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2024



2021

Therapeutic targeting of telomerase ameliorates experimental choroidal neovascularization.
Kumar A, Nagasaka Y, Jayananthan V, Zidan A, Heisler-Taylor T, Ambati J, Tamiya S, Kerur N. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2024 Jun;1870(5):167156. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2024.167156. Epub 2024 Apr 4. PMID: 38582267; PMCID: PMC11497592.​
A non-canonical, interferon-independent signaling activity of cGAMP triggers DNA damage response signaling.
Banerjee D, Langberg K, Abbas S, Odermatt E, Yerramothu P,  Volaric M, Reidenbach MA,  Krentz KJ,   Rubinstein CD, Brautigan DL, Abbas T, Gelfand BD, Ambati J, and Nagaraj Kerur. Nat Commun 12, 6207 (2021). 
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Alu complementary DNA is enriched in atrophic macular degeneration and triggers retinal pigmented epithelium toxicity via cytosolic innate immunity.​
Fukuda S, Narendran S, Varshney A, Nagasaka Y, Wang SB, Ambati K, Apicella I, Pereira F, Fowler BJ, Yasuma T, Hirahara S, Yasuma R, Huang P, Yerramothu P, Makin RD, Wang M, Baker KL, Marion KM, Huang X, Baghdasaryan E, Ambati M, Ambati VL, Banerjee D, Bonilha VL, Tolstonog GV, Held U, Ogura Y, Terasaki H, Oshika T, Bhattarai D, Kim KB, Feldman SH, Aguirre JI, Hinton DR, Nagaraj Kerur, Sadda SR, Schumann GG, Gelfand BD, Ambati J. Science Advances
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Cytoplasmic synthesis of endogenous Alu complementary DNA via reverse transcription and implications in age-related macular degeneration. 
​Fukuda S, Varshney A, Fowler BJ, Wang SB, Narendran S, Ambati K, Yasuma T, Magagnoli J, Leung H, Hirahara S, Nagasaka Y, Yasuma R, Apicella I, Pereira F, Makin RD, Magner E, Liu X, Sun J, Wang M, Baker K, Marion KM, Huang X, Baghdasaryan E, Ambati M, Ambati VL, Pandey A, Pandya L, Cummings T, Banerjee D, Huang P, Yerramothu P, Tolstonog GV, Held U, Erwin JA, Paquola ACM, Herdy JR, Ogura Y, Terasaki H, Oshika T, Darwish S, Singh RK, Mozaffari S, Bhattarai D, Kim KB, Hardin JW, Bennett CL, Hinton DR, Hanson TE, Röver C, Parang K, Nagaraj Kerur, Liu J, Werner BC, Sutton SS, Sadda SR, Schumann GG, Gelfand BD, Gage FH, Ambati J.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 9;118(6):e2022751118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2022751118.
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Emerging Nano-Formulations and Nanomedicines Applications for Ocular Drug Delivery. 
​Khiev D, Mohamed ZA, Vichare R, Paulson R, Bhatia S, Mohapatra S, Lobo GP, Valapala M, Nagaraj Kerur, Passaglia CL, Mohapatra SS, Biswal MR.Nanomaterials (Basel). 2021 Jan 12;11(1):173. doi: 10.3390/nano11010173.
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2020

