical monocytes in familial tauopathy.
  Genome medicine 2023 Sirkis DW, Warly Solsberg C, Johnson TP, Bonham LW, Sturm VE, Lee SE, Rankin KP, Rosen HJ, Boxer AL, Seeley WW, Miller BL, Geier EG, Yokoyama JS
• Radiogenomics of C9orf72 Expansion Carriers Reveals Global Transposable Element Derepression and Enables Prediction of Thalamic Atrophy and Clinical Impairment.
  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2022 Bonham LW, Geier EG, Sirkis DW, Leong JK, Ramos EM, Wang Q, Karydas A, Lee SE, Sturm VE, Sawyer RP, Friedberg A, Ichida JK, Gitler AD, Sugrue L, Cordingley M, Bee W, Weber E, Kramer JH, Rankin KP, …
• A novel temporal-predominant neuro-astroglial tauopathy associated with TMEM106B gene polymorphism in FTLD/ALS-TDP.
  Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) 2021 Llibre-Guerra JJ, Lee SE, Suemoto CK, Ehrenberg AJ, Kovacs GG, Karydas A, Staffaroni A, Franca Resende EP, Kim EJ, Hwang JH, Ramos EM, Wojta KJ, Pasquini L, Pang SY, Spina S, Allen IE, Kramer J, …
• Brain volumetric deficits in MAPT mutation carriers: a multisite study.
  Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2020 Chu SA, Flagan TM, Staffaroni AM, Jiskoot LC, Deng J, Spina S, Zhang L, Sturm VE, Yokoyama JS, Seeley WW, Papma JM, Geschwind DH, Rosen HJ, Boeve BF, Boxer AL, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Brushaber DE, …
• Rates of Brain Atrophy Across Disease Stages in Familial Frontotemporal Dementia Associated With MAPT, GRN, and C9orf72 Pathogenic Variants.
  JAMA network open 2020 Staffaroni AM, Goh SM, Cobigo Y, Ong E, Lee SE, Casaletto KB, Wolf A, Forsberg LK, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford NR, Grossman M, Heuer HW, Hsiung GR, Kantarci K, Knopman DS, Kremers WK, Mackenzie IR, …
• Neuroimaging in genetic frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  Neurobiology of disease 2020 Häkkinen S, Chu SA, Lee SE
• Patient-Tailored, Connectivity-Based Forecasts of Spreading Brain Atrophy.
  Neuron 2019 Brown JA, Deng J, Neuhaus J, Sible IJ, Sias AC, Lee SE, Kornak J, Marx GA, Karydas AM, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Kramer JH, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Seeley WW
• Gyrification abnormalities in presymptomatic c9orf72 expansion carriers.
  Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2019 Caverzasi E, Battistella G, Chu SA, Rosen H, Zanto TP, Karydas A, Shwe W, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Miller BL, Gorno-Tempini ML, Lee SE
• Thalamo-cortical network hyperconnectivity in preclinical progranulin mutation carriers.
  NeuroImage. Clinical 2019 Lee SE, Sias AC, Kosik EL, Flagan TM, Deng J, Chu SA, Brown JA, Vidovszky AA, Ramos EM, Gorno-Tempini ML, Karydas AM, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Boeve BF, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Miller BL, …
• 18F-flortaucipir (AV-1451) tau PET in frontotemporal dementia syndromes.
  Alzheimer's research & therapy 2019 Tsai RM, Bejanin A, Lesman-Segev O, LaJoie R, Visani A, Bourakova V, O'Neil JP, Janabi M, Baker S, Lee SE, Perry DC, Bajorek L, Karydas A, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW, Ramos EM, Coppola G, Gorno-…
• Frontotemporal dementia spectrum: first genetic screen in a Greek cohort.
  Neurobiology of aging 2018 Ramos EM, Koros C, Dokuru DR, Van Berlo V, Kroupis C, Wojta K, Wang Q, Andronas N, Matsi S, Beratis IN, Huang AY, Lee SE, Bonakis A, Florou-Hatziyiannidou C, Fragkiadaki S, Kontaxopoulou D, …
• Rare variants in the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis gene MFSD8 are candidate risk factors for frontotemporal dementia.
  Acta neuropathologica 2018 Geier EG, Bourdenx M, Storm NJ, Cochran JN, Sirkis DW, Hwang JH, Bonham LW, Ramos EM, Diaz A, Van Berlo V, Dokuru D, Nana AL, Karydas A, Balestra ME, Huang Y, Russo SP, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW…
• Frequency of frontotemporal dementia gene variants in C9ORF72, MAPT, and GRN in academic versus commercial laboratory cohorts.
