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09/1996-05/2000 University of Georgia

BS, Genetics (Magna cum laude with Honors)

08/2001-08/2006 University of North Carolina

Ph.D., Genetics and Molecular Biology

Chapters in scholarly books

Inhalation Aerosols: Physical and Biological Basis for Therapy, Third Edition. Editors: AJ Hickey, HM Mansour. Chapter 20: Respiratory Distress Syndrome; HM Mansour, Debra Droopad, JG Ledford. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group; March 4, 2019.

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Rabinowitz, J.E., Bowles, D.E., Faust, S.M., Ledford, J.G., Cunningham, S.E., Samulski, R.J.; *Cross-Dressing the Viron: The Transcapsidation of Adeno-Associated Virus Serotypes Functionally Defines Subgroups; Journal of Virology; 2004;78(9); 4421-4432; PMID: 15078923.

2. Allen, I.C., Pace, A.J., Jania, L.A., Ledford, J.G., Latour, A.M., Snouwaert, J., Therien, A.G., Bernier, V., Koller, B.H.; *Expression and Function of GPRA/NPSR in the Lung Before and After Induction of Asthma-Like Disease; American Journal of Physiology Lung, Cell and Molecular Physiology; 2006 Nov;291(5):L1005-17; PMID: 16829631.

3. Ledford, J.G., Kovarova, M., Koller, B. H.; *Impaired Host Defense in Mice Lacking ONZIN; Journal of Immunology; 2007 Apr 15;178(8):5132-43; PMID: 17404296.

4. Ledford, J.G., Goto, H., Potts, E., Degan, S., Chu, H. W., Voelker, D., Sunday, M.E., Cianciolo, G., Foster, W., Kraft, M., Wright, J. R.; SP-A Preserves Airway Homeostasis During Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection in Mice; Journal of Immunology; 2009 June 15; 182(12):7818-27; PMID:19494306 (correction JI 2015 PMID: 26342104).

5. Goto, H., Ledford, J.G., Mukherjee, S., Williams, K. L., Noble, P. W., Wright, J. R.; The Role of Surfactant Protein A in Bleomycin-Induced Acute Lung Injury; American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine; 2010 June 15:181(12):1336-44; PMID: 20167853.

6. Ledford, J.G., Lo, B., Kislan, M. M., Thomas, J. M., Evans, K., Cain, D. W., Kraft, M., Williams, K. L., Wright, J. R.; SP-A Inhibits Mycoplasma pneumoniae Induced Dendritic Cell Maturation through Regulation of HMGB-1 Cytokine Activity; Journal of Immunology; 2010 Oct 1:185 (7); PMID:20810986.

7. Jimenez-Preitner M., Berney X., Uldry M., Vitali A., Cinti S., Ledford J.G., Thorens B.; Plac8 is an inducer of C/EBPb required for brown fat differentiation, thermoregulation, and control of body weight; Cell Metabolism; 2011; 2;14(5):658-70; PMID: 21982742.

8. Ledford J.G., Kovarova, M, Jania L, Nyguyen, MT, Koller, BH. *ONZIN Deficiency Attenuates Contact Hypersensitivity Responses in Mice; Immunology and Cell Biology; 2012 Aug;90(7):733-42; PMID: 22249203.

9. Mukherjee, S., Giamberardino, C., Thomas, J., Evans, K., Goto, H., Oliver, T., Ledford, J.G., Hsia, B., Pastva, A., Wright, J. R.; Surfactant protein A integrates signal strength to differentially modulate the functional outcome of T cell activation; Journal of Immunology; 2012 Feb 1;188(3):957-67; PMID: 22219327.

10. Aono, Y., † Ledford, J.G., Mukherjee, S., Nishioka, Y., Sone, S. Beers, M. F., Noble, P. W., Wright, J. R.; SP-D deficiency results in increased sensitivity to bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis and is associated with increased recruitment and activation of lung macrophages and fibrocytes; American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine; 2012 Mar 1;185(5):525- 36; PMID: 22198976.

