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Overview

Gregory A. Dekaban is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine across several subfields. Their research portfolio includes work in infectious diseases, immunology, biomedical engineering, neurology, and genetics.

The scientist's research focuses heavily on topics related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and the long-term effects of COVID-19. In addition, they have explored traumatic brain injury research, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, and mesenchymal stem cell research.

Gregory A. Dekaban's recent published papers include:

  • Live imaging of SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice reveals that neutralizing antibodies require Fc function for optimal efficacy (2021, Immunity)
  • Major role of IgM in the neutralizing activity of convalescent plasma against SARS-CoV-2 (2021, Cell Reports)
  • Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in mice triggers a slowly developing cascade of long-term and persistent behavioral deficits and pathological changes (2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications)
  • KIM-1/TIM-1 is a Receptor for SARS-CoV-2 in Lung and Kidney (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Live Imaging of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Mice Reveals Neutralizing Antibodies Require Fc Function for Optimal Efficacy (2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

The frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Virologie
  • Cytotherapy

Among frequent coauthors are Jimmy D. Dikeakos, Corby Fink, Jérémie Prévost, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, and Paula J. Foster.

Best Publications

  • The cellular inflammatory response in human spinal cords after injury.

    Jennifer C. Fleming;Michael D. Norenberg;David A. Ramsay;Gregory A. Dekaban

  • Transient Blockade of the CD11d/CD18 Integrin Reduces Secondary Damage after Spinal Cord Injury, Improving Sensory, Autonomic, and Motor Function

    Denis Gris;Daniel R. Marsh;Mark A. Oatway;Yuhua Chen

  • Clinical correlates of elevated serum concentrations of cytokines and autoantibodies in patients with spinal cord injury.

    Andrew L. Davies;Keith C. Hayes;Keith C. Hayes;Gregory A. Dekaban;Gregory A. Dekaban

  • Live imaging of SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice reveals that neutralizing antibodies require Fc function for optimal efficacy.

    Irfan Ullah;Jérémie Prévost;Mark S. Ladinsky;Helen Stone

  • Early anti‐inflammatory treatment reduces lipid peroxidation and protein nitration after spinal cord injury in rats

    Feng Bao;Yuhua Chen;Gregory A. Dekaban;Lynne C. Weaver

  • Inhibition of Monocyte/Macrophage Migration to a Spinal Cord Injury Site by an Antibody to the Integrin αD: A Potential New Anti-inflammatory Treatment

    P.Joy Mabon;Lynne C. Weaver;Gregory A. Dekaban

  • A monoclonal antibody to CD11d reduces the inflammatory infiltrate into the injured spinal cord: a potential neuroprotective treatment.

    L.R. Saville;C.H. Pospisil;L.A. Mawhinney;F. Bao

  • Major role of IgM in the neutralizing activity of convalescent plasma against SARS-CoV-2.

    Romain Gasser;Marc Cloutier;Jérémie Prévost;Corby Fink;Corby Fink

  • RIG-I mediates the co-induction of tumor necrosis factor and type I interferon elicited by myxoma virus in primary human macrophages

    Fuan Wang;Xiujuan Gao;Xiujuan Gao;John W. Barrett;John W. Barrett;Qing Shao

  • Characterization of Ca2+-dependent neutral protease (calpain) from human blood flukes, Schistosoma mansoni

    Afzal A. Siddiqui;You Zhou;Ron B. Podesta;Steve R. Karcz

  • Mollaret's meningitis associated with herpes simplex type 2 infection

    François J. Picard;Gregory A. Dekaban;Jaime Silva;George P.A. Rice

  • Anti-CD11d antibody treatment reduces free radical formation and cell death in the injured spinal cord of rats.

    Feng Bao;Gregory A. Dekaban;Lynne C. Weaver

  • hiv-1 Infection of Human Brain-derived Microvascular Endothelial Cells In Vitro

    S. D. Poland;G. P. A. Rice;G. A. Dekaban

  • Alterations in the U3 region of the long terminal repeat of an infectious thymotropic type B retrovirus.

    J K Ball;H Diggelmann;G A Dekaban;G F Grossi

  • Cytomegalovirus in the Brain: In Vitro Infection of Human Brain-Derived Cells

    Stephen D. Poland;Penny Costello;Gregory A. Dekaban;G. P. A. Rice

  • Anti-CD11d Integrin Antibody Treatment Restores Normal Serotonergic Projections to the Dorsal, Intermediate, and Ventral Horns of the Injured Spinal Cord

    Mark A. Oatway;Yuhua Chen;Jamie C. Bruce;Gregory A. Dekaban

  • Increased oxidative activity in human blood neutrophils and monocytes after spinal cord injury.

    Feng Bao;Christopher S. Bailey;Kevin R. Gurr;Stewart I. Bailey

  • CD11d integrin blockade reduces the systemic inflammatory response syndrome after spinal cord injury.

    Feng Bao;Arthur Brown;Gregory A. Dekaban;Vanessa Omana

  • Differential detection and distribution of microglial and hematogenous macrophage populations in the injured spinal cord of lys-EGFP-ki transgenic mice.

    Leah A. Mawhinney;Sakina G. Thawer;Wei-Yang Lu;Nico van Rooijen

  • An anti‐CD11d integrin antibody reduces cyclooxygenase‐2 expression and protein and DNA oxidation after spinal cord injury in rats

    Feng Bao;Yuhua Chen;Gregory A. Dekaban;Lynne C. Weaver

  • Identification of spinal interneurons antecedent to adrenal sympathetic preganglionic neurons using trans-synaptic transport of herpes simplex virus type 1.

    S. Joshi;M.A. Levatte;G.A. Dekaban;L.C. Weaver

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynne C. Weaver
Lynne C. Weaver University of Western Ontario
Ravi S. Menon
Ravi S. Menon University of Western Ontario
Grant McFadden
Grant McFadden Arizona State University
Robert Bartha
Robert Bartha University of Western Ontario
Andrés Finzi
Andrés Finzi University of Montreal
Jonathan Richard
Jonathan Richard University of Montreal
Joseph S. Gati
Joseph S. Gati University of Western Ontario
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Craig B. Wilen
Craig B. Wilen Yale University
Pamela J. Bjorkman
Pamela J. Bjorkman California Institute of Technology

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