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Author:

Bora, Stephanie Andrea

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF THE MICROBIOME IN ENDOCRINE VITAMIN D METABOLISM

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Vitamin D
Biology
Microbiome
physiology
health
immunology
endocrine
antibiotics
metabolism

File:

Download Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Member
K. Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Connie J. Rogers, Outside Member

Author:

Shay, Ashley E

Title:

MACROPHAGE POLARIZATION: A DUAL ROLE BETWEEN INTERLEUKIN-4 SIGNALING AND SELENOPROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Molecular Medicine

Keywords:

macrophage
polarization
selenium
selenoprotein
helminth
inflammation
prostaglandin
resolution
cyclooxygenase
arachidonic acid
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis
interleukin-4
M2 macrophage
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma

File:

Download Shay_AE__2017_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member
Pamela Hankey Giblin, Committee Member
Connie Jo Rogers, Outside Member
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Member

Author:

Williamson, David Ross

Title:

Host adaptation, T cell immunity, and transmission ecology of Francisella tularensis

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Francisella
tularemia
pH
mechanosensitive channel
T Cell
CD8

File:

Download drw232_Dissertation_David_Williamson.pdf

Committee Members:

Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Na Xiong, Committee Member
Mary J Kennett, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Outside Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member

Author:

Snyder, Lindsay M

Title:

EFFECTS OF VITAMIN A AND RETINOID SIGNALING ON HOST ENTERIC IMMUNITY

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

vitamin A
retinoic acid
intestine
T cell
innate immunity
adaptive immunity
Intestinal epithelial cell
infection
inflammation
Citrobacter rodentium
intestinal permeability
neutrophil
macrophage

File:

Download L.Snyder_Thesis_7.23.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Girish Soorappa Kirimanjeswara, Committee Member
Na Xiong, Committee Member
A Catharine Ross, Outside Member

Author:

Lin, Yang Ding

Title:

THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN INTESTINAL IMMUNE CELLS THAT MEDIATE GUT HOMEOSTASIS

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Enteric infection
Vitamin D
Mucosal immunity
Innate lymphoid cell
Foxp3+ regulatory T cell
Gut microbiota
Intestinal homeostasis

File:

Download Dissertation_Yangding_final_corrected_date_12-06-18.pdf

Committee Members:

Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Na Xiong, Committee Member
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Outside Member

Author:

Armbruster, Krista Marie

Title:

Synthesis of Lyso-form Lipoproteins and Their Implications in Copper Resistance and the Host Immune Response

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

lipoprotein
Firmicutes
copper resistance
Toll-like receptor
acylation
mass spectrometry

File:

Download Armbruster_K_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Charles Meredith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Ellen Ades, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Babitzke, Committee Member
Kathleen Postle, Committee Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Outside Member

Author:

Chai, Zhi

Title:

TRANSCRIPTOMICS APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF VITAMIN A IN CITROBACTER RODENTIUM INFECTION IN THE MOUSE SMALL INTESTINE AND COLON

Graduate Program:

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Keywords:

RNAseq
Transcriptome
Intestine
Vitamin A
Citrobacter rodentium
mouse

File:

Download ZhiDissertationAfterDefense.pdf

Committee Members:

A Catharine Ross, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
A Catharine Ross, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Gregory C Shearer, Committee Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Outside Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Luming

Title:

CCR10-MEDIATED COORDINATED MIGRATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELLS AND T CELLS FOR COLONIC HOMEOSTASIS

Graduate Program:

Pathobiology

Keywords:

colonic homeostasis
chemokine receptor CCR10
coordinated cell migration
IgA antibody-secreting B cells
CD4+ helper T cells

File:

Download Thesis__Luming_Zhao__Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Na Xiong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Na Xiong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Committee Member
Troy Ott, Outside Member
Anthony Paul Schmitt, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yeoh, Beng San

Title:

Dysregulated Gut Microbial Fermentation of Dietary Soluble Fiber Induces Cholestatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mice

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Gut microbiota
Innate immunity
Dietary fiber
Short chain fatty acids
Cholemia
Bile acids
Hyperbilirubinemia
Liver inflammation
Hepatocellular carcinoma

File:

Download 1-2-19_Beng_San_Dissertation_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew David Patterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew David Patterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Connie Jo Rogers, Committee Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Committee Member
Kevin John Harvatine, Outside Member
Matam Vijay Kumar, Special Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brashear, Awtum

Title:

Next Generation Sequencing In the Understanding of Neglected Malaria Parasites

Graduate Program:

Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Keywords:

Malaria
Genomics
Transcriptomics
RNA Sequencing
Southeast Asia
China
Myanmar
Thailand
Border
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium ovale
Antigenic Variation
Drug Resistance
Anti-Malarial Resistance

File:

Download Brashear_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Committee Member
Maciej F Boni, Committee Member
Santhosh Girirajan, Outside Member
Liwang Cui, Special Member
Margherita Teresa-Anna Cantorna, Program Head/Chair