Recent Publications

• Gross C, Holler E, Stangl S, Dickinson A, Pockley AG, Asea AA, Mallappa N, Multhoff G. An Hsp70 peptide initiates NK cell killing of leukemic blasts after stem cell transplantation. Leuk Res 2008; 32: 527 - 530.
• Asea A. Heat shock proteins and toll-like receptors. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2008; 183: 111 - 127.
• Stangl S, Gross C, Pockley AG, Asea AA, Multhoff G. Influence of Hsp70 and HLA-E on the killing of leukemic blasts by cytokine/Hsp70 peptide-activated human natural killer (NK) cells. Cell Stress Chaperones 2008; 13: 221 - 230.
• Asea A, Claudel J-P, Rao P, Lucas J, Bongiovanni AM, Linhares L, Skupski D, Witkin SS. Detection and characterization of exosomes in mid-trimester amniotic fluids. J Rep Immunol 2008 (accepted for publication).
• Ortega E, Hinchado MD, Maltin-Cortero L, Asea A. The effect of stress-inducible extracellular HSP72 on human netrophil chemotaxis: The role during acute intense exercise. Stress 2008 (accepted for publication).
• Terry DF, Asea A. Serum heat shock protein 70 level as a biomarker of exceptional longevity. In: Heat Shock Proteins and the Brain: Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neuroprotection. Vol. 3. A. Asea, and I. R. Brown, eds. Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2008; p. 365 - 387.
• Singh NK, Rao P, Asea A. Silencing of metastasis-associated gene 1 (mta1) stimulates Hsp70 cellular release and neurite extension in neuroblastoma cells. In: Heat Shock Proteins and the Brain: Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neuroprotection. Vol. 3. A. Asea, and I. R. Brown, eds. Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 2008; p. 273 - 282.
• Kaur P, Asea A. Toll-like receptors and infectious diseases: role of heat shock proteins. In: Heat Shock Proteins in Infectious Disease. Vol. 4. S. K. Calderwood, A. G. Pockley, and G. Santoro, eds. Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands 2008 (in press).
• Asea A. Mechanisms of Hsp72 release. J Biosci 2007; 32: 579 - 584.
• Asea A. Initiation of the immune response by extracellular Hsp72: chaperokine activity of Hsp72. Curr Immunol Rev 2007; 2: 209 - 215.
• Asea A, Milani V, Calderwood SK. Heat shock proteins in physiology and pathology: the Berlin meeting. Cell Stress & Chaperones 2007; 12: 205 - 208.
• Asea A. Hsp72 Release: mechanisms and methodologies. Methods 2007; 43: 194 - 198.
• Asea A. Release of Heat Shock Proteins: Passive vs Active Release Mechanisms. In: Heat Shock Proteins: Potent Mediators of Inflammation and Immunity. Vol. 1. A. Asea, and A. De Maio, eds. Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2007; p. 15 - 32.
• Bausero MA, Asea A. Role of Hsp25/27 in metastatic spread of cancer cells. In: Heat Shock Proteins in Cancer. Vol. 2. S. K. Calderwood, and D. Ciocca, eds. Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2007; p. 131 - 140.
• Asea A. Hsp70: A chaperokine. In: The Biology of Extracellular Molecular Chaperones. Vol. 291. B. Henderson, and A. G. Pockley, eds. Novartis Foundation Symposium, Wiley Press. Chichester, United Kingdom, 2007; p. 173 - 183.
• Terry DF, Wyszynski DF, Nolan VG, Atzmon G, Schoenhofen EA, Pennington JY, Andersen SL, Wilcox MA, Farrer LA, Barzilai N, Baldwin CT, Asea A. Serum heat shock protein 70 level as a biomarker of exceptional longevity. Mech. Ageing Dev 2006; 127: 862 - 868.
• Nagaraja GM Asea A. Heat Shock Proteins, Function and Immunobiology. In: Heat Shock Proteins in Biology and Medicine. Vol. 1. G. Multhoff, and J. Radons, eds. Research Signpost Press, Kerala, India, 2006. p. 1 - 16.
• Asea A. Initiation of the immune response by extracellular Hsp72: chaperokine activity of Hsp72. Curr Immunol Rev 2006; 2: 209 - 215.
• Bausero MA, Bharti A, Page DT, Perez KD, Eng JW, Ordonez SL, Asea EE, Jantschitsch C, Kindas-Muegge I, Ciocca D, Asea A. Silencing the hsp25 gene eliminates migration capability of the highly metastatic murine 4T1 breast adenocarcinoma cell. Tumour Biol 2006; 27: 17 - 26.
• Svensson P-A, Asea A, Englund MCO, Bausero MA, Jernas M, Wiklund O, Ohlsson BG, Carlsson LMS, Carlsson B. Major role of HSP70 as a paracrine inducer of cytokine production in human oxidized LDL treated macrophages. Arthrosclerosis 2006; 185: 32 - 38.
• Nagaraja GM, Othman M, Fox BP, Alsaber R, Pellegrino CM, Zeng Y, Khanna R, Tamburini P, Swaroop A, Kandpal RP. Gene expression signatures and biomarkers of noninvasive and invasive breast cancer cells: comprehensive profiles by representational difference analysis, microarrays and proteomics. Oncogene 2006; 25: 2328 - 2338.
• Nagaraja GM, Mahesh G, Satish V, Madhu M, Muthulakshmi M, Nagaraju J. Genetic mapping of Z chromosome and identification of W chromosome-specific markers in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Heredity 2005; 95: 148 - 157.
• Asea A, Calderwood SK. Regulation of signal transduction by intracellular and extracellular Hsp70. In: The Extracellular Biology of Molecular Chaperones. Vol. 1. B Henderson, and AG Pockley, eds. Cambridge University Press, London, 2005, p. 133 - 143.
• Asea A. Stress proteins and initiation of the immune response: chaperokine activity of Hsp72. Exerc Immunol Rev 2005; 11: 34 - 45.
• Asea A. Heat shock proteins and tumors. Mod Asp Immunol 2005; 17: 10.
• Bausero M, Gastpar R, Multhoff G, Asea A. Alternative mechanism by which IFN-gamma enhances tumor recognition: active release of Hsp72. J Immunol 2005; 175: 2900 - 2912.
• Gastpar R, Gehrmann M, Bausero MA, Asea A, Gross C, Schroeder JA, Multhoff G. Heat Shock Protein 70 Surface-Positive Tumor Exosomes Stimulate Migratory and Cytolytic Activity of Natural Killer Cells. Cancer Res 2005; 65: 5238 - 5247.
• Adewoye AH, Klings ES, Farber HW, Palaima E, Bausero MA, McMahon L, Odhiambo A, Surinder S, Yoder M, Steinberg MH, Asea A. Sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis induces the release of circulating serum heat shock protein-70. Am J Hematol 2005; 78: 240 - 242.

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