2021
Potential Implications of a Type 1 Interferon Gene Signature on COVID-19 Severity and Chronic Inflammation in Sickle Cell Disease
Madany E, Okwan-Duodu D, Balbuena-Merle R, Hendrickson JE, Gibb DR. Potential Implications of a Type 1 Interferon Gene Signature on COVID-19 Severity and Chronic Inflammation in Sickle Cell Disease. Frontiers In Medicine 2021, 8: 679030. PMID: 34368185, PMCID: PMC8339405, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.679030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseaseCOVID-19 severityIFNα/βType 1 interferonCell diseaseSARS-CoV-2 infectionType 1 interferon responseCorona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemicCohort of patientsMajority of patientsInterferon gene signatureIFNα/β productionRace-matched controlsDisease-19 pandemicCOVID-19Express elevated levelsMajority of evidenceSCD diseaseSevere sequelaeChronic inflammationFavorable outcomeVariable progressionClinical consequencesGeneral populationPatients
2020
Characterization of circulating and cultured Tfh-like cells in sickle cell disease in relation to red blood cell alloimmunization status
Balbuena-Merle R, Santhanakrishnan M, Devine L, Gibb DR, Tormey CA, Siddon AJ, Curtis SA, Gallagher PG, Weinstein JS, Hendrickson JE. Characterization of circulating and cultured Tfh-like cells in sickle cell disease in relation to red blood cell alloimmunization status. Transfusion And Apheresis Science 2020, 59: 102778. PMID: 32439490, PMCID: PMC7483805, DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTfh-like cellsNaïve CD4 T cellsSickle cell diseaseCD4 T cellsCD4 T cell subsetsT cell subsetsT cellsCell diseaseRed blood cell alloimmunizationPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsBlood mononuclear cellsCD3/CD28Electronic medical recordsAlloimmunization statusHLA alloantibodiesRBC autoantibodiesRBC alloantibodiesFollicular helperIL-12Mononuclear cellsMedical recordsIL-7Antigen specificityB cellsAlloantibodies
2019
Red blood cell alloimmunization is associated with lower expression of FcγR1 on monocyte subsets in patients with sickle cell disease
Balbuena‐Merle R, Curtis SA, Devine L, Gibb DR, Karafin MS, Luckey CJ, Tormey CA, Siddon AJ, Roberts JD, Hendrickson JE. Red blood cell alloimmunization is associated with lower expression of FcγR1 on monocyte subsets in patients with sickle cell disease. Transfusion 2019, 59: 3219-3227. PMID: 31355970, PMCID: PMC7075520, DOI: 10.1111/trf.15463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSickle cell diseaseMonocyte subsetsTotal monocytesCell diseaseComplications of SCDRed blood cell alloimmunizationRed blood cell alloantibodiesElectronic medical recordsTransfusion exposureSerum cytokinesIntermediate monocytesRBC alloantibodiesInflammatory milieuCD64 expressionClassical monocytesPeripheral bloodInflammatory functionsMedical recordsAntibody formationClinical significancePatientsMonocytesFlow cytometryLow expressionRespondersRed blood cell alloimmunization and delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions in patients with sickle cell disease
Balbuena-Merle R, Hendrickson JE. Red blood cell alloimmunization and delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions in patients with sickle cell disease. Transfusion Clinique Et Biologique 2019, 26: 112-115. PMID: 30857806, DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2019.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHemolytic transfusion reactionsSickle cell diseaseRed blood cell alloimmunizationRBC alloantibodiesTransfusion reactionsRBC alloimmunizationCell diseaseLife-threatening hemolytic transfusion reactionsSubset of patientsBlood bank testingCurrent screening practicesAlternative complement pathwayRBC autoantibodiesTransfusion burdenInflammatory statusPatient populationCase reportRBC exposureBlood donorsScreening practicesHigh prevalenceChronic hemolysisAlloantibodiesBystander hemolysisPatients
2018
Elevated Levels of CD64 MFI on Monocyte Subsets Are Associated with a History of Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease
Curtis S, Balbuena-Merle R, Devine L, Zelterman D, Roberts J, Dearborn-Tomazos J, Sansing L, Hendrickson J. Elevated Levels of CD64 MFI on Monocyte Subsets Are Associated with a History of Stroke in Sickle Cell Disease. Blood 2018, 132: 1093. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-117504.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHistory of strokeSickle cell diseaseRole of monocytesIschemic strokeTotal neutrophil countComplete blood countMonocyte subsetsStroke historyNeutrophil countIntermediate monocytesMonocyte subtypesBlood countClassical monocytesCell diseaseFuture stroke riskIschemic stroke historyVaso-occlusive crisisPro-inflammatory monocytesPathophysiology of strokeCause of morbidityMultivariate logistic regressionNon-classical monocytesT-testHigh-affinity receptorStudent's t-test