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Overview

Christopher J. Froelich is affiliated with NorthShore University HealthSystem in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Medicine. Within these broader fields, they have specialized in subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on virus-based gene therapy and related methodologies. Key papers include:

  • Evaluating rAAV Strength and Empty:Full Purity Using Orthogonal Methods, 2025, published in Cytotherapy
  • Breaking the Bottleneck in Lentiviral Production: Achieving Ultra-Low Infectivity-to-Particle Ratios and Cost Efficiency for Transformative Gene Therapies, 2025, published in Cytotherapy
  • Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV) Manufacturing Platforms: Process and Quality Considerations, 2025, published in Cytotherapy

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research

Froelich has frequently published in the journal Cytotherapy, with three publications noted in this venue. Collaborations are a notable aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Pouria Motevalian, P. Motevalian, U. Lakshmipathy, A P Correia, and Mina Park.

Best Publications

  • An Antimicrobial Activity of Cytolytic T Cells Mediated by Granulysin

    Steffen Stenger;Dennis A. Hanson;Rachel Teitelbaum;Puneet Dewan

  • Pro-caspase-3 Is a Major Physiologic Target of Caspase-8

    Henning R. Stennicke;Juliane M. Jürgensmeier;Hwain Shin;Quinn Deveraux

  • Enhancement of natural cytotoxicity by beta-endorphin.

    P M Mathews;C J Froelich;W L Sibbitt;A D Bankhurst

  • The CED-3/ICE-like protease Mch2 is activated during apoptosis and cleaves the death substrate lamin A

    Kim A Orth;Arul M. Chinnaiyan;Manish Garg;Christopher J. Froelich

  • New Paradigm for Lymphocyte Granule-mediated Cytotoxicity: TARGET CELLS BIND AND INTERNALIZE GRANZYME B, BUT AN ENDOSOMOLYTIC AGENT IS NECESSARY FOR CYTOSOLIC DELIVERY AND SUBSEQUENT APOPTOSIS *

    Christopher J. Froelich;Kim A Orth;Jane Turbov;Prem Seth

  • ICE-LAP6, a Novel Member of the ICE/Ced-3 Gene Family, Is Activated by the Cytotoxic T Cell Protease Granzyme B

    Hangjun Duan;Kim A Orth;Arul M. Chinnaiyan;Guy G. Poirier

  • Reconstitution of Caspase 3 Sensitizes MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells to Doxorubicin- and Etoposide-induced Apoptosis

    Xiao He Yang;Todd L. Sladek;Xuesong Liu;Bryn R. Butler

  • Cytotoxic cell granule-mediated apoptosis: perforin delivers granzyme B-serglycin complexes into target cells without plasma membrane pore formation

    Sunil S Metkar;Baikun Wang;Miguel Aguilar-Santelises;Srikumar M Raja

  • Human and Mouse Granzyme A Induce a Proinflammatory Cytokine Response

    Sunil S. Metkar;Cheikh Menaa;Julian Pardo;Julian Pardo;Baikun Wang

  • Extracellular matrix remodeling by human granzyme B via cleavage of vitronectin, fibronectin, and laminin

    Marguerite S. Buzza;Laura Zamurs;Jiuru Sun;Catherina H. Bird

  • Entry and trafficking of granzyme B in target cells during granzyme B-perforin-mediated apoptosis.

    Michael J. Pinkoski;Marita Hobman;Jeffrey A. Heibein;Kevin Tomaselli

  • Cytosolic delivery of granzyme B by bacterial toxins: Evidence that endosomal disruption, in addition to transmembrane pore formation, is an important function of perforin

    Kylie A. Browne;Elizabeth Blink;Vivien R. Sutton;Christopher J. Froelich

  • Granule-mediated killing: Pathways for granzyme B-initiated apoptosis

    Robert V. Talanian;Xiao He Yang;Jane Turbov;Prem Seth

  • Granzyme B Mimics Apical Caspases DESCRIPTION OF A UNIFIED PATHWAY FOR TRANS-ACTIVATION OF EXECUTIONER CASPASE-3 AND -7

    Xiaohe Yang;Henning R. Stennicke;Baikun Wang;Douglas R. Green

  • Extracellular granzymes A and B in humans: detection of native species during CTL responses in vitro and in vivo.

    E. H. A. Spaeny-Dekking;W. L. Hanna;A. M. Wolbink;P. C. Wever

  • Sustained delivery of interleukin-2 from a poloxamer 407 gel matrix following intraperitoneal injection in mice.

    Thomas P. Johnston;Monika A. Punjabi;Christopher J. Froelich

  • A Distinct Pathway of Cell-Mediated Apoptosis Initiated by Granulysin

    Allan A. Kaspar;Satoshi Okada;Jayant Kumar;Francis R. Poulain

  • The levels of soluble granzyme A and B are elevated in plasma and synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

    P P Tak;L Spaeny-Dekking;M C Kraan;F C Breedveld

  • Lymphocyte granule-mediated apoptosis: matters of viral mimicry and deadly proteases

    Christopher J. Froelich;Vishva M. Dixit;Xiaohe Yang

  • Granzyme B activates procaspase-3 which signals a mitochondrial amplification loop for maximal apoptosis

    Sunil S. Metkar;Baikun Wang;Michelle L. Ebbs;Jin H. Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus M. Simon
Markus M. Simon Max Planck Society
Gregor Anderluh
Gregor Anderluh University of Ljubljana
Joseph A. Trapani
Joseph A. Trapani Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Prem Seth
Prem Seth University of Chicago
Mauro Dalla Serra
Mauro Dalla Serra Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR
Kim Orth
Kim Orth The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Robert J. C. Gilbert
Robert J. C. Gilbert University of Oxford
David A. Jans
David A. Jans Monash University
Reinhard Wallich
Reinhard Wallich Heidelberg University

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