D Verthelyi

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Affiliation: Food and Drug Administration
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Disassociation of sex hormone levels and cytokine production in SLE patients
    D Verthelyi
    Retroviral Immunology Section, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Lupus 10:352-8. 2001
  2. ncbi Use of thermolytic protective groups to prevent G-tetrad formation in CpG ODN type D: structural studies and immunomodulatory activity in primates
    Montserrat Puig
    Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Nucleic Acids Res 34:6488-95. 2006
  3. ncbi Differential signaling by CpG DNA in DCs and B cells: not just TLR9
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Biologics Research and Evaluation, Food and Drug Administration, Bldg 29A Rm 3B19, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Trends Immunol 24:519-22. 2003
  4. ncbi Sex hormones as immunomodulators in health and disease
    D Verthelyi
    Retroviral Immunology Section, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Building 29A, Rm 3 D 2, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Int Immunopharmacol 1:983-93. 2001
  5. ncbi Female's heightened immune status: estrogen, T cells, and inducible nitric oxide synthase in the balance
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Drug Evaluation and Review, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Endocrinology 147:659-61. 2006
  6. ncbi CpG oligodeoxynucleotides protect normal and SIV-infected macaques from Leishmania infection
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Section of Retroviral Immunology and Division of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Immunol 170:4717-23. 2003
  7. ncbi Human peripheral blood cells differentially recognize and respond to two distinct CPG motifs
    D Verthelyi
    Section of Retroviral Research, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Immunol 166:2372-7. 2001
  8. ncbi Response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from lupus patients to stimulation by CpG oligodeoxynucleotides
    R A Zeuner
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 42:563-9. 2003
  9. ncbi CpG oligodeoxynucleotides induce human monocytes to mature into functional dendritic cells
    Mayda Gursel
    Section of Retroviral Immunology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda 20892, USA
    Eur J Immunol 32:2617-22. 2002
  10. ncbi Synthetic CpG oligodeoxynucleotides augment BAFF- and APRIL-mediated immunoglobulin secretion
    Nora Katsenelson
    Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial Parasitic and Allergenic Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20852 1448, USA
    Eur J Immunol 37:1785-95. 2007

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Publications27

  1. ncbi Disassociation of sex hormone levels and cytokine production in SLE patients
    D Verthelyi
    Retroviral Immunology Section, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Lupus 10:352-8. 2001
    ..Thus, while it remains possible that increased E2 and reduced DHEAS levels in lupus patients may help induce cytokine abnormalities early in disease, the subsequent cytokine imbalance does not correlate with sex hormone levels...
  2. ncbi Use of thermolytic protective groups to prevent G-tetrad formation in CpG ODN type D: structural studies and immunomodulatory activity in primates
    Montserrat Puig
    Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Nucleic Acids Res 34:6488-95. 2006
    ..This technology fosters the development of more efficient immunotherapeutic oligonucleotide formulations for the treatment of allergies, cancer and infectious diseases...
  3. ncbi Differential signaling by CpG DNA in DCs and B cells: not just TLR9
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Biologics Research and Evaluation, Food and Drug Administration, Bldg 29A Rm 3B19, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Trends Immunol 24:519-22. 2003
    ..The different signaling complexes assembled might impact on the affinity with which CpG ODNs signal to TLR9 or activate additional pathways that lead to distinct immune responses...
  4. ncbi Sex hormones as immunomodulators in health and disease
    D Verthelyi
    Retroviral Immunology Section, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Building 29A, Rm 3 D 2, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Int Immunopharmacol 1:983-93. 2001
    ..Understanding the physiology of the interaction between sex hormones and immune function and its potential pathological consequences may provide insight into the autoimmune diseases and new directions for their treatment...
  5. ncbi Female's heightened immune status: estrogen, T cells, and inducible nitric oxide synthase in the balance
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Drug Evaluation and Review, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Endocrinology 147:659-61. 2006
  6. ncbi CpG oligodeoxynucleotides protect normal and SIV-infected macaques from Leishmania infection
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Section of Retroviral Immunology and Division of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Immunol 170:4717-23. 2003
    ..These findings support the clinical development of CpG ODNs as immunoprotective agents in normal and HIV-infected patients...