11. 1,† Ledford, J.G., 1Hsia, B., Potts, E., Nikam, V., Lugogo, N., Foster, W. M., Kraft, M., Abraham, S., Wright, J.R.; Mast cell TNF-receptors regulate responses to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in SP-A-/- mice; Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; 2012:130(1):205-214; PMID:22502799 (correction, JACI 2015 PMID: 26611673). 1Authors Contributed Equally.

12. †Ledford, J.G., Mukherjee, S., Kislan, M.M., Nugent, J.L., Hollingsworth, J.W., Wright, J.R.; Surfactant Protein-A suppresses eosinophil-mediated killing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in allergic lungs; Plos One. Jan. 2012: 7(2); PMID:22384248.

13. Mitsuhashi, A., Goto, H., Kuramoto, T., Tabata, S., Yukishige, S., Hanibuchi, M., Kakiuchi, S., Saijo, A., Aono, Y., Uehara, H., Yano, S., Ledford, J.G., Sone, S., Nishioka, Y.; Surfactant protein A inhibits lung cancer progression by regulating tumorassociated macrophage polarization; The American Journal of Pathology; May 2013;182(5):1843-53; PMID:23499372.

14. Holmer, S. M., Evans, K. S., Asfaw, Y. G., Saini, D., Schell, W. A., Ledford, J.G., Frothingham, R., Wright, J. R., Sempowski, G. D., Perfect, J. R.; The Impact of Surfactant Protein D, Interleukin-5, and Eosinophilia on Cryptococcosis; Infection and Immunity; Feb, 2014; 82(2):683-93; PMID: 24277798.

15. Foster, M. W., Thompson, J. W., Ledford, J.G., Dubois, L. G., Hollingsworth, J. W., Francisco, D., Tanyaratsrisakul, S., Voelker, D. R., Kraft, M., Moseley, M. A., Foster, W. M.; Identification and Quantification of Coding Variants and Isoforms of Pulmonary Surfactant Protein A; Journal of Proteome Research; Aug 2014; 1;13(8):3722-32; PMID: 25025725.

16. Ogawa, H., Ledford, J.G., Mukherjee, S., Aono, Y., Nishioka, Y., Lee, J., Izumi, K, Hollingsworth, J.; Surfactant Protein D attenuates sub-epithelial fibrosis in allergic airways disease through regulation of TGF-beta; Respiratory Research; Nov 2014; 29;15:143-149; PMID:25472740.

17. †Ledford, J.G., Voelker, D., Addison, K. J., Fischer, B. M., Kraft, M., Hollingsworth, J. W.; Genetic variation in SP-A2 leads to differential binding of Mycoplasma membranes and regulation of host response; The Journal of Immunology; June, 2015; 194(12):6123-32; PMID:25957169. **Featured “In this Issue” section

18. †Ledford, J.G., Addison, K. J., Fransicso, D., Foster, M. W., Voelker, D., Que, LG, Kraft, M.; Genetic Variation in Surfactant Protein-A2 Results in Altered Regulation of Eosinophil Activities and Enhanced Eosinophilia in Patients with Asthma; Annals of the American Thoracic Society; March, 2016: Suppl 1:S101; PMID: 27027938

19. M. Stein, C. Hrusch, J. Gozdz, C. Igartua, V. Pivniouk, S. Murray, J.G. Ledford, M. dos Santos, R. Anderson, N. Metwali, J. Neilson, R Maier, J. Gilbert, M. Holbreich, P. Thorne, F. Martinez, E. von Mutius, D. Vercelli, C. Ober, A. Sperling; Innate Immunity and Asthma risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children; New England Journal of Medicine. 2016 Aug 4;375(5):411-21; PMID:27518660.

20. Huang, C., Jiang, D., Fransicso, D., Berman, R., Wu, Q., Ledford, J.G., Moore, CM, Ito, Y., Stevenson, C., Munson, D., Li, L., Kraft, M., Chu, HW.; Tollip SNP rs5743899 Modulates Human Airway Epithelial Responses to Rhinovirus Infection; Clinical and Experimental Allergy; Dec, 2016; 46(12):1549-1563; PMID:27513438.

21. Addison, K.J., Morse, J., Robichaud, A., Daines, M.O., Ledford, J.G.†; A novel method to test bronchodilators in vivo; Journal of Infectious Pulmonary Diseases; Feb, 2017; 3(1): 1-5; PMID: 28367537.

