Theodoros Simakou

Nov 27, 2024 | cell.com | Lucy Macdonald |Aziza Elmesmari |Domenico Somma |Jack Frew |Clara Di Mario |Roopa Madhu | +30 more

Keywordsimmune tolerancearthritisdisease remissiondendritic cellssynovial tissuespatial transcriptomicsT cellsIntroductionRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory joint disease with systemic comorbidities, driven by the breach of immune tolerance.1 Advances in targeted therapies2 have transformed the management of RA.

Sep 13, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Agnieszka M. Szemiel |Lucy Macdonald |Karen Kerr |Theodoros Simakou

AbstractFactors governing the coagulopathy and pneumonitis associated with severe viral infections remain unresolved. We previously found that the expression of protein S (PROS1) is increased in lung epithelium of patients with mild COVID-19 as compared to severe COVID-19. We hypothesised that PROS1 may exert a local effect that protects the upper airway against severe inflammation by modulating epithelial and myeloid cell responses.