Congratulations to the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2021 Project Grant competition. Our research community received around $6 million in new research grants as principal investigators or co-investigators.
- Overview
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In Canada, rheumatic conditions are the most common chronic illness of childhood, affecting as many as 10 000 of our children and youth. Examples of rheumatic diseases are juvenile idiopathic arthritis, lupus, vasculitis and autoinflammatory conditions. The common denominator for all is pain and / or inflammation in joints, muscles, and critical organs. Some diseases are life- or organ- threatening and all have significant potential for lifelong poor health and disability. There are no cures and remarkably few treatments that are specific and safe for a growing child. My research program is designed to generate an evidence base for clinical decisions that ultimately improve outcomes for Canadian children and families affected by rheumatic disease.
- Publications
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Anti-LAMP-2 Antibody Seropositivity in Children with Primary Systemic Vasculitis Affecting Medium- and Large-Sized Vessels
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Tayfun Hilmi Akbaba and Kirandeep K. Toor and Simranpreet K. Mann and Kristen M. Gibson and Gabriel Alejandro Alfaro and Banu Balci-Peynircioglu and David A. Cabral and Kimberly A. Morishita and Kelly L. Brown
DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073771
03/2024Association Between HLA–DPB1 and Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis in Children
Arthritis & Rheumatology
Kristen M. Gibson and Britt I. Drögemöller and Dirk Foell and Susanne M. Benseler and Jinko Graham and Robert E. W. Hancock and Raashid A. Luqmani and David A. Cabral and Kelly L. Brown and Colin J. Ross
DOI: 10.1002/art.42423
06/2023Hyaluronan promotes intracellular ROS production and apoptosis in TNFa-stimulated neutrophils
Frontiers in Immunology
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1032469
2023Elevated ADA2 Enzyme Activity at the Onset of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease in Children
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.02.014
2023Behçet’s syndrome: recent advances to aid diagnosis
Clinical and Experimental Medicine
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-023-01226-7
2023Pathogenic variant c.1052T>A (p.Leu351Gln) in adenosine deaminase 2 impairs secretion and elevates type I IFN responsive gene expression
Frontiers in Immunology
Bowers, S.M. and Sundqvist, M. and Dancey, P. and Cabral, D.A. and Brown, K.L.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.995191
2022Children with systemic autoinflammatory diseases have multiple, mixed ethnicities that reflect regional ethnic diversity
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Tucker, L.B. and Niemietz, I. and Mangat, P. and Belen, M. and Tekano, J. and Cabral, D.A. and Guzman, J. and Houghton, K.M. and Morishita, K.A. and Chan, M.O. and Human, A. and Sundqvist, M. and Brown, K.L.
2021Latent gammaherpesvirus exacerbates arthritis through modification of age-associated b cells
eLife
Mouat, I.C. and Morse, Z.J. and Shanina, I. and Brown, K.L. and Horwitz, M.S.
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.67024
2021Latent gammaherpesvirus exacerbates arthritis and requires age-associated B cells
bioRxiv
Mouat, I.C. and Morse, Z.J. and Shanina, I. and Brown, K.L. and Horwitz, M.S.
DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.02.429395
2021Different Disease Endotypes in Phenotypically Similar Vasculitides Affecting Small-to-Medium Sized Blood Vessels
Frontiers in Immunology
Gill, E.E. and Smith, M.L. and Gibson, K.M. and Morishita, K.A. and Lee, A.H.Y. and Falsafi, R. and Graham, J. and Foell, D. and Benseler, S.M. and Ross, C.J. and Luqmani, R.A. and Cabral, D.A. and Hancock, R.E.W. and Brown, K.L.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.638571
2021Autoantibodies Against Lysosome Associated Membrane Protein-2 (LAMP-2) in Pediatric Chronic Primary Systemic Vasculitis
Frontiers in Immunology
Gibson, K.M. and Kain, R. and Luqmani, R.A. and Ross, C.J. and Cabral, D.A. and Brown, K.L.
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.624758
2021Galectin-3 Modulates Microglia Inflammation in vitro but Not Neonatal Brain Injury in vivo under Inflammatory Conditions
Developmental Neuroscience
Sävman, K. and Wang, W. and Rafati, A.H. and Svedin, P. and Nair, S. and Golubinskaya, V. and Ardalan, M. and Brown, K.L. and Karlsson-Bengtsson, A. and Mallard, C.
