Jackson PL, Noerager BD, Jablonsky MJ, Hardison MT, Cox BD, Patterson JC, Dhanapal B, Blalock JE, Muccio DD. 2011. A CXCL8 receptor antagonist based on the structure of N-acetyl-proline-glycine-proline. Eur J Pharmacol. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:21458447
Sahay B, Singh A, Gnanamani A, Patsey RL, Blalock JE, Sellati TJ. 2011. CD14 signaling reciprocally controls collagen deposition and turnover to regulate the development of lyme arthritis. Am J Pathol. 178(2):724-34. PMID:21281805
Xu X, Jackson PL, Tanner S, Hardison MT, Abdul Roda M, Blalock JE, Gaggar A. 2011. A self-propagating matrix metalloprotease-9 (MMP-9) dependent cycle of chronic neutrophilic inflammation. PLoS One. 2011 6(1):e15781. PMID:21249198
Braber S, Koelink PJ, Henricks PA, Jackson PL, Nijkamp FP, Garssen J, Kraneveld AD, Blalock JE, Folkerts G. 2011. Cigarette smoke-induced lung emphysema in mice is associated with prolyl endopeptidase, an enzyme involved in collagen breakdown. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 300(2):L255-65. PMID:21112944
Snelgrove RJ, Jackson PL, Hardison MT, Noerager BD, Kinloch A, Gaggar A, Shastry S, Rowe SM, Shim YM, Hussell T, Blalock JE. 2010. A Critical Role for LTA4H in Limiting Chronic Pulmonary Neutrophilic Inflammation. Science. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20813919
Gaggar A, Rowe SM, Matthew H, Blalock JE. 2010. Proline-Glycine-Proline (PGP) and High Mobility Group Box Protein-1 (HMGB1): Potential Mediators of Cystic Fibrosis Airway Inflammation. Open Respir Med J. 4:32-8. PMID: 20448817
Jackson PL, Xu X, Wilson L, Weathington NM, Clancy JP, Blalock JE, Gaggar A. 2010. Human neutrophil elastase-mediated cleavage sites of MMP-9 and TIMP-1: implications to cystic fibrosis proteolytic dysfunction. Mol Med. 16(5-6):159-66. PMID: 20111696
O'Reilly PJ, Hardison MT, Jackson PL, Xu X, Snelgrove RJ, Gaggar A, Galin FS, Blalock JE. 2009. Neutrophils contain prolyl endopeptidase and generate the chemotactic peptide, PGP, from collagen. J Neuroimmunol. 217(1-2):51-4. PMID: 19875179
O'Reilly P, Jackson PL, Noerager B, Parker S, Dransfield M, Gaggar A, Blalock JE. 2009. N-alpha-PGP and PGP, potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for COPD. Respir Res. 10:38. PMID: 19450278
Hardison MT, Galin FS, Calderon CE, Djekic UV, Parker SB, Wille KM, Jackson PL, Oster RA, Young KR, Blalock JE, Gaggar A. 2009. The presence of a matrix-derived neutrophil chemoattractant in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation. J Immunol. 182(7):4423-31. PMID: 19299743
Kong MY, Gaggar A, Li Y, Winkler M, Blalock JE, Clancy JP. 2009. Matrix metalloproteinase activity in pediatric acute lung injury. Int J Med Sci. 6(1):9-17. PMID: 19159011
Rowe SM, Jackson PL, Liu G, Hardison M, Livraghi A, Solomon GM, McQuaid DB, Noerager BD, Gaggar A, Clancy JP, O'Neal W, Sorscher EJ, Abraham E, Blalock JE. 2008. Potential role of high-mobility group box 1 in cystic fibrosis airway disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 178(8):822-31. Epub 2008 Jul 24. PMID: 18658107
Lin M, Jackson P, Tester AM, Diaconu E, Overall CM, Blalock JE, Pearlman E. 2008. Matrix metalloproteinase-8 facilitates neutrophil migration through the corneal stromal matrix by collagen degradation and production of the chemotactic peptide Pro-Gly-Pro. Am J Pathol. 173(1):144-53. PMID: 18556780
Gaggar A, Jackson PL, Noerager BD, O'Reilly PJ, McQuaid DB, Rowe SM, Clancy JP, Blalock JE. 2008. A novel proteolytic cascade generates an extracellular matrix-derived chemoattractant in chronic neutrophilic inflammation. J Immunol. 180(8):5662-9. PMID: 18390751
O'Reilly PJ, Gaggar A, Blalock JE. 2008. Interfering with extracellular matrix degradation to blunt inflammation. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 8(3):242-8. PMID: 18346936