Aim 2. Conditioning the injury environment
- Identification of pro-regenerative versus pro-fibrotic molecular signatures of functionally defined subsets of immune cells- specific focus on macrophages
- Generation of therapeutic modulators of inflammation- proof-of-principle on use of evasins to target multiple chemokines post-MI
- Targeting pro-inflammatory immune cell recruitment and chemotaxis via exosome-microRNA cargo using antagomiRs
- Therapeutic augmentation of lymphangiogenesis for immune cell trafficking: lead candidate development of chemical inducers of coronary lymphatic vessels post-MI and inflammatory cell resolution
- Mechanistic insight into ROS-mediated inflammation as a therapeutic target via targeting of DUOX
- Functional evaluation of osteopontin as a major pro-fibrotic factor post-MI