Sofia Velazquez
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2024
VEGF-C prophylaxis favors lymphatic drainage and modulates neuroinflammation in a stroke model
Boisserand L, Geraldo L, Bouchart J, Kamouh M, Lee S, Sanganahalli B, Spajer M, Zhang S, Lee S, Parent M, Xue Y, Skarica M, Yin X, Guegan J, Boyé K, Leser F, Jacob L, Poulet M, Li M, Liu X, Velazquez S, Singhabahu R, Robinson M, Askenase M, Osherov A, Sestan N, Zhou J, Alitalo K, Song E, Eichmann A, Sansing L, Benveniste H, Hyder F, Thomas J. VEGF-C prophylaxis favors lymphatic drainage and modulates neuroinflammation in a stroke model. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2024, 221: e20221983. PMID: 38442272, PMCID: PMC10913814, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20221983.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular endothelial growth factor-CDeep cervical lymph nodesCentral nervous systemEffect of vascular endothelial growth factor-CMeningeal lymphatic vesselsAmeliorated motor performanceCervical lymph nodesIschemic strokeVEGF-C overexpressionIncreased BDNF signalingAcute ischemic strokeBrain cellsIncreased CSF drainageIschemic stroke outcomesModel of ischemic strokeMouse model of ischemic strokeImmune surveillanceCSF drainageLymph nodesFluid drainageNucleus RNA sequencingLymphatic growthLymphatic drainageMouse modelBDNF signaling
2023
A multi-laboratory preclinical trial in rodents to assess treatment candidates for acute ischemic stroke
Lyden P, Diniz M, Bosetti F, Lamb J, Nagarkatti K, Rogatko A, Kim S, Cabeen R, Koenig J, Akhter K, Arbab A, Avery B, Beatty H, Bibic A, Cao S, Simoes Braga Boisserand L, Chamorro A, Chauhan A, Diaz-Perez S, Dhandapani K, Dhanesha N, Goh A, Herman A, Hyder F, Imai T, Johnson C, Khan M, Kamat P, Karuppagounder S, Kumskova M, Mihailovic J, Mandeville J, Morais A, Patel R, Sanganahalli B, Smith C, Shi Y, Sutariya B, Thedens D, Qin T, Velazquez S, Aronowski J, Ayata C, Chauhan A, Leira E, Hess D, Koehler R, McCullough L, Sansing L. A multi-laboratory preclinical trial in rodents to assess treatment candidates for acute ischemic stroke. Science Translational Medicine 2023, 15: eadg8656. PMID: 37729432, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adg8656.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreclinical assessmentFocal cerebral ischemic insultAcute ischemic strokeCerebral ischemic insultLarge clinical trialsDiet-induced obesityNew clinical interventionsIntravascular thrombectomyIschemic strokeStroke treatmentHypertensive ratsIschemic insultBlinded assessmentClinical trialsYoung miceTreatment candidatesExclusion criteriaAnimal modelsYoung ratsFutile interventionsPreclinical trialsClinical interventionsFutility boundariesMiceDisease areasEmbracing Heterogeneity in The Multicenter Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network (SPAN) Trial
