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Elizabeth Leadbetter

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210-567-3923

leadbetter@uthscsa.edu

Programs

  • M.D./Ph.D. in South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program
  • M.S. in Immunology & Infection
  • Ph.D. in Integrated Biomedical Sciences
  • Molecular Immunology & Microbiology

Departments & Divisions

  • Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics

Research

Research profile

Currently seeking Ph.D. students

Elizabeth Leadbetter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics

Research

Dr. Leadbetter's laboratory has two long term research goals, to thoroughly investigate the mechanisms and nature of cooperation between iNK T and B cells during responses to model and bacterial lipid antigens and to extend these finding to inform the development of a new family of lipid-based vaccine candidates.   Relevant Diseases

These studies currently include studies of model lipid, protein, and polysaccharide antigens in murine models of infection, metabolic disease, and autoimmunity; including clinically relevant vaccine studies harnessing iNKT and B cell cooperation for protection.

  • Research & Grants

    Dr. Leadbetter's laboratory has two long term research goals, to thoroughly  investigate the mechanisims and nature of cooperation between iNK T and B cells during responses to model and bacterial lipid antigens and to texnted these findings to inform the development of a new family of lipid based vaccine candidates.
     

    Research profile

  • Publications

      Lynch L, Michelet X, Zhang S, Brennan PJ, Moseman A, Lester C, Besra G,Vomhof-Dekrey EE, Tighe M, Koay HF, Godfrey DI, Leadbetter EA, Sant'Angelo DB, von Andrian U, Brenner MB. Regulatory iNKT cells lack expression of the transcription factor PLZF and control the homeostasis of T(reg) cells and macrophages in adipose tissue. Nat Immunol. 2015 Jan;16(1):85-95. doi:10.1038/ni.3047. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

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