Area of research
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies, Asthma and respiratory diseases, and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research.
Activation of STAT3-mediated ciliated cell survival protects against severe infection by respiratory syncytial virus
Lung dopaminergic nerves facilitate the establishment of TH2 resident memory cells in early life
PLS3 missense variants affecting the actin-binding domains cause X-linked congenital diaphragmatic hernia and body-wall defects
Yap/Taz inhibit goblet cell fate to maintain lung epithelial homeostasis
Airway basal stem cells generate distinct subpopulations of PNECs
Age-Related Dopaminergic Innervation Augments T Helper 2-Type Allergic Inflammation in the Postnatal Lung
A mutant-cell library for systematic analysis of heparan sulfate structure–function relationships
Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells Secrete γ-Aminobutyric Acid to Induce Goblet Cell Hyperplasia in Primate Models
Early life allergen‐induced mucus overproduction requires augmented neural stimulation of pulmonary neuroendocrine cell secretion
Cryopreserved Human Precision-Cut Lung Slices as a Bioassay for Live Tissue Banking. A Viability Study of Bronchodilation with Bitter-Taste Receptor Agonists
Airway Contractility in the Precision-Cut Lung Slice after Cryopreservation
miR-326 Is Downstream of Sonic Hedgehog Signaling and Regulates the Expression of Gli2 and Smoothened
Derivation of lung mesenchymal lineages from the fetal mesothelium requires hedgehog signaling for mesothelial cell entry
Molecular Determinants of Lung Development
An NT4/TrkB‐dependent increase in innervation links early‐life allergen exposure to persistent airway hyperreactivity
Mechanisms of respiratory innervation during embryonic development
Heparan Sulfate 6-O-endosulfatases (Sulfs) Coordinate the Wnt Signaling Pathways to Regulate Myoblast Fusion during Skeletal Muscle Regeneration