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Romain A. Colas is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily spans several interconnected fields, including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these areas, notable subfields of study include Immunology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Neurology.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics related to fatty acids and inflammation, notably:

  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects

Recent publications by Romain A. Colas include:

  • Vagus nerve stimulation promotes resolution of inflammation by a mechanism that involves Alox15 and requires the α7nAChR subunit, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Blood pro-resolving mediators are linked with synovial pathology and are predictive of DMARD responsiveness in rheumatoid arthritis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Aspirin activates resolution pathways to reprogram T cell and macrophage responses in colitis-associated colorectal cancer, 2022, Science Advances
  • Dysregulated plasma lipid mediator profiles in critically ill COVID-19 patients, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Imbalance of proresolving lipid mediators in persistent allodynia dissociated from signs of clinical arthritis, 2020, Pain

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS ONE
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • Pain

Collaboration forms a significant part of their research, with numerous coauthors contributing to their body of work. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jesmond Dalli
  • Esteban A. Gómez
  • Costantino Pitzalis
  • Magdalena B. Flak
  • Maria Gonzalez-Nuñez

Best Publications

  • Protectins and Maresins: New Pro-Resolving Families of Mediators in Acute Inflammation and Resolution Bioactive Metabolome

    Charles N. Serhan;Jesmond Dalli;Romain A. Colas;Jeremy W. Winkler

  • Identification and signature profiles for pro-resolving and inflammatory lipid mediators in human tissue

    Romain A. Colas;Masakazu Shinohara;Jesmond Dalli;Nan Chiang

  • Identification of resolvin D2 receptor mediating resolution of infections and organ protection

    Nan Chiang;Jesmond Dalli;Romain A. Colas;Charles N. Serhan

  • Harmonizing lipidomics: NIST interlaboratory comparison exercise for lipidomics using SRM 1950-Metabolites in Frozen Human Plasma.

    John A. Bowden;Alan Heckert;Candice Z. Ulmer;Christina M. Jones

  • An imbalance between specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators and pro-inflammatory leukotrienes promotes instability of atherosclerotic plaques.

    Gabrielle Fredman;Gabrielle Fredman;Jason Hellmann;Jonathan D. Proto;George Kuriakose

  • Resolvin D3 and Aspirin-Triggered Resolvin D3 Are Potent Immunoresolvents

    Jesmond Dalli;Jeremy W. Winkler;Romain A. Colas;Hildur Arnardottir

  • Resolvin D1 activates the inflammation resolving response at splenic and ventricular site following myocardial infarction leading to improved ventricular function

    Vasundhara Kain;Kevin A. Ingle;Romain A. Colas;Jesmond Dalli

  • Lipoxin A4 Attenuates Obesity-Induced Adipose Inflammation and Associated Liver and Kidney Disease

    Emma Börgeson;Emma Börgeson;Andrew M.F. Johnson;Yun Sok Lee;Andreas Till

  • Human Sepsis Eicosanoid and Proresolving Lipid Mediator Temporal Profiles: Correlations With Survival and Clinical Outcomes

    Jesmond Dalli;Romain A. Colas;Carolina Quintana;Diana Barragan-Bradford

  • Cutting Edge: Maresin-1 Engages Regulatory T Cells To Limit Type 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Activation and Promote Resolution of Lung Inflammation

    Nandini Krishnamoorthy;Patrick R. Burkett;Jesmond Dalli;Raja-Elie E. Abdulnour

  • Maresin 1 biosynthesis during platelet–neutrophil interactions is organ-protective

    Raja Elie E. Abdulnour;Jesmond Dalli;Jennifer K Long Colby;Nandini Krishnamoorthy

  • Pro-Resolving Lipid Mediators Improve Neuronal Survival and Increase Aβ42 Phagocytosis.

    Mingqin Zhu;Xiuzhe Wang;Xiuzhe Wang;Erik Hjorth;Romain A. Colas

  • Protectin D1n-3 DPA and resolvin D5n-3 DPA are effectors of intestinal protection.

    Thomas Gobbetti;Jesmond Dalli;Jesmond Dalli;Romain A. Colas;Romain A. Colas;Donata Federici Canova

  • Aging Delays Resolution of Acute Inflammation in Mice: Reprogramming the Host Response with Novel Nano-Proresolving Medicines

    Hildur H. Arnardottir;Jesmond Dalli;Romain A. Colas;Masakazu Shinohara

  • Plasma Metabolomics in Human Pulmonary Tuberculosis Disease: A Pilot Study

    Jennifer K. Frediani;Dean P. Jones;Nestan Tukvadze;Karan Uppal

  • NLRP3 inflammasome deficiency protects against microbial sepsis via increased lipoxin B4 synthesis

    Seonmin Lee;Kiichi Nakahira;Jesmond Dalli;Ilias I. Siempos;Ilias I. Siempos

  • Specialized proresolving lipid mediators in patients with coronary artery disease and their potential for clot remodeling

    Tarec K. Elajami;Romain A. Colas;Jesmond Dalli;Nan Chiang

  • Resolvin D3 Is Dysregulated in Arthritis and Reduces Arthritic Inflammation

    Hildur H. Arnardottir;Jesmond Dalli;Lucy V. Norling;Romain A. Colas

  • Vagal Regulation of Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells and the Immunoresolvent PCTR1 Controls Infection Resolution

    Jesmond Dalli;Jesmond Dalli;Romain A. Colas;Romain A. Colas;Hildur Arnardottir;Charles N. Serhan

  • Enriched Marine Oil Supplements Increase Peripheral Blood Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators Concentrations and Reprogram Host Immune Responses: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study.

    Patricia R. Souza;Raquel M. Marques;Esteban A. Gomez;Romain A. Colas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesmond Dalli
Jesmond Dalli Queen Mary University of London
Charles N. Serhan
Charles N. Serhan Brigham and Women's Hospital
Nan Chiang
Nan Chiang Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michel Lagarde
Michel Lagarde Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Andrew Carr
Andrew Carr University of Oxford
Bruce D. Levy
Bruce D. Levy Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mauro Perretti
Mauro Perretti Queen Mary University of London
Nicos A. Petasis
Nicos A. Petasis University of Southern California
Augustine M. K. Choi
Augustine M. K. Choi Cornell University
Guy E. Thwaites
Guy E. Thwaites University of Oxford

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