Her laboratory focuses on the contributions that the vasculature brings to functional lung development such as alveolar formation. In addition, her studies explore the role of sphingolipids in regulating tissue regeneration in disease process such as lung disease of prematurity.
In other studies she also explores cancer progression in collaboration with Dr. Roderich Schwarz’s lab where they seek new conventions in pancreatic cancer tumor control.
Our main interests are the role that the anti-angiogenic mediator Endothelial Monocyte Activating Polypeptide II (EMAP II, also known as AIMP-1, Scye-1, and p43) has in lung and tumor development.
Research:
- Vascular mediation of tissue development, repair, and tumor growth
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Currently, our studies focus on the mechanisms that modulate pulmonary vascular growth and the subsequent impact that the vasculature has on alveolar growth by examining vessel mediation of interstitial lung disease, deposition of the extracellular matrix protein, and epithelial cell proliferation.
