Michael Swanson
e-mail address: micswans@umich.edu

Mentor: David Markovitz, MD

Research Description

I am currently working on a couple projects dealing with HIV-1. I am determining the role of the intermediate filament protein vimentin in HIV-1 infection. In addition, I am studying the anti-HIV-1 properties of a plant lectin derived from bananas and how HIV-1 gp120 induces inflammatory chemokine production by macrophages.

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