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Anne-Marie Malfait

TitleProfessor
InstitutionRush University, Rush Medical College
DepartmentRheumatology
Address1611 W. Harrison St.
Chicago IL 60612
Phone312-942-2925
Fax312) 942-3073
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    My ORCID is 0000-0003-1428-0384.
    My Scopus ID is 7003614501.
    My NIH COMMONS name is AMMALFAIT.

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    1. Lezgiyeva K, Liu J, Nguyen K, DeLisle MM, Ko FC, Fullam S, Obeidat AM, Turecek J, Alkislar I, Lehnert BP, Martinez-Garcia RI, Sivakumar R, Choi J, Mazor O, Garibyan L, Sharma N, Emanuel AJ, Malfait AM, Miller RE, Ginty DD. Fast-conducting mechanonociceptors uniquely engage reflexive and affective pain circuitry to drive protective responses. Neuron. 2026 Jul 03. PMID: 42398504; PMCID: PMC13358471.
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    2. Ko FC, Almarza AJ, Allen KD, Malfait AM, Miller RE. Through the lens of light sheet, knee innervation shines. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2026 Sep; 34(9):1291-1292. PMID: 42349675.
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    3. Obeidat AM, Newton MD, Li J, Hu B, Ishihara S, Lammlin L, Junginger LM, Farrell EC, Wang L, Ko FC, Miller RJ, Scanzello CR, Maerz T, Miller RE, Malfait AM. Nerve Growth Factor is Sufficient to Cause Multiple Osteoarthritis-Relevant Pathologic Features in Na?ve Murine Knee Joints. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2026 Apr 06. PMID: 41940477.
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    4. Lezgiyeva K, Liu J, Nguyen K, DeLisle MM, Ko FC, Fullam S, Obeidat AM, Turecek J, Alkislar I, Lehnert BP, Martinez-Garcia RI, Sivakumar R, Choi J, Mazor O, Garibyan L, Sharma N, Emanuel AJ, Malfait AM, Miller RE, Ginty DD. Fast-conducting mechanonociceptors uniquely engage reflexive and affective pain circuitry to drive protective responses. bioRxiv. 2025 Nov 20. PMID: 41292888; PMCID: PMC12642651.
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    5. Obeidat AM, Newton MD, Li J, Hu B, Ishihara S, Lammlin L, Junginger LM, Farrell EC, Ko FC, Miller RJ, Scanzello CR, Maerz T, Miller RE, Malfait AM. NERVE GROWTH FACTOR IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE MULTIPLE OSTEOARTHRITIS-RELEVANT PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES IN NA?VE MURINE KNEE JOINTS. bioRxiv. 2025 Jun 26. PMID: 40666997; PMCID: PMC12262356.
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    6. Geraghty T, Ishihara S, Obeidat AM, Adamczyk NS, Hunter RS, Li J, Wang L, Lee H, Ko FC, Malfait AM, Miller RE. Acute systemic macrophage depletion in osteoarthritic mice alleviates pain-related behaviors and does not affect joint damage. Arthritis Res Ther. 2024 Dec 20; 26(1):224. PMID: 39707543; PMCID: PMC11660666.
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    7. Ko FC, Fullam S, Lee H, Chan K, Ishihara S, Adamczyk NS, Obeidat AM, Soorya S, Miller RJ, Malfait AM, Miller RE. Clearing-enabled light sheet microscopy as a novel method for three-dimensional mapping of the sensory innervation of the mouse knee. J Orthop Res. 2025 Mar; 43(3):632-639. PMID: 39547819; PMCID: PMC11806991.
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    8. Geraghty T, Ishihara S, Obeidat AM, Adamczyk NS, Hunter RS, Li J, Wang L, Lee H, Ko FC, Malfait AM, Miller RE. Acute systemic macrophage depletion in osteoarthritic mice alleviates pain-related behaviors and does not affect joint damage. bioRxiv. 2024 Aug 19. PMID: 39229102; PMCID: PMC11370380.
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    9. Ko FC, Fullam S, Lee H, Ishihara S, Adamczyk NS, Obeidat AM, Soorya S, Miller RJ, Malfait AM, Miller RE. Clearing-enabled light sheet microscopy as a novel method for three-dimensional mapping of the sensory innervation of the mouse knee. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 01. PMID: 38853939; PMCID: PMC11160612.
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    10. George DS, Jayaraj ND, Pacifico P, Ren D, Sriram N, Miller RE, Malfait AM, Miller RJ, Menichella DM. The Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor d (Mrgprd) mediates pain hypersensitivity in painful diabetic neuropathy. Pain. 2023 Dec 22. PMID: 38147415.