Morais A, Locascio J, Sansing L, Lamb J, Nagarkatti K, Imai T, van Leyen K, Aronowski J, Koenig J, Bosetti F, Lyden P, Ayata C, Bosetti F, Koenig J, Lyden P, Lamb J, Nagarkatti K, Hess D, Kamat P, Khan M, Dhandapani K, Arbab A, Siddiqui S, Smith C, Nisar M, Leira E, Chauhan A, Dhanesha N, Patel R, Kumskova M, Thedens D, Wang K, Ayata C, Morais A, Imai T, Qin T, Jin X, Erdogan T, Yu L, Mandeville J, Kimberly W, Whittier J, Lo E, Arai K, Van Leyen K, Sansing L, Hyder F, Mihailovic J, Sanganahalli B, Diaz-Perez S, Velazquez S, Beatty H, Johnson C, Herman A, Boisserand L, Immakavar E, Koehler R, Dawson T, Dawson V, Shi Y, Avery B, Lannon S, Bibic A, Akhter K, Karuppagounder S, Aronowski J, McCullough L, Obertas L, Goh A, Huang S, Chauhan A. Embracing Heterogeneity in The Multicenter Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network (SPAN) Trial. Stroke 2023, 54: 620-631. PMID: 36601951, PMCID: PMC9870939, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.040638.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal anesthesia durationAnesthesia durationIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisClinical trialsTransient focal cerebral ischemiaFocal cerebral ischemiaCerebral blood flowLaser Doppler flowCentralized randomizationModified intentionTreat populationExperimental strokeCerebral ischemiaDoppler flowRodent modelsMCAOBlood flowNetwork trialFlow dropPreclinical trialsMouse cohortsStudy designTrialsTrial onset
2022
Inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives COVID-19 pathology
Sefik E, Qu R, Junqueira C, Kaffe E, Mirza H, Zhao J, Brewer JR, Han A, Steach HR, Israelow B, Blackburn HN, Velazquez SE, Chen YG, Halene S, Iwasaki A, Meffre E, Nussenzweig M, Lieberman J, Wilen CB, Kluger Y, Flavell RA. Inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives COVID-19 pathology. Nature 2022, 606: 585-593. PMID: 35483404, PMCID: PMC9288243, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04802-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammasome activationLung inflammationInflammatory responseInfected macrophagesSARS-CoV-2 infectionHuman macrophagesChronic lung pathologyPersistent lung inflammationSevere COVID-19Immune inflammatory responseInflammatory cytokine productionHumanized mouse modelNLRP3 inflammasome pathwayCOVID-19 pathologyCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Productive viral cycleHyperinflammatory stateChronic stageIL-18Cytokine productionInflammatory cytokinesLung pathologyInflammasome pathwayInterleukin-1The Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network: Rationale, Design, Feasibility, and Stage 1 Results
Lyden PD, Bosetti F, Diniz MA, Rogatko A, Koenig JI, Lamb J, Nagarkatti KA, Cabeen RP, Hess DC, Kamat PK, Khan MB, Wood K, Dhandapani K, Arbab AS, Leira EC, Chauhan AK, Dhanesha N, Patel RB, Kumskova M, Thedens D, Morais A, Imai T, Qin T, Ayata C, Boisserand LSB, Herman AL, Beatty HE, Velazquez SE, Diaz-Perez S, Sanganahalli BG, Mihailovic JM, Hyder F, Sansing LH, Koehler RC, Lannon S, Shi Y, Karuppagounder SS, Bibic A, Akhter K, Aronowski J, McCullough LD, Chauhan A, Goh A, Siddiqui S, Sheth K, Matouk C, Cruz C, Zhou J, Dawson V, Dawson T, Liang J, van Zijl P, Zeiler S, Taylor Kimberly W, Erdogan T, Yu L, Mandeville J, Whittier J. The Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network: Rationale, Design, Feasibility, and Stage 1 Results. Stroke 2022, 53: 1802-1812. PMID: 35354299, PMCID: PMC9038686, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreclinical assessmentStroke treatmentCandidate treatmentMiddle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) surgeryClinical stroke trialsSuccessful stroke treatmentInclusion/exclusion criteriaStroke clinical trialsClinical trial designYoung male animalsComorbid diseasesOcclusion surgeryCerebral ischemiaNeurological disabilityComorbid conditionsStroke trialsProtocol adherenceBlinded assessmentSuch therapyClinical trialsClinical studiesExclusion criteriaTrial designAged animalsOutcome assessment