22. N. Lugogo, D.C. Francisco, K. J. Addison, A. Manne, W. Pederson, J.L. Ingram, B. Suratt, M.E. Sunday, 1M. Kraft, Ledford, J.G.†; Obese asthmatics have decreased Surfactant Protein-A levels: mechanisms and implications; Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; June, 2017. PMID: 28624607

23. Noutsios, G., Jenkins, A., Ledford, J.G., Chang, E.; Novel Role of Surfactant Protein A in Bacterial Sinusitis; International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology; 2017 Sep;7(9):897-903. PMID: 28727907.

24. Kummarapurugu, A.B, Zheng, S., Ledford, J.G., Voynow, J.A. High Mobility Group Box 1 upregulates MUC5AC and MUC5B expression in primary airway epithelial cells. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2018;58(1):126-128. PMID: 29286856.

25. Ito Y., Schaefer N., Stevenson C., Jiang D., Sanchez A., Alam R., Martin R., Li L., Ledford J.G., Kraft M., Chu H.W.; Toll-interacting protein (TOLLIP) inhibits IL-13-mediated pulmonary eosinophilic inflammation; Journal of Innate Immunity. 2018;10(2): 106-118. PMID: 29393212.

26. oDy, A.B.C., Tanyaratsrisakul, S.,Voelker, D.R., Ledford, J.G.† The Emerging Roles of Surfactant Protein-A in Asthma. Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology. July, 2018. PMID: 30123671.

27. Dijkstra, S., Kok, G., Ledford, J.G., Stevelink, R., Sandalova, E. Possibilities and pitfalls of social media for translational medicine. Frontiers Med. 2018 Dec 6;5:345. PMID:30574495.

28. Zhai, J1, oInsel, M.1, Addisonk K.J, Stern, D.A., Pederson, W., Dy, A.B., Rojas-Quintero, J., Owen, C.A., Sherrill, D.L., Morgan, W., Wright, A.L., Halonen, M., Martinez, F., Kraft, M., 2Guerra, S., 2Ledford, J.G†; Club cell secretory protein deficiency leads to altered lung function; American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 201 Feb 2019. 1;199(3):302-312. PMID: 30543455. 1Co-first authors; 2Co-senior authors. ***Editorial, AJRCCM, PMID: 30557514

29. Dakhama, A., Mubarak, R.A, Pavelka, N., Seibold, M., Ledford, J.G., Kraft, M., Li, L., Chu, H,W. Tollip Inhibits ST2 Signaling and Pro-Inflammatory Response in Human Airway Epithelial Cells Exposed to Type 2 Cytokines and Rhinovirus. Journal of Innate Immunity, 2019 Mar 29:1-13. PMID: 30928973.

30. oYounis, U.S., Addison, K.J., Ledford, J.G., Myrdal, P.B. Preformulation of tofacitinib and evaluating its inhibition of the JAK-STAT pathway as a therapeutic treatment for asthma. AAPS PharmSciTech Paul Myrdal Memorial Issue–Pharmaceutical Formulation and Aerosol Sciences, 2019 Apr 16;20(5):167. PMID: 30993508

31. Sandolova, E., Ledford, J.G., Baskaran, M., Dijkstra, S. Translational medicine in the era of social media: a survey of scientific and clinical communities. Frontiers Med. 2019 Jul 3;6:152. PMID: 31334236

32. oDy, A.B., Addison, K.J., Arif, M., Boitano, S., Kraft, M., Ledford, J.G.† Genetic Variation in Surfactant Protein-A2 differentially modulates resolution of eosinophilia during allergic airways inflammation. J Immunol. 2019 Jul; ahead of print. PMID: 31350355.

33. Takezaki, A., Kitamura, A., Setoguchi, Y., Itoh, Y., Ledford, J.G., Goto, H., Nishioka, Y., Yasutomo, K. Notch-mediated necroptosis due to a mutation in SFTPA1 is a crucial driver for pulmonary fibrosis. J. Exp Med; 2019 Dec 2;216(12):2724-2735. PMID: 31601679.

