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Geena Paramel

Befattning: Forskare Organisation: Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

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Biomedicin

Om Geena Paramel

Ischaemic heart disease is the leading cause of death and is responsible for 12.2% of all deaths worldwide, with a frequency of 17 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases every year that is caused by the combinatory effects of environmental and genetic risk factors. Atherosclerosis is the most common underlying cause of cardiovascular disease. The recent advancement in the basic science has explored inflammation as a key component involved in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis.

My research study focusses on the role of inflammasome in aggravating the inflammation in human atherosclerosis, since inflammasome has been implicated in atherosclerosis both because of its activation by cholesterol crystals and since its activation generates the pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-1β. The study also include theassociation of genetic variant in the gene encoding for inflammasome components to the risk of myocardial infarction.

Pågående projekt

Forskargrupper

Publikationer

Artiklar i tidskrifter

Jedlina, L. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Soboleva, S. , Chutna Olin, O. , Haug, M. , Fransén, K. , Lindstam, M. , Brewinska-Olchowik, M. & et al. (2025). Antithrombotic but not anticoagulant activity of the thrombin-binding RNA aptamer Apta-1. British Journal of Pharmacology, 182 (6), 1358-1376. [BibTeX]
Lindkvist, M. , Göthlin Eremo, A. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Anisul Haque, S. , Rydberg Millrud, C. , Rattik, S. , Grönberg, C. , Liberg, D. & et al. (2025). IL1RAP Expression in Human Atherosclerosis: A Target of Novel Antibodies to Reduce Vascular Inflammation and Adhesion. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 14 (10). [BibTeX]
Fransén, K. , Hiyoshi, A. , Paramel Varghese, G. & Hurtig-Wennlöf, A. (2024). Association between C10X polymorphism in the CARD8 gene and inflammatory markers in young healthy individuals in the LBA study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 24 (1). [BibTeX]
Kapetanaki, S. , Kumawat, A. K. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Persson, K. & Demirel, I. (2024). TMAO enhances TNF-α mediated fibrosis and release of inflammatory mediators from renal fibroblasts. Scientific Reports, 14 (1). [BibTeX]
Thazhathveettil, J. , Kumawat, A. K. , Demirel, I. , Sirsjö, A. & Paramel Varghese, G. (2024). Vascular smooth muscle cells in response to cholesterol crystals modulates inflammatory cytokines release and promotes neutrophil extracellular trap formation. Molecular Medicine, 30 (1). [BibTeX]
Wenglén, C. , Demirel, I. , Göthlin Eremo, A. , Grenegård, M. & Paramel Varghese, G. (2023). Targeting serotonin receptor 2B inhibits TGFβ induced differentiation of human vascular smooth muscle cells. European Journal of Pharmacology, 944. [BibTeX]
Kumawat, A. K. , Zegeye, M. M. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Baumgartner, R. , Gisterå, A. , Amegavie, O. , Hellberg, S. , Jin, H. & et al. (2022). Inhibition of IL17A Using an Affibody Molecule Attenuates Inflammation in ApoE-Deficient Mice. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9. [BibTeX]
Paramel Varghese, G. , Lindkvist, M. , Idosa, B. A. , Sebina, L. S. , Kardeby, C. , Fotopoulou, T. , Pournara, D. , Kritsi, E. & et al. (2022). Novel purine analogues regulate IL-1β release via inhibition of JAK activity in human aortic smooth muscle cells. European Journal of Pharmacology, 929. [BibTeX]
Kumawat, A. K. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Jayaprakash, K. & Demirel, I. (2021). Human Renal Fibroblasts, but Not Renal Epithelial Cells, Induce IL-1β Release during a Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection In Vitro. Cells, 10 (12). [BibTeX]
Paramel Varghese, G. , Karadimou, G. , Göthlin Eremo, A. , Ljungberg, L. , Hedin, U. , Olofsson, P. S. , Folkersen, L. , Paulsson Berne, G. & et al. (2020). Expression of CARD8 in human atherosclerosis and its regulation of inflammatory proteins in human endothelial cells. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). [BibTeX]
Kardeby, C. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Pournara, D. , Fotopoulou, T. , Sirsjö, A. , Koufaki, M. , Fransén, K. & Grenegård, M. (2019). A novel purine analogue bearing nitrate ester prevents platelet activation by ROCK activity inhibition. European Journal of Pharmacology, 857. [BibTeX]
Zegeye, M. M. , Lindkvist, M. , Fälker, K. , Kumawat, A. K. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Grenegård, M. , Sirsjö, A. & Ljungberg, L. U. (2018). Activation of the JAK/STAT3 and PI3K/AKT pathways are crucial for IL-6 trans-signaling-mediated pro-inflammatory response in human vascular endothelial cells. Cell Communication and Signaling, 16 (1). [BibTeX]
D'Souza, K. , Nzirorera, C. , Cowie, A. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Trivedi, P. , Eichmann, T. , Biswas, D. , Touaibia, M. & et al. (2018). Autotaxin-Lysophosphatidic Acid Signaling Contributed to Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance in Muscle and Impairs Mitochondrial Metabolism. Journal of Lipid Research, 59 (10), 1805-1817. [BibTeX]
Paramel Varghese, G. , Folkersen, L. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Halvorsen, B. , Yndestad, A. , Ranheim, T. , Krohg-Sørensen, K. , Skjelland, M. & et al. (2016). NLRP3 Inflammasome Expression and Activation in Human Atherosclerosis. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 5 (5). [BibTeX]
Paramel, G. , Uporova, L. , Halfvarson, J. , Sirsjö, A. & Fransén, K. (2015). Polymorphism in the NLRP3 inflammasome-associated EIF2AK2 gene and inflammatory bowel disease. Molecular Medicine Reports, 11 (6), 4579-4584. [BibTeX]
Paramel, G. , Folkersen, L. , Strawbridge, R. J. , Elmabsout, A. , Särndahl, E. , Lundman, P. , Jansson, J. , Hansson, G. K. & et al. (2013). CARD8 gene encoding a protein of innate immunity is expressed in human atherosclerosis and associated with markers of inflammation. Clinical Science, 125 (8), 401-407. [BibTeX]
Paramel, G. , Fransén, K. , Hurtig-Wennlöf, A. , Bengtsson, T. , Jansson, J. & Sirsjö, A. (2013). Q705K variant in NLRP3 gene confers protection against myocardial infarction in female individuals. Biomedical Reports, 1 (6), 879-882. [BibTeX]

