Kevin Vannella
e-mail address: kvannell@umich.edu

Mentor: Bethany Moore, PhD

Research Description

I study mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis. I am currently investigating roles of fibrocytes and leukotrienes in pulmonary fibrotic disease, and in the next year I plan to focus on the relationship between herpesviral infections and the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis.

Publications

Hsu, J. L., Rho, S. B., Vannella, K. M., and Martinis, S. A. 2006. Functional divergence of a unique c-terminal domain of leucyl-tRNA synthetase to accommodate its splicing and aminoacylation roles. J. Biol. Chem. 281, 23075-23082.

Abstracts

Vannella, K.M., M. Peters-Golden, G.B. Toews, B.B. Moore. Herpesvirus infection influences fibrocyte recruitment and activation via cysteinyl leukotrienes during fibrosis. American Thoracic Society International Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2007.