Lung Epithelial Biology in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Disease

Dr. Sidhaye is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her laboratory is interested in studying lung epithelial cellular responses in chronic lung disease, with a focus on cytoskeleton and cell-cell adhesion. The long term goal is determining lung epithelial responses in COPD and identifying if these changes promote disease and whether we can identify targets to reverse disease. Dr. Koval's laboratory works on defining the molecular machinery that regulates formation of gap junctions (which coordinate intercellular signaling) and tight junctions (which promote tissue barrier function). The long term goal of his research is understanding how junctions are pathologically misregulated in lung injury and in diseases including alcoholic lung syndrome, acute respiratory distress syndrome and cystic fibrosis.

1. Junctional Interplay in Lung Epithelial Barrier Function2. Ion Transport and Lung Fluid Balance3. Glucose Transport and Homeostasis in Lung Epithelia4. Pulmonary Surfactant Trafficking and Homeostasis5. Integrin Regulation of the Lung Epithelium6. Epithelial Regeneration and Lung Stem Cells7. The Function of Epithelial Cells in Pulmonary Fibrosis8. The Role of Epithelial Cell Quality Control in Health and Disease of the Distal Lung9. The Respiratory Epithelium in COPD10. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome11. Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in Asthma12. Cystic Fibrosis: An Overview of the Past, Present, and the Future