DOI: 10.1159/000517687
2021Hyaluronan primes the oxidative burst in human neutrophils
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Iwona Niemietz and Abigail T Moraes and Martina Sundqvist and Kelly L Brown
DOI: 10.1002/JLB.3MA0220-216RR
08/2020Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA): Antigen interactions and downstream effects
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Martina Sundqvist and Kristen M Gibson and Sarah M Bowers and Iwona Niemietz and Kelly L Brown
DOI: 10.1002/JLB.3VMR0220-438RR
08/2020Adenosine deaminase 2 activity negatively correlates with age during childhood
Pediatric Rheumatology
Sarah M. Bowers and Kristen M. Gibson and David A. Cabral and Kelly L. Brown
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-020-00446-5
07/2020Consensus treatment plans for periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome (PFAPA): A framework to evaluate treatment responses from the childhood arthritis and rheumatology research alliance (CARRA) PFAPA work group
Pediatric Rheumatology
Amarilyo, G. and Rothman, D. and Manthiram, K. and Edwards, K.M. and Li, S.C. and Marshall, G.S. and Yildirim-Toruner, C. and Haines, K. and Ferguson, P.J. and Lionetti, G. and Cherian, J. and Zhao, Y. and Delamora, P. and Syverson, G. and Nativ, S. and Twilt, M. and Michelow, I.C. and Stepanovskiy, Y. and Thatayatikom, A. and Harel, L. and Akoghlanian, S. and Tucker, L. and Marques, M.C. and Srinivasalu, H. and Propst, E.J. and Licameli, G.R. and Dedeoglu, F. and Lapidus, S. and Laxer, R. and Imundo, L. and Tsoukas, P. and Wright, P. and Brown, K. and Khasawneh, R. and Scuccimarri, R. and Mulvihill, E. and Aabo, M. and Anderson, E. and Abramson, L. and Adelean, D. and Dumez, D. and Guzman, M. and Pang, R. and Go, E. and Koranyi, K. and Goldsmith, D. and Kim, H. and Zeft, A. and Schnieder, R. and Statler, V. and Steele, L. and Broderick, L. and Hoffman, H. and Grevich, S.C. and Chalom, E. and Cidon, M. and Sundel, R. and Saad, N. and McCurdy, D. and Schulert, G. and Yalcindag, A. and Yen, E. and Stern, S. and Durrant, K. and Butbul, Y. and Hausmann, J.
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-020-00424-x
2020Comparable type I interferon score determination from PAXgene and Tempus whole blood RNA collection and isolation systems
BMC Research Notes
Lovro Lamot and Iwona Niemietz and Kelly L. Brown
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-019-4562-z
12/2019The Value of Creativity for Enhancing Translational Ecologies, Insights, and Discoveries.
Frontiers in psychology
Goeltzenleuchter B and van Suchtelen A and Brown KL and Grompone G
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00951
PubMed: 31354553
07/2019Periodic fever syndromes: beyond the single gene paradigm.
Pediatric rheumatology online journal
Westwell-Roper C and Niemietz I and Tucker LB and Brown KL
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-019-0324-7
PubMed: 31088470
05/2019Methods for type I interferon detection and their relevance for clinical utility and improved understanding of rheumatic diseases.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology
Lamot L and Niemietz I and Brown KL
PubMed: 30943143
03/2019Methods for type I interferon detection and their relevance for clinical utility and improved understanding of rheumatic diseases
Clinical and experimental rheumatology
Lamot, L. and Niemietz, I. and Brown, K.L.
2019Complexity in unclassified auto-inflammatory disease: A case report illustrating the potential for disease arising from the allelic burden of multiple variants
Pediatric Rheumatology
Tucker, L.B. and Lamot, L. and Niemietz, I. and Chung, B.K. and Cabral, D.A. and Houghton, K. and Petty, R.E. and Morishita, K.A. and Rice, G.I. and Turvey, S.E. and Gibson, W.T. and Brown, K.L.
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-019-0374-x
2019Identification of Novel Adenosine Deaminase 2 Gene Variants and Varied Clinical Phenotype in Pediatric Vasculitis
Arthritis and Rheumatology
Gibson, K.M. and Morishita, K.A. and Dancey, P. and Moorehead, P. and Drögemöller, B. and Han, X. and Graham, J. and Hancock, R.E.W. and Foell, D. and Benseler, S. and Luqmani, R. and Yeung, R.S.M. and Shenoi, S. and Bohm, M. and Rosenberg, A.M. and Ross, C.J. and Cabral, D.A. and Brown, K.L.
