Research Interest: Immunology

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Microbiology & Immunology

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Immunology, Physiology, Translational Medicine

Our research interests focus on investigating the reparative processes critical to the resolution of acute lung injury. Acute events such as pneumonia, inhalational injury, trauma, or sepsis often damage the lung, impeding its primary function, gas exchange. The clinical syndrome these events can lead to is termed Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a common pulmonary disease often seen and treated in intensive care units. Despite decades of research into the pathogenesis underlying the development of ARDS, mortality remains high. Our laboratory has built upon exciting observations by our group and others on the importance of how the lung repairs after injury. One type of white blood cell, the Foxp3+ regulatory T cell (Treg), appears essential in resolving ARDS in experimental models of lung injury–through modulating immune responses and enhancing alveolar epithelial proliferation and tissue repair. Importantly, Tregs are present in patients with ARDS, and our lab has found that subsets of Tregs may play a role in recovery from ARDS.

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Genetics, Immunology, Translational Medicine

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Drug Delivery, Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection

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Cancer Biology, Immunology

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Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Immunology, Pharmacology

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Bacteriology, Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection

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Cancer Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology

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Biophysics, Computational Biology, Computational/Systems Immunology, Immunology

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Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Immunology

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Immunology, Pathogenesis & Infection, Toxicology