Browsing by Author "Gowdy, Kymberly"

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  • A NOVEL ROLE FOR HDL AND D-HDL IN PULMONARY IMMUNITY 

    Yaeger, Michael (East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)
    Cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases are leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Studies report an inverse correlation between levels of serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and the severity of cardiovascular ...

  • OZONE-INDUCED ALTERATIONS IN MACROPHAGE FUNCTION AND THE PROTECTIVE ROLE OF SR-BI 

    Hodge, Myles Xavier (East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)
    Ozone (O3), a criteria air pollutant, is the primary component of photochemical smog. Currently, over 140 million people in the United States are exposed to levels of O3 deemed unhealthy by the Environmental Protection ...

  • Prohibitin: A novel regulator of inflammatory cell dynamics 

    Psaltis, Christine E (East Carolina University, 2020-02-04)
    Inflammation is a complex mechanism primarily driven by the immune system to eradicate pathogens/foreign substances and restore tissue homeostasis. Despite the beneficial effects that inflammation employs, signaling can ...