Fibrin polymer on the surface of biomaterial implants drives the foreign body reaction

A Balabiyev, NP Podolnikova, JA Kilbourne, DP Baluch… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Implantation of biomaterials and medical devices in the body triggers the foreign body
reaction (FBR) which is characterized by macrophage fusion at the implant surface leading …

An actin-based protrusion originating from a podosome-enriched region initiates macrophage fusion

JJ Faust, A Balabiyev, JM Heddleston… - Molecular biology of …, 2019 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Macrophage fusion resulting in the formation of multinucleated giant cells occurs in a variety
of chronic inflammatory diseases, yet the mechanism responsible for initiating this process is …

Transition of podosomes into zipper-like structures in macrophage-derived multinucleated giant cells

A Balabiyev, NP Podolnikova… - Molecular biology of …, 2020 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Macrophage fusion resulting in the formation of multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) is a
multistage process that requires many adhesion-dependent steps and involves the …

The CIS association of CD47 with integrin Mac-1 regulates macrophage responses by stabilizing the extended integrin conformation

NP Podolnikova, S Key, X Wang, TP Ugarova - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
CD47 is a ubiquitously expressed cell surface integrin-associated protein. Recently, we
have demonstrated that integrin Mac-1 (α M β 2, CD11b/CD18, CR3), the major adhesion …