2024
The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity
Marin-Lopez A, Huck J, Esterly A, Azcutia V, Rosen C, Garcia-Milian R, Sefik E, Vidal-Pedrola G, Raduwan H, Chen T, Arora G, Halene S, Shaw A, Palm N, Flavell R, Parkos C, Thangamani S, Ring A, Fikrig E. The human CD47 checkpoint is targeted by an immunosuppressive Aedes aegypti salivary factor to enhance arboviral skin infectivity. Science Immunology 2024, 9: eadk9872. PMID: 39121194, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adk9872.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuppress antiviral responsesArthropod proteinsPathogen replicationAntiviral responseProtein AVertebrate hostsMosquito salivary proteinsUp-regulatedBlood feedingHuman macrophagesPleomorphic effectsSkin infectionsZika virus disseminationInhibit proinflammatory responsesSalivary proteinsProteinNatural ligandWhite blood cellsHuman skin explantsProinflammatory responseMosquito salivaVirus disseminationHuman CD47Salivary factorsArbovirus infection
2023
Peripheral signature of altered synaptic integrity in young onset cannabis use disorder: A proteomic study of circulating extracellular vesicles
Ganesh S, Lam T, Garcia-Milian R, D'Souza D, Nairn A, Elgert K, Eitan E, Ranganathan M. Peripheral signature of altered synaptic integrity in young onset cannabis use disorder: A proteomic study of circulating extracellular vesicles. The World Journal Of Biological Psychiatry 2023, 24: 603-613. PMID: 36994633, PMCID: PMC10471733, DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2023.2197039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuron-derived extracellular vesiclesLabel-free quantification mass spectrometryProteomic studiesCannabis use disorderExtracellular vesiclesMass spectrometry proteomic analysisDifferential proteomic profilesAdapter proteinProteomic analysisPost-synaptic densityPeripheral signatureMolecular basisProteomic profilesProteinMarkers of neuropathologyBrain tissue samplesSynaptic pathologyVesiclesSynaptic integrityImmunoaffinity methodUse disordersFunctional integrityImportant insightsNeuropathologyPilot study