DOI: 10.1002/art.40913
2019Monocyte-Derived Interleukin-1ß As the Driver of S100A12-Induced Sterile Inflammatory Activation of Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease
Arthritis and Rheumatology
Armaroli, G. and Verweyen, E. and Pretzer, C. and Kessel, K. and Hirono, K. and Ichida, F. and Okabe, M. and Cabral, D.A. and Foell, D. and Brown, K.L. and Kessel, C.
DOI: 10.1002/art.40784
2019S100A12 Serum Levels and PMN Counts Are Elevated in Childhood Systemic Vasculitides Especially Involving Proteinase 3 Specific Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies.
Frontiers in pediatrics
Brown KL and Lubieniecka JM and Armaroli G and Kessel K and Gibson KM and Graham J and Liu D and Hancock REW and Ross CJ and Benseler SM and Luqmani RA and Cabral DA and Foell D and Kessel C
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00341
PubMed: 30533405
11/2018Measles Lymphadenopathy in a Child With PFAPA Syndrome
Pediatric and Developmental Pathology
Terry, J. and Brown, K. and Hiebert, J. and Al-Rawahi, G.N. and Moxham, J.P. and Krajden, M. and Jassem, A.N. and Tucker, L.
DOI: 10.1177/1093526617727970
2018Clinical practice variation and need for pediatric-specific treatment guidelines among rheumatologists caring for children with ANCA-associated vasculitis: an international clinician survey.
Pediatric rheumatology online journal
Westwell-Roper C and Lubieniecka JM and Brown KL and Morishita KA and Mammen C and Wagner-Weiner L and Yen E and Li SC and O'Neil KM and Lapidus SK and Brogan P and Cimaz R and for ARChiVe Investigators Network within the PedVas initiative
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-017-0191-z
PubMed: 28784150
08/2017The importance of considering monogenic causes of autoimmunity: A somatic mutation in KRAS causing pediatric Rosai-Dorfman syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)
Ragotte RJ and Dhanrajani A and Pleydell-Pearce J and Del Bel KL and Tarailo-Graovac M and van Karnebeek C and Terry J and Senger C and McKinnon ML and Seear M and Prendiville JS and Turvey SE
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2016.12.006
PubMed: 28043923
02/2017Elevated Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species and Cellular Redox Imbalance in Human NADPH-Oxidase-Deficient Phagocytes
Frontiers in Immunology
Martina Sundqvist and Karin Christenson and Halla Björnsdottir and Veronica Osla and Anna Karlsson and Claes Dahlgren and David P. Speert and Anders Fasth and Kelly L. Brown and Johan Bylund
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01828
2017Temporal Characterization of Microglia/Macrophage Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury.
Frontiers in cellular neuroscience
Hellström Erkenstam N and Smith PL and Fleiss B and Nair S and Svedin P and Wang W and Boström M and Gressens P and Hagberg H and Brown KL and Sävman K and Mallard C
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00286
PubMed: 28018179
2016Endotoxin free hyaluronan and hyaluronan fragments do not stimulate TNF-a, interleukin-12 or upregulate co-stimulatory molecules in dendritic cells or macrophages
Scientific Reports
Dong, Y. and Arif, A. and Olsson, M. and Cali, V. and Hardman, B. and Dosanjh, M. and Lauer, M. and Midura, R.J. and Hascall, V.C. and Brown, K.L. and Johnson, P.
DOI: 10.1038/srep36928
2016Purified hyaluronan and hyaluronan fragments do not stimulate pro-inflammatory cytokine production in dendritic cells or macrophages
Scientific Reports
PubMed: 27869206
2016Pediatric vasculitis: advances in treatment.
Current opinion in rheumatology
Morishita K and Brown K and Cabral D
DOI: 10.1097/bor.0000000000000203
PubMed: 26147755
09/2015The Where, When, How, and Why of Hyaluronan Binding by Immune Cells
Frontiers in Immunology
Sally S. M. Lee-Sayer and Yifei Dong and Arif A. Arif and Mia Olsson and Kelly L. Brown and Pauline Johnson
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00150
04/2015Pediatric vasculitis: Advances in treatment
Current Opinion in Rheumatology
Morishita, K. and Brown, K. and Cabral, D.
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000203
2015Innate defense regulator peptide 1018 protects against perinatal brain injury.