34. 1Francisco, D., 1Wang, Y., Addison, K.J., Voelker, D.R., Chu, H.W., , 2, Ledford, J.G.†, 2Kraft, M.; Surfactant Protein-A protects against IL-13-induced inflammation. Journal of Immunology. 2020 May 15;204(10):2829-2839. PMID: 32245819. 1Co-first authors, 2Cosenior authors.

35. oYounis US, Chu HW, Kraft M, Ledford J.G.†. A 20-mer peptide derived from the lectin domain of SP-A2 decreases TNF-a production during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Infect Immun. 2020 Aug 19;88(9):e00099-20. PMID: 32513852.

36. Muralidharan, P, Mallory, E., Malapit, M., Phan, H., Ledford, J.G., Hayes, D., Mansour, H.M. In Vitro Lactose-Free Dry Powder Aerosol Study of Novel Formulation of Fluticasone/Salmeterol Using Human Inhaler Device. RSC Adv. 2020 Nov 17;10(68):41846-41856. PMID: 33391731

37. Johnson MDL, oYounis US, Menghani SV, Addison KJ, Whalen M, Pilon AL, Cress AE, Polverino F, Romanoski C, Kraft M, Martinez FD, Guerra S, Ledford J.G.†. CC16 Binding to α4β1 Integrin (VLA-4) Protects Against Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec 16. PMID: 33326355 ***Editorial, AJRCCM, PMID: 33449844

38. oPederson, W., Cyphert, J., Tighe, R., Que, L., Ledford, J.G.†. Genetic Variation in Surfactant Protein-A2 Differentially Mediates Responses to Ozone. PLOS One; 2021 Feb 22;16(2):e0247504. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247504. PMID: 33617569

39. Tomchaney M, Contoli M, Mayo J, Baraldo S, Shuaizhi L, Cabel CR, Bull DA, Lick S, Malo J, Knoper S, Kim SS, Tram J, Rojas-Quintero J, Kraft M, Ledford J.G., Tesfaigzi Y, Martinez FD, Thorne CA, Kheradmand F, Campos SK, Papi A, Polverino F. Paradoxical effects of cigarette smoke and COPD on SARS-CoV2 infection and disease. BMC Pulm Med. 2021 Aug 23;21(1):275. PMID; 3445811.

40. Polverino F, Wu TD, Rojas-Quintero J, Wang X, Mayo J, Tomchaney M, Tram J, Packard S, Zhang D, Cleveland KH, Cordoba-Lanus E, Owen CA, Fawzy A, Kinney GL, Hersh CP, Hansel NN, Doubleday K, Sauler M, Tesfaigzi Y, Ledford J.G., Casanova C, Zmijewski J, Konhilas J, Langlais PR, Schnellmann R, Rahman I, McCormack M, Celli B. Metformin: Experimental and Clinical Evidence for a Potential Role in Emphysema Treatment. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 May 25. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202012- 4510OC. PMID: 34033525

41. Eedara BB, Encinas-Basurto D, Polt R, Ledford J.G., Mansour, HM. Inhalation Delivery for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 Infection. Pharmaceutics. 2021 Jul 14;13(7):1077. PMID: 34371768.

42. oCollins KL, Younis US, Tanyaratsrisakul S, Polt R, Hay M, Mansour HM, Ledford J.G.†. Antiotensin-(1-7) peptide hormone reduces inflammation and pathogen infection during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in mice. Pharmaceutics. 2021 Oct 4;13(10):1614. PMID: 34683907.

43. oIannuzo N, oInsel M, Marshall C, oPederson WP, Addison KJ, Polverino F, Guerra S, Ledford J.G.†. “CC16 deficiency in the context of early life Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection results in augmented airway responses in adult mice.” Infection and Immunity. 2021 Nov 15. PMID: 34780280.

44. oAlane Blythe C. Dy, Paul R. Langlais, Natalie K. Barker, Kenneth J. Addison, Scott Boitano, Stephanie A. Christenson, Xingnan Li, Monica Kraft, Deborah Meyers, Eugene R. Bleecker, Ledford J.G.†. Myeloid-Associated Differentiation Marker is a novel receptor for Surfactant Protein-A and is associated with asthma severity. Scientific Reports. Dec 3, 2021;11(1). PMID: 34862427.

45. Rivas CM, Yee MC, Addison KJ, Lovett M, Pal K, Ledford J.G., Dussor G, Price TJ, Vagner J, DeFae KA, Boitano S. Novel proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2) antagonist C391 inhibits Alternaria-induced human airway epithelial signlaing in vitro and asthma indicators in acute exposure murine models. Br J Pharmacol 2021 Nov 28. PMID: 34841515

46. Francisco, D., Wang, Y., Marshall, C., Conway, M., Addison, K.J., Billheimer, D., Kumura, H., Numata, M., Chu, H.W., Voelker, D.R., 1Kraft, M, 1Ledford, J.G.† Small peptide derivatives within the carbohydrate recognition domain of SP-A2 modulate asthma outcomes in mouse models and human cells. 1Co-senior authors. Frontiers Immunology, July 8, 2022. 8;13:900022. PMID: 35874703

47. Stefano Guerra, Ledford J.G., Iris Lavi, Anne-Elie Carsin, Debra A Stern, Marta Vidal, Mariona Bustamante, Kenneth J. Addison, Renata G. Vallecillo, et al…, Fernando D Martinez, Josep M Anto. Creatine kinase is decreased in childhood asthma. AJRCCM, 2022. PMID: 35876143

48. oWilliam Pederson, Laurie Ellerman, Estevan Sandoval, Heddwen Brooks, Francesca Polverino, and Ledford J.G.†. Development of a New Mouse Model to Study Menopause-Associated Asthma that Aligns with the Human Condition. June 2022, AJRCMB. Nov;67(5):605-609. PMID: 36318015.

49. Li X, Guerra S, Ledford J.G., Kraft M, Li H, Hastie AT, Castro M, Denlinger LC, Erzurum SC, Fahy JV, Gaston B, Israel E, Jarjour NN, Levy BD, Mauger DT, Moore WC, Zein J, Kaminski N, Wenzel SE, Woodruff PG, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER; NHLBI Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP). Low CC16 mRNA expression levels in bronchial epithelial cells are associated with asthma severity. AJRCCM, Sept 2022. PMID: 36066606

50. Schiff HV, Rivas CM, oPederson WP, Sandoval E, Gillman S, Prisco J, Kume M, Dussor G, Vagner J, Ledford J.G., Price TJ, Defae KA, Boitano S. B-arrestin-bias proteinaseactivated receptor-2 antagonist C781 limits allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation. Br J Pharmacol. 2023 March; 180(5):667-680. PMID: 35735078

51. oPederson WP, Ellerman LM, Jin Y, Gu H, Ledford J.G.†. Metabolomic Profiling in a Mouse Model of Menopause-Associated Asthma. Metabolites. 2023 Apr 11;13(4):546 PMID: 37110204

52. Voraphani N, Stern DA, Ledford J.G., Spangenberg A, Zhai J…..Melen E, Guerra S. Circulating CC16 and Asthma: A population-based, multicohort study from childhood through adult life. AJRCCM 2023 Oct 1;208(7):758-769. PMID: 35723710

53. oIannuzo N, Dy ABC, Guerra S, Langlais PR, Ledford J.G.†. The Impact of CC16 on Pulmonary Epithelial-Driven Host Responses during Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Mouse Trachael Epithelial Cells. Cells 2023 Aug1:12(15):1984 PMID: 37566063

54. oTanyaratsrisakul S, Dy ABC, Polverino F, Numata M, Ledford J.G.†. Myeloidassociated differentiation marker is associated with type 2 asthma and is upregulated by human rhinovirus infection. Front Immunol. 2023 Aug 11;14:1237683. PMID: 37638015

55. oIannuzo N, Langlais PR, Johnson MDL, Welfley H,. Cusanovich DA, Li X, Guerra S, Ledford J.G.†. CC16 drives VLA-2 dependent SPLUNC1 expression. Frontiers Immunol. 2023 Nov 20;14:1277582. PMID: 38053993.

56. Zhang H, Mulqueen RM, Iannuzo N, Farrera DO, Polverino F, Galligan JJ, Ledford J.G., Adey AC, Cusanovich DA. txci-ATAC-seq, a massive-scale single-cell technique to profile chromatin accessibility. Genome Biology; 2024 Mar22;25(1):78. PMID: 38519979.

