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Overview

Donna Catalano is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of molecular biology and medicine, with a significant emphasis on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work spans various subfields including molecular biology, cancer research, immunology, pathology and forensic medicine, and epidemiology. Central topics within their research portfolio include alcohol consumption and its health effects, microRNA in disease regulation, extracellular vesicles in disease, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, melanin and skin pigmentation, and cell adhesion molecules research.

Donna Catalano has contributed to numerous research publications. Notable papers include:

  • Chronic alcohol-induced neuroinflammation involves CCR2/5-dependent peripheral macrophage infiltration and microglia alterations, 2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Neutrophil extracellular traps contribute to liver damage and increase defective low-density neutrophils in alcohol-associated hepatitis, 2022, Journal of Hepatology
  • Alcohol Promotes Exosome Biogenesis and Release via Modulating Rabs and miR-192 Expression in Human Hepatocytes, 2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Protective effect of LNA-anti-miR-132 therapy on liver fibrosis in mice, 2021, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • Therapeutic inhibition of miR-155 attenuates liver fibrosis via STAT3 signaling, 2023, Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Donna Catalano include:

  • Gyöngyi Szabó
  • Mrigya Babuta
  • Yeonhee Cho
  • Shashi Bala
  • Marcelle de Carvalho Ribeiro

They have published extensively in journals such as:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
  • Hepatology Communications
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Liver International

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs in exosomes indicate hepatocyte injury and inflammation in alcoholic, drug-induced and inflammatory liver diseases

    Shashi Bala;Jan Petrasek;Shiv Mundkur;Donna Catalano

  • The critical role of toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 in alcoholic liver disease is independent of the common TLR adapter MyD88

    Istvan Hritz;Pranoti Mandrekar;Arumugam Velayudham;Donna Catalano

  • Up-regulation of MicroRNA-155 in Macrophages Contributes to Increased Tumor Necrosis Factor α (TNFα) Production via Increased mRNA Half-life in Alcoholic Liver Disease *

    Shashi Bala;Miguel Marcos;Karen Kodys;Timea Csak

  • Acute binge drinking increases serum endotoxin and bacterial DNA levels in healthy individuals.

    Shashi Bala;Miguel Marcos;Arijeet Gattu;Donna Catalano

  • Increased number of circulating exosomes and their microRNA cargos are potential novel biomarkers in alcoholic hepatitis

    Fatemeh Momen-Heravi;Banishree Saha;Karen Kodys;Donna Catalano

  • An essential role for monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in alcoholic liver injury: regulation of proinflammatory cytokines and hepatic steatosis in mice

    Pranoti Mandrekar;Aditya Ambade;Arlene Lim;Gyongyi Szabo

  • Regulation of human monocyte functions by acute ethanol treatment: decreased tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta and elevated interleukin-10, and transforming growth factor-beta production.

    Gyongyi Szabo;Pranoti Mandrekar;Linda Girouard;Donna Catalano

  • The pro-inflammatory effects of miR-155 promote liver fibrosis and alcohol-induced steatohepatitis

    Shashi Bala;Timea Csak;Banishree Saha;James Zatsiorsky

  • Deficiency in myeloid differentiation factor-2 and toll-like receptor 4 expression attenuates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis in mice.

    Timea Csak;Arumugam Velayudham;Istvan Hritz;Jan Petrasek

  • MicroRNA Expression Profile in Lieber-DeCarli Diet-Induced Alcoholic and Methionine Choline Deficient Diet-Induced Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Models in Mice

    Angela Dolganiuc;Jan Petrasek;Karen Kodys;Donna Catalano

  • Viral and Host Factors Induce Macrophage Activation and Loss of Toll-Like Receptor Tolerance in Chronic HCV Infection

    Angela Dolganiuc;Oxana Norkina;Karen Kodys;Donna Catalano

  • Moderate alcohol intake in humans attenuates monocyte inflammatory responses: inhibition of nuclear regulatory factor kappa B and induction of interleukin 10.

    Pranoti Mandrekar;Donna Catalano;Bernadette M. White;Gyongyi Szabo

  • The opposite effects of acute and chronic alcohol on lipopolysaccharide- induced inflammation are linked to IRAK-M in human monocytes

    Pranoti Mandrekar;Shashi Bala;Donna Catalano;Karen Kodys

  • Pharmacological Inhibition of CCR2/5 Signaling Prevents and Reverses Alcohol-Induced Liver Damage, Steatosis, and Inflammation in Mice

    Aditya Ambade;Patrick Lowe;Karen Kodys;Donna Catalano

  • Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-mediated NFκB activation by ethanol in human monocytes

    Pranoti Mandrekar;Donna Catalano;Gyongyi Szabo

  • Inhibition of Myeloid Dendritic Cell Accessory Cell Function and Induction of T Cell Anergy by Alcohol Correlates with Decreased IL-12 Production

    Pranoti Mandrekar;Donna Catalano;Angela Dolganiuc;Karen Kodys

  • microRNA-122 regulates hypoxia-inducible factor-1 and vimentin in hepatocytes and correlates with fibrosis in diet-induced steatohepatitis.

    Timea Csak;Shashi Bala;Dora Lippai;Abhishek Satishchandran

  • Increased microRNA-155 expression in the serum and peripheral monocytes in chronic HCV infection

    Shashi Bala;Yaphet Tilahun;Odette Taha;Hawau Alao

  • Inhibition of superantigen-induced T cell proliferation and monocyte IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, and IL-6 production by acute ethanol treatment.

    Gyongyi Szabo;Pranoti Mandrekar;Donna Catalano

  • Abnormal neutrophil traps and impaired efferocytosis contribute to liver injury and sepsis severity after binge alcohol use.

    Terence Ndonyi Bukong;Yeonhee Cho;Arvin Iracheta-Vellve;Banishree Saha

  • Role of elevated monocyte transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) production in posttrauma immunosuppression.

    Carol L. Miller-Graziano;Gyongyi Szabo;Katherine Griffey;Bela Mehta

Frequent Co-Authors

Gyongyi Szabo
Gyongyi Szabo Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jan Petrasek
Jan Petrasek Czech Academy of Sciences
Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones
Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Sangeeta S. Chavan
Sangeeta S. Chavan Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Guangping Gao
Guangping Gao University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Scott A. Shaffer
Scott A. Shaffer San Jose State University
Christian Mueller
Christian Mueller University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Dorothy P. Schafer
Dorothy P. Schafer University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Katherine A. Fitzgerald
Katherine A. Fitzgerald University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Victor R. Ambros
Victor R. Ambros University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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