2021
Longitudinal transcriptomics define the stages of myeloid activation in the living human brain after intracerebral hemorrhage
Askenase MH, Goods BA, Beatty HE, Steinschneider AF, Velazquez SE, Osherov A, Landreneau MJ, Carroll SL, Tran TB, Avram VS, Drake RS, Gatter GJ, Massey JA, Karuppagounder SS, Ratan RR, Matouk CC, Sheth KN, Ziai WC, Parry-Jones AR, Awad IA, Zuccarello M, Thompson RE, Dawson J, Hanley DF, Love JC, Shalek AK, Sansing LH, Barrer S, MacKenzie L, Jonczak K, Bussinger P, Nakaji P, Wright S, Honea N, Zomorodi A, James M, Yeh E, Galicich W, Bergman T, France K, Leiphart J, Ramesh S, Brennan T, Huang J, Ziai W, White M, Camarata P, Abraham M, Gorup J, Reimer R, Freeman W, Williams C, Edwards E, Pollack A, Terry J, Shoen A, Jahromi B, Maas M, Yip B, Amidei C, Muñoz L, Lopez G, Holtz R, Gupta G, Rybinnik I, Moccio M, Lovick D, Brion B, Titus K, Jallo J, Rincon F, Pigott K, Boyden L, Dougherty J, Harrigan M, Miller D, Nelson L, Thompson G, Rajajee V, Pandey A, Ball R, Carlson A, Tran H, Alchbli A, James R, Jerde A, Taussky P, Ansari S, Neate C, Martinez J, Letsinger J, Fagatele L, Eaquinto C, Matouk C, Sheth K, Sansing L, Ryall L, Kunze K, Mampre D, Jasak S, Abdul-Rahim A, Abou-Hamden A, Abraham M, Ahmed A, Alba C, Aldrich E, Ali H, Altschul D, Amin-Hanjani S, Anderson C, Anderson D, Ansari S, Antezana D, Ardelt A, Arikan F, Awad R, Baguena M, Baker A, Barrer S, Barzo P, Becker K, Bergman T, Betz J, Bistran-Hall A, Boström A, Braun J, Brindley P, Broaddus W, Brown R, Buki A, Bulters D, Camarata P, Cao B, Cao Y, Carhuapoma J, Carlson A, Caron J, Carrion-Penagos J, Chalela J, Chang T, Chicoine M, Chorro I, Chowdhry S, Cobb C, Corral L, Csiba L, Davies J, Dawson J, Díaz A, Derdeyn C, Diringer M, Dlugash R, Dodd R, Ecker R, Economas T, Enriquez P, Ezer E, Fan Y, Feng H, Franz D, Freeman W, Fusco M, Galicich W, Gandhi D, Gelea M, Goldstein J, Gonzalez A, Grabarits C, Greenberg S, Gregson B, Gress D, Gu E, Gupta G, Hall C, Hanley D, Hao Y, Harnof S, Harrigan M, Hernandez F, Hoesch R, Hoh B, Houser J, Hu R, Huang J, Huang Y, Hussain M, Insinga S, Jadhav A, Jaffe J, Jahromi B, Jallo J, James M, James R, Janis S, Jankowitz B, Jeon E, Jichici D, Jonczak K, Jonker B, Karlen N, Kase C, Keric N, Kerz T, Kitagawa R, Knopman J, Koenig C, Krishnamurthy S, Kumar A, Kureshi I, Laidlaw J, Lakhanpal A, Lane K, Latorre J, LeDoux D, Lees K, Leifer D, Leiphart J, Lenington S, Li Y, Lopez G, Lovick D, Lumenta C, Luo J, Maas M, MacDonald J, MacKenzie L, Madan V, Majkowski R, Major O, Malhorta R, Malkoff M, Mangat H, Maswadeh A, Matouk C, Mayo S, McArthur K, McBee N, McCaul S, Medow J, Mendelow A, Mezey G, Mighty J, Miller D, Mitchell P, Mohan K, Money P, Mould W, Muir K, Muñoz L, Nakaji P, Nee A, Nekoovaght-Tak S, Nyquist P, O’Kane R, Okasha M, O'Kelly C, Ostapkovich N, Pandey A, Parry-Jones