  Advances in genomics and genetics 2018 Steele NZ, Bright AR, Lee SE, Fong JC, Bonham LW, Karydas A, Karbassi ID, Pribadi M, Meservey MA, Gallen MC, Ramos EM, Liaquat K, Hoffman CC, Krasner MR, Dodge W, L Miller B, Coppola G, Rankin KP, …
• Altered topology of the functional speech production network in non-fluent/agrammatic variant of PPA.
  Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 2018 Mandelli ML, Welch AE, Vilaplana E, Watson C, Battistella G, Brown JA, Possin KL, Hubbard HI, Miller ZA, Henry ML, Marx GA, Santos-Santos MA, Bajorek LP, Fortea J, Boxer A, Rabinovici G, Lee S, Deleon…
• Poly(GP), neurofilament and grey matter deficits in C9orf72 expansion carriers.
  Annals of clinical and translational neurology 2018 Meeter LHH, Gendron TF, Sias AC, Jiskoot LC, Russo SP, Donker Kaat L, Papma JM, Panman JL, van der Ende EL, Dopper EG, Franzen S, Graff C, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Sanchez-Valle R, Galimberti D, Pijnenburg…
• Clinicopathological correlations in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia.
  Brain : a journal of neurology 2017 Perry DC, Brown JA, Possin KL, Datta S, Trujillo A, Radke A, Karydas A, Kornak J, Sias AC, Rabinovici GD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, De May M, Rankin KP, Sturm VE, Lee SE, Matthews BR, Kao AW, Vossel…
• Advancing functional dysconnectivity and atrophy in progressive supranuclear palsy.
  NeuroImage. Clinical 2017 Brown JA, Hua AY, Trujllo A, Attygalle S, Binney RJ, Spina S, Lee SE, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Boxer AL, Seeley WW
• The unexpected co-occurrence of GRN and MAPT p.A152T in Basque families: Clinical and pathological characteristics.
  PloS one 2017 Moreno F, Indakoetxea B, Barandiaran M, Caballero MC, Gorostidi A, Calafell F, Gabilondo A, Tainta M, Zulaica M, Martí Massó JF, López de Munain A, Sánchez-Juan P, Lee SE
• Microglial NFκB-TNFα hyperactivation induces obsessive-compulsive behavior in mouse models of progranulin-deficient frontotemporal dementia.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2017 Krabbe G, Minami SS, Etchegaray JI, Taneja P, Djukic B, Davalos D, Le D, Lo I, Zhan L, Reichert MC, Sayed F, Merlini M, Ward ME, Perry DC, Lee SE, Sias A, Parkhurst CN, Gan WB, Akassoglou K, Miller BL…
• A152T tau allele causes neurodegeneration that can be ameliorated in a zebrafish model by autophagy induction.
  Brain : a journal of neurology 2017 Lopez A, Lee SE, Wojta K, Ramos EM, Klein E, Chen J, Boxer AL, Gorno-Tempini ML, Geschwind DH, Schlotawa L, Ogryzko NV, Bigio EH, Rogalski E, Weintraub S, Mesulam MM, Tauopathy Genetics Consortium, …
• Cognition and neuropsychiatry in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia by disease stage.
  Neurology 2016 Bertoux M, Sarazin M, Pasquier F, Bottlaender M, de Souza LC, Mioshi E, Hornberger M, Ranasinghe KG, Rankin KP, Lobach IV, Kramer JH, Sturm VE, Bettcher BM, Possin K, You SC, Lamarre AK, Shany-Ur T, …
• Distinct Subtypes of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Based on Patterns of Network Degeneration.
  JAMA neurology 2016 Ranasinghe KG, Rankin KP, Pressman PS, Perry DC, Lobach IV, Seeley WW, Coppola G, Karydas AM, Grinberg LT, Shany-Ur T, Lee SE, Rabinovici GD, Rosen HJ, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, Miller ZA, Chiong W,…
• Cognition and neuropsychiatry in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia by disease stage.
  Neurology 2016 Ranasinghe KG, Rankin KP, Lobach IV, Kramer JH, Sturm VE, Bettcher BM, Possin K, Christine You S, Lamarre AK, Shany-Ur T, Stephens ML, Perry DC, Lee SE, Miller ZA, Gorno-Tempini ML, Rosen HJ, Boxer A,…
• MAPT H1 Haplotype is Associated with Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Risk in APOEɛ4 Noncarriers: Results from the Dementia Genetics Spanish Consortium.
  Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2016 Pastor P, Moreno F, Clarimón J, Ruiz A, Combarros O, Calero M, López de Munain A, Bullido MJ, de Pancorbo MM, Carro E, Antonell A, Coto E, Ortega-Cubero S, Hernandez I, Tárraga L, Boada M, Lleó A, …
• Early-onset Alzheimer's disease versus frontotemporal dementia: resolution with genetic diagnoses?
  Neurocase 2015 Sha SJ, Khazenzon AM, Ghosh PM, Rankin KP, Pribadi M, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Lee SE
• Amyloid in dementia associated with familial FTLD: not an innocent bystander.
  Neurocase 2015 Naasan G, Rabinovici GD, Ghosh P, Elofson JD, Miller BL, Coppola G, Karydas A, Fong J, Perry D, Lee SE, Yokoyama JS, Seeley WW, Kramer JH, Weiner MW, Schuff N, Jagust WJ, Grinberg LT, Pribadi M, Yang …
• Predicting amyloid status in corticobasal syndrome using modified clinical criteria, magnetic resonance imaging and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
  Alzheimer's research & therapy 2015 Sha SJ, Ghosh PM, Lee SE, Corbetta-Rastelli C, Jagust WJ, Kornak J, Rankin KP, Grinberg LT, Vinters HV, Mendez MF, Dickson DW, Seeley WW, Gorno-Tempini M, Kramer J, Miller BL, Boxer AL, Rabinovici GD
• Neurodegenerative disease phenotypes in carriers of MAPT p.A152T, a risk factor for frontotemporal dementia spectrum disorders and Alzheimer disease.
  Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2013 Lee SE, Tartaglia MC, Yener G, Genç S, Seeley WW, Sanchez-Juan P, Moreno F, Mendez MF, Klein E, Rademakers R, López de Munain A, Combarros O, Kramer JH, Kenet RO, Boxer AL, Geschwind MD, Gorno-Tempini…
• Seizures and epileptiform activity in the early stages of Alzheimer disease.
  JAMA neurology 2013 Vossel KA, Beagle AJ, Rabinovici GD, Shu H, Lee SE, Naasan G, Hegde M, Cornes SB, Henry ML, Nelson AB, Seeley WW, Geschwind MD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Shih T, Kirsch HE, Garcia PA, Miller BL, Mucke L
• Criteria for the diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration.
  Neurology 2013 Armstrong MJ, Litvan I, Lang AE, Bak TH, Bhatia KP, Borroni B, Boxer AL, Dickson DW, Grossman M, Hallett M, Josephs KA, Kertesz A, Lee SE, Miller BL, Reich SG, Riley DE, Tolosa E, Tröster AI, …
• Frontotemporal dementia due to C9ORF72 mutations: clinical and imaging features.
  Neurology 2012 Sha SJ, Takada LT, Rankin KP, Yokoyama JS, Rutherford NJ, Fong JC, Khan B, Karydas A, Baker MC, DeJesus-Hernandez M, Pribadi M, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Lee SE, Seeley W, Miller BL, …
• Atypical, slowly progressive behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia associated with C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion.
  Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2012 Khan BK, Yokoyama JS, Takada LT, Sha SJ, Rutherford NJ, Fong JC, Karydas AM, Wu T, Ketelle RS, Baker MC, Hernandez MD, Coppola G, Geschwind DH, Rademakers R, Lee SE, Rosen HJ, Rabinovici GD, Seeley WW…
• Guam dementia syndrome revisited in 2011.
  Current opinion in neurology 2011 Lee SE
• Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia with corticobasal degeneration pathology: phenotypic comparison to bvFTD with Pick's disease.
  Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN 2011 Rankin KP, Mayo MC, Seeley WW, Lee S, Rabinovici G, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, Weiner MW, Trojanowski JQ, DeArmond SJ, Miller BL
• Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (vorinostat) up-regulates progranulin transcription: rational therapeutic approach to frontotemporal dementia.
  The Journal of biological chemistry 2011 Cenik B, Sephton CF, Dewey CM, Xian X, Wei S, Yu K, Niu W, Coppola G, Coughlin SE, Lee SE, Dries DR, Almeida S, Geschwind DH, Gao FB, Miller BL, Farese RV, Posner BA, Yu G, Herz J
• Genetic causes of frontotemporal degeneration.
  Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2010 See TM, LaMarre AK, Lee SE, Miller BL
• The effects of adjunctive topiramate on cognitive function in patients with epilepsy.
  Epilepsia 2003 Lee S, Sziklas V, Andermann F, Farnham S, Risse G, Gustafson M, Gates J, Penovich P, Al-Asmi A, Dubeau F, Jones-Gotman M