Immunopathology Section
Current Research
Research activities and goals are divided into two main areas:
(1) Research on clinical specimens with the aims of sharpening diagnosis, understanding disease pathogenesis, and improving patient management: The focus is on two diseases, primary intraocular lymphoma and age-related macular degeneration.
(2) Research on model systems of experimental eye diseases: The goal here is to study different pathological conditions mimicking various human ocular diseases such as degeneration, inflammation, and neoplasm; and to evaluate the effects of new therapeutic agents on these models.
Genetic targeted ocular disease models
Ocular tumor models
Ocular inflammatory models
- Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU)
- Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU)
- Experimental melanin protein-induced uveitis (EMIU)
- Murine acquired ocular toxoplasmosis
- Experimental blepharitis
- Murine allergic conjunctivitis
Staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
Chi-Chao Chan, M.D. |
Section Head | ccc@helix.nih.gov |
| Jingsheng Tuo, M.D., Ph.D. | Staff Scientist | TuoJ@nei.nih.gov |
| De Fen Shen, Ph.D. | Senior Biologist | dfshen@box-d.nih.gov |
| Xiaoguang Cao, M.D. | Post-doctoral Fellow | caox@mail.nih.gov |
| Emiko Furusato, M.D. | Special Volunteer | furusatoe2@mail.nih.gov |
| Hema Ramkumar, B.S. | Howard Hughes Scholar | ramkumarhl@mail.nih.gov |
| Melissa Liu, B.S. | Post-baccalaureate IRTA Fellow | liumm@mail.nih.gov |
| Histology Core | ||
| Jun Zhang, Ph.D. | Staff Scientist | junzhang@mail.nih.gov |
| Iris Miller Wise | Senior Histologist | milleri@intra.nei.nih.gov |
| Michelle Roof | Contract Histologist | roofm@mail.nih.gov |
| Janelle Coles | Contract Histologist | colesjs@mail.nih.gov |
