[HTML][HTML] IL-1 and IL-1ra are key regulators of the inflammatory response to RNA vaccines

…, ZA Amir, CC de la Cruz, B Haley, C Blanchette… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The use of lipid-formulated RNA vaccines for cancer or COVID-19 is associated with dose-limiting
systemic inflammatory responses in humans that were not predicted from preclinical …

Different apolipoproteins impact nanolipoprotein particle formation

BA Chromy, E Arroyo, CD Blanchette… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Spontaneous interaction of purified apolipoproteins and phospholipids results in formation
of lipoprotein particles with nanometer-sized dimensions; we refer to these assemblies as …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-free co-expression of functional membrane proteins and apolipoprotein, forming soluble nanolipoprotein particles

JA Cappuccio, CD Blanchette, TA Sulchek… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2008 - ASBMB
Here we demonstrate rapid production of solubilized and functional membrane protein by
simultaneous cell-free expression of an apolipoprotein and a membrane protein in the …

[HTML][HTML] AFM for structure and dynamics of biomembranes

EI Goksu, JM Vanegas, CD Blanchette, WC Lin… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2009 - Elsevier
We review structure and dynamic measurements of biomembranes by atomic force microscopy
(AFM). We focus mainly on studies involving supported lipid bilayers (SLBs), particularly …

[PDF][PDF] Lipid asymmetry in DLPC/DSPC-supported lipid bilayers: a combined AFM and fluorescence microscopy study

WC Lin, CD Blanchette, TV Ratto, ML Longo - Biophysical journal, 2006 - cell.com
A fundamental attribute of cell membranes is transmembrane asymmetry, specifically the
formation of ordered phase domains in one leaflet that are compositionally different from the …

[HTML][HTML] Transposable element expression in tumors is associated with immune infiltration and increased antigenicity

…, PM Haverty, AJ Tong, C Blanchette… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Profound global loss of DNA methylation is a hallmark of many cancers. One potential
consequence of this is the reactivation of transposable elements (TEs) which could stimulate the …

Insertion of membrane proteins into discoidal membranes using a cell-free protein expression approach

…, JA Cappuccio, CD Blanchette… - Journal of proteome …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We report a cell-free approach for expressing and inserting integral membrane proteins into
water-soluble particles composed of discoidal apolipoprotein−lipid bilayers. Proteins are …

[HTML][HTML] Printable enzyme-embedded materials for methane to methanol conversion

CD Blanchette, JM Knipe, JK Stolaroff… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
An industrial process for the selective activation of methane under mild conditions would be
highly valuable for controlling emissions to the environment and for utilizing vast new …

Colocalized delivery of adjuvant and antigen using nanolipoprotein particles enhances the immune response to recombinant antigens

…, MH Hwang, PD Hoeprich, CD Blanchette - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Subunit antigen-based vaccines can provide a number of important benefits over traditional
vaccine candidates, such as overall safety. However, because of the inherently low …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic discovery of Neoepitope–HLA pairs for neoantigens shared among patients and tumor types

…, MB Laur, RJ Notturno, PJR Ebert, C Blanchette… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The broad application of precision cancer immunotherapies is limited by the number of
validated neoepitopes that are common among patients or tumor types. To expand the known …