NAME: Sergei A. Grando, MD, PhD, DSc
DEPT: Dermatology
ORGANIZATION:University of California Davis
ADDRESS: 4860 Y Street, Sacramento, CA 95817
TELEPHONE No: 916-734-6057
FAX No: 916-734-6793
E MAIL ADDRESS: sagrando@ucdavis.edu
TITLE:Professor

TOTAL GRANTS: Two from NIH and two from nonfederal agencies
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 151, excluding abstracts
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience, Physicians' Information and Education Resource,Ukrainian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, Cosmetology

SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH:Mucocutaneous nonneuronal cholinergic system in norm and pathology, autoimmune blistering diseases
DISCIPLINE(S): Dermatology, Oral biology, Immunology, Comparative pathology
ORGAN SYSTEMS: epithelium, immune system
TISSUES: skin, oral cavity
CELL(S): keratinocytes, fibroblasts, melanocytes, lymphocytes
MOLECULE(S): cholinergic receptors, intercellular adhesion molecules
TECHNIQUE(S): pharamacological and molecular biological assays, protein biochemistry, immunohistochemistry