Barbara Szomolay

Developing Interferon-β as a safe in-vivo experimental-medicine model of human inflammation.

This paper develops IFN-β as a safe in-vivo model of human inflammation, inducing robust sickness responses with minimal cardiovascular effects in healthy volunteers aged 18-75.

Discrete cytokine signaling networks instruct distinctsynovial pathotypes in inflammatory arthritis

The paper identifies distinct cytokine signaling networks in mouse models of arthritis that mirror human RA synovial pathotypes, revealing molecular mechanisms underlying disease heterogeneity.

12/15-Lipoxygenase orchestrates murine wound healing via PPARg-activating oxylipins acting holistically to dampen inflammation.

Alox15-deficient mice heal skin punch wounds with excess collagen, low matrix metalloproteinase activity and unresolved inflammatory gene expression; topical physiological 12/15-lipoxygenase oxylipin mixtures reduced collagen and raised collagenase activity.

IL-6 and IL-27 negatively regulate CRTAM-expressing CD4+ T-cells associated with lymphoid-driven synovitis.

The paper identifies CRTAM-expressing CD4+ T-cells in lymphoid-driven synovitis and shows that IL-6 and IL-27 inhibit their activation through STAT3 and ZEB1.