Petar Lenert, M.D., M.Sc, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Dr. Lenert is interested in the study of the mechanisms of CpG-induced receptor binding and downstream signal transduction evens in human and mouse B cells. His clinical interest is in the area of systemic autoimmune diseases.
Recent Publications
- Lenert, P., Goeken, A., Handwerger, B. and Ashman, R.F.: Innate immune responses in lupus-prone Palmerston North mice: Differential responses to LPS and bacterial-DNA/CpG-oligonucleotides. J. Clin. Immunol. 23: 202-213 (2003).
- Lenert, P., Yi, A-K., Krieg, A.M., Stunz, L.L and Ashman, R.F.: Inhibitory oligonucleotides block the induction of AP-1 transcription factor by stimulatory CpG oligonucleotides in B cells. Antisense Nucleic Acid Drug Dev. 13:143-150 (2003).
- Lenert, P., Rasmussen, W., Ashman, R.F., and Ballas, Z.K. Structural chraracterization of the inhibitory DNA motif for the type A(D)-CpG-induced cytokine secretion and NK-cell lytic activity in mouse spleen cells. DNA Cell. Biol. 22: 621-631 (2003).
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Medical School:
University of Novi Sad,
Yugoslavia
Graduate School:
University of Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, 1981 (M.Sc.)
University of Novi Sad,
Yugoslavia, 1991 (Ph.D.)
Residency and Fellowship:
University of Novi Sad,
Yugoslavia
Post Graduate Training:
University of California, San Diego
University of Montreal, Quebec
The University of Iowa |