Robert F. Garry , Jr., Ph.D.
Research Interests:
- Virology
- Molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
Research in my laboratory focuses on a number
of aspects of retroviral pathogenesis. We have found that HIV induces a number
of defects in plasma membrane ion transport which could account for the loss of
CD4+ T-cells in AIDS patients. Another interest is the molecular
characterization an isolate of HIV from a patient who died of AIDS in 1969.
This is the earliest confirmed case of AIDS in the United States. In addition, we have
discovered a retrovirus named human intracisternal A-type retroviral particle
(HIAP) which appears to be involved in systemic autoimmune diseases and
idiopathic CD4 T-lymphocytopenia. More recently, we obtained evidence for the
existance of a human endogenous retrovirus, named human mammary tumor virus
(HMTV), which is a close homolog of a virus which causes breast cancer in mice.
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Robert F. Garry, Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Tulane University
Health Sciences
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1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-38
New Orleans, LA, 70112
(504) 988-2027
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