Ashley Frazer-Abel, PhD

Associate Professor, Medicine-Rheumatology


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Graduate School
  • PhD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (2000)
Undergraduate School
  • BA, Grinnell College (IA) (1990)
Department
Medicine-Rheumatology

Professional Titles

  • Director, Exsera BioLabs

Publications

  • Frazer-Abel, A. A., McCue, J. M., Lazis, S., Portas, M., Lambert, S. and B. M. Freed (2005) Cigarette Smoke Phenols Impede T Cell Cycle Progression by Inhibiting Cyclin-Dependent Kinases. Molecular Immunology, in press.
  • Frazer-Abel, A.A., J.M. McCue, S. Lazis, M. Portas, C. Lambert and B. M. Freed. (2007) Cigarette Smoke Phenols Impede T Cell Cycle Progression by Inhibiting Cyclin –Dependent Kinases. Mol Immunol, 44(4):488-493.
  • Frazer-Abel A, Sepiashvili L, Mbughuni MM, Willrich MA. Overview of Laboratory Testing and Clinical Presentations of Complement Deficiencies and Dysregulation. Adv Clin Chem. 2016;77:1-75. PubMed PMID: 27717414
  • Prohászka Z, Nilsson B, Frazer-Abel A, Kirschfink M. Complement analysis 2016: Clinical indications, laboratory diagnostics and quality control. Immunobiology. 2016 Nov;221(11):1247-58. PubMed PMID: 27475991
  • Egan M, Sullivan K, Frazer-Abel A, Cunningham-Rundles C. A healthy female with C3 hypocomplementemia and C3 Nephritic Factor. Clin Immunol. 2016 Aug;169:14-5. PubMed PMID: 27263803
  • Thurman JM, Frazer-Abel A, Holers VM. The Evolving Landscape for Complement Therapeutics in Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017 Nov;69(11):2102-2113. PubMed PMID: 28732131
  • Frazer-Abel A, Sepiashvili L, Mbughuni MM, Willrich MA. Overview of Laboratory Testing and Clinical Presentations of Complement Deficiencies and Dysregulation. Adv Clin Chem. 2016;77:1-75. PubMed PMID: 27717414
  • Prohászka Z, Nilsson B, Frazer-Abel A, Kirschfink M. Complement analysis 2016: Clinical indications, laboratory diagnostics and quality control. Immunobiology. 2016 Nov;221(11):1247-58. PubMed PMID: 27475991
  • Egan M, Sullivan K, Frazer-Abel A, Cunningham-Rundles C. A healthy female with C3 hypocomplementemia and C3 Nephritic Factor. Clin Immunol. 2016 Aug;169:14-15. PubMed PMID: 27263803
  • Cap AP, Pidcoke HF, Keil SD, Staples HM, Anantpadma M, Carrion R Jr, Davey RA, Frazer-Abel A, Taylor AL, Gonzales R, Patterson JL, Goodrich RP. Treatment of blood with a pathogen reduction technology using ultraviolet light and riboflavin inactivates Ebola virus in vitro. Transfusion. 2016 Mar;56 Suppl 1:S6-15. PubMed PMID: 27001363
  • Frazer-Abel A. The effect on the immunology laboratory of the expansion in complement therapeutics. J Immunol Methods. 2018 Oct;461:30-36. PubMed PMID: 30092178
  • Prohászka Z, Kirschfink M, Frazer-Abel A. Complement analysis in the era of targeted therapeutics. Mol Immunol. 2018 Oct;102:84-88. PubMed PMID: 29933889
  • Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Nephrology and Hypertension, 2nd Edtion. Editors EV Lerma, MH Rosner and MA Perazella. Chapter 35 Thrombotic Microangiopathies, 403: 2018 Joshua M. Thurman & Ashley Frazer-Abel
  • European Society for Immunodeficiencies Complement Guidelines 2018: Deficiencies, Diagnosis and Managment. Nicholas Brodszki, Ashley Frazer-Abel, Anete S Grumach, Michael Kirschfink, Jiri Litzman, Elena Perez, Mikko RJ Seppäne7, Kathleen E. Sullivan, Stephen Jolles
