Poxviruses and the immune system: Implications for monkeypox virus

A Saghazadeh, N Rezaei - International Immunopharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Poxviruses (PXVs) are mostly known for the variola virus, being the cause of smallpox;
however, re-emerging PXVs have also shown a great capacity to develop outbreaks of pox …

Challenges of delirium management in patients with traumatic brain injury: from pathophysiology to clinical practice

SW Roberson, MB Patel, W Dabrowski… - Current …, 2021 - benthamdirect.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can initiate a very complex disease of the central nervous
system (CNS), starting with the primary pathology of the inciting trauma and subsequent …

Prolonged inflammation leads to ongoing damage after spinal cord injury

JM Kwiecien, W Dabrowski, B Dąbrowska-Bouta… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The pathogenesis of spinal cord injury (SCI) remains poorly understood and treatment
remains limited. Emerging evidence indicates that post-SCI inflammation is severe but the …

Viral SERPINS—A Family of Highly Potent Immune-Modulating Therapeutic Proteins

K Varkoly, R Beladi, M Hamada, G McFadden, J Irving… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Serine protease inhibitors, SERPINS, are a highly conserved family of proteins that regulate
serine proteases in the central coagulation and immune pathways, representing 2–10% of …

The Brain-gut Axis-where are we now and how can we Modulate these Connections?

W Dabrowski, D Siwicka-Gieroba… - Current …, 2021 - benthamdirect.com
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) initiates an inflammatory response with molecular cascades
triggered by the presence of necrotic debris, including damaged myelin, hemorrhages and …

Immune protection is dependent on the gut microbiome in a lethal mouse gammaherpesviral infection

JR Yaron, S Ambadapadi, L Zhang, RN Chavan… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Immunopathogenesis in systemic viral infections can induce a septic state with leaky
capillary syndrome, disseminated coagulopathy, and high mortality with limited treatment …

Local serpin treatment via chitosan-collagen hydrogel after spinal cord injury reduces tissue damage and improves neurologic function

JM Kwiecien, L Zhang, JR Yaron, LN Schutz… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in massive secondary damage characterized by a prolonged
inflammation with phagocytic macrophage invasion and tissue destruction. In prior work …

The role of astrogliosis in formation of the syrinx in spinal cord injury

JM Kwiecien, W Dąbrowski, JR Yaron… - Current …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
A massive localized trauma to the spinal cord results in complex pathologic events driven by
necrosis and vascular damage which in turn leads to hemorrhage and edema. Severe …

Deriving immune modulating drugs from viruses—a new class of biologics

JR Yaron, L Zhang, Q Guo, M Burgin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Viruses are widely used as a platform for the production of therapeutics. Vaccines containing
live, dead and components of viruses, gene therapy vectors and oncolytic viruses are key …

Neuroprotective effect of subdural infusion of Serp-1 in spinal cord trauma

JM Kwiecien, W Dabrowski, BJ Kwiecien-Delaney… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) initiates a severe, destructive inflammation with pro-inflammatory,
CD68+/CD163−, phagocytic macrophages infiltrating the area of necrosis and hemorrhage …