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Overview

Linda K. Curtiss was affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their research spanned multiple areas within medicine, with particular focus on topics intersecting inflammation, cardiovascular health, and coagulation mechanisms.

Their main fields of study included:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, Curtiss contributed to several subfields, including:

  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Hematology
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Cancer Research

Their research work addressed key topics such as:

  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis

Linda K. Curtiss published research in venues such as UNC Libraries, where their two known papers appeared:

  • Monocyte tissue factor-dependent activation of coagulation in hypercholesterolemic mice and monkeys is inhibited by simvastatin (2020)
  • Disruption of Tissue-Specific Fucosyltransferase VII, an Enzyme Necessary for Selectin Ligand Synthesis, Suppresses Atherosclerosis in Mice (2020)

Frequent collaborators in Curtiss's research included:

  • A. Phillip Owens
  • Freda Passam
  • Silvio Antoniak
  • Stephanie Marshall
  • Allison L. McDaniel

Best Publications

  • A PPARγ-LXR-ABCA1 Pathway in Macrophages Is Involved in Cholesterol Efflux and Atherogenesis

    Ajay Chawla;William A. Boisvert;Chih Hao Lee;Bryan A. Laffitte

  • Cloning of monoclonal autoantibodies to epitopes of oxidized lipoproteins from apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Demonstration of epitopes of oxidized low density lipoprotein in human plasma.

    W Palinski;S Hörkkö;E Miller;U P Steinbrecher

  • Natural antibodies with the T15 idiotype may act in atherosclerosis, apoptotic clearance, and protective immunity.

    Peter X. Shaw;Sohvi Hörkkö;Mi-Kyung Chang;Linda K. Curtiss

  • Monoclonal autoantibodies specific for oxidized phospholipids or oxidized phospholipid-protein adducts inhibit macrophage uptake of oxidized low-density lipoproteins.

    Sohvi Hörkkö;David A. Bird;Elizabeth Miller;Hiroyuki Itabe

  • Antisera and monoclonal antibodies specific for epitopes generated during oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein.

    Wulf Palinski;Seppo Ylä-Herttuala;Michael E. Rosenfeld;Susan W. Butler

  • A leukocyte homologue of the IL-8 receptor CXCR-2 mediates the accumulation of macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions of LDL receptor-deficient mice.

    W A Boisvert;R Santiago;L K Curtiss;R A Terkeltaub

  • Modulation of atherosclerosis in mice by Toll-like receptor 2

    Adam E. Mullick;Peter S. Tobias;Linda K. Curtiss

  • IL-5 links adaptive and natural immunity specific for epitopes of oxidized LDL and protects from atherosclerosis

    Christoph J. Binder;Karsten Hartvigsen;Mi-Kyung Chang;Marina Miller

  • Antiphospholipid antibodies are directed against epitopes of oxidized phospholipids. Recognition of cardiolipin by monoclonal antibodies to epitopes of oxidized low density lipoprotein.

    S Hörkkö;E Miller;E Dudl;P Reaven

  • Overexpression of Interleukin-10 by Activated T Lymphocytes Inhibits Atherosclerosis in LDL Receptor–Deficient Mice by Altering Lymphocyte and Macrophage Phenotypes

    Laura J. Pinderski;Michael P. Fischbein;Ganesamoorthy Subbanagounder;Michael C. Fishbein

  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Results in Acute Increases in Oxidized Phospholipids and Lipoprotein(a) Short-Term and Long-Term Immunologic Responses to Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein

    Sotirios Tsimikas;Herbert K. Lau;Kyoo-Rok Han;Brian Shortal

  • Apolipoprotein E and atherosclerosis.

    Linda K. Curtiss;William A. Boisvert

  • Regulated Expression of the Apolipoprotein E/C-I/C-IV/C-II Gene Cluster in Murine and Human Macrophages A CRITICAL ROLE FOR NUCLEAR LIVER X RECEPTORS α AND β

    Puiying A. Mak;Bryan A. Laffitte;Catherine Desrumaux;Sean B. Joseph

  • Apolipoprotein A-I structural organization in high-density lipoproteins isolated from human plasma.

    Rong Huang;R A Gangani D Silva;W Gray Jerome;Anatol Kontush

  • HDL Particle Size is a Critical Determinant of ABCA1-Mediated Macrophage Cellular Cholesterol Export

    Xian-Ming Du;Mi-Jurng Kim;Liming Hou;Wilfried Le Goff

  • Emerging role of Toll-like receptors in atherosclerosis.

    Linda K. Curtiss;Peter S. Tobias

  • Increased endothelial expression of Toll-like receptor 2 at sites of disturbed blood flow exacerbates early atherogenic events

    Adam E. Mullick;Katrin Soldau;William B. Kiosses;Thomas A. Bell

  • High-density lipoprotein enhancement of anticoagulant activities of plasma protein S and activated protein C

    John H. Griffin;Kazuhisa Kojima;Carole L. Banka;Linda K. Curtiss

  • Treatment of severe hypercholesterolemia in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice by bone marrow transplantation.

    W A Boisvert;J Spangenberg;L K Curtiss

  • Plasma Apolipoproteins AI, AII, B, CI, and E Are Glucosylated in Hyperglycemic Diabetic Subjects

    Linda K Curtiss;Joseph L Witztum

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph L. Witztum
Joseph L. Witztum University of California, San Diego
Thomas S. Edgington
Thomas S. Edgington Scripps Research Institute
Stephen G. Young
Stephen G. Young University of California, Los Angeles
Robert Terkeltaub
Robert Terkeltaub University of California, San Diego
Peter S. Tobias
Peter S. Tobias Scripps Research Institute
Kerry-Anne Rye
Kerry-Anne Rye University of New South Wales
Wulf Palinski
Wulf Palinski University of California, San Diego
Edward F. Plow
Edward F. Plow Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Mark H. Ginsberg
Mark H. Ginsberg University of California, San Diego
Ira J. Goldberg
Ira J. Goldberg New York University

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