Editorial Board Member - JIID

Matthias Clauss
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Medicine
Indiana University
United States
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr. Matthias Clauss research program focuses on endothelial cell activation, which we study both in cell culture and in transgenic and non-transgenic animal models of ischemia, inflammation and angiogenesis. Disease models of interest include lung emphysema and coronary vascular disorders. They analyze endothelial cell activation and signaling in response to stress, cytokines, growth factors and HIV virus and study the effects of activation of interaction with other cells, such as blood monocytes, endothelial progenitor cells and adipose stromal stem cells. Currently he has two major projects in his laboratory, one addresses the role of EMAPII in diseases, while the other one explores how HIV-1 infection can cause increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. His research on EMAPII culminated in the development of an EMAPII neutralizing antibody as a therapeutic tool for treating cigarette smoke induced emphysema. In the context of HIV biology, he analyzes the role of HIV and HIV-encoded proteins in diseases such cardiovascular diseases or pulmonary emphysema with a focus on endothelial dysfunction, leading to cell death and/or loss of barrier function, most likely in synergy with cigarette smoke exposure.
Other Editorial Board Members - JIID

Parameswaran Ramakrishnan
Experimental Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
United States

Daniel Lacorazza
Department of Pathology & Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
United States

Jana Barlic-Dicen
Department of Cell Biology
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
United States

Daniel Lacorazza
Departments of Pathology and Immunology
Baylor College of Medicine
United States

Esma S. Yolcu
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Louisville
United States

Qingzhong Kong
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
United States

Wen-Quan Zou
Departments of Pathology and Neurology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
United States

Dayanand Bagdure
Pediatric Critical Care
University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore
United States

Ramesh C. Gupta
School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD)
Nagaland University
India