  • Kelmenson LB, Wagner BD, McNair BK, Frazer-Abel A, Demoruelle MK, Bergstedt DT, Feser ML, Moss LK, Parish MC, Mewshaw EA, Mikuls TR, Edison JD, Holers VM, Deane KD. Timing of Elevations of Autoantibody Isotypes Prior to Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31464042
  • Snell JR, Monticello CR, Her C, Ross EL, Frazer-Abel AA, Carpenter JF, Randolph TW. DEHP Nanodroplets Leached From Polyvinyl Chloride IV Bags Promote Aggregation of IVIG and Activate Complement in Human Serum. J Pharm Sci. 2020 Jan;109(1):429-442. PubMed PMID: 31229435
  • Bemis EA, Norris JM, Seifert J, Frazer-Abel A, Okamoto Y, Feser ML, Demoruelle MK, Deane KD, Banda NK, Holers VM. Complement and its environmental determinants in the progression of human rheumatoid arthritis. Mol Immunol. 2019 Aug;112:256-265. PubMed PMID: 31207549
  • Lynch AM, Mandava N, Patnaik JL, Frazer-Abel AA, Wagner BD, Palestine AG, Mathias MT, Siringo FS, Cathcart JN, Holers VM. Systemic activation of the complement system in patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jun 17;:1120672119857896. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31203676
  • Rohrer B, Frazer-Abel A, Leonard A, Ratnapriya R, Ward T, Pietraszkiewicz A, O'Quinn E, Adams K, Swaroop A, Wolf BJ. Association of age-related macular degeneration with complement activation products, smoking, and single nucleotide polymorphisms in South Carolinians of European and African descent. Mol Vis. 2019;25:79-92. PubMed PMID: 30820144
  • Sabourin KR, Schultz J, Romero J, Lamb MM, Larremore D, Morrison TE, Frazer-Abel A, Zimmer S, Kedl RM, Jaenisch T, Rochford R. Risk Factors of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Arapahoe County First Responders - the COVID-19 Arapahoe SErosurveillance Study (CASES) Project. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33298759
  • Marchbank KJ, Frazer-Abel A, Dragon-Durey MA, Dixon BP. Editorial: Autoantibodies in Kidney Diseases. Front Immunol. 2020;11:591338. PubMed PMID: 33042166
  • Mandava N, Tirado-Gonzalez V, Geiger MD, Patnaik JL, Frazer-Abel A, Lynch AM, Mandava N, Palestine AG, Holers VM, Wagner BD, Sanchez-Santos I, Meizner D, Quiroz-Mercado H, Smith JM. Complement Activation in the Vitreous of Patients With Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020 Sep 1;61(11):39. PubMed PMID: 32965482
  • Brodszki N, Frazer-Abel A, Grumach AS, Kirschfink M, Litzman J, Perez E, Seppänen MRJ, Sullivan KE, Jolles S. European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID) and European Reference Network on Rare Primary Immunodeficiency, Autoinflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases (ERN RITA) Complement Guideline: Deficiencies, Diagnosis, and Management. J Clin Immunol. 2020 May;40(4):576-591. PubMed PMID: 32064578
  • Chisholm CF, Behnke W, Pokhilchuk Y, Frazer-Abel AA, Randolph TW. Subvisible Particles in IVIg Formulations Activate Complement in Human Serum. J Pharm Sci. 2020 Jan;109(1):558-565. PubMed PMID: 31672401
  • Kelmenson LB, Wagner BD, McNair BK, Frazer-Abel A, Demoruelle MK, Bergstedt DT, Feser ML, Moss LK, Parish MC, Mewshaw EA, Mikuls TR, Edison JD, Holers VM, Deane KD. Timing of Elevations of Autoantibody Isotypes Prior to Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020 Feb;72(2):251-261. PubMed PMID: 31464042