Repurposing anti-inflammasome NRTIs for improving insulin sensitivity and reducing type 2 diabetes development. 
​Ambati J, Magagnoli J, Leung H, Wang SB, Andrews CA, Fu D, Pandey A, Sahu S, Narendran S, Hirahara S, Fukuda S, Sun J, Pandya L, Ambati M, Pereira F, Varshney A, Cummings T, Hardin JW, Edun B, Bennett CL, Ambati K, Fowler BJ, Kerur N, Röver C, Leitinger N, Werner BC, Stein JD, Sutton SS, Gelfand BD.Nat Commun. 2020 Sep 23;11(1):4737. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18528-z.
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Voluntary Exercise Suppresses Choroidal Neovascularization in Mice. 
​Makin RD, Argyle D, Hirahara S, Nagasaka Y, Zhang M, Yan Z, Kerur N, Ambati J, Gelfand BD.Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020 May 11;61(5):52. doi: 10.1167/iovs.61.5.52.
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Chronic Dicer1 deficiency promotes atrophic and neovascular outer retinal pathologies in mice. 
​Wright CB, Uehara H, Kim Y, Yasuma T, Yasuma R, Hirahara S, Makin RD, Apicella I, Pereira F, Nagasaka Y, Narendran S, Fukuda S, Albuquerque R, Fowler BJ, Bastos-Carvalho A, Georgel P, Hatada I, Chang B, Kerur N, Ambati BK, Ambati J, Gelfand BD.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Feb 4;117(5):2579-2587. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1909761117. Epub 2020 Jan 21.
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2018

RF/6A Chorioretinal Cells Do Not Display Key Endothelial Phenotypes.
​Makin RD, Apicella I, Nagasaka Y, Kaneko H, Turner SD, Kerur N, Ambati J, Gelfand BD. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 Dec; Vol 59, 5795-5802. doi: 10.1167/iovs.18-25215.
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​NLRP3 inflammasome activation by mycobacterial ESAT-6 and dsRNA in intraocular tuberculosis.
​Basu S, Fowler BJ, Kerur N, Arnvig KB, Rao NA. Microb Pathog. 2018 Jan; 114:219-224. doi 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.11.044.
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​cGAS drives noncanonical-inflammasome activation in age-related macular degeneration.
Kerur N, Fukuda S, Banerjee D, Kim Y, Fu D, Apicella I, Varshney A, Yasuma R, Fowler BJ, Baghdasaryan E, Marion KM, Huang X, Yasuma T, Hirano Y, Serbulea V, Ambati M, Ambati VL, Kajiwara Y, Ambati K, Hirahara S, Bastos-Carvalho A, Ogura Y, Terasaki H, Oshika T, Kim KB, Hinton DR, Leitinger N, Cambier JC, Buxbaum JD, Kenney MC, Jazwinski SM, Nagai H, Hara I, West AP, Fitzgerald KA, Sadda SR, Gelfand BD, Ambati J. Nature Medicine. 2018 
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2016

Intravenous immune globulin suppresses angiogenesis in mice and humans.
Yasuma R, Cicatiello V, Mizutani T, Tudisco L, Kim Y, Tarallo V, Bogdanovich S, Hirano Y, Kerur N, Li S, Yasuma T, Fowler BJ, Wright CB, Apicella I, Greco A, Brunetti A, Ambati BK, Helmers SB, Lundberg IE, Viklicky O, Leusen JH, Verbeek JS, Gelfand BD, Bastos-Carvalho A, De Falco S, Ambati J. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2016; 1. pii: 15002.
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​Human IgG1 antibodies suppress angiogenesis in a target-independent manner.
Bogdanovich S, Kim Y, Mizutani T, Yasuma R, Tudisco L, Cicatiello V, Bastos-Carvalho A, Kerur N, Hirano Y, Baffi JZ, Tarallo V, Li S, Yasuma T, Arpitha P, Fowler BJ, Wright CB, Apicella I, Greco A, Brunetti A, Ruvo M, Sandomenico A, Nozaki M, Ijima R, Kaneko H, Ogura Y, Terasaki H, Ambati BK, Leusen JH, Langdon WY, Clark MR, Armour KL, Bruhns P, Verbeek JS, Gelfand BD, De Falco S, Ambati J. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2016; 1. pii:15001.
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2015

​Iron Toxicity in the Retina Requires Alu RNA and the NLRP3 Inflammasome.
​Gelfand BD, Wright CB, Kim Y, Yasuma T, Yasuma R, Li S, Fowler BJ, Bastos-Carvalho A, Kerur N, Uittenbogaard A, Han YS, Lou D, Kleinman ME, McDonald WH, Núñez G, Georgel P, Dunaief JL, Ambati J. Cell Rep. 2015 Jun 23; 11 (11):1686-93.
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2014

