The Wheeler Lab investigates how immune system interactions with the nervous system influence behavior, inflammation, and tissue plasticity in the brain and peripheral organs. Our research spans three major themes:
(1) Immune and nervous system...
This laboratory's area of research involves studies of autoimmunity in models of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, arthritis and diabetes in the NOD mouse. We are also investigating immune mechanisms in atherosclerosis, models of Alzheimer's...
My laboratory focuses on the molecular mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation leading to tissue destruction. More specifically, we are investigating the attack mechanisms instrumental in targeted tissues for autoimmune destruction. Conversely, we...
Our goal is to understand the role of neural-immune interactions in pain, host defense, and immunity. It is increasingly clear that microbes and immune cells release mediators that impact the health and function of the nervous system. Neurons also release...
Autoimmune Disease Deconstruction:
We have implemented a disease deconstruction pipeline using single cell and spatial technologies applied to inflamed tissues in humans to discover new cell types, cell states and pathways that mediate autoimmune disease...
Our lab works in the broad fields of T cell differentiation, immunological tolerance, autoimmunity and inflammation, translating mechanistic studies on mouse models to normal and diseased humans. Studies on T cell differentiation focus on maturation and...
The human intestine is exposed to a vast array of molecules from the microbiome, diet, and pathogens. The Nagashima lab focuses on three branches of research topics, all of which attempt to understand the gut immune system at the level of molecular...
Our group studies how cell migration organizes the communication between the innate and the adaptive immune systems. Specifically, we are interested in understanding how T lymphocytes traffic between lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues and position...
The Sen laboratory investigates the regulation of T cell dysfunction and explores epigenetic approaches for T cell engineering. We have found that the regulatory “circuitry” of dysfunctional T cells differs remarkably from functional T cells fighting off...