Annals of neurology
Bolouri H and Sävman K and Wang W and Thomas A and Maurer N and Dullaghan E and Fjell CD and Ek CJ and Hagberg H and Hancock RE and Brown KL and Mallard C
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24087
PubMed: 24339166
03/2014Increased intracellular oxygen radical production in neutrophils during febrile episodes of periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis syndrome.
Arthritis and rheumatism
Sundqvist M and Wekell P and Osla V and Bylund J and Christenson K and Sävman K and Foell D and Cabral DA and Fasth A and Berg S and Brown KL and Karlsson A
DOI: 10.1002/art.38134
PubMed: 23983059
11/2013Host Defence (Antimicrobial) Peptides and Proteins
eLS
Kelli C Wuerth and Ashley L Hilchie and Kelly L Brown and Robert EW Hancock
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0001212.pub3
05/2013Cathelicidins
Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides
Mookherjee, N. and Brown, K.L. and Hancock, R.E.W.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385095-9.00015-4
2013On the road to discovery in periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Brown KL and Wekell P and Karlsson A and Berg S
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107233108
PubMed: 21810991
08/2011Differential use of chondroitin sulfate to regulate hyaluronan binding by receptor CD44 in Inflammatory and Interleukin 4-activated Macrophages.
The Journal of biological chemistry
Ruffell B and Poon GF and Lee SS and Brown KL and Tjew SL and Cooper J and Johnson P
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.200790
PubMed: 21471214
06/2011Host defense peptide LL-37 selectively reduces proinflammatory macrophage responses.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Brown KL and Poon GF and Birkenhead D and Pena OM and Falsafi R and Dahlgren C and Karlsson A and Bylund J and Hancock RE and Johnson P
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002508
PubMed: 21441450
05/2011Galectin 3 aggravates joint inflammation and destruction in antigen-induced arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism
Forsman H and Islander U and Andréasson E and Andersson A and Onnheim K and Karlström A and Sävman K and Magnusson M and Brown KL and Karlsson A
DOI: 10.1002/art.30118
PubMed: 21280000
02/2011Anti-Inflammatory/Analgesics: An In-Depth Look at p38 MAP Kinases
Pharmaceutical Sciences Encyclopedia
Kelly L. Brown
DOI: 10.1002/9780470571224.pse446
2011Differential use of chondroitin sulfate to regulate hyaluronan binding by receptor CD44 in inflammatory and interleukin 4-activated macrophages
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Ruffell, B. and Poon, G.F.T. and Lee, S.S.M. and Brown, K.L. and Tjew, S.-L. and Cooper, J. and Johnson, P.
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.200790
2011Intracellular generation of superoxide by the phagocyte NADPH oxidase: how, where, and what for?
Free radical biology & medicine
Bylund J and Brown KL and Movitz C and Dahlgren C and Karlsson A
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.09.016
PubMed: 20870019
12/2010Robust TLR4-induced gene expression patterns are not an accurate indicator of human immunity.
Journal of translational medicine
Brown KL and Falsafi R and Kum W and Hamill P and Gardy JL and Davidson DJ and Turvey S and Finlay BB and Speert DP and Hancock RE
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-8-6
PubMed: 20105294
01/2010Treating neonatal brain injury - promise and inherent research challenges.
Recent patents on inflammation & allergy drug discovery
Sävman K and Brown KL
DOI: 10.2174/187221310789895586
PubMed: 19832696
01/2010G-protein-coupled receptor independent, immunomodulatory properties of chemokine CXCL9
Cellular Immunology
Jiang-Hong Gong and Erin F. Nicholls and Melissa R. Elliott and Kelly L. Brown and Karsten Hokamp and Fiona M. Roche and Charles Y.K. Cheung and Reza Falsafi and Fiona S.L. Brinkman and D.M.E. Bowdish and Robert E.W. Hancock
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.11.007
2010Profile of blood cells and inflammatory mediators in periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome
BMC Pediatrics
Brown, K.L. and Wekell, P. and Osla, V. and Sundqvist, M. and Sävman, K. and Fasth, A. and Karlsson, A. and Berg, S.
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-65
2010The host defense peptide LL-37 selectively permeabilizes apoptotic leukocytes.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Björstad A and Askarieh G and Brown KL and Christenson K and Forsman H and Onnheim K and Li HN and Teneberg S and Maier O and Hoekstra D and Dahlgren C and Davidson DJ and Bylund J
DOI: 10.1128/aac.01310-08
PubMed: 19075071
03/2009Galectin-3 functions as an opsonin and enhances the macrophage clearance of apoptotic neutrophils.
