Daniel Barreda
Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences Agricultural F
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
Daniel Barreda belongs to the department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science from the university of Alberta.
Research Interest
1) Evolution of control mechanisms for inflammation: Our long-term objective is to dissect the contributions of phagocytes as effectors and regulators of inflammation through evolution, and to understand the implications of these evolving roles to health and disease. We focus on the balance between pro-inflammatory and homeostatic responses at infection sites because of its relevance to host immunocompetence and disease prevention. Characterization of well-conserved pathways offers important evolutionary context for generation of the complex immune networks that now exist in higher vertebrates. Moreover, characterization of more recently developed features may help identify vulnerability gaps that allow for pathogen infiltration or which contribute to unwanted immune reactions (e.g. autoimmunity).
Publications
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Influence of parent flock age on embryonic metabolism in modern turkey strains
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Pivotal advance: Peritoneal cavity B-1 B cells have phagocytic and microbicidal capacities, and present phagocytosed antigen to CD4+ T cells
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Fish and mammalian phagocytes differentially regulate pro-inflammatory and homeostatic responses in vivo
