Categories: Research, T cell, humanized mice, T cell exhaustion
Developing & utilizing novel pre-clinical models to observe and identify immune mechanisms that regulate Type 1 diabetes
Exploring immune–beta cell interactions to understand T1D onset
Categories: Faculty, Research, humanized mice, immune-modulation
Exploring beta cell biology & anti-beta cell immune responses
Isolating & sorting pancreatic islet cells from people with diabetes to map gene expression
Investigating the role of adipocytes & adipose tissue physiology in Type 2 diabetes pathogenesis
Studying human adipose tissue development and its relationship to whole-body insulin resistance as a potential T2D treatment
Categories: Faculty, diabetes
Studying how insulin signaling controls energy balance at the molecular level
Gene editing to boost insulin signaling and energy use in T2D and obesity
Categories: Faculty, stress signaling, MAP kinase, JNK, inflammation, obesity, Program in Molecular Medicine
Our studies of stress signaling pathways have led to the discovery of new genes that contribute to the development of T2D and other metabolic diseases
Exploring how metabolic pathways shape the function and survival of beta cells and immune cells in the islet environment, with a focus on anti-inflammatory mechanisms in diabetes & metabolic disease.
Categories: Faculty, humanized mice, immune-modulation, tumor immune infiltrate
Reconstructing Type 1 diabetes in novel preclinical models that allow for the study of human cells & tissues derived from T1D patients. Testing genetically modified stem cell-derived islets to protect them from autoimmune attack.
Categories: Faculty, mTOR, mTORC2, AKT/PKB, PI3-Kinase, Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Studying the metabolic and growth-related pathways driving insulin resistance in obesity, lipodystrophy, and Type 2 diabetes
Identifying therapies to enhance glucose metabolism and combat insulin resistance in metabolic disease
Investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms by which adipocytes regulate systemic glucose and lipid metabolism. Focused on how these regulatory pathways are disrupted in obesity, leading to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
Studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms that govern beta cell function, survival, and failure under conditions of metabolic stress.
Focused on understanding the autoimmune response in Type 1 diabetes, in particular, T cell responses to self-proteins and how & why these immune cells attack insulin-producing beta cells in people with T1D
Applying advanced metabolic procedures and molecular techniques in transgenic mouse models to explore the molecular connection between inflammation, cytokines, and insulin resistance.
Focused on advancing functional genomics-based strategies to educate immune cells and protect them from autoimmune attack after transplantation.
Categories: Faculty, epigenetics, oxidant stress, Surgery, hematopoietic stem cells, NKT and T cell immunotherapy
Investigating hematopoietic stem cell-based therapeutic approaches to treat Type 2 diabetes
Studying the effects of T2D on wound healing and identifying molecular & cellular mechanisms that could lead to potential therapies
Investigating why people with diabetes struggle with wound healing and are prone to infection
Recently discovered a distinct class of stem cells in humans that develop from yellow bone marrow
Investigating the role of adipose tissue in regulating energy balance & glucose levels throughout the body
Investigating the role of innate immunity and viral triggers in the development of Type 1 diabetes
Using stem cell-derived islets and novel rat models to identify immune pathways for T1D prevention
Focused on innovative strategies to combat obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)