I am a staff research associate and currently working in the Prof. Harry B.
Greenberg’s
lab at Stanford University. One important project that I initiated is a genomic analysis of host gene
expression pattern in
HCV-infected patients
treated with interferon by using cDNA microarray technology, a project that is technically challenging and
therefore has
never been carried out before. I have adopted and developed a protocol for high fidelity amplification of mRNAs,
so that
the microarray assay can be done with less than 2 ml of whole blood.
Another project I am actively involved in is the human T cell response against HCV. Our lab
is the first to directly quantify and characterize HCV-specific CD8 T cells in the blood and liver of patients
with HCV
infection. I am in charge of amplifying and characterizing the
viral target
sequences, a mission critical for studying the interaction between the virus epitopes and virus-specific T
cells.
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Main Publications
Interferon-alpha regulated gene expression in patients initiating interferon treatment for
chronic hepatitis C- (Ref. "my links")
Hepatolgy 2003
Cell Specificity of Helicobacter pylori Cytotoxin-
Infect & Immunity 2000
Evolution of functional polymorphism in the gene coding for the Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin
FEMS Microbiol Letters 2002
Dr. Greenberg's Lab
Dr. Greenberg is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology and is
currently the Senior Associate Dean for Research in the School of Medicine. Dr. Greenberg runs an active
laboratory
that studies the interaction of a variety of viral pathogens within the GI tract and liver. These studies
utilize
modern molecular and immunologic techniques to address basic questions about pathogenesis and immunity. Current
projects in the laboratory involve group A rotaviruses and human hepatitis C virus. These studies are diverse
but
in general seek to determine which viral genes, and hence which proteins, encode such phenotypic
characteristics
as host range restriction, virulence, neutralization, and tropism to the GI tract or liver.
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