Vascular Biology Laboratory
Dr. Peter Bodary
1211 & 1290 CCRB
401 Washtenaw Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2214
Phone: (734) 615-8071
Research Overview
The research in the Vascular Biology Laboratory is focused on understanding the interaction of lifestyle and adiposity on vascular health and disease. We are especially interested in the mechanisms which underly the detrimental vascular effects of both adipose (ie. fat) tissue and sedentary lifestyle. We hypothesize that the combination of obesity and sedentary lifestyle accelerates cardiovascular disease complications (such as heart attacks and strokes) through effects associated or driven by insulin resistance. We are using in vivo mouse models to explore several lines of research related to adipose tissue and vascular disease including leptin receptor mutant mice and mice lacking adipose tissue (ie. "fatless") mice. We are currently in the planning stage for translational studies examining the relationship between adiposity, insulin resistance and thrombosis risk in human populations.
Descriptions of current projects will be posted in the next few months
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Members
Faculty:
Peter F. Bodary, Ph.D. (pfbodary@umich.edu), Director
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Heidi B. Iglay, Ph.D. (iglay@umich.edu)
Soo Jin Yang, Ph.D. (soojyang@umich.edu)
Doctoral Student::
Sanjoy Kumar Khan (sanjoykk@umich.edu)
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