Publications

• The CD74 inhibitor DRhQ improves short-term memory and mitochondrial function in 5xFAD mouse model of Aβ accumulation

  Metabolic brain disease Jan 2025
  1. Noah Gladen-Kolarsky
  2. Cody J. Neff
  3. Wyatt Hack
  4. Mikah S. Brandes
  5. Jack Wiedrick
  6. Roberto Meza-Romero
  7. Denesa R. Lockwood
  8. Joseph F. Quinn
  9. Halina Offner
  10. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  11. Nora E. Gray

• Centella asiatica Promotes Antioxidant Gene Expression and Mitochondrial Oxidative Respiration in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

  Pharmaceuticals Dec 2024
  1. Payel Kundu
  2. Kanon Yasuhara
  3. Mikah S. Brandes
  4. Jonathan A. Zweig
  5. Cody J. Neff
  6. Sarah Holden
  7. Kat Kessler
  8. Steven Matsumoto
  9. Halina Offner
  10. Carin S. Waslo
  11. Arthur Vandenbark
  12. Amala Soumyanath
  13. Larry S. Sherman
  14. Jacob Raber
  15. Nora E. Gray
  16. Rebecca I. Spain

• PD-L1 is required for estrogen-induced protection against severe EAE in IL-10 deficient mice¹

  Metabolic brain disease 2022
  1. Halina Offner
  2. Denesa Lockwood
  3. Roberto Meza-Romero
  4. Arthur A. Vandenbark

• Pharmacological targeting of coagulation factor XI attenuates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice

  Metabolic brain disease Oct 2023
  1. Tia C.L. Kohs
  2. Meghan E. Fallon
  3. Ethan C. Oseas
  4. Laura D. Healy
  5. Erik I. Tucker
  6. David Gailani
  7. Owen J.T. McCarty
  8. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  9. Halina Offner
  10. Norah G. Verbout

• Genistein Stimulation of White Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis Is Partially Dependent on GPR30 in Mice

  Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 2022
  1. Saraí Vásquez-Reyes
  2. Ariana Vargas-Castillo
  3. Lilia G. Noriega
  4. Laura A. Velázquez-Villegas
  5. Berenice Pérez
  6. Mónica Sánchez-Tapia
  7. Guillermo Ordaz
  8. Renato Suárez-Monroy
  9. Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre
  10. Halina Offner
  11. Nimbe Torres
  12. Armando R. Tovar

• “Near Cure” treatment of severe acute EAE in MIF-1-deficient female and male mice with a bifunctional MHCII-derived molecular construct

  Cellular Immunology Aug 2022
  1. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  2. Roberto Meza-Romero
  3. Jack Wiedrick
  4. Grant Gerstner
  5. Hilary Seifert
  6. Gail Kent
  7. Marta Piechycna
  8. Gil Benedek
  9. Richard Bucala
  10. Halina Offner

• Tyrphostin A9 protects axons in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through activation of ERKs

  Life Sciences Apr 1, 2022
  1. Xiaodong Dai
  2. Yongmei Wang
  3. Yuexin Li
  4. Yongping Zhong
  5. Min Pei
  6. Jing Long
  7. Xingchen Dong
  8. Yi Li Chen
  9. Qi Wang
  10. Guifeng Wang
  11. Bruce G. Gold
  12. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  13. Kim A. Neve
  14. Halina Offner
  15. Chunhe Wang

• Brief report

  Cellular Immunology 2021
  1. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  2. Roberto Meza-Romero
  3. Jack Wiedrick
  4. Grant Gerstner
  5. Ashley Headrick
  6. Gail Kent
  7. Hilary Seifert
  8. Gil Benedek
  9. Richard Bucala
  10. Halina Offner

• Sex differences in EAE reveal common and distinct cellular and molecular components

  Cellular Immunology 2020
  1. Jack Wiedrick
  2. Roberto Meza-Romero
  3. Grant Gerstner
  4. Hilary Seifert
  5. Priya Chaudhary
  6. Ashley Headrick
  7. Gail Kent
  8. Ashley Maestas
  9. Halina Offner
  10. Arthur A. Vandenbark

• A Novel Partial MHC Class II Construct, DRmQ, Inhibits Central and Peripheral Inflammatory Responses to Promote Neuroprotection in Experimental Stroke

