Laboratory Surgical Path. Path Home Other CVM Departments CVM Home Veterinary Pathology Research Team Respiratory Disease Mark Ackermann , DVM, PhD Research activity involves molecular mechanisms of acute inflammatory responses during bacterial infections of the lung and intestine. Therapies to minimize tissue damage during the acute inflammatory response are developed. We also study new families of antimicrobial peptides produced by epithelial cells of the lung and intestine that may reduce bacterial colonization.
Experiments utilize animal models, cultured cells, and cellular and molecular biology techniques.
The goal of the work is to reduce colonization by bacterial pathogens and minimize tissue damage during pneumonia and enteritis.