Area of research
Immunology · Genetics
Research interest
Research interests include Diabetes and associated disorders, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.
The GABA and GABA-Receptor System in Inflammation, Anti-Tumor Immune Responses, and COVID-19
GABA-receptors are a new druggable target for limiting disease severity, lung viral load, and death in SARS-CoV-2 infected mice
Homotaurine Treatment Enhances CD4<sup>+</sup> and CD8<sup>+</sup> Regulatory T Cell Responses and Synergizes with Low-Dose Anti-CD3 to Enhance Diabetes Remission in Type 1 Diabetic Mice.
A Clinically Applicable Positive Allosteric Modulator of GABA Receptors Promotes Human <i>β</i>-Cell Replication and Survival as well as GABA's Ability to Inhibit Inflammatory T Cells.
Homotaurine, a safe blood-brain barrier permeable GABAA-R-specific agonist, ameliorates disease in mouse models of multiple sclerosis
γ-Aminobutyric Acid Regulates Both the Survival and Replication of Human β-Cells
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine-mediated neuroprotection is associated with regulatory T-cell induction in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine mouse model of Parkinson's disease