Browsing Master's Theses by Subject "Granuloma"
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Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 is Critical for Granuloma Formation in the Murine Model of Granulomatous disease
(East Carolina University, 2019-08-16)Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 (MMP12) is a protein produced primarily by alveolar macrophages that degrades elastin in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and enables infiltration of immune cells that participate in the inflammatory ... -
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Deficiency Promotes a T Lymphocyte Response in a Murine Model of Chronic Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-03)Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. Previous studies from our lab have shown a deficiency of the nuclear transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR[gamma]) ... -
Role of Macrophage Polarization and Apolipoprotein E in Granuloma Resolution
(East Carolina University, 2021-07-06)Sarcoidosis is a chronic disease characterized by the development and accumulation of granulomas. Through multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) instillation of C57 Bl/6 (wild-type) mice, we have established a murine model that ...