Senad Divanovic, PhD, Assistant Professor

Division of Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

E-Mail: senad.divanovic(at)cchmc.org
Tel.: 001 513 636 0286

Recent publications:

1. Cappelletti M, Della Bella S, Ferrazzi E, Mavilio D, Divanovic S. Inflammation and preterm birth. J Leukoc Biol. 2016 Jan;99(1):67-78. Review. PubMed PMID: 26538528.

2. Giles DA, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Stankiewicz TE, Cappelletti M, Huppert SS,Iwakura Y, Dong C, Shanmukhappa SK, Divanovic S. Regulation of Inflammation byIL-17A and IL-17F Modulates Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Pathogenesis. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 19;11(2):e0149783. PubMed PMID: 26895034.


3. Raynor J, Karns R, Almanan M, Li KP, Divanovic S, Chougnet CA, Hildeman DA. IL-6 and ICOS Antagonize Bim and Promote Regulatory T Cell Accrual with Age. J Immunol. 2015 Aug 1;195(3):944-52. PubMed PMID: 26109645.

4: McAlees JW, Whitehead GS, Harley IT, Cappelletti M, Rewerts CL, Holdcroft AM, Divanovic S, Wills-Karp M, Finkelman FD, Karp CL, Cook DN. Distinct Tlr4-expressing cell compartments control neutrophilic and eosinophilic airway inflammation. Mucosal Immunol. 2014 Dec 3. PubMed PMID: 25465099.


5: Stemmer K, Kotzbeck P, Zani F, Bauer M, Neff C, Müller TD, Pfluger PT, Seeley
RJ, Divanovic S. Thermoneutral housing is a critical factor for immune function and diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6 nude mice. Int J Obes (Lond). 2014 Oct 28. PubMed PMID: 25349057.

6: Gandhi CR, Chaillet JR, Nalesnik MA, Kumar S, Dangi A, Demetris AJ, Ferrell R, Wu T, Divanovic S, Stankeiwicz T, Shaffer B, Stolz DB, Harvey SA, Wang J, Starzl  TE. Liver-specific deletion of augmenter of liver regeneration accelerates development of steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma in mice. Gastroenterology. 2015 Feb;148(2):379-391.e4. PubMed PMID: 25448926.

7. Giles DA, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Divanovic S. IL-17 Axis Driven Inflammation in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Progression. Curr Drug Targets. 2015;16(12):1315-23. PubMed PMID: 26028039.


8: Sun X, Cappelletti M, Li Y, Karp CL, Divanovic S, Dey SK. Cnr2 deficiency confers resistance to inflammation-induced preterm birth in mice. Endocrinology. 2014  Oct;155(10):4006-14. PubMed PMID: 25051450.


9: Harley IT, Stankiewicz TE, Giles DA, Softic S, Flick LM, Cappelletti M, Sheridan R, Xanthakos SA, Steinbrecher KA, Sartor RB, Kohli R, Karp CL, Divanovic S. IL-17 signaling accelerates the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice. Hepatology. 2014 May;59(5):1830-9. PubMed PMID: 24115079.


10: Shirey KA, Lai W, Pletneva LM, Karp CL, Divanovic S, Blanco JC, Vogel SN. Role of the lipoxygenase pathway in RSV-induced alternatively activated macrophages leading to resolution of lung pathology. Mucosal Immunol. 2014 May;7(3):549-57. PubMed PMID: 24064666.


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