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    11. Bai Z, Bartelo N, Aslam M, Hale C, Blachere NE, Parveen S, Spolaore E, DiCarlo E, Gravallese E, Smith MH, Frank MO, Jiang CS, Zhang H, Lewis MJ, Sikandar S, Pitzalis C, Malfait AM, Miller RE, Zhang F, Goodman S, Darnell R, Wang F, Orange DE. Machine Learning Reveals Synovial Fibroblast Genes Associated with Pain Affect Sensory Nerve Growth in Rheumatoid Arthritis. medRxiv. 2023 Aug 23. PMID: 37662384.
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    12. Syx D, Miller RE, Obeidat AM, Tran PB, Vroman R, Malfait Z, Miller RJ, Malfait F, Malfait AM. Pain-related behaviors and abnormal cutaneous innervation in a murine model of classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Pain. 2020 10; 161(10):2274-2283. PMID: 32483055.
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    13. Malfait AM, Miller RE, Block JA. Targeting neurotrophic factors: Novel approaches to musculoskeletal pain. Pharmacol Ther. 2020 07; 211:107553. PMID: 32311372.
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    14. Malfait AM, Miller RE. Why we should study osteoarthritis pain in experimental models in both sexes. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2020 04; 28(4):397-399. PMID: 31926266.
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    15. Miller RJ, Malfait AM, Miller RE. The innate immune response as a mediator of osteoarthritis pain. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2020 05; 28(5):562-571. PMID: 31862470.
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    16. Miller RE, Scanzello CR, Malfait AM. An emerging role for Toll-like receptors at the neuroimmune interface in osteoarthritis. Semin Immunopathol. 2019 09; 41(5):583-594. PMID: 31612243.
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    17. Obeidat AM, Miller RE, Miller RJ, Malfait AM. The nociceptive innervation of the normal and osteoarthritic mouse knee. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2019 11; 27(11):1669-1679. PMID: 31351964.
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    18. Miller RE, Block JA, Malfait AM. What is new in pain modification in osteoarthritis? Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 05 01; 57(suppl_4):iv99-iv107. PMID: 29361112.
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    19. Miller RE, Malfait AM. Osteoarthritis pain: What are we learning from animal models? Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2017 10; 31(5):676-687. PMID: 30509413.
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    20. Miller RE, Ishihara S, Tran PB, Golub SB, Last K, Miller RJ, Fosang AJ, Malfait AM. An aggrecan fragment drives osteoarthritis pain through Toll-like receptor 2. JCI Insight. 2018 03 22; 3(6). PMID: 29563338.
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    21. Syx D, Tran PB, Miller RE, Malfait AM. Peripheral Mechanisms Contributing to Osteoarthritis Pain. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2018 02 26; 20(2):9. PMID: 29480410.
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    22. Miller RE, Kim YS, Tran PB, Ishihara S, Dong X, Miller RJ, Malfait AM. Visualization of Peripheral Neuron Sensitization in a Surgical Mouse Model of Osteoarthritis by In Vivo Calcium Imaging. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 01; 70(1):88-97. PMID: 28992367.
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    23. Miller RE, Malfait AM, Block JA. Current status of nerve growth factor antibodies for the treatment of osteoarthritis pain. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Sep-Oct; 35 Suppl 107(5):85-87. PMID: 28967370.
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    24. Sambamurthy N, Nguyen V, Smalley R, Xiao R, Hankenson K, Gan J, Miller RE, Malfait AM, Dodge GR, Scanzello CR. Chemokine receptor-7 (CCR7) deficiency leads to delayed development of joint damage and functional deficits in a murine model of osteoarthritis. J Orthop Res. 2018 03; 36(3):864-875. PMID: 28767178.
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    25. Miller RE, Ishihara S, Bhattacharyya B, Delaney A, Menichella DM, Miller RJ, Malfait AM. Chemogenetic Inhibition of Pain Neurons in a Mouse Model of Osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 07; 69(7):1429-1439. PMID: 28380690.
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    26. Miller RE, Malfait AM. Can we target CCR2 to treat osteoarthritis? The trick is in the timing! Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2017 06; 25(6):799-801. PMID: 28189827.
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    27. Miller RE, Block JA, Malfait AM. Nerve growth factor blockade for the management of osteoarthritis pain: what can we learn from clinical trials and preclinical models? Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2017 01; 29(1):110-118. PMID: 27672741.