Glycobiology
Karlsson A and Christenson K and Matlak M and Björstad A and Brown KL and Telemo E and Salomonsson E and Leffler H and Bylund J
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn104
PubMed: 18849325
01/2009Divergent effects on phagocytosis by macrophage-derived oxygen radicals.
Journal of innate immunity
Brown KL and Christenson K and Karlsson A and Dahlgren C and Bylund J
DOI: 10.1159/000235583
PubMed: 20375614
2009Manual annotation and analysis of the defensin gene cluster in the C57BL/6J mouse reference genome
BMC Genomics
Amid, C. and Rehaume, L.M. and Brown, K.L. and Gilbert, J.G.R. and Dougan, G. and Hancock, R.E.W. and Harrow, J.L.
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-606
2009The host defense peptide LL-37 selectively permeabilizes apoptotic leukocytes
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Björstad, ?. and Askarieh, G. and Brown, K.L. and Christenson, K. and Foreman, H. and Önnheim, K. and Li, H.-N. and Teneberg, S. and Maier, O. and Hoekstra, D. and Dahlgren, C. and Davidson, D.J. and Bylund, J.
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01310-08
2009ROS-deficient monocytes have aberrant gene expression that correlates with inflammatory disorders of chronic granulomatous disease
Clinical Immunology
Kelly L. Brown and Johan Bylund and Kelly L. MacDonald and George X. Song-Zhao and Melissa R. Elliott and Reza Falsafi and Robert E.W. Hancock and David P. Speert
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2008.06.005
10/2008Phagocyte-derived reactive oxygen species as suppressors of inflammatory disease.
Arthritis and rheumatism
Björkman L and Dahlgren C and Karlsson A and Brown KL and Bylund J
DOI: 10.1002/art.23941
PubMed: 18821670
10/2008Antimicrobial Host Defence Peptides of Human Neutrophils – Roles in Innate Immunity
Anti-Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
A. Bjorstad and K. Brown and H. Forsman and C. Dahlgren and A. Karlsson and J. Bylund
DOI: 10.2174/187152108784911278
07/2008Is Innate Host Defense the Answer?
Current Opinions in Biotechnology
PubMed: 19000763
2008Novel anti-infectives: is host defence the answer?
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Hamill, P. and Brown, K. and Jenssen, H. and Hancock, R.E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.10.006
2008Antimicrobial, Host Defence Peptides and Proteins
eLS
Kelly L Brown and Neeloffer Mookherjee and Robert EW Hancock
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0001212.pub2
07/2007Complexities of targeting innate immunity to treat infection
Trends in Immunology
Kelly L. Brown and Céline Cosseau and Jennifer L. Gardy and Robert E.W. Hancock
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2007.04.005
06/2007Enhanced inflammatory responses of chronic granulomatous disease leukocytes involve ROS-independent activation of NF-¿B
European Journal of Immunology
Johan Bylund and Kelly L. MacDonald and Kelly L. Brown and Piotr Mydel and L. Vincent Collins and Robert E. W. Hancock and David P. Speert
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200636651
04/2007Bovine and human cathelicidin cationic host defense peptides similarly suppress transcriptional responses to bacterial lipopolysaccharide.
Journal of leukocyte biology
Mookherjee N and Wilson HL and Doria S and Popowych Y and Falsafi R and Yu JJ and Li Y and Veatch S and Roche FM and Brown KL and Brinkman FS and Hokamp K and Potter A and Babiuk LA and Hancock RE
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0106048
PubMed: 16943385
12/2006IRAK-4 mutation (Q293X): rapid detection and characterization of defective post-transcriptional TLR/IL-1R responses in human myeloid and non-myeloid cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Davidson DJ and Currie AJ and Bowdish DM and Brown KL and Rosenberger CM and Ma RC and Bylund J and Campsall PA and Puel A and Picard C and Casanova JL and Turvey SE and Hancock RE and Speert DP
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.11.8202
PubMed: 17114497
12/2006Cationic host defense (antimicrobial) peptides
Current Opinion in Immunology
Kelly L Brown and Robert EW Hancock
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2005.11.004
02/2006Modulation of the TLR-mediated inflammatory response by the endogenous human host defense peptide LL-37.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Mookherjee N and Brown KL and Bowdish DM and Doria S and Falsafi R and Hokamp K and Roche FM and Mu R and Doho GH and Pistolic J and Powers JP and Bryan J and Brinkman FS and Hancock RE
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.4.2455
PubMed: 16456005
02/2006Host defence peptides from invertebrates--emerging antimicrobial strategies.
