2020
Fc Gamma Receptors and Complement Component 3 Facilitate Anti-fVIII Antibody Formation
Zerra PE, Arthur CM, Chonat S, Maier CL, Mener A, Shin S, Allen JWL, Baldwin WH, Cox C, Verkerke H, Jajosky RP, Tormey CA, Meeks SL, Stowell SR. Fc Gamma Receptors and Complement Component 3 Facilitate Anti-fVIII Antibody Formation. Frontiers In Immunology 2020, 11: 905. PMID: 32582142, PMCID: PMC7295897, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnti-FVIII antibody formationAnti-FVIII antibodiesKnockout recipientsAntibody formationWT recipientsFc gamma receptorsAnti-FVIII antibody developmentGamma receptorsRole of FcγRsFVIII exposureAntibody levelsWT miceTherapeutic optionsAntibody responseC3 knockoutTarget antigenHemophilia AImmune systemFcγRAntibody developmentInfusionRecipientsAntibodiesPotential mechanismsPatients
2016
Understanding red blood cell alloimmunization triggers
Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA. Understanding red blood cell alloimmunization triggers. Hematology 2016, 2016: 446-451. PMID: 27913514, PMCID: PMC6142457, DOI: 10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.446.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRBC alloimmunizationRed blood cellsRisk factorsBlood cellsWhite blood cellsBlood group antigensPregnancy outcomesAlloantibody formationRBC alloantibodiesRBC transfusionRecipient factorsTransfusion safetyAlloimmunizationAnimal modelsHuman studiesPrevention strategiesDonor plasmaDanger signalsParticular antigenGroup antigensAntigenTransfusionPregnancyNonrespondersCellsThe Nlrp3 Inflammasome Does Not Regulate Alloimmunization to Transfused Red Blood Cells in Mice
Gibb DR, Calabro S, Liu D, Tormey CA, Spitalnik SL, Zimring JC, Hendrickson JE, Hod EA, Eisenbarth SC. The Nlrp3 Inflammasome Does Not Regulate Alloimmunization to Transfused Red Blood Cells in Mice. EBioMedicine 2016, 9: 77-86. PMID: 27345021, PMCID: PMC4972549, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.06.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRBC transfusionNLRP3 inflammasomeRed blood cell transfusionInnate immune cell activationPro-inflammatory pathogensMolecular patternsBlood cell transfusionProduction of alloantibodiesTransfusion-associated mortalityImmune cell activationInnate immune stimuliBlood group antigensBone marrow failureAlloantibody productionRBC alloimmunizationAlloantibody responsesCell transfusionAlloimmune responseRed blood cellsABO matchingImmunological factorsInflammatory conditionsLeading causeImmune stimuliEndogenous DAMP