IL-18 is not therapeutic for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
​Hirano Y, Yasuma T, Mizutani T, Fowler BJ, Tarallo V, Yasuma R, Kim Y, Bastos-Carvalho A, Kerur N, Gelfand BD, Bogdanovich S, He S, Zhang X, Nozaki M, Ijima R, Kaneko H, Ogura Y, Terasaki H, Nagai H, Haro I, Núñez G, Ambati BK, Hinton DR, Ambati J. Nat Med. 2014 Dec; 20 (12):1372-5.
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Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors possess intrinsic anti-inflammatory activity.
Fowler BJ, Gelfand BD, Kim Y, Kerur N, Tarallo V, Hirano Y, Amarnath S, Fowler DH, Radwan M, Young MT, Pittman K, Kubes P, Agarwal HK, Parang K, Hinton DR, Bastos-Carvalho A, Li S, Yasuma T, Mizutani T, Yasuma R, Wright CB, Ambati J. Science. 2014 Nov 21; 346 (6212):1000-3.
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​DICER1/Alu RNA dysmetabolism induces Caspase-8-mediated cell death in age-related macular degeneration.
Kim Y, Tarallo V, Kerur N, Yasuma T, Gelfand BD, Bastos-Carvalho A, Hirano Y, Yasuma R, Mizutani T, Fowler BJ, Li S, Kaneko H, Bogdanovich S, Ambati BK, Hinton DR, Hauswirth WW, Hakem R, Wright CB, Ambati J. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Nov 11; 111 (45):16082-7.
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2013

​TLR-independent and P2X7-dependent signaling mediate Alu RNA-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation in geographic atrophy.
Kerur N, Hirano Y, Tarallo V, Fowler BJ, Bastos-Carvalho A, Yasuma T, Yasuma R, Kim Y, Hinton DR, Kirschning CJ, Gelfand BD, Ambati J. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Nov 11; 54(12): 7395-401.
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Retinal angiogenesis suppression through small molecule activation of p53.
Chavala SH, Kim Y, Tudisco L, Cicatiello V, Milde T, Kerur N, Claros N, Yanni S, Guaiquil VH, Hauswirth WW, Penn JS, Rafii S, De Falco S, Lee TC, Ambati J. J Clin Invest. 2013 Oct; 123(10): 4170-81.
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​Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus latency in endothelial and B cells activates gamma interferon-inducible protein 16-mediated inflammasomes.
Singh VV, Kerur N, Bottero V, Dutta S, Chakraborty S, Ansari MA, Paudel N, Chikoti L, Chandran B. J Virol. 2013 Apr;87(8):4417-31.
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2012

DICER1 loss and Alu RNA induce age-related macular degeneration via the NLRP3 inflammasome and MyD88.
Tarallo V, Hirano Y, Gelfand BD, Dridi S, Kerur N, Kim Y, Cho WG, Kaneko H, Fowler BJ, Bogdanovich S, Albuquerque RJ, Hauswirth WW, Chiodo VA, Kugel JF, Goodrich JA, Ponicsan SL, Chaudhuri G, Murphy MP, Dunaief JL, Ambati BK, Ogura Y, Yoo JW, Lee DK, Provost P, Hinton DR, Núñez G, Baffi JZ, Kleinman ME, Ambati J. Cell. 2012 May 11; 149(4): 847-59.
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2011

​​​IFI16 acts as a nuclear pathogen sensor to induce the inflammasome in response to Kaposi Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection.
Kerur N, Veettil MV, Sharma-Walia N, Bottero V, Sadagopan S, Otageri P, Chandran B. Cell Host Microbe. 2011 May 19; 9(5): 363-75.
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2010

​​​Characterization of entry and infection of monocytic THP-1 cells by Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV): role of heparan sulfate, DC-SIGN, integrins and signaling.
Kerur N, Veettil MV, Sharma-Walia N, Sadagopan S, Bottero V, Paul AG, Chandran B. Virology. 2010 Oct 10; 406(1): 103-16.​
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