  • Snell JR, Monticello CR, Her C, Ross EL, Frazer-Abel AA, Carpenter JF, Randolph TW. DEHP Nanodroplets Leached From Polyvinyl Chloride IV Bags Promote Aggregation of IVIG and Activate Complement in Human Serum. J Pharm Sci. 2020 Jan;109(1):429-442. PubMed PMID: 31229435
  • Lynch AM, Mandava N, Patnaik JL, Frazer-Abel AA, Wagner BD, Palestine AG, Mathias MT, Siringo FS, Cathcart JN, Holers VM. Systemic activation of the complement system in patients with advanced age-related macular degeneration. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2020 Sep;30(5):1061-1068. PubMed PMID: 31203676
  • Windsor WJ, Knight V, Merkel PA, Lamb MM, Tucker HR, Carson K, Howard KM, Yates JL, Santiago ML, McCarthy MK, Morrison TE, Kedl RM, Frazer-Abel A, Guo K, Andersen G, Huey L, Barrett BS, Colón-Franco JM, Lee WT, Chu MC. COVID-19 Serology Control Panel Using the Dried-Tube Specimen Method. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Jan 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34996045
  • Wong CJ, Wang L, Holers VM, Frazer-Abel A, van der Maarel SM, Tawil R, Statland JM, Tapscott SJ, Network R. Elevated plasma complement components in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 2021 Dec 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34919696
  • Prohászka Z, Frazer-Abel A. Complement multiplex testing: Concept, promises and pitfalls. Mol Immunol. 2021 Dec;140:120-126. PubMed PMID: 34688958
  • Bomback AS, Appel GB, Gipson DS, Hladunewich MA, Lafayette R, Nester CM, Parikh SV, Smith RJH, Trachtman H, Heeger PS, Ram S, Rovin BH, Ali S, Arceneaux N, Ashoor I, Bailey-Wickins L, Barratt J, Beck L, Cattran DC, Cravedi P, Erkan E, Fervenza F, Frazer-Abel AA, Fremeaux-Bacchi V, Fuller L, Gbadegesin R, Hogan JJ, Kiryluk K, le Quintrec-Donnette M, Licht C, Mahan JD, Pickering MC, Quigg R, Rheault M, Ronco P, Sarwal MM, Sethna C, Spino C, Stegall M, Vivarelli M, Feldman DL, Thurman JM. Improving Clinical Trials for Anticomplement Therapies in Complement-Mediated Glomerulopathies: Report of a Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34571062
  • Frazer-Abel A, Kirschfink M, Prohászka Z. Expanding Horizons in Complement Analysis and Quality Control. Front Immunol. 2021;12:697313. PubMed PMID: 34434189
  • Rosenthal MZ, McMahon K, Greenleaf AS, Cassiello-Robbins C, Guetta R, Trumbull J, Anand D, Frazer-Abel ES, Kelley L. Phenotyping misophonia: Psychiatric disorders and medical health correlates. Front Psychol. 2022;13:941898. PubMed PMID: 36275232
  • Marin AI, Poppelaars F, Wagner BD, Palestine AG, Patnaik JL, Holers VM, Frazer-Abel AA, Mathias MT, Manoharan N, Fonteh CN, Mandava N, Lynch AM. Sex and Age-Related Differences in Complement Factors Among Patients With Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022 May 2;11(5):22. PubMed PMID: 35594041
  • Okamoto Y, Devoe S, Seto N, Minarchick V, Wilson T, Rothfuss HM, Mohning MP, Arbet J, Kroehl M, Visser A, August J, Thomas SM, Charry LL, Fleischer C, Feser ML, Frazer-Abel AA, Norris JM, Cherrington BD, Janssen WJ, Kaplan MJ, Deane KD, Holers VM, Demoruelle MK. Association of Sputum Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Subsets With IgA Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies in Subjects at Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 Jan;74(1):38-48. PubMed PMID: 34369110
  • Purdue M, Zhang L, Vermeulen R, Smith MT, Hu W, Rhee J, Wen C, Huang Y, Tang X, Berndt SI, Frazer-Abel AA, Deane KD, Rothman N, Lan Q. Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and antinuclear antibodies: a cross-sectional study in China. Occup Environ Med. 2022 Oct;79(10):717-720. PubMed PMID: 35504721
