Caroline L. S. George, MD
Research Profile


Caroline L. S. George, MD
Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Critical Care

Contact Information:
Office Tel: (319)356-1053
Fax: (319) 353-8597
Lab Tel: (319) 335-7976
caroline-george@uiowa.edu

Caroline L. S. George, MD

Education and Training:

1983-1987— Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, BA
1988-1992— University of Minnesota, MD, School of Medicine
1990-1991— University of Minnesota, Rural Physician Associate Program, Montevideo, Minnesota
1992-1995— University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Residency, Iowa City, Iowa
1995-1998— Pediatric Critical Care, University of Fellowship, Colorado, The Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado

Research Interests:
Maternal impact on neonatal immunity and neonatal infection

Research Team/Lab Members:
Jeanne Snyder, PhD, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Kelli Goss, RAII

Department Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care

Model System: Murine models, and human milk

Recent Publications (past 3 years):

  1. George CLS, White M, O'Neill M, Thorne P, Schwartz D, Snyder J.: Altered surfactant protein-A gene expression and protein metabolism associated with repeat exposure to inhaled endotoxin. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 285: L1337-L1344, 2003.
  2. Jain VV, Businga TR, Kitagaki K, George CLS, O'Shaughnessy PT, and Kline JN: Mucosal immunotherapy with CpG oligonucleoxynucleotides reverses a murine model of chronic asthma induced by repeated antigen exposure. Am J Physiol: Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 285: L1137-L1146, 2003.
  3. Cho SJ, George CLS, Snyder JM, and Acarregui MJ: Retinoic acid and EPO maintain alveolar development in mice treated with an angiogenesis inhibitor. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 33(6):266-8, 2005.
  4. George CLS, White M, Kulhankova K, Mahajan A, Thorne PS, Snyder JM, and Kline JN: Early exposure to organic dust alters pulmonary immunity and allergic responses. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 291(3):L512-22, 2006.
  5. Foster, JJ, Goss KL, George CLS, Bangsund PJ, Snyder JM: Galectin-1 in secondary alveolar septae of neonatal mouse lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. (August 4, 2006). doi:10.1152/ajplung.00054.2006.

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