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George R. Dubyak is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology.

The scientist's work is concentrated across multiple subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, and Physiology.

The primary research topics addressed by George R. Dubyak include:

  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Streptococcal infections and treatments
  • Immune response and inflammation
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways
  • Neutrophil, myeloperoxidase and oxidative mechanisms
  • Adenosine and purinergic signaling
  • Heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide

Selected recent publications demonstrate the scope and depth of Dubyak's research:

  • "N-GSDMD trafficking to neutrophil organelles facilitates IL-1β release independently of plasma membrane pores and pyroptosis", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Epithelial-derived gasdermin D mediates nonlytic IL-1β release during experimental colitis", 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "NLRP3 selectively drives IL-1β secretion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infected neutrophils and regulates corneal disease severity", 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Neutrophil extracellular traps induced by chemotherapy inhibit tumor growth in murine models of colorectal cancer", 2024, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Pyroptosis in neutrophils: Multimodal integration of inflammasome and regulated cell death signaling pathways", 2023, Immunological Reviews

George R. Dubyak collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, including Eric Pearlman, Brandon A. Miller, Derek W. Abbott, Martin Minns, and Katarzyna Bulek.

The scientist has published extensively in prominent journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Signal transduction via P2-purinergic receptors for extracellular ATP and other nucleotides

    G. R. Dubyak;Chakib El-Moatassim

  • Evidence that BCL-2 represses apoptosis by regulating endoplasmic reticulum-associated Ca2+ fluxes

    Minh Lam;George R Dubyak;Lie Chen;Gabriel Nuñez

  • Endothelin stimulates phospholipase C, Na+/H+ exchange, c-fos expression, and mitogenesis in rat mesangial cells.

    Michael Scott Simonson;S. Wann;P. Mene;George R Dubyak

  • Locally Produced Complement Fragments C5a and C3a Provide Both Costimulatory and Survival Signals to Naive CD4+ T Cells

    Michael G. Strainic;Jinbo Liu;Danping Huang;Fengqi An

  • Nonclassical IL-1β Secretion Stimulated by P2X7 Receptors Is Dependent on Inflammasome Activation and Correlated with Exosome Release in Murine Macrophages

    Yan Qu;Luigi Franchi;Gabriel Nunez;George R. Dubyak

  • Chemical disruption of the pyroptotic pore-forming protein gasdermin D inhibits inflammatory cell death and sepsis

    Joseph K. Rathkey;Junjie Zhao;Zhonghua Liu;Yinghua Chen

  • The insulin-mimetic effects of vanadate in isolated rat adipocytes. Dissociation from effects of vanadate as a (Na+-K+)ATPase inhibitor.

    G R Dubyak;A Kleinzeller

  • Neutrophil P2X7 receptors mediate NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent IL-1β secretion in response to ATP.

    Mausita Karmakar;Michael A. Katsnelson;George R. Dubyak;Eric Pearlman

  • Towards a revised nomenclature for P1 and P2 receptors

    Bertil B. Fredholm;Maria P. Abbracchio;Geoffrey Burnstock;George R. Dubyak

  • Mechanisms of caspase-1 activation by P2X7 receptor-mediated K+ release.

    J. Michelle Kahlenberg;George R. Dubyak

  • Differential requirement of P2X7 receptor and intracellular K+ for caspase-1 activation induced by intracellular and extracellular bacteria.

    Luigi Franchi;Thirumala Devi Kanneganti;George R. Dubyak;Gabriel Núñez

  • Pannexin-1 Is Required for ATP Release during Apoptosis but Not for Inflammasome Activation

    Yan Qu;Shahram Misaghi;Kim Newton;Laurie L. Gilmour

  • Detection of local ATP release from activated platelets using cell surface-attached firefly luciferase

    Reza Beigi;Eiry Kobatake;Masuo Aizawa;George R. Dubyak

  • N-GSDMD trafficking to neutrophil organelles facilitates IL-1β release independently of plasma membrane pores and pyroptosis

    Mausita Karmakar;Martin Minns;Elyse N. Greenberg;Jose Diaz-Aponte

  • K+ Efflux Agonists Induce NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Independently of Ca2+ Signaling

    Michael A. Katsnelson;L. Graham Rucker;Hana M. Russo;George R. Dubyak

  • Intracellular calcium changes trigger connexin 32 hemichannel opening

    Elke De Vuyst;Elke Decrock;Liesbet Cabooter;George R Dubyak

  • Colocalization of ATP Release Sites and Ecto-ATPase Activity at the Extracellular Surface of Human Astrocytes

    Sheldon M. Joseph;Marisa R. Buchakjian;George R. Dubyak

  • Signal transduction by P2-purinergic receptors for extracellular ATP.

    George R. Dubyak

  • Stress-activated protein kinase/JNK activation and apoptotic induction by the macrophage P2X7 nucleotide receptor.

    Benjamin D. Humphreys;Janet Rice;Sylvia B. Kertesy;George R. Dubyak

  • Isoquinolines as Antagonists of the P2X7 Nucleotide Receptor: High Selectivity for the Human versus Rat Receptor Homologues

    Benjamin D. Humphreys;Caterina Virginio;Annmarie Surprenant;Janet Rice

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Dunn
Michael J. Dunn Medical College of Wisconsin
Benjamin D. Humphreys
Benjamin D. Humphreys Washington University in St. Louis
Xiaoxia Li
Xiaoxia Li Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Gabriel Núñez
Gabriel Núñez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Friedrich Koch-Nolte
Friedrich Koch-Nolte Universität Hamburg
Friedrich Haag
Friedrich Haag Universität Hamburg
Luigi Franchi
Luigi Franchi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kenneth A. Jacobson
Kenneth A. Jacobson National Institutes of Health
Mark Estacion
Mark Estacion Yale University
Edward S. Mocarski
Edward S. Mocarski Emory University

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