Richard O.
Jones
,
PhD
707 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
United States
About
Dr. Jones is currently the administrative laboratory manager for the Genetics Laboratories at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, as well as a research associate in the Department of Neurology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and the Clinical Laboratory Management Association.
Education
Dr. Jones received a bachelor's of science from the University of Manchester (UK) in 1985, and a doctoral degree from the University of Manchester in 1989. After obtaining his doctoral degree, Dr. Jones spent a year as a Royal Society Fellow at Shinshu Universuty in Matsumoto, Japan. In 1990, he was appointed a research fellow in the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB). In 1994, Dr. Jones became an assistant professor of surgery at UMAB. He joined the Hopkins/Kennedy Krieger Institute faculty in 1997. Dr. Jones is currently the Director of the Peroxisomal Diseases Section in the Genetics Laboratories at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, as well as a research associate in neurology at Johns Hopkins.
Research
Dr. Jones' scientific interests lie in the field of peroxisomal disorders. The primary disorder he is concerned with is X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). Elevated plasma levels of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) are diagnostic of X-ALD. An assay for plasma VLCFA was developed in this laboratory and is now used by many other laboratories. Use of this assay has identified more than 2500 patients with peroxisomal disorders. It is also used for prenatal diagnosis, and more than 500 pregnancies have been monitored as a result of it. This laboratory is a major reference laboratory for peroxisomal disorders both nationally and internationally.
The major research objective of this laboratory is to develop an effective therapy for X-ALD and other peroxisomal disorders, a goal which is reinforced daily by contact with patients and their families. Dr. Jones has been involved in studies that evaluate the use of Lorenzo's oil therapy in the treatment of X-ALD in both children and adults. He has also been involved in the development of methods to allow for screening for X-ALD and other peroxisomal disorders in blood spots obtained from newborn babies. He continues to work on other pharmacological approaches to the treatment of X-ALD and other peroxisomal disorders.
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Research Publications
Ferdinandusse S, Falkenberg KD, Koster J, Mooyer PA, Jones R, van Roermund CWT, Pizzino A, Schrader M, Wanders RJA, Vanderver A, Waterham HR (2017). ACBD5 deficiency causes a defect in peroxisomal very long-chain fatty acid metabolism. J Med Genet. 54(5), 330-337.
Ahmed MA, Kartha RV, Brundage RC, Cloyd J, Basu C, Carlin BP, Jones RO, Moser AB, Fatemi A, Raymond GV (2016). A model-based approach to assess the exposure-response relationship of Lorenzo's oil in adrenoleukodystrophy. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 81(6), 1058-66.
Bacino C, Chao YH, Seto E, Lotze T, Xia F, Jones RO, Moser A, Wangler MF (2015). A homozygous mutation in <i>PEX16</i> identified by whole-exome sequencing ending a diagnostic odyssey. Mol Genet Metab Rep. 5, 15-18.
Venn-Watson SK, Parry C, Baird M, Stevenson S, Carlin K, Daniels R, Smith CR, Jones R, Wells RS, Ridgway S, Jensen ED (2015). Increased Dietary Intake of Saturated Fatty Acid Heptadecanoic Acid (C17:0) Associated with Decreasing Ferritin and Alleviated Metabolic Syndrome in Dolphins. PLoS One. 10(7), e0132117.
DeFilippis AP, Rai SN, Cambon A, Miles RJ, Jaffe AS, Moser AB, Jones RO, Bolli R, Schulman SP (2014). Fatty acids and TxA(2) generation, in the absence of platelet-COX-1 activity.Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 24(4), 428-33.
Theda C, Gibbons K, Defor TE, Donohue PK, Golden WC, Kline AD, Gulamali-Majid F, Panny SR, Hubbard WC, Jones RO, Liu AK, Moser AB, Raymond GV (2014). Newborn screening for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: further evidence high throughput screening is feasible. Mol Genet Metab. 111(1), 55-7.
Sandlers Y, Moser AB, Hubbard WC, Kratz LE, Jones RO, Raymond GV (2012). Combined extraction of acyl carnitines and 26:0 lysophosphatidylcholine from dried blood spots: prospective newborn screening for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. Mol Genet Metab. 105(3), 416-20.
Paker AM, Sunness JS, Brereton NH, Speedie LJ, Albanna L, Dharmaraj S, Moser AB, Jones RO, Raymond GV (2010). Docosahexaenoic acid therapy in peroxisomal diseases: results of a double-blind, randomized trial. Neurology. 75(9), 826-30.
Hubbard WC, Moser AB, Liu AC, Jones RO, Steinberg SJ, Lorey F, Panny SR, Vogt RF Jr, Macaya D, Turgeon CT, Tortorelli S, Raymond GV (2009). Newborn screening for X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD): validation of a combined liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method. Mol Genet Metab. 97(3), 212-20.
Steinberg S, Jones R, Tiffany C, Moser A (2008). Investigational methods for peroxisomal disorders. Curr Protoc Hum Genet. Chapter 17, Unit 17.6.
Raymond GV, Jones RO, Moser AB (2007). Newborn screening for adrenoleukodystrophy: implications for therapy. Mol Diagn Ther. 11(6), 381-4.
Moser HW, Raymond GV, Lu SE, Muenz LR, Moser AB, Xu J, Jones RO, Loes DJ, Melhem ER, Dubey P, Bezman L, Brereton NH, Odone A (2005). Follow-up of 89 asymptomatic patients with adrenoleukodystrophy treated with Lorenzo's oil. Arch Neurol. 62(7), 1073-80.