Artiklar, forskningsöversikter

Paramel Varghese, G. , D’Souza, K. & Kienesberger, P. (2018). Lysophosphatidic Acid Signaling in Obesity and Insulin Resistance. Nutrients, 10 (4). [BibTeX]
Paramel, G. , Sirsjö, A. & Fransén, K. (2015). Role of genetic alterations in the NLRP3 and CARD8 genes in health and disease. Mediators of Inflammation. [BibTeX]

Doktorsavhandlingar, sammanläggningar

Paramel Varghese, G. (2017). Innate immunity in human atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction: Role of CARD8 and NLRP3. (Doctoral dissertation). (Sammanläggning) Örebro: Örebro University. [BibTeX]

Konferensbidrag

Lindkvist, M. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Rydberg Millrud, C. , Rattik, S. , Grönberg, C. , Liberg, D. & Fransén, K. (2024). Novel antibodies targeting IL1RAP affects markers of vascular inflammation and adhesion in endothelial cells. I: TOLL 2024 ABSTRACT E-BOOK. Konferensbidrag vid TOLL 2024 - Road to translation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, April 17-20, 2024. (ss. 236-236). [BibTeX]
Thazhathveettil, J. , Kumawat, A. , Demirel, I. , Sirsjö, A. & Paramel, G. (2023). Cholesterol crystals uptake in vascular smooth muscle cells modulates local immune responses. I: Atherosclerosis. Konferensbidrag vid 91st Annual Meeting of the European-Atherosclerosis-Society (EAS 2023), Mannheim, Germany, May 21-24, 2023. (ss. S9-S9). Elsevier. [BibTeX]
Lindkvist, M. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Rydberg Millrud, C. , Rattik, S. , Grönberg, C. , Liberg, D. & Fransén, K. (2023). IL1RAP: a future target to reduce vascular inflammation and adhesion?. Konferensbidrag vid Chemical biology workshop - Drug and biomarker discovery Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece, 23-25 November , 2023. [BibTeX]
Fotopolou, T. , Ansari, S. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Lindkvist, M. , Ramström, S. , Pournara, D. , Ifanti, E. , Kritsi, E. & et al. (2021). Study of the anti platelet/anti-thromobotic activity of 6-piperazinyl-purien analogues. Konferensbidrag vid 18th Hellenic Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, 25-27 feb. 2021. [BibTeX]
Biswas, D. , Cowie, A. , Tozer, K. , Perez, L. J. , Trivedi, P. , Bartlett, J. J. , Duffley, L. , Dao, K. T. & et al. (2018). Adverse Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Obese Patients Correlates Strongly with Defective Branched-Chain Amino Acid Catabolism. I: Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. Konferensbidrag vid 37th Annual Conference of the North-American-Section (NAS) of the International-Society-for-Heart-Research (ISHR) - Cardiovascular Disease in Vulnerable Populations, Halifax, CANADA, MAY 29-JUN 01, 2018. (ss. 121-122). Elsevier. [BibTeX]
Fransén, K. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Jansson, J. , Eriksson, P. & Sirsjö, A. (2016). Molecular genetic aspects of the NLRP3 inflammasome in cardiovascular disease. Konferensbidrag vid Miami Winter symposium 2016, Miami, Florida, USA, 24-27 Jan., 2016. [BibTeX]

Manuskript

Kardeby, C. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Pournara, D. , Fotopoulou, T. , Sirsjö, A. , Koufaki, M. , Fransén, K. & Grenegård, M. A novel purine analogue bearing nitrate ester prevents platelet activation by ROCK activity inhibition. [BibTeX]
Paramel Varghese, G. , Göthlin Eremo, A. , Ljungberg, L. , Sirsjö, A. & Fransén, K. CARD8, a protein of innate immunity regulates the release of inflammatory cytokines in human endothelial cells. [BibTeX]
Lindkvist, M. , Paramel Varghese, G. , Göthlin Eremo, A. , Haque, A. , Rydberg Millrud, C. , Rattik, S. , Grönberg, C. , Liberg, D. & et al. IL-1RAP expression in human atherosclerosis : a future target of novel antibodies to reduce vascular adhesion and inflammation?. [BibTeX]
Paramel Varghese, G. , Zhang, B. , Khalaf, H. , Ljungberg, L. U. , Sirsjö, A. , Bengtsson, T. & Fransén, K. Poryphyromonas gingivalis induces IL-1β in aortic smooth muscle cells : possible role of gingipains?. [BibTeX]