Cell to Cell Communication through Junctions
Prof. Jean Jiang 姜欽
Biochemistry Dept., Univ of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
摘要：
Cells already have an information superhighway. In an organ like the liver, cells communicate with each other by sending electrical and chemical messages through a variety of channels. In some organs, such as the lens of the eye, where there are no blood vessels, these channels are the only means by which cells can communicate with each other. When the messages are disrupted, diseases ranging from cataracts to cancer can result.
My laboratory mainly studies the channels between cells, called "gap junction", through which a number of vital messages pass. The Lab uses tools lick the light and electron microscope to look at the gap junctions, and biochemical and molecular biological approaches to understand the component parts of the junctions in order to better understand how organs function when healthy and when ill.
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Prof. Jiang joined UT Health Science Center faculty in September 1997. She was an Instructor in the Cell Biology Dept. of Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, MA. She holds a B.S. degree from Nanjing Univ, China and a Ph.D. degree from State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, NY.