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Overview

Florea Lupu is affiliated with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in the United States. Their research spans various aspects of medicine with significant focus on hematology, molecular biology, and genetics.

The scientist's recent publications include work on the interactions between haemodynamics and immune response mechanisms. Notable papers feature:

  • The role of endothelial shear stress on haemodynamics, inflammation, coagulation and glycocalyx during sepsis (2020), Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation and its immune mechanisms (2021), Blood
  • Kupffer cell receptor CLEC4F is important for the destruction of desialylated platelets in mice (2021), Cell Death and Differentiation
  • L-SIGN is a receptor on liver sinusoidal endothelial cells for SARS-CoV-2 virus (2021), JCI Insight
  • Cross-Talk between the Complement Pathway and the Contact Activation System of Coagulation: Activated Factor XI Neutralizes Complement Factor H (2021), The Journal of Immunology

Key topics covered in their work include coagulation, bradykinin, polyphosphates, angioedema, blood coagulation and thrombosis mechanisms, sepsis diagnosis and treatment, complement system in diseases, platelet disorders and treatments, infant nutrition and health, as well as neonatal and maternal infections.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Florea Lupu are:

  • Ravi S. Keshari
  • Robert Silasi-Mansat
  • Cristina Lupu
  • Owen J. T. McCarty
  • Cristina Puy

The scientist's research appears in multiple publication venues, with several articles appearing repeatedly in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Florea Lupu's research contributions encompass 68 publications in medicine and 25 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. Prominent subfields of study include hematology, molecular biology, genetics, immunology, and nutrition and dietetics.

Best Publications

  • Extracellular histones are major mediators of death in sepsis

    Jun Xu;Xiaomei Zhang;Rosana Pelayo;Marc Monestier

  • Targeted deficiency or cytosolic truncation of the VE-cadherin gene in mice impairs VEGF-mediated endothelial survival and angiogenesis.

    Peter Carmeliet;Maria Grazia Lampugnani;Lieve Moons;Ferrucio Breviario

  • Deletion of the hypoxia-response element in the vascular endothelial growth factor promoter causes motor neuron degeneration

    B. Oosthuyse;L. Moons;E. Storkebaum;H. Beck

  • Inhibition of plasminogen activators or matrix metalloproteinases prevents cardiac rupture but impairs therapeutic angiogenesis and causes cardiac failure.

    Stephane Heymans;Aernout Luttun;Dieter Nuyens;G Theilmeier

  • Loss of HIF-2α and inhibition of VEGF impair fetal lung maturation, whereas treatment with VEGF prevents fatal respiratory distress in premature mice

    Veerle Compernolle;Koen Brusselmans;Till Acker;Peter Hoet

  • Impaired myocardial angiogenesis and ischemic cardiomyopathy in mice lacking the vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms VEGF164 and VEGF188.

    Peter Carmeliet;Yin Shan Ng;Dieter Nuyens;Gregor Theilmeier

  • Urokinase-generated plasmin activates matrix metalloproteinases during aneurysm formation

    Peter Carmeliet;Lieve Moons;Roger Lijnen;Myriam Baes

  • Deficiency or inhibition of oxygen sensor Phd1 induces hypoxia tolerance by reprogramming basal metabolism

    Julián Aragonés;Martin Schneider;Martin Schneider;Martin Schneider;Katie Van Geyte;Katie Van Geyte;Peter Fraisl;Peter Fraisl

  • Deficiency or inhibition of Gas6 causes platelet dysfunction and protects mice against thrombosis.

    Anne Angelillo-Scherrer;Pablo Garcia de Frutos;Cristina Aparicio;Els Melis

  • Prelesional events in atherogenesis: accumulation of extracellular cholesterol-rich liposomes in the arterial intima and cardiac valves of the hyperlipidemic rabbit

    N Simionescu;E Vasile;F Lupu;G Popescu

  • Localization and production of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in human healthy and atherosclerotic arteries.

    Florea Lupu;Gabriela E. Bergonzelli;Dominik A. Heim;Elisabeth Cousin

  • Podoplanin maintains high endothelial venule integrity by interacting with platelet CLEC-2

    Brett H. Herzog;Jianxin Fu;Jianxin Fu;Stephen J. Wilson;Paul R. Hess

  • Inhibitory Role of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in Arterial Wound Healing and Neointima Formation A Gene Targeting and Gene Transfer Study in Mice

    Peter Carmeliet;Lieve Moons;Roger Lijnen;Stefaan Janssens

  • Persistence of Atherosclerotic Plaque but Reduced Aneurysm Formation in Mice With Stromelysin-1 (MMP-3) Gene Inactivation

    J. Silence;F. Lupu;D. Collen;H.R. Lijnen

  • Function of the Plasminogen/Plasmin and Matrix Metalloproteinase Systems After Vascular Injury in Mice With Targeted Inactivation of Fibrinolytic System Genes

    H. Roger Lijnen;Berthe Van Hoef;Florea Lupu;Lieve Moons

  • Innate immunity and coagulation

    Charles T. Esmon;Jun Xu;Florea Lupu

  • Urokinase but Not Tissue Plasminogen Activator Mediates Arterial Neointima Formation in Mice

    Peter Carmeliet;Lieve Moons;Jean-Marc Herbert;James Crawley

  • A genetic Xenopus laevis tadpole model to study lymphangiogenesis

    Annelii Ny;Marta Koch;Marta Koch;Martin Schneider;Martin Schneider;Elke Neven;Elke Neven

  • Endothelial cell O-glycan deficiency causes blood/lymphatic misconnections and consequent fatty liver disease in mice

    Jianxin Fu;Holger Gerhardt;J. Michael McDaniel;Baoyun Xia

  • Plasminogen Activator Expression in Human Atherosclerotic Lesions

    Florea Lupu;Dominik A. Heim;Fedor Bachmann;Michel Hurni

Frequent Co-Authors

Lieve Moons
Lieve Moons KU Leuven
Desire Collen
Desire Collen KU Leuven
Fletcher B. Taylor
Fletcher B. Taylor Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Lijun Xia
Lijun Xia Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Jean-Marc Herbert
Jean-Marc Herbert Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours
John D. Lambris
John D. Lambris University of Pennsylvania
Vijay V. Kakkar
Vijay V. Kakkar Thrombosis Research Institute
Owen J. T. McCarty
Owen J. T. McCarty Oregon Health & Science University

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