  • Smith JM, Mandava N, Tirado-Gonzalez V, Garcia-Santisteban R, Geiger MD, Patnaik JL, Frazer-Abel A, Lynch AM, Mandava N, Holers VM, Wagner BD, Sanchez-Santos I, Meizner D, Quiroz-Mercado H, Palestine AG. Correlation of Complement Activation in Aqueous and Vitreous in Patients With Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2022 Apr 1;11(4):13. PubMed PMID: 35420644
  • Bettner LF, Peterson RA, Bergstedt DT, Kelmenson LB, Demoruelle MK, Mikuls TR, Edison JD, Parish MC, Feser ML, Frazer-Abel AA, Moss LK, Mahler M, Holers VM, Deane KD. Combinations of Anticyclic Citrullinated Protein Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and Serum Calprotectin Positivity Are Associated With the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Within 3 Years. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2021 Oct;3(10):684-689. PubMed PMID: 34288565
  • Knight V, Heimall JR, Chong H, Nandiwada SL, Chen K, Lawrence MG, Sadighi Akha AA, Kumánovics A, Jyonouchi S, Ngo SY, Vinh DC, Hagin D, Forbes Satter LR, Marsh RA, Chiang SCC, Willrich MAV, Frazer-Abel AA, Rider NL. A Toolkit and Framework for Optimal Laboratory Evaluation of Individuals with Suspected Primary Immunodeficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Sep;9(9):3293-3307.e6. PubMed PMID: 34033983
  • Willrich MAV, Braun KMP, Moyer AM, Jeffrey DH, Frazer-Abel A. Complement testing in the clinical laboratory. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 2021 Nov;58(7):447-478. PubMed PMID: 33962553
  • Windsor WJ, Knight V, Merkel PA, Lamb MM, Tucker HR, Carson K, Howard KM, Yates JL, Santiago ML, McCarthy MK, Morrison TE, Kedl RM, Frazer-Abel A, Guo K, Andersen G, Huey L, Barrett BS, Colón-Franco JM, Lee WT, Chu MC. COVID-19 Serology Control Panel Using the Dried-Tube Specimen Method. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Jan 7;106(2):562-565. PubMed PMID: 34996045
  • Wong CJ, Wang L, Holers VM, Frazer-Abel A, van der Maarel SM, Tawil R, Statland JM, Tapscott SJ. Elevated plasma complement components in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 2022 Jun 4;31(11):1821-1829. PubMed PMID: 34919696
  • Bomback AS, Appel GB, Gipson DS, Hladunewich MA, Lafayette R, Nester CM, Parikh SV, Smith RJH, Trachtman H, Heeger PS, Ram S, Rovin BH, Ali S, Arceneaux N, Ashoor I, Bailey-Wickins L, Barratt J, Beck L, Cattran DC, Cravedi P, Erkan E, Fervenza F, Frazer-Abel AA, Fremeaux-Bacchi V, Fuller L, Gbadegesin R, Hogan JJ, Kiryluk K, le Quintrec-Donnette M, Licht C, Mahan JD, Pickering MC, Quigg R, Rheault M, Ronco P, Sarwal MM, Sethna C, Spino C, Stegall M, Vivarelli M, Feldman DL, Thurman JM. Improving Clinical Trials for Anticomplement Therapies in Complement-Mediated Glomerulopathies: Report of a Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 Apr;79(4):570-581. PubMed PMID: 34571062
  • Okamoto Y, Devoe S, Seto N, Minarchick V, Wilson T, Rothfuss HM, Mohning MP, Arbet J, Kroehl M, Visser A, August J, Thomas SM, Charry LL, Fleischer C, Feser ML, Frazer-Abel AA, Norris JM, Cherrington BD, Janssen WJ, Kaplan MJ, Deane KD, Holers VM, Demoruelle MK. Association of Sputum Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Subsets With IgA Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies in Subjects at Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022 Jan;74(1):38-48. PubMed PMID: 34369110