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    28. Trevino RL, Pacione CA, Malfait AM, Chubinskaya S, Wimmer MA. Development of a Cartilage Shear-Damage Model to Investigate the Impact of Surface Injury on Chondrocytes and Extracellular Matrix Wear. Cartilage. 2017 Oct; 8(4):444-455. PMID: 28934882.
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    29. Miotla Zarebska J, Chanalaris A, Driscoll C, Burleigh A, Miller RE, Malfait AM, Stott B, Vincent TL. CCL2 and CCR2 regulate pain-related behaviour and early gene expression in post-traumatic murine osteoarthritis but contribute little to chondropathy. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2017 03; 25(3):406-412. PMID: 27746376.
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    30. Tran PB, Miller RE, Ishihara S, Miller RJ, Malfait AM. Spinal microglial activation in a murine surgical model of knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2017 05; 25(5):718-726. PMID: 27646532.
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    31. Miller RE, Belmadani A, Ishihara S, Tran PB, Ren D, Miller RJ, Malfait AM. Damage-associated molecular patterns generated in osteoarthritis directly excite murine nociceptive neurons through Toll-like receptor 4. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Nov; 67(11):2933-43. PMID: 26245312.
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    32. Miller RE, Tran PB, Obeidat AM, Raghu P, Ishihara S, Miller RJ, Malfait AM. The Role of Peripheral Nociceptive Neurons in the Pathophysiology of Osteoarthritis Pain. Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2015 Oct; 13(5):318-26. PMID: 26233284.
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    33. Miller RE, Tran PB, Ishihara S, Larkin J, Malfait AM. Therapeutic effects of an anti-ADAMTS-5 antibody on joint damage and mechanical allodynia in a murine model of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2016 Feb; 24(2):299-306. PMID: 26410555.
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    34. Chen S, Cao P, Dong N, Peng J, Zhang C, Wang H, Zhou T, Yang J, Zhang Y, Martelli EE, Naga Prasad SV, Miller RE, Malfait AM, Zhou Y, Wu Q. PCSK6-mediated corin activation is essential for normal blood pressure. Nat Med. 2015 Sep; 21(9):1048-53. PMID: 26259032.
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    35. Larkin J, Lohr TA, Elefante L, Shearin J, Matico R, Su JL, Xue Y, Liu F, Genell C, Miller RE, Tran PB, Malfait AM, Maier CC, Matheny CJ. Translational development of an ADAMTS-5 antibody for osteoarthritis disease modification. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 Aug; 23(8):1254-66. PMID: 25800415.
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    36. Miller RE, Miller RJ, Malfait AM. Osteoarthritis joint pain: the cytokine connection. Cytokine. 2014 Dec; 70(2):185-93. PMID: 25066335.
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    37. Malfait AM, Schnitzer TJ. Towards a mechanism-based approach to pain management in osteoarthritis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2013 Nov; 9(11):654-64. PMID: 24045707.
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    38. Miller RE, Lu Y, Tortorella MD, Malfait AM. Genetically Engineered Mouse Models Reveal the Importance of Proteases as Osteoarthritis Drug Targets. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2013 Aug; 15(8):350. PMID: 23926636.
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    39. Miller RE, Tran PB, Das R, Ghoreishi-Haack N, Ren D, Miller RJ, Malfait AM. CCR2 chemokine receptor signaling mediates pain in experimental osteoarthritis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Dec 11; 109(50):20602-7. PMID: 23185004.
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    40. Nair A, Kanda V, Bush-Joseph C, Verma N, Chubinskaya S, Mikecz K, Glant TT, Malfait AM, Crow MK, Spear GT, Finnegan A, Scanzello CR. Synovial fluid from patients with early osteoarthritis modulates fibroblast-like synoviocyte responses to toll-like receptor 4 and toll-like receptor 2 ligands via soluble CD14. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Jul; 64(7):2268-77. PMID: 22492243.
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    41. Malfait AM, Arner EC, Song RH, Alston JT, Markosyan S, Staten N, Yang Z, Griggs DW, Tortorella MD. Proprotein convertase activation of aggrecanases in cartilage in situ. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2008 Oct 01; 478(1):43-51. PMID: 18671934.
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    42. Wang P, Tortorella M, England K, Malfait AM, Thomas G, Arner EC, Pei D. Proprotein convertase furin interacts with and cleaves pro-ADAMTS4 (Aggrecanase-1) in the trans-Golgi network. J Biol Chem. 2004 Apr 09; 279(15):15434-40. PMID: 14744861.
