Michael R. Blackburn
Professor and Director of Pulmonary Center of Exce
Department of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Michael R. Blackburn has received his PhD in Thomas Jefferson University, Germany. Currently, he is working as Professor and Director of Pulmonary Center of Excellence in University of Texas Medical school. He has received his postdoctoral fellowship in Baylor College of Medicine.
Research Interest
Purinergic signaling , Regulation of lung disease
Publications
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Novitskiy SV, Ryzhov S, Zaynagetdinov R, Goldstein AE, Huang Y, Tikhomirov OY, Blackburn MR, Biaggioni I, Carbone DP, Feoktistov I, Dikov MM. Adenosine receptors in regulation of dendritic cell differentiation and function. Blood. 2008 Sep 1;112(5):1822-31.
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Blackburn MR, Volmer JB, Thrasher JL, Zhong H, Crosby JR, Lee JJ, Kellems RE. Metabolic consequences of adenosine deaminase deficiency in mice are associated with defects in alveogenesis, pulmonary inflammation, and airway obstruction. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2000 Jul 17;192(2):159-70.
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Evans CM, Williams OW, Tuvim MJ, Nigam R, Mixides GP, Blackburn MR, DeMayo FJ, Burns AR, Smith C, Reynolds SD, Stripp BR. Mucin is produced by clara cells in the proximal airways of antigen-challenged mice. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology. 2004 Oct;31(4):382-94.
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Sun CX, Zhong H, Mohsenin A, Morschl E, Chunn JL, Molina JG, Belardinelli L, Zeng D, Blackburn MR. Role of A2B adenosine receptor signaling in adenosine-dependent pulmonary inflammation and injury. The Journal of clinical investigation. 2006 Aug 1;116(8):2173.
