Awarded grant in 2012
Chromosome Y Regulates usceptibility to Coxsackievirus
B3-induced Myocardtis
“The experiments proposed in this fellowship will identify the critical cell types, for example cardiomyocytes and/or immune cells, which influence myocarditis susceptibility in the consomic mice. Thisdata will provide the necessary cellular link for future work that tests the hypothesis that ChrY dependent regulation of genes on other chromosomes is evolutionarily conserved, and that this mechanism influences myocarditis susceptibility among male mice. This is a very novel and exciting area of genetic research that will reveal ChrY’s contribution to phenotypic differences that directly impact susceptibility to myocarditis and allow for the identification of genes and pathways that can be targeted for mechanistic studies and therapeutic intervention.”