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    43. Tortorella MD, Malfait AM. The usual suspects: verdict not guilty? Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Dec; 48(12):3304-7. PMID: 14673981.
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    44. Malfait AM, Williams RO, Malik AS, Maini RN, Feldmann M. Chronic relapsing homologous collagen-induced arthritis in DBA/1 mice as a model for testing disease-modifying and remission-inducing therapies. Arthritis Rheum. 2001 May; 44(5):1215-24. PMID: 11352257.
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    45. Feldmann M, Miotla J, Paleolog E, Williams R, Malfait AM, Taylor P, Brennan FM, Maini RN. Future prospects for anti-cytokine treatment. Ann Rheum Dis. 2000 Nov; 59 Suppl 1:i119-22. PMID: 11053102.
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    46. Williams RO, Malfait AM, Butler DM, Walmsley MJ, Feldmann M, Maini RN. Combination therapy with DMARDs and biological agents in collagen-induced arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1999 Nov-Dec; 17(6 Suppl 18):S115-20. PMID: 10589369.
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    47. Butler DM, Malfait AM, Maini RN, Brennan FM, Feldmann M. Anti-IL-12 and anti-TNF antibodies synergistically suppress the progression of murine collagen-induced arthritis. Eur J Immunol. 1999 07; 29(7):2205-12. PMID: 10427983.
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    48. Malfait AM, Malik AS, Marinova-Mutafchieva L, Butler DM, Maini RN, Feldmann M. The beta2-adrenergic agonist salbutamol is a potent suppressor of established collagen-induced arthritis: mechanisms of action. J Immunol. 1999 May 15; 162(10):6278-83. PMID: 10229875.
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    49. Ross SE, Williams RO, Mason LJ, Mauri C, Marinova-Mutafchieva L, Malfait AM, Maini RN, Feldmann M. Suppression of TNF-alpha expression, inhibition of Th1 activity, and amelioration of collagen-induced arthritis by rolipram. J Immunol. 1997 Dec 15; 159(12):6253-9. PMID: 9550429.
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    50. Butler DM, Malfait AM, Mason LJ, Warden PJ, Kollias G, Maini RN, Feldmann M, Brennan FM. DBA/1 mice expressing the human TNF-alpha transgene develop a severe, erosive arthritis: characterization of the cytokine cascade and cellular composition. J Immunol. 1997 Sep 15; 159(6):2867-76. PMID: 9300710.
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    51. De Geeter F, Malfait AM, Van Hoof A. Aspergilloma of the thoracic wall. Another cold spot lesion on bone scanning. Clin Nucl Med. 1995 May; 20(5):462. PMID: 7628158.
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    52. Malfait AM, Verbruggen G, Almqvist KF, Broddelez C, Veys EM. Coculture of human articular chondrocytes with peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a model to study cytokine-mediated interactions between inflammatory cells and target cells in the rheumatoid joint. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 1994 Nov; 30A(11):747-52. PMID: 7881628.
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    53. Malfait AM, Verbruggen G, Veys EM, Lambert J, De Ridder L, Cornelissen M. Comparative and combined effects of interleukin 6, interleukin 1 beta, and tumor necrosis factor alpha on proteoglycan metabolism of human articular chondrocytes cultured in agarose. J Rheumatol. 1994 Feb; 21(2):314-20. PMID: 8182643.
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    54. Mielants H, Veys EM, De Keyser F, Ghyselen G, Malfait AM. Second conference on spondylarthropathies and the gut. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1994 Jan-Feb; 12(1):111-6. PMID: 8162636.
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    55. De Keyser F, Verbruggen G, Veys EM, Cuvelier C, Malfait AM, Benoit D, Elewaut D, Vermeersch J, Heirwegh A. T cell receptor V beta usage in rheumatoid nodules: marked oligoclonality among IL-2 expanded lymphocytes. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1993 Jul; 68(1):29-34. PMID: 8513590.
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    56. De Keyser F, Benoit D, Elewaut D, Leroy B, Malfait AM, Verbruggen G, Veys EM. T-cell receptor expression in patients with rheumatic diseases. Prog Histochem Cytochem. 1992; 26(1-4):218-22. PMID: 1484963.
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    57. Verbruggen G, Veys EM, Wieme N, Malfait AM, Gijselbrecht L, Nimmegeers J, Almquist KF, Broddelez C. The synthesis and immobilisation of cartilage-specific proteoglycan by human chondrocytes in different concentrations of agarose. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1990 Jul-Aug; 8(4):371-8. PMID: 2204512.
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