Exercise reduces depression and inflammation but intensity matters

Emily M. Paolucci, Dessi Loukov, Dawn M. E. Bowdish, +1

Biological Psychology

PsychoneuroimmunologyPhysical ActivityPsychiatryExerciseExercise Physiology +11

TNF Drives Monocyte Dysfunction with Age and Results in Impaired Anti-pneumococcal Immunity

Alicja Puchta, Avee Naidoo, Chris P. Verschoor, +10

PLoS Pathogens

Innate Immune SystemImmunologyImmune RegulationImmune SystemImmunotherapy +16

Monocyte activation is elevated in women with knee-osteoarthritis and associated with inflammation, BMI and pain

Dessi Loukov, Sarah Karampatos, Monica R. Maly, +1

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

InflammationRheumatologyMonocyte ActivationAnti-inflammatoryImmunology +6

Circulating TNF and mitochondrial DNA are major determinants of neutrophil phenotype in the advanced-age, frail elderly

Chris P. Verschoor, Dessi Loukov, Avee Naidoo, +9

Molecular Immunology

InflammationNeutrophil PhenotypeAgingGeriatricsLongevity +9

Autoantibody-mediated Macrophage Dysfunction in Patients with Severe Asthma with Airway Infections

Kiho Son, Kate Miyasaki, Brittany Salter, +12

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Experimental Human Pneumococcal Colonization in Older Adults Is Feasible and Safe, Not Immunogenic

Hugh Adler, Esther L. German, Elena Mitsi, +26

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

TNF, but not hyperinsulinemia or hyperglycemia, is a key driver of obesity‐induced monocytosis revealing that inflammatory monocytes correlate with insulin in obese male mice

Jessica A. Breznik, Avee Naidoo, Kevin P. Foley, +6

Physiological Reports

Bacterial Binding, Phagocytosis, and Killing: Measurements Using Colony Forming Units

Kyle E. Novakowski, Dessi Loukov, Vikash Chawla, +1

Methods in molecular biology

Pathogenic MicrobiologyImmunologyMicrobiologyInfection ControlHost-microbe Interaction +4

Tumor necrosis factor drives increased splenic monopoiesis in old mice

Dessi Loukov, Avee Naidoo, Alicja Puchta, +2

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Diacylglycerol Kinase Delta Promotes Lipogenesis

Yulia V. Shulga, Dessi Loukov, Pavlina T. Ivanova, +10

Biochemistry

Signal TransductionDevelopmental BiologyLipid MetabolismFatty AcidsPhysiology +11