DR BETH A. MC CORMICK
DEPT: Mucosal Immunology Laboratories/PEDGI
ORGANIZATION: Massachusetts General Hospital
ADDRESS: 149 13th Street (1493404) Charlestown, MA 02129
TELEPHONE No: 617-726-4168
FAX No: 617-726-4172
E MAIL ADDRESS: mccormic@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
TITLE: Assistant Professor
TOTAL GRANTS: Current (4)
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 30
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience,
SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: Research interests focus on how enteric pathogens coordinate the mucosal inflammatory responses which lead to active states of gastroenteritis.
DISCIPLINE(S): Bacterial pathogenesis, Mucosal inflammation, Cellular Microbiology
ORGAN SYSTEMS: N/A
TISSUES: Intestinal epithelium
CELL(S): Intestinal epithelial cells (T84, CACO2, HT29)
MOLECULE(S): S. typhimurium SipA, and proinflammatory chemoattractants (IL-8, PEEC)
TECHNIQUE(S): In vitro model of intestinal inflammation