Clinical Investigation of Host Defense Group
In vivo murine models of disease:
- Lung fibrosis – bleomycin, silica, BHT
- Lung inflammation – LPS, cigarette smoke
- Pneumonia – bacteria, virus
- Asthma – House dust mite, OVA
- Systemic infection – L. monocytogenes
- Multiple sclerosis – EAE
- Cancer – B16F10 melanoma, MC38 adenocarcinoma
- In vivo methods – adoptive cell transfer, bone marrow chimeras, lineage tracing
In vitro/ex vivo molecular and cell biology methods:
- Cell culture
- Stable cell lines, siRNA/shRNA/CRISPR-CAS9
- Biochemistry – immunoblotting, immunoprecipitation
- scRNA-Seq, ATAC-Seq, ChIP-Seq
- Seahorse
- Metabolomic, proteomic analysis
- Confocal microscopy, super-resolution microscopy
- Flow cytometry, FACS
- Isolation and stimulation of human peripheral blood leukocytes