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Contact
information:
Telephone: (514) 398-3864
e-mail address:
mara.ludwig@mcgill.ca
website:
http://www.meakins.mcgill.ca/meakins/ludwig/index.htm
Projects for Thesis
Supervision:
1. Effects of proteoglycans on airway smooth
muscle phenotype.
2. Allergen induced asthma in biglycan
deficient mice.
3. Mechanical strain induces increased matrix
deposition by airway smooth muscle cells.
Recent
Publications:
D'Antoni, M.L., Torregiani, C.,
Ferraro, P., Michoud, M.C., Mazer, B., Martin, J.G. and
Ludwig, M.S. (2008)
Effect of decorin and biglycan on human airway smooth muscle cell
proliferation and apoptosis. Am. J. Physiol., In Press.
Salerno, F.G., Pinelli, v., Pini, L., Tuma, B.,
Iozzo, R.V. and Ludwig, M.S.
(2007)
Effect of PEEP on induced constriction is enhanced in decorin deficient
mice. Am. J. Physiol. 293: L1111-L1117.
Pini, L., Hamid, Q., Shannon, J., Lemelin, L.,
Olivenstein, R., Ernst, P., Lemiere, C., Martin, J.G. and
Ludwig, M.S. (2007)
Differences in proteoglycans deposition in the airways of moderate and
severe asthmatics. Eur. Resp. J. 29: 71-77.
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