Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Aging and reactivation of latent murine cytomegalovirus. 
  • Binding of rat alpha 1-inhibitor-3-methylamine to the alpha 2-macroglobulin signaling receptor induces second messengers. 
  • CD19 can regulate B lymphocyte signal transduction independent of complement activation. 
  • CX3CR1-dependent renal macrophage survival promotes Candida control and host survival. 
  • Comparison of fecal biota from specific pathogen free and feral mice. 
  • Deposition, clearance, and translocation of chrysotile asbestos from peripheral and central regions of the rat lung. 
  • Differential expression of arginase and iNOS in the lung in sepsis. 
  • Differential phosphorylation of functional tyrosines in CD19 modulates B-lymphocyte activation. 
  • Effect of preexposure to ultrafine carbon black on respiratory syncytial virus infection in mice. 
  • Graft-versus-host disease prevention by rapamycin: cellular mechanisms. 
  • Id3 and Id2 act as a dual safety mechanism in regulating the development and population size of innate-like γδ T cells. 
  • Inducible expression of the alpha2-macroglobulin signaling receptor in response to antigenic stimulation: a study of second messenger generation. 
  • Inhibition of human chorionic gonadotropin beta-subunit modulates the mitogenic effect of c-myc in human prostate cancer cells. 
  • Innate and adaptive immunity cooperate flexibly to maintain host-microbiota mutualism. 
  • Ligation of the alpha 2-macroglobulin signaling receptor on macrophages induces synthesis of platelet activating factor. 
  • Male mice deficient in microsomal epoxide hydrolase are not susceptible to benzene-induced toxicity. 
  • Murine cytomegalovirus infection: hematological, morphological, and functional study of lymphoid cells. 
  • NADPH Oxidase-Derived Peroxynitrite Drives Inflammation in Mice and Human Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis via TLR4-Lipid Raft Recruitment. 
  • Osteopontin expression in particle-induced lung disease. 
  • Pathogen-specific loss of host resistance in mice lacking the IFN-gamma-inducible gene IGTP. 
  • Regulation of the TCRalpha repertoire by the survival window of CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocytes. 
  • Regulatory B cell (B10 Cell) expansion during Listeria infection governs innate and cellular immune responses in mice. 
  • Soluble ICAM-1, MCP-1, and MIP-2 protein secretion by rat pleural mesothelial cells following exposure to amosite asbestos. 
  • Time and pressure dependence of transvascular Clara cell protein, albumin, and IgG transport during ventilator-induced lung injury in mice. 
  • Toll-like receptor agonists as third signals for dendritic cell-tumor fusion vaccines. 
  • Transformation of rat tracheal epithelial cells to immortal growth variants by particulate and soluble nickel compounds. 
  • Tyloxapol confers durable protection against hyperoxic lung injury in the rat. 
  • Ultrafine carbon black particles enhance respiratory syncytial virus-induced airway reactivity, pulmonary inflammation, and chemokine expression. 
  • Uncoupling phototoxicity-elicited neural dysmorphology and death by insidious function and selective impairment of Ran-binding protein 2 (Ranbp2). 
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  Keywords of People

  • Chen, Jun, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Cianciolo, George James, Associate Professor Emeritus in Pathology, Pathology
  • Krangel, Michael S., Mary Bernheim Professor of Immunology, Immunology
  • Lee, Walter T, Associate Professor of Surgery, Radiation Oncology