2018
Identification of genetic variants associated with dengue or West Nile virus disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Cahill ME, Conley S, DeWan AT, Montgomery RR. Identification of genetic variants associated with dengue or West Nile virus disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases 2018, 18: 282. PMID: 29929468, PMCID: PMC6014009, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3186-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseDengueGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansInterferon-gammaMannose-Binding LectinPhosphoinositide Phospholipase CReceptors, CCR5West Nile FeverConceptsWest Nile virus diseaseSevere diseaseVirus diseaseWest Nile virus infectionGenetic factorsGenetic variantsSevere disease outcomesPotential therapeutic interventionsGenetic risk factorsAdditional genetic factorsWest Nile virusMinority of individualsSymptomatic infectionAsymptomatic infectionMechanisms of resistanceRisk factorsImmune mechanismsInitial symptomsDisease outcomeVirus infectionImmune responseDengue diseaseDisease pathogenesisTherapeutic interventionsSystematic review
2015
Association between high expression macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) alleles and West Nile virus encephalitis
Das R, Loughran K, Murchison C, Qian F, Leng L, Song Y, Montgomery RR, Loeb M, Bucala R. Association between high expression macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) alleles and West Nile virus encephalitis. Cytokine 2015, 78: 51-54. PMID: 26638028, PMCID: PMC4696904, DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2015.11.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorWNV encephalitisWest Nile virusHigh-expression MIF allelesWest Nile virus encephalitisNeuroinvasive WNV diseaseCase-control studyMigration inhibitory factorNorth American patientsMIF locusWNV neuropathogenesisVirus encephalitisViral neuroinvasionInnate cytokinesMIF allelesAmerican patientsTherapeutic targetAnimal modelsWNV diseaseEncephalitisInhibitory factorFunctional polymorphismsPatientsNile virusImportant determinantLeukocyte-specific protein 1 regulates T-cell migration in rheumatoid arthritis
Hwang SH, Jung SH, Lee S, Choi S, Yoo SA, Park JH, Hwang D, Shim SC, Sabbagh L, Kim KJ, Park SH, Cho CS, Kim BS, Leng L, Montgomery RR, Bucala R, Chung YJ, Kim WU. Leukocyte-specific protein 1 regulates T-cell migration in rheumatoid arthritis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: e6535-e6543. PMID: 26554018, PMCID: PMC4664344, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514152112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArthritis, ExperimentalArthritis, RheumatoidCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell MovementCells, CulturedChronic DiseaseExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesGene DosageGene Expression ProfilingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansHypersensitivity, DelayedInflammationMiceMicrofilament ProteinsPhosphorylationReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesConceptsT cell migrationRheumatoid arthritisT cellsImmune dysfunctionPathogenesis of RAPeripheral T cellsT cell activationT cell receptor activationProtein expression levelsLymph nodesChronic inflammationCytokine responsesInflamed synoviumAutoimmune diseasesLeukocyte-specific protein 1Primary T cellsRA susceptibilityReceptor activationDisease severityMigratory capacityLSP1 geneDiminished expressionTarget tissuesCell motilityProtein 1
2011
Dual effect of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene on the development and severity of human systemic lupus erythematosus
Sreih A, Ezzeddine R, Leng L, LaChance A, Yu G, Mizue Y, Subrahmanyan L, Pons‐Estel B, Abelson A, Gunnarsson I, Svenungsson E, Cavett J, Glenn S, Zhang L, Montgomery R, Perl A, Salmon J, Alarcón‐Riquelme M, Harley JB, Bucala R. Dual effect of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene on the development and severity of human systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2011, 63: 3942-3951. PMID: 22127710, PMCID: PMC3228269, DOI: 10.1002/art.30624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBlack or African AmericanCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMaleMiddle AgedPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSeverity of Illness IndexTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaWhite PeopleConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusMacrophage migration inhibitory factorMIF genotypeMIF productionLupus erythematosusImmunopathogenesis of SLEInflammatory end-organ damageCentral nervous system involvementCytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorToll-like receptor 7Human systemic lupus erythematosusMacrophage migration inhibitory factor geneMIF plasma levelsPlasma MIF levelsEnd-organ damageNervous system involvementEnd-organ involvementAfrican American patientsMigration inhibitory factorMIF levelsProinflammatory propertiesPlasma levelsReceptor 7System involvementAmerican patients