Clinical Investigation of Host Defense Group

Environmental Innate Immunity

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