  7. ncbi Human peripheral blood cells differentially recognize and respond to two distinct CPG motifs
    D Verthelyi
    Section of Retroviral Research, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Immunol 166:2372-7. 2001
    ..The distinct immunostimulatory properties of K and D ODN can improve the design of CpG-based products to achieve specific therapeutic goals...
  8. ncbi Response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from lupus patients to stimulation by CpG oligodeoxynucleotides
    R A Zeuner
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Rheumatology (Oxford) 42:563-9. 2003
    ..CONCLUSION: Monocytes, dendritic cells and NK cells from SLE patients respond abnormally to CpG ODN stimulation, which may contribute to the cytokine imbalance observed in SLE...
  9. ncbi CpG oligodeoxynucleotides induce human monocytes to mature into functional dendritic cells
    Mayda Gursel
    Section of Retroviral Immunology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda 20892, USA
    Eur J Immunol 32:2617-22. 2002
    ..Since D type CpG motifs are present in bacterial and viral DNA, the maturation of monocytes into functional DC may reflect a physiologic response that can be harnessed therapeutically through the use of CpG ODN...
  10. ncbi Synthetic CpG oligodeoxynucleotides augment BAFF- and APRIL-mediated immunoglobulin secretion
    Nora Katsenelson
    Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial Parasitic and Allergenic Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20852 1448, USA
    Eur J Immunol 37:1785-95. 2007
    ..Thus, CpG ODN-induced increase in TACI expression is likely to play an important role in Ig secretion following activation of B lymphocytes through TLR9...
  11. ncbi Adjuvant properties of CpG oligonucleotides in primates
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Methods Mol Med 127:139-58. 2006
    ..This work examines the progress in utilizing CpG ODN as adjuvants in conventional and DNA vaccines...
  12. ncbi CpG oligodeoxynucleotides as vaccine adjuvants in primates
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Divisions of. Viral Products and Bacterial, Parasitic, and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Immunol 168:1659-63. 2002
    ..These findings indicate that rhesus macaques provide a useful model for studying the in vivo activity of human CpG motifs, and that ODN expressing these motifs act as strong immune adjuvants...
  13. ncbi Prevention and treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in primates by using synthetic type D/A oligodeoxynucleotides expressing CpG motifs
    Barbara Flynn
    Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Drug Evaluation and Review, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C, USA
    Infect Immun 73:4948-54. 2005
    ..major treatment. Together, these findings support the development of clinical studies to assess the use of CpG ODN types D/A as immunoprotective and therapeutic agents...
  14. ncbi Thermolytic CpG-containing DNA oligonucleotides as potential immunotherapeutic prodrugs
    Andrzej Grajkowski
    Laboratory of Chemistry, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Nucleic Acids Res 33:3550-60. 2005
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  15. ncbi Use of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides as immune adjuvants
    Dennis M Klinman
    Section of Retroviral Immunology, Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Immunol Rev 199:201-16. 2004
    ..Ongoing clinical studies indicate that CpG ODNs are safe and well tolerated when administered as adjuvants to humans, and in some cases, they increase vaccine-induced immune responses...
  16. ncbi CpG oligodeoxynucleotides improve the response to hepatitis B immunization in healthy and SIV-infected rhesus macaques
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    AIDS 18:1003-8. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the development of clinical studies to assess the use of CpG ODN as an adjuvant for HBV vaccination in healthy and immunocompromised HIV-infected subjects...
  17. ncbi Immunoregulatory activity of CpG oligonucleotides in humans and nonhuman primates
    Daniela Verthelyi
    Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Food and Drug Administration, Building 29A Room 3B19, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Clin Immunol 109:64-71. 2003
    ..In vivo studies in nonhuman primates indicate that proinflammatory or humoral immune responses can be selectively facilitated by judicious use of these distinct types of ODN...
