Prioritized research for the prevention, treatment, and reversal of chronic disease: recommendations from the lifestyle medicine research summit

Y Vodovotz, N Barnard, FB Hu, J Jakicic… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Declining life expectancy and increasing all-cause mortality in the United States have been
associated with unhealthy behaviors, socioecological factors, and preventable disease. A …

Insights into the role of chemokines, damage-associated molecular patterns, and lymphocyte-derived mediators from computational models of trauma-induced …

RA Namas, Q Mi, R Namas, K Almahmoud… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Traumatic injury elicits a complex, dynamic, multidimensional inflammatory
response that is intertwined with complications such as multiple organ dysfunction and …

Chitosan-Based Ciprofloxacin Extended Release Systems: Combined Synthetic and Pharmacological (In Vitro and In Vivo) Studies

AR Egorov, AV Kurliuk, VV Rubanik, AA Kirichuk… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ciprofloxacin is one of the most effective antibiotics, but it is characterized by a range of side
effects. Elaboration of drug-releasing systems which allow to diminish toxicity of …

Toward a model-free feedback control synthesis for treating acute inflammation

O Bara, M Fliess, C Join, J Day, SM Djouadi - Journal of theoretical biology, 2018 - Elsevier
An effective and patient-specific feedback control synthesis for inflammation resolution is still
an ongoing research area. A strategy consisting of manipulating a pro and anti-inflammatory …

A computational, tissue-realistic model of pressure ulcer formation in individuals with spinal cord injury

C Ziraldo, A Solovyev, A Allegretti… - PLoS computational …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
People with spinal cord injury (SCI) are predisposed to pressure ulcers (PU). PU remain a
significant burden in cost of care and quality of life despite improved mechanistic …

Individual-specific principal component analysis of circulating inflammatory mediators predicts early organ dysfunction in trauma patients

RA Namas, K Almahmoud, Q Mi, A Ghuma… - Journal of critical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose We hypothesized that early inflammation can drive, or impact, later multiple organ
dysfunction syndrome (MODS), that patient-specific principal component analysis (PCA) of …

Preparing for the next Pandemic: Simulation-based Deep Reinforcement Learning to discover and test multimodal control of systemic inflammation using repurposed …

C Cockrell, D Larie, G An - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Preparation to address the critical gap in a future pandemic between non-
pharmacological measures and the deployment of new drugs/vaccines requires addressing …

A systems engineering perspective on homeostasis and disease

Y Vodovotz, G An, IP Androulakis - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Engineered systems are coupled networks of interacting sub-systems, whose dynamics are
constrained to requirements of robustness and flexibility. They have evolved by design to …

Augmenting Surgery via Multi-scale Modeling and Translational Systems Biology in the Era of Precision Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

GS Kassab, G An, EA Sander, MI Miga… - Annals of biomedical …, 2016 - Springer
In this era of tremendous technological capabilities and increased focus on improving
clinical outcomes, decreasing costs, and increasing precision, there is a need for a more …

The effects of tacrolimus on tissue-specific, protein-level inflammatory networks in vascularized composite allotransplantation

AM Aral, R Zamora, D Barclay, J Yin… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Systems-level insights into inflammatory events after vascularized composite
allotransplantation (VCA) are critical to the success of immunomodulatory strategies of these …