Immunobiology
Hancock RE and Brown KL and Mookherjee N
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2005.10.017
PubMed: 16697922
2006Cathelicidins: Cationic Host Defense and Antimicrobial Peptides
Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides
Mookherjee, N. and Brown, K.L. and Hancock, R.E.W.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369442-3/50015-5
2006Cathelicidins: Cationic Host Defense and Antimicrobial Peptides
Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides
NEELOFFER MOOKHERJEE and KELLY L. BROWN and ROBERT E.W. HANCOCK
DOI: 10.1016/b978-012369442-3/50015-5
2006Expression of N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferases (GlcNAc6STs)-1 and -4 in human monocytes: GlcNAc6ST-1 is implicated in the generation of the 6-sulfo N-acetyllactosamine/Lewis x epitope on CD44 and is induced by TNF-alpha.
Glycobiology
Tjew SL and Brown KL and Kannagi R and Johnson P
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwi050
PubMed: 15728736
07/2005Regulation of hyaluronan binding by F-actin and colocalization of CD44 and phosphorylated ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) proteins in myeloid cells.
Experimental cell research
Brown KL and Birkenhead D and Lai JC and Li L and Li R and Johnson P
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.10.002
PubMed: 15652352
02/2005Role of sulfation in CD44-mediated hyaluronan binding induced by inflammatory mediators in human CD14(+) peripheral blood monocytes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Brown KL and Maiti A and Johnson P
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.9.5367
PubMed: 11673554
11/2001A role for the cell adhesion molecule CD44 and sulfation in leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion during an inflammatory response?
Biochemical pharmacology
Johnson P and Maiti A and Brown KL and Li R
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00266-x
PubMed: 10660111
03/2000A role for the cell adhesion molecule CD44 and sulfation in leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion during an inflammatory response?
Biochemical Pharmacology
Johnson, P. and Maiti, A. and Brown, K.L. and Li, R.
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00266-X
2000Assaying phage-borne peptides by phage capture on fibrinogen or streptavidin.
Biological chemistry
Bonnycastle LL and Brown KL and Tang J and Scott JK
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1997.378.6.509
PubMed: 9224931
06/1997 - Research
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Inflammation and Cellular Redox States
It is well understood that highly toxic oxidants called ‘reactive oxygen species (ROS)’ are produced by phagocytic cells as part of the innate immune response to infection. In recent years, ROS and consequently the oxidation-reduction (redox) state of immune cells have been recognized as key players in the inflammatory response to both infectious and non-infectious cues. Pediatric diseases with inflammatory complications and signs of redox imbalance include chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), cystic fibrosis, and the autoinflammatory diseases SAPHO, PFAPA, TRAPS and FMF. Whether oxidants suppress or promote inflammatory signaling and to what extent they influence the biology of an inflammatory response remains controversial. This project aims to understand redoxsensitive signaling molecules in the context of inflammatory disease and their potential as novel therapeutic targets.Childhood Autoinflammatory Diseases
The autoinflammatory family of diseases share features of unprovoked, recurrent attacks of inflammation with fever, rash, body pain/arthritis, and organ inflammation. The family includes a handful of defined monogenic diseases, but more than 80% of cases do not have a known cause. This collaborative project will establish a clinical home at BCCH for children with autoinflammatory disorders, and develop in parallel a robust, longitudinal collection of clinical data and biological samples for research. Laboratory initiatives will evaluate the clinical potential of previously identified, putative biomarkers of autoinflammation, and seek to uncover new disease etiologies.Primary Childhood Vasculitis
Chronic primary vasculitis describes a group of rare, life-threatening diseases that have in common inflammation of blood vessels in vital organs such as kidneys, lungs and brain. The challenge in treating children with vasculitis is balancing the risk of under treating aggressive disease with the potential damaging side-effects of prolonged use of drugs. This project uses an established international web-based registry to collect clinical information from 50 or more centers worldwide, with approximately 20 centres contributing paired biological samples (DNA, RNA, plasma, serum, urine). The goal is to elucidate subclinical (molecular/cellular) features which help to classify, define and direct optimal treatment for children with vasculitis.Research Group MembersSarah Bowers, PhD student
Steph Hughes
Simran Mann
Nathan Millward, Summer Student
Kimia Rostin
Kiran Toor