  18. ncbi CpG DNA: recognition by and activation of monocytes
    Dennis M Klinman
    Retroviral Immunology Section, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, Bldg 29A Rm 3 D 10, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Microbes Infect 4:897-901. 2002
    ..ODNs of the "K"-type interact with Toll-like receptor 9 and induce monocytes to proliferate and secrete IL-6. In contrast, "D"-type ODNs trigger monocytes to differentiate into mature dendritic cells...
  19. ncbi Immunotherapy with CpG oligonucleotides and antibodies to TNF-alpha rescues neonatal mice from lethal arenavirus-induced meningoencephalitis
    Joao A Pedras-Vasconcelos
    Laboratory of Immunology, Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Office of Biotechnology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Review, FDA, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Immunol 180:8231-40. 2008
    ..To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the use of innate immune modulators plus Abs to TNF-alpha as therapeutics for a lethal neurotropic viral infection...
  20. ncbi Heterogeneity in the human response to immunostimulatory CpG oligodeoxynucleotides
    Cynthia A Leifer
    Section of Retroviral Immunology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    J Immunother (1997) 26:313-9. 2003
    ..A mixture of ODNs with complementary activities induced significantly broader stimulation of donor PBMCs than any single ODN, providing a rational basis for proceeding into clinical trials with such a mixture...
  21. ncbi Coinjection with CpG-containing immunostimulatory oligodeoxynucleotides reduces the pathogenicity of a live vaccine against cutaneous Leishmaniasis but maintains its potency and durability
    Susana Mendez
    Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Infect Immun 71:5121-9. 2003
    ..Our results suggest that immune modulation using CpG ODNs might be a practical approach to improving the safety of a highly effective live vaccine that has already been widely applied...
  22. ncbi Differential and competitive activation of human immune cells by distinct classes of CpG oligodeoxynucleotide
    Mayda Gursel
    Section of Retroviral Research, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bldg 29A Rm 3D10, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Leukoc Biol 71:813-20. 2002
    ..Thus, different types of CpG ODN have distinct and in some cases incompatible effects on the same cells, a finding with important implications for the therapeutic use of these agents...
  23. ncbi Design and development of thermolytic DNA oligonucleotide prodrugs
    Andrzej Grajkowski
    Laboratory of Chemistry, Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1058:26-38. 2005
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  24. ncbi Influence of stimulatory and suppressive DNA motifs on host susceptibility to inflammatory arthritis
    Rainald A Zeuner
    II Medical Clinic, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
    Arthritis Rheum 48:1701-7. 2003
    ..Current findings raise the possibility that suppressive ODNs may be useful in the prevention/treatment of proinflammatory diseases...
  25. ncbi GM-CSF production by autoreactive T cells is required for the activation of microglial cells and the onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
    Eugene D Ponomarev
    Blood Research Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
    J Immunol 178:39-48. 2007
    ..These data also demonstrate that GM-CSF is a critical Th1 cell-derived cytokine required for the initiation of CNS inflammation associated with EAE, and likely MS...
  26. ncbi Reduction of CpG-induced arthritis by suppressive oligodeoxynucleotides
    Rainald A Zeuner
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, Bethesda, Maryland, and Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
    Arthritis Rheum 46:2219-24. 2002
    ..Administering suppressive (but not control) ODN reduced the manifestations and severity of arthritis up to 80%. CONCLUSION: Suppressive ODN may be useful for the prevention or treatment of arthritis induced by bacterial DNA...
  27. ncbi CpG oligodeoxynucleotides protect newborn mice from a lethal challenge with the neurotropic Tacaribe arenavirus
    Joao A Pedras-Vasconcelos
    Division of Therapeutic Proteins, Office of Biotechnology Products, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Federal Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Immunol 176:4940-9. 2006
    ..To our knowledge, this is the first study assessing the mechanisms by which CpG ODN can protect mice from a neurotropic viral infection...