  Translational Stroke Research 2019
  1. Jea Young Lee
  2. Vanessa Castelli
  3. Brooke Bonsack
  4. Alexandreya B. Coats
  5. Lisset Navarro-Torres
  6. Julian Garcia-Sanchez
  7. Chase Kingsbury
  8. Hung Nguyen
  9. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  10. Roberto Meza-Romero
  11. Halina Offner
  12. Cesar V. Borlongan

• Estrogen-induced compensatory mechanisms protect IL-10-deficient mice from developing EAE

  Journal of Neuroinflammation Oct 29, 2019
  1. Hilary A. Seifert
  2. Grant Gerstner
  3. Gail Kent
  4. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  5. Halina Offner

• Increased CD74 binding and EAE treatment efficacy of a modified DRα1 molecular construct

  Metabolic brain disease Jan 1, 2018
  1. Roberto Meza-Romero
  2. Gil Benedek
  3. Grant Gerstner
  4. Gail Kent
  5. Ha Nguyen
  6. Halina Offner
  7. Arthur A. Vandenbark

• Sex differences in the therapeutic effects of anti-PDL2 neutralizing antibody on stroke

  Metabolic brain disease Jan 1, 2019
  1. Hilary A. Seifert
  2. Wenbin Zhu
  3. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  4. Nabil J. Alkayed
  5. Halina Offner

• Antibiotics protect against EAE by increasing regulatory and anti-inflammatory cells

  Metabolic brain disease Jun 18, 2018
  1. Hilary A. Seifert
  2. Gil Benedek
  3. Ha Nguyen
  4. Grant Gerstner
  5. Ying Zhang
  6. Gail Kent
  7. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  8. Jürgen Bernhagen
  9. Halina Offner

• DRα1-MOG-35-55 Reduces Permanent Ischemic Brain Injury

  Translational Stroke Research Dec 17, 2016
  1. Jianyi Wang
  2. Qing Ye
  3. Jing Xu
  4. Gil Benedek
  5. Haiyue Zhang
  6. Yuanyuan Yang
  7. Huan Liu
  8. Roberto Meza-Romero
  9. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  10. Halina Offner
  11. Yanqin Gao

• DRα1-MOG-35-55 treatment reduces lesion volumes and improves neurological deficits after traumatic brain injury

  Metabolic brain disease Mar 16, 2017
  1. Liu Yang
  2. Zhijia Liu
  3. Honglei Ren
  4. Lei Zhang
  5. Siman Gao
  6. Li Ren
  7. Zhi Chai
  8. Roberto Meza-Romero
  9. Gil Benedek
  10. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  11. Halina Offner
  12. Minshu Li

• Estrogen protection against EAE modulates the microbiota and mucosal-associated regulatory cells

  Journal of Neuroimmunology Sep 15, 2017
  1. Gil Benedek
  2. Jun Zhang
  3. Ha Nguyen
  4. Gail Kent
  5. Hilary A. Seifert
  6. Sean Davin
  7. Patrick Stauffer
  8. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  9. Lisa Karstens
  10. Mark Asquith
  11. Halina Offner

• Estrogen protects both sexes against EAE by promoting common regulatory cell subtypes independent of endogenous estrogen

  Metabolic brain disease Jul 8, 2017
  1. Hilary A. Seifert
  2. Gil Benedek
  3. Ha Nguyen
  4. Gail Kent
  5. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  6. Halina Offner

• MIF and D-DT are potential disease severity modifiers in male MS subjects

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Oct 3, 2017
  1. Gil Benedek
  2. Roberto Meza-Romero
  3. Kelley Jordan
  4. Ying Zhang
  5. Ha Nguyen
  6. Gail Kent
  7. Jia Li
  8. Edwin Siu
  9. Jenny Frazer
  10. Marta Piecychna
  11. Xin Du
  12. Antoine Sreih
  13. Lin Leng
  14. Jack Wiedrick
  15. Stacy J. Caillier
  16. Halina Offner
  17. Jorge R. Oksenberg
  18. Vijayshree Yadav
  19. Dennis Bourdette
  20. Richard Bucala
  21. Arthur A. Vandenbark

• Novel feedback loop between M2 macrophages/microglia and regulatory B cells in estrogen-protected EAE mice

  Journal of Neuroimmunology Apr 15, 2017
  1. Gil Benedek
  2. Jun Zhang
  3. Ha Nguyen
  4. Gail Kent
  5. Hilary Seifert
  6. Arthur A. Vandenbark
  7. Halina Offner