Maria Kounnas

Title(s)	Associate Project Scientist, Pathology
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Research

Research Activities and Funding

Phase 1 clinical studies with the gamma-secretase modulator, NGP 555 to establish safety, pharmacokinetics, and biomarker efficacy
NIH/NIA R01AG049702Aug 1, 2015 - Apr 30, 2018
Role: Principal Investigator

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF GP330
NIH/NHLBI F32HL008744Mar 29, 1993
Role: Principal Investigator

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Publications

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Safety of Anti-Reelin Therapeutic Approaches for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases. Cells. 2024 Mar 27; 13(7). Calvier L, Alexander A, Marckx AT, Kounnas MZ, Durakoglugil M, Herz J. PMID: 38607022; PMCID: PMC11011630.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1 Fields:
Bio Biophysics Cel Cell Biology Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Animals Cells
Circulating Reelin promotes inflammation and modulates disease activity in acute and long COVID-19 cases. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1185748. Calvier L, Drelich A, Hsu J, Tseng CT, Mina Y, Nath A, Kounnas MZ, Herz J. PMID: 37441066; PMCID: PMC10333573.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 5 Fields:
All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 deficiency decreases endothelial adhesion of monocytes and protects against autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Sci Immunol. 2021 08 27; 6(62). Calvier L, Manouchehri N, Sacharidou A, Mineo C, Shaul PW, Hui DY, Kounnas MZ, Stüve O, Herz J. PMID: 34452924; PMCID: PMC8627794.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 9 Fields:
All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Animals Cells
Reelin Depletion Protects Against Atherosclerosis by Decreasing Vascular Adhesion of Leukocytes. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 04; 41(4):1309-1318. Calvier L, Xian X, Lee RG, Sacharidou A, Mineo C, Shaul PW, Kounnas MZ, Tsai S, Herz J. PMID: 33626909; PMCID: PMC7990715.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 11 Fields:
Vas Vascular Diseases
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Reelin depletion protects against autoimmune encephalomyelitis by decreasing vascular adhesion of leukocytes. Sci Transl Med. 2020 08 12; 12(556). Calvier L, Demuth G, Manouchehri N, Wong C, Sacharidou A, Mineo C, Shaul PW, Monson NL, Kounnas MZ, Stüve O, Herz J. PMID: 32801146; PMCID: PMC7860587.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 12 Fields:
Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Fibrinolysis protease receptors promote activation of astrocytes to express pro-inflammatory cytokines. J Neuroinflammation. 2019 Dec 06; 16(1):257. Pontecorvi P, Banki MA, Zampieri C, Zalfa C, Azmoon P, Kounnas MZ, Marchese C, Gonias SL, Mantuano E. PMID: 31810478; PMCID: PMC6896679.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 7 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals Cells
NGP 555, a γ-secretase modulator, shows a beneficial shift in the ratio of amyloid biomarkers in human cerebrospinal fluid at safe doses. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2019; 5:458-467. Kounnas MZ, Durakoglugil MS, Herz J, Comer WT. PMID: 31921961; PMCID: PMC6944734.

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NGP 555, a γ-Secretase Modulator, Lowers the Amyloid Biomarker, Aβ42, in Cerebrospinal Fluid while Preventing Alzheimer's Disease Cognitive Decline in Rodents. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2017 Jan; 3(1):65-73. Kounnas MZ, Lane-Donovan C, Nowakowski DW, Herz J, Comer WT. PMID: 28497107; PMCID: PMC5421551.