  • Wagner BD, Patnaik JL, Palestine AG, Frazer-Abel AA, Baldermann R, Holers VM, Mathias MT, Mandava N, Lynch AM. Association of Systemic Inflammatory Factors with Progression to Advanced Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2022 Apr;29(2):139-148. PubMed PMID: 33827374
  • Wagner BD, Patnaik JL, Palestine AG, Frazer-Abel AA, Baldermann R, Holers VM, Mathias MT, Mandava N, Lynch AM. Association of Systemic Inflammatory Factors with Progression to Advanced Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 8;:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33827374
  • Schultz JS, McCarthy MK, Rester C, Sabourin KR, Annen K, DomBourian M, Eisenmesser E, Frazer-Abel A, Knight V, Jaenisch T, Morrison TE, Rochford R, Kedl RM. Development and Validation of a Multiplex Microsphere Immunoassay Using Dried Blood Spots for SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence: Application in First Responders in Colorado, USA. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 May 19;59(6). PubMed PMID: 33795412
  • Sabourin KR, Schultz J, Romero J, Lamb MM, Larremore D, Morrison TE, Frazer-Abel A, Zimmer S, Kedl RM, Jaenisch T, Rochford R. Risk Factors of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Arapahoe County First Responders-The COVID-19 Arapahoe SErosurveillance Study (CASES) Project. J Occup Environ Med. 2021 Mar 1;63(3):191-198. PubMed PMID: 33298759
  • Frost E, Hofmann JN, Huang WY, Parks CG, Frazer-Abel AA, Deane KD, Berndt SI. Antinuclear Antibodies Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Oct 31;15(21). PubMed PMID: 37958403
  • McBride HJ, Frazer-Abel A, Thiemann S, Lehto SG, Hutterer KM, Liu J. Functional similarity of ABP 959 and eculizumab in simulated serum models of aHUS and NMOSD. Ann Hematol. 2023 Dec;102(12):3299-3309. PubMed PMID: 37817009
  • Sarkar S, Elliott EC, Henry HR, Ludovico ID, Melchior JT, Frazer-Abel A, Webb-Robertson BJ, Davidson WS, Holers VM, Rewers MJ, Metz TO, Nakayasu ES. Systematic review of type 1 diabetes biomarkers reveals regulation in circulating proteins related to complement, lipid metabolism, and immune response. Clin Proteomics. 2023 Sep 21;20(1):38. PubMed PMID: 37735622
  • Onengut-Gumuscu S, Webb-Robertson BM, Sarkar S, Manichaikul A, Hu X, Frazer-Abel A, Holers VM, Rewers MJ, Rich SS. Genetic variants in the complement system and their potential link in the aetiology of type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2023 Aug 30;:e3716. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37649398
  • Webb-Robertson BM, Nakayasu ES, Dong F, Waugh KC, Flores J, Bramer LM, Schepmoes A, Gao Y, Fillmore T, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Frazer-Abel A, Rich SS, Holers VM, Metz TO, Rewers MJ. Decrease in multiple complement protein levels is associated with the development of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes. medRxiv. 2023 Jul 16. PubMed PMID: 37502972
  • Sarkar S, Elliott EC, Henry HR, Ludovico ID, Melchior JT, Frazer-Abel A, Webb-Robertson BJ, Davidson WS, Holers VM, Rewers MJ, Metz TO, Nakayasu ES. Systematic review of type 1 diabetes biomarkers reveals regulation in circulating proteins related to complement, lipid metabolism, and immune response. medRxiv. 2023 Feb 22. PubMed PMID: 36865103

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000