Sepsis: Something old, something new, and a systems view

R Namas, R Zamora, R Namas, G An, J Doyle… - Journal of critical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Sepsis is a clinical syndrome characterized by a multisystem response to a microbial
pathogenic insult consisting of a mosaic of interconnected biochemical, cellular, and organ …

The acute inflammatory response in trauma/hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury: current state and emerging prospects

R Namas, A Ghuma, L Hermus, R Zamora… - Libyan Journal of …, 2009 - ajol.info
Traumatic injury/hemorrhagic shock (T/HS) elicits an acute inflammatory response that may
result in death. Inflammation describes a coordinated series of molecular, cellular, tissue …

Insights into the role of chemokines, damage-associated molecular patterns, and lymphocyte-derived mediators from computational models of trauma-induced …

RA Namas, Q Mi, R Namas, K Almahmoud… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Traumatic injury elicits a complex, dynamic, multidimensional inflammatory
response that is intertwined with complications such as multiple organ dysfunction and …

Computational approach to characterize causative factors and molecular indicators of chronic wound inflammation

S Nagaraja, A Wallqvist, J Reifman… - The Journal of …, 2014 - journals.aai.org
Chronic inflammation is rapidly becoming recognized as a key contributor to numerous
pathologies. Despite detailed investigations, understanding of the molecular mechanisms …

A dynamic view of trauma/hemorrhage-induced inflammation in mice: principal drivers and networks

Q Mi, G Constantine, C Ziraldo, A Solovyev, A Torres… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Complex biological processes such as acute inflammation induced by
trauma/hemorrhagic shock/(T/HS) are dynamic and multi-dimensional. We utilized …

Central Role for MCP-1/CCL2 in Injury-Induced Inflammation Revealed by In Vitro, In Silico, and Clinical Studies

C Ziraldo, Y Vodovotz, RA Namas, K Almahmoud… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The translation of in vitro findings to clinical outcomes is often elusive. Trauma/hemorrhagic
shock (T/HS) results in hepatic hypoxia that drives inflammation. We hypothesize that in …

Toward a model-free feedback control synthesis for treating acute inflammation

O Bara, M Fliess, C Join, J Day, SM Djouadi - Journal of theoretical biology, 2018 - Elsevier
An effective and patient-specific feedback control synthesis for inflammation resolution is still
an ongoing research area. A strategy consisting of manipulating a pro and anti-inflammatory …

Trauma in silico: individual-specific mathematical models and virtual clinical populations

D Brown, RA Namas, K Almahmoud… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Trauma-induced critical illness is driven by acute inflammation, and elevated systemic
interleukin-6 (IL-6) after trauma is a biomarker of adverse outcomes. We constructed a …

Translational systems approaches to the biology of inflammation and healing

Y Vodovotz, G Constantine, J Faeder, Q Mi… - …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Inflammation is a complex, non-linear process central to many of the diseases that affect
both developed and emerging nations. A systems-based understanding of inflammation …

A two-compartment mathematical model of endotoxin-induced inflammatory and physiologic alterations in swine

G Nieman, D Brown, J Sarkar, B Kubiak… - Critical care …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To gain insights into individual variations in acute inflammation and physiology.
Design: Large-animal study combined with mathematical modeling. Setting: Academic large …