Joseph L. Alcorn Jr
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Joseph L. Alcorn Jr has Graduated School from University of Texas at Dallas, Cell and Molecular Biology, Richardson, Texas, 1988. He has received his Postdoctoral fellowship in VUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Biochemistry, Dallas, Texas, 1988-1990. Currently he is working as Associate Professor in The University of Texas Medical school.
Research Interest
1. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of pulmonary surfactant proteins in the lung and gastrointestinal tract. 2. The role of SP-A in modulating TLR4 in intestinal epithelium. 3. Interactions of surfactant proteins with environmental insults (RSV, particulate matter) 4. Genetic influences on pulmonary type II epithelial cell biology and surfactant function
Publications
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Bolin BL, Alcorn JL, Reynolds AR, Lile JA, Rush CR. Human drug discrimination: A primer and methodological review. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2016 Aug;24(4):214-28.
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Alcorn JL 3rd, Pike E, Stoops WS, Lile JA, Rush CR. A pilot investigation of acute inhibitory control training in cocaine users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 May 1;174:145-149.
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Quan Y, Wang Z, Gong L, Peng X, Richard MA,et al. Exosome miR-371b-5p promotes proliferation of lung alveolar progenitor type II cells by using PTEN to orchestrate the PI3K/Akt signaling. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2017 Jun 8;8(1):138.
