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ArticleBlood2021

Targeting the AnxA1/Fpr2/ALX pathway regulates neutrophil function, promoting thromboinflammation resolution in sickle cell disease.

Junaid Ansari, Elena Y Senchenkova, Shantel A Vital, Zaki Al-Yafeai, Gaganpreet Kaur, Erica M Sparkenbaugh, A Wayne Orr, Rafal Pawlinski, Robert P Hebbel, D Neil Granger and 2 more

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Article in Blood, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Junaid AnsariDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
Elena Y SenchenkovaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
Shantel A VitalDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
Zaki Al-YafeaiDepartment of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA.
Gaganpreet KaurDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
Erica M SparkenbaughUNC Blood Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
A Wayne OrrDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
Rafal PawlinskiUNC Blood Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Robert P HebbelDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
D Neil GrangerDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
Paul KubesDepartments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Microbiology and Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and.
Felicity N E GavinsDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USBrunel University of London · GBUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CLINICAL NUTRITION RESEARCH UNITP30DK056350 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SUSAN M. SMITH · 1999 to 2026
$31.6M
Nck Adaptor Proteins in Atherogenic Endothelial ActivationR01HL133497 · NHLBI · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI ORR, ANTHONY WAYNE · 2016 to 2024
$3.8M
Matrix Signaling in Endothelial Cell DysfunctionR01HL098435 · NHLBI · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI ORR, ANTHONY WAYNE · 2010 to 2020
$3.2M
EphA2 signaling in atherosclerotic fibroproliferative remodelingR01HL141155 · NHLBI · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI ORR, ANTHONY WAYNE · 2019 to 2022
$1.8M
Mechanisms of coagulation-dependent pathologies in sickle cell diseaseR01HL142604 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PAWLINSKI, RAFAL L · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
Investigating the dysfunction of the cerebral microvasculature in sickle cell diseaseR01HL134959 · NHLBI · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI STOKES, KAREN Y · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL098435NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL133497NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134959NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141155NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL142604NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophils play a crucial role in the intertwined processes of thrombosis and inflammation. An altered neutrophil phenotype may contribute to inadequate resolution, which is known to be a major pathophysiological contributor of thromboinflammatory conditions such as sickle cell disease (SCD). The endogenous protein annexin A1 (AnxA1) facilitates inflammation resolution via formyl peptide receptors (FPRs). We sought to comprehensively elucidate the functional significance of targeting the neutrophil-dependent AnxA1/FPR2/ALX pathway in SCD. Administration of AnxA1 mimetic peptide AnxA1Ac2-26 ameliorated cerebral thrombotic responses in Sickle transgenic mice via regulation of the FPR2/ALX (a fundamental receptor involved in resolution) pathway. We found direct evidence that neutrophils with SCD phenotype play a key role in contributing to thromboinflammation. In addition, AnxA1Ac2-26 regulated activated SCD neutrophils through protein kinase B (Akt) and extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2) to enable resolution. We present compelling conceptual evidence that targeting the AnxA1/FPR2/ALX pathway may provide new therapeutic possibilities against thromboinflammatory conditions such as SCD.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAdultAnemia, Sickle CellAnimalsAnnexin A1FemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiceMiddle AgedNeutrophilsReceptors, Formyl PeptideReceptors, LipoxinThrombosisAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnnexin A1ANXA1 protein, humanFPR2 protein, humanHSH2D protein, humanReceptors, Formyl PeptideReceptors, Lipoxin

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PMID33512489
PMCPMC7976506
OpenAlexW3123787238

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