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Sheritha Lee Pharmacology 1024 Mary Ellen Jones Bldg., CB# 7365 Lab Phone: 962-1058 Lab Fax: 305-489-0517 |
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1st Year IVB Trainee
5th Year Graduate Student
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Ph.D. Project Description:
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Chronic inflammation in sickle cell disease: potential role of platelets and the inflammatory mediator CD40L | |
Principle Investigator: |
Leslie V. Parise | |
IVB Collaborator: |
Eugene Orringer | |
Project Description: |
To explore clinical manifestation and treatment of SCD through weekly meetings with multidisciplinary staff of SCD care providers. | |
Rotations: |
Leslie V. Parise: Potential elevation and biological activity of CD40L in sickle cell disease | |
| Roland Tisch: Chemokine-induced NFkB activation in nonobese diabetic mouse dendritic cells | ||
Familiar Techniques: |
ELISA Tissue Culture Western Blotting Platelet preparation | |
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Undergraduate degree: |
A.B. in Biology (1994) from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC | |
Other Professional/
Graduate degree(s): |
MS in Biology (1998) from North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC | |
Awards/ Scholarships/ Grants/ Fellowships: |
UNCF/Merck Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowship, Roland B. Scott Fellowship, American Society of Hematology Travel Award | |
Publications: |
Lee SP, Orringer EP, Ataga KI, Parise LV. Elevation and biological activity of CD40 Ligand (CD40L): Potential mechanism of platelet-mediated inflammation in sickle cell disease. Blood 98(11):2016a, 2001. | |
| Lee SP, Cunningham ML, Hines PC, Joneckis CC, Orringer EP, Parise LV. Sickle cell adhesion to laminin: Role for the a5 G-domain. Blood 92:2951, 1998. | ||
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