Stopping lung damage before it turns deadly
LA JOLLA, CA—If you’ve ever struggled to breathe, you’ve had a moment of hypoxia—a lack of oxygen. Hypoxia can have
Amazing mucosa
“The whole mucosal immune system is so fascinating. It has to operate in an environment of extremes.”
No patient overlooked
LJI postdoctoral research Jermaine Khumalo, Ph.D., has a new strategy for studying asthma.
Role of T cell in allergy and Asthma
Selected References Grégory Seumois, Ciro Ramírez-Suástegui, Benjamin J. Schmiedel, Shu Liang, Bjoern Peters, Alessandro Sette, Vijayanand P (2020). Single-cell
LJI asthma researcher Jermaine Khumalo receives AAI Intersect Fellowship
New fellowship will support data science and immunology cross-training in two pioneering LJI labs
New study points to a better way to ward off asthma triggers
LA JOLLA—Every day, ten Americans die from asthma. While quick-acting inhalers and medications can reduce inflammation during an asthma attack,
A step toward helping patients breathe deeply
LA JOLLA—Your lungs and airways need to be stretchy, sort of like balloons. Take a big breath, and they’ll open
Allergic Diseases
Pediatric Milk Allergy: To study the frequency and phenotype of milk allergen-specific T cells in cohorts with different disease manifestations
Structural Cells
Non-lymphoid structural cells of tissues are recipients of inflammatory signals from immune cells, but they also make inflammatory products that
Vijayanand Lab
Pandurangan Vijayanand,
M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
William K. Bowes Distinguished Professor, Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy
Pandurangan Vijayanand, M.D., Ph.D., and his lab members employ genomics tools to understand, diagnose and treat pulmonary disease such as asthma, lung cancer and infectious diseases, including the novel coronavirus.
Peters Lab
Bjoern Peters,
Ph.D.
Professor
Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy
Bjoern Peters, Ph.D., and his lab members are focused on the development of computational tools to address fundamental questions in immunology.
Kronenberg Lab
Mitchell Kronenberg,
Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research
Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D., and his team study T cells – white blood cells responsible for recognizing and responding to foreign invaders, such as microbes.