57. Schaunaman N, Cervante D, Nichols T, Numata M, Ledford J.G., Kraft M, Chu HW. Cooperation of Immune Regulates Tollip and Surfactant Protein A Inhibits Influenza A Virus Infection in Mice. Respiratory Research, 2024 May 3;25(1):193. PMID: 38702733

58. Li NC, Iannuzo N, Christenson SA, Kraft M, Ledford J.G., Li X. Investigation of LTF mRNA expression levels as an anti-T2 asthma biomarker. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024 May 24:S0091-6749(24)00524-4. PMID: 38797239

59. oTanyaratsrisakul S, Bochkov YA, White V, Lee H, Loeffler J, Schiltz AM, Freeman KL, Hamlington KL, Secor EA, Jackson ND, Chu HW, Liu AH, Ledford JG, Kraft M, Seibold MA, Voelker DR, Numata-Nakamura M. Surfactant protein A inhibits human rhinovirus C binding and infection of airway epithelial cells from pediatric asthma. Viruses. 2024 Oct, 16(11):1709. PMID: 39599822.

60. Encinas-Basurto, D., Muralidharan, P., Islam, S., Vallorz, E.L, Black, S.M., Kraft, M., 1,†Ledford, J.G., 1Mansour, H.M. Comprehensive physicochemical, biophysical, and in vitro characterization of lung SP-A peptidomimetics. RSC Pharm .2025 PMID: 40342402. 1Co-senior authors.

61. oDy ABC, Voraphani, N., Spagnenberg, A., Belinsky SA, Picchi MA, Melen E., Kull, I, Simpson, A, Murray C, Halonen M, Ledford JG, Guerra S. Circulating CC16, immune response to Mycoplasma pneumoniae and lung function: a population-based, multi-cohort study. Respir Med 2025; 240:108044. PMID:40090526

62. Casanova NG, Herazo-Maya JD, Kempf CL, Sun BL, Song JH, Hernandez A, Canizales Galaviz J, Sun X, Camp SM, Ledford JG, Hellinger RD, Rodriguez M, Zhao AY, Unterman A, Rosas I, Duncan S, Thannickal VJ, Hufford MK, Ahmed M, Zaghloul N, Gupta A, Bime C, Sammani S, Stansfield BN, Chen J, Anandhan A, Disney MD, Ooi A, Kee SL, Karampitsakos T, Benos PV, Kaminski N, Zhang D, Garcia JGN. eNAMPT Is a Novel DAMP and Therapeutic Target in Human and Murine Pulmonary Fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2025 Mar 24. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2024-0342OC. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40126452.

63. Avery DeVries, Hiroki Kimura, Naoko Kimura, Allyson Molzahn, Vadim Pivniouk, Julie G. Ledford, Mari Numata, Hong-Wei Chu, Donata Vercelli, and Monica Kraft. Asthma Status Programs the Transcriptional Response of Human Nasal Epithelial Cells to SARS-CoV-2 Spike-mediated ACE2 Engagement. Accepted in press: JACI, July 2025.

-UA tech number UA16-153, US patent 11,110,152 Issued Sept 7, 2021.

Title: COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING LUNG DISEASE.

Inventors: Julie Ledford, Monica Kraft

-US application 17/409642 (filed and pending application in Canada, China, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Europe)

-US application 18/586133, Continuation in Progress (CIP) filed Aug, 2022.

Inventors: Julie Ledford, Monica Kraft, Josef Vagner

-UA Tech number UA19-271, patent application 17/917791 (filed and pending application in Canada, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Europe)

Title: SP-A PEPTIDE MIMETICS IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY LUNG DISEASES

Inventors: Julie Ledford, Monica Kraft, Josef Vagner, Scott Boitano

-UA Tech number UA23-164, ARIZ 23.35 Prov (#63/611,467); Pending conversion to nonprovisional and PCT.

Title: CC16-DERIVED ANALOGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY AND OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASES

Inventors: Ledford, Julie; Vagner, Josef; Guerra, Stefano; Johnson, Michael D. L