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
Type I Interferon Gene Signature in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Sickle Cell Disease Patients and a Connection to RBC Alloimmunization
Madany E, Lee J, Hendrickson J, Gibb D. Type I Interferon Gene Signature in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Sickle Cell Disease Patients and a Connection to RBC Alloimmunization. Blood 2020, 136: 26-27. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-142935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrequency of alloimmunizationInterferon Stimulated GenesHigher IFN scoresInterferon gene signatureSS patientsSickle cell patientsIFN scoreSickle cell diseaseSS diseaseHealthy controlsGene signatureRBC alloimmunizationCell patientsCell diseaseType I interferon gene signaturePeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSickle cell disease patientsInflammatory autoimmune diseaseWhole bloodChronic inflammatory stateType 1 IFNBlood mononuclear cellsIFN gene signatureType 1 interferonMyxovirus resistance protein 1A potential association of an interferon gene signature with RBC alloimmunization in sickle cell disease
Madany E, Kadi N, Pandya S, Hendrickson J, Gibb D. A potential association of an interferon gene signature with RBC alloimmunization in sickle cell disease. The Journal Of Immunology 2020, 204: 145.18-145.18. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.204.supp.145.18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSickle cell diseaseInterferon-stimulated genesRBC alloimmunizationMore alloantibodiesGene signatureSCD patientsCell diseaseFrequency of alloimmunizationChronic inflammatory stateInterferon gene signatureProduction of alloantibodiesMultiple interferon-stimulated genesType 1 interferonMyxovirus resistance protein 1Resistance protein 1Alloimmunization frequencyCompatible RBCsRBC transfusionInflammatory stateMxA expressionDisease populationTransfusion modelAlloimmunizationPatientsSiglec-1