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Lee M. Cera, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant
Dean, Comparative Studies
Director,
Section of Comparative Medicine
Associate
Professor, Department of Cell Biology,
Neurobiology
and Anatomy |
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B.A., Biology and Chemistry, 1971 St. Xavier University.
B.S., Veterinary Medicine, 1973 University of Illinois.
D.V.M., 1975 University of Illinois.
Resident, Comparative Medicine and Pathology, 1975-1978. The University of
Chicago, Billings Hospital, Carlson Animal Research Facility.
Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Pathology, 1992. The University of Chicago, Pritzker
School of Medicine
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EMAIL |
Current Interests |
| Sendai virus, viral
carcinogenicity, pulmonary cancer |
Laboratory
Focus |
| My research focus is the study of
the innate cellular changes in both respiratory epithelium and cellular components of the
immune system which occur in mice during and following a natural infection with rodent
Sendai virus The specific project presently under investigation involves the potential
carcinogenicity of Sendai Virus Pilot data reveals that mice infected with Sendai virus,
then challenged with a known lung carcinogen (urethane) will show an increased incidence
of respiratory tumors Sendai virus appears to shorten anticipated latency period for such
tumor growth, with an increase in the size and malignancy of the tumors |
Publications |
| Wright,
M.H., Cera, L.M., Sarich, N.A., Lednicky,
J.A. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction detection and nucleic acid
sequence confirmation of reovirus infection in laboratory mice with discordant serologic
indirect immunofluorescence assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay results. Comparative
Medicine, Vol. 54, No.4, (410-17), August 2004.
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