A, Patel H, Perla K, Pollack A, Polster S, Pouratian N, Quinn T, Rajajee V, Reddy K, Rehman M, Reimer R, Rincon F, Rosenblum M, Rybinnik I, Sanchez B, Sansing L, Sarabia R, Schneck M, Schuerer L, Schul D, Schweitzer J, Seder D, Seyfried D, Sheth K, Spiotta A, Stadnik A, Stechison M, Sugar E, Szabo K, Tamayo G, Tanczos K, Taussky P, Teitelbaum J, Terry J, Testai F, Thomas K, Thompson C, Thompson G, Thompson R, Torner J, Tran H, Tucker K, Ullman N, Ungar L, Unterberg A, Varelas P, Vargas N, Vatter H, Venkatasubramanian C, Vermillion K, Vespa P, Vollmer D, Wang W, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wen J, Whitworth L, Willis B, Wilson A, Wolfe S, Wrencher M, Wright S, Xu Y, Yanase L, Yenokyan G, Yi X, Yu Z, Ziai W, Zomorodi A, Zuccarello M. Longitudinal transcriptomics define the stages of myeloid activation in the living human brain after intracerebral hemorrhage. Science Immunology 2021, 6 PMID: 33891558, PMCID: PMC8252865, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abd6279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracerebral hemorrhageHypoxia-inducible factorMyeloid activationBrain injuryImmune responseAnti-inflammatory circuitsSubtypes of strokeAnti-inflammatory factorsInflammatory gene expressionPositive patient outcomesMonocytes/macrophagesDynamics of inflammationAcute sterile injuryLongitudinal transcriptional profilingHuman brainNeurological recoveryMyeloid responseProinflammatory profileImmune resolutionPatient cohortImmune factorsClinical trialsPatient outcomesSterile injuryProstaglandin E
2020
SalivaDirect: A simplified and flexible platform to enhance SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity
Vogels CBF, Watkins AE, Harden CA, Brackney DE, Shafer J, Wang J, Caraballo C, Kalinich CC, Ott IM, Fauver JR, Kudo E, Lu P, Venkataraman A, Tokuyama M, Moore AJ, Muenker MC, Casanovas-Massana A, Fournier J, Bermejo S, Campbell M, Datta R, Nelson A, Team Y, Anastasio K, Askenase M, Batsu M, Bickerton S, Brower K, Bucklin M, Cahill S, Cao Y, Courchaine E, DeIuliis G, Earnest R, Geng B, Goldman-Israelow B, Handoko R, Khoury-Hanold W, Kim D, Knaggs L, Kuang M, Lapidus S, Lim J, Linehan M, Lu-Culligan A, Martin A, Matos I, McDonald D, Minasyan M, Nakahata M, Naushad N, Nouws J, Obaid A, Odio C, Oh J, Omer S, Park A, Park H, Peng X, Petrone M, Prophet S, Rice T, Rose K, Sewanan L, Sharma L, Shaw A, Shepard D, Smolgovsky M, Sonnert N, Strong Y, Todeasa C, Valdez J, Velazquez S, Vijayakumar P, White E, Yang Y, Dela Cruz C, Ko A, Iwasaki A, Krumholz H, Matheus J, Hui P, Liu C, Farhadian S, Sikka R, Wyllie A, Grubaugh N. SalivaDirect: A simplified and flexible platform to enhance SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity. Med 2020, 2: 263-280.e6. PMID: 33521748, PMCID: PMC7836249, DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency use authorizationSARS-CoV-2 testingSARS-CoV-2 screeningSARS-CoV-2 testing capacitySupply chain shortagesHospital cohortNasopharyngeal swabsHealthy individualsDrug AdministrationHigh positive agreementQRT-PCR assaysDiagnostic testsU.S. FoodSafe reopeningTesting capacityGlobal healthPositive agreementFast GrantLower ratesSalivaNucleic acid extractionSwabsValid alternativeAssay costsCollection tubes