Novel anti-inflammatory therapies for the treatment of atherosclerosis

R Khan, V Spagnoli, JC Tardif, PL L'Allier - Atherosclerosis, 2015 - Elsevier
The underlying role of inflammation in atherosclerosis has been characterized. However,
current treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) predominantly consists of targeted …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Characterization of a Recombinant Myxoma Virus in the Iberian Hare (Lepus granatensis)

A Águeda-Pinto, A Lemos de Matos, M Abrantes… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Myxomatosis is a lethal disease in wild European and domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus
cuniculus), which is caused by a Myxoma virus (MYXV) infection—a leporipoxvirus that is …

[HTML][HTML] Immunomodulating hydrogels as stealth platform for drug delivery applications

Z Rezaei, D Yilmaz-Aykut, FM Tourk, N Bassous… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Non-targeted persistent immune activation or suppression by different drug delivery
platforms can cause adverse and chronic physiological effects including cancer and arthritis …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive center loop (RCL) peptides derived from serpins display independent coagulation and immune modulating activities

S Ambadapadi, G Munuswamy-Ramanujam… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Serpins regulate coagulation and inflammation, binding serine proteases in suicide-
inhibitory complexes. Target proteases cleave the serpin reactive center loop scissile P1 …

Pathogen-derived immunomodulatory molecules: future immunotherapeutics?

PG Fallon, A Alcami - Trends in immunology, 2006 - cell.com
The identification of molecules from various pathogens that modulate innate and/or adaptive
immunity is a dynamic and rapidly developing area of research. These immunomodulatory …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] PEGylated serp-1 markedly reduces pristane-induced experimental diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, altering uPAR distribution, and macrophage invasion

Q Guo, JR Yaron, JW Wallen III, KF Browder… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is one of the most serious clinical complications of
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The prevalence of DAH is reported to range from 1 to …