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Mutation analysis of the presenilin 1 N-terminal domain reveals a broad spectrum of gamma-secretase activity toward amyloid precursor protein and other substrates. J Biol Chem. 2010 Dec 03; 285(49):38042-52. Gong P, Vetrivel KS, Nguyen PD, Meckler X, Cheng H, Kounnas MZ, Wagner SL, Parent AT, Thinakaran G. PMID: 20921220; PMCID: PMC2992238.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 21 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Animals Cells
Modulation of gamma-secretase reduces beta-amyloid deposition in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Neuron. 2010 Sep 09; 67(5):769-80. Kounnas MZ, Danks AM, Cheng S, Tyree C, Ackerman E, Zhang X, Ahn K, Nguyen P, Comer D, Mao L, Yu C, Pleynet D, Digregorio PJ, Velicelebi G, Stauderman KA, Comer WT, Mobley WC, Li YM, Sisodia SS, Tanzi RE, Wagner SL. PMID: 20826309; PMCID: PMC2947312.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 122 Fields:
Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
NSAIDs prevent, but do not reverse, neuronal cell cycle reentry in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease. J Clin Invest. 2009 Dec; 119(12):3692-702. Varvel NH, Bhaskar K, Kounnas MZ, Wagner SL, Yang Y, Lamb BT, Herrup K. PMID: 19907078; PMCID: PMC2786797.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 62 Fields:
Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Alzheimer disease Abeta production in the absence of S-palmitoylation-dependent targeting of BACE1 to lipid rafts. J Biol Chem. 2009 Feb 06; 284(6):3793-803. Vetrivel KS, Meckler X, Chen Y, Nguyen PD, Seidah NG, Vassar R, Wong PC, Fukata M, Kounnas MZ, Thinakaran G. PMID: 19074428; PMCID: PMC2635050.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 82 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
S-palmitoylation of gamma-secretase subunits nicastrin and APH-1. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jan 16; 284(3):1373-84. Cheng H, Vetrivel KS, Drisdel RC, Meckler X, Gong P, Leem JY, Li T, Carter M, Chen Y, Nguyen P, Iwatsubo T, Tomita T, Wong PC, Green WN, Kounnas MZ, Thinakaran G. PMID: 19028695; PMCID: PMC2615504.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 39 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Dual roles of the transmembrane protein p23/TMP21 in the modulation of amyloid precursor protein metabolism. Mol Neurodegener. 2007 Feb 08; 2:4. Vetrivel KS, Gong P, Bowen JW, Cheng H, Chen Y, Carter M, Nguyen PD, Placanica L, Wieland FT, Li YM, Kounnas MZ, Thinakaran G. PMID: 17288597; PMCID: PMC1803014.

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Mol Molecular Biology Neu Neurology
Ubiquilin 1 modulates amyloid precursor protein trafficking and Abeta secretion. J Biol Chem. 2006 Oct 27; 281(43):32240-53. Hiltunen M, Lu A, Thomas AV, Romano DM, Kim M, Jones PB, Xie Z, Kounnas MZ, Wagner SL, Berezovska O, Hyman BT, Tesco G, Bertram L, Tanzi RE. PMID: 16945923.

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Bio Biochemistry
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Reductions in beta-amyloid concentrations in vivo by the gamma-secretase inhibitors BMS-289948 and BMS-299897. Biochem Pharmacol. 2005 Feb 15; 69(4):689-98. Anderson JJ, Holtz G, Baskin PP, Turner M, Rowe B, Wang B, Kounnas MZ, Lamb BT, Barten D, Felsenstein K, McDonald I, Srinivasan K, Munoz B, Wagner SL. PMID: 15670587.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 32 Fields:
Bio Biochemistry Pha Pharmacology
Translation:Humans Animals
Modulation of amyloid beta-protein clearance and Alzheimer's disease susceptibility by the LDL receptor-related protein pathway. J Clin Invest. 2000 Nov; 106(9):1159-66. Kang DE, Pietrzik CU, Baum L, Chevallier N, Merriam DE, Kounnas MZ, Wagner SL, Troncoso JC, Kawas CH, Katzman R, Koo EH. PMID: 11067868; PMCID: PMC301422.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 157 Fields:
Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
LDL receptor-related protein, a multifunctional ApoE receptor, binds secreted beta-amyloid precursor protein and mediates its degradation. Cell. 1995 Jul 28; 82(2):331-40. Kounnas MZ, Moir RD, Rebeck GW, Bush AI, Argraves WS, Tanzi RE, Hyman BT, Strickland DK. PMID: 7543026.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 146 Fields:
Cel Cell Biology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells