Ediri Metitiri
Ph.D. Student
Ediri is a first-year graduate student interested in cancer biology and pathophysiology. She is learning how to conduct translational research from clinical experts in their field.
Education
M.Sc., Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine 2011
Awards
R25 IMSD grant
Publications
Lewis, T.C., Metitiri, E.E., Mentz, G.B., Ren, X., Carpenter, A.R., Goldsmith, A.M, Wicklund, K.E., Eder, B.N., Comstock, A.T., Ricci, J.M., Brennan, S.R., Washington, G.L., Owens, K.B., Mukherjee, B., Robins, T.G., Batterman, S.A., Hershenson, M.B. and the Community Action Against Asthma Steering Committee. Influence of viral infection on the relationships between airway cytokines and lung function in asthmatic children. Respiratory Research, 2018 Nov 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0922-9
Lewis, T.C., Metitiri, E.E., Mentz, G.B., Ren, X., Goldsmith, A.M, Eder, B.N., Wicklund, K.E., Walsh, M.P., Comstock, A.T., Ricci, J.M., Brennan, S.R., Washington, G.L., Owens, K.B., Mukherjee, B., Robins, T.G., Batterman, S.A., Hershenson, M.B. and the Community Action Against Asthma Steering Committee. Impact of community respiratory viral infections in urban children with asthma. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 29 Oct 2018.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anai.2018.10.021
Rajput, C., Walsh, M.P., Eder, B.N., Metitiri, E.E., Popova, A.P., Hershenson, M.B. Rhinovirus infection induces distinct transcriptome profiles in polarized human macrophages. Physiological Genomics, 2018 May 1.PMID 29521598 https://doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00122.2017
American Thoracic Society International Conference San Francisco, CA May 2016
In inner-city children with asthma infected with rhinovirus, viral load correlates with nasal aspirate cytokine expression but not respiratory symptoms https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2016.193.1_MeetingAbstracts.A1080
Nasal aspirate CXCL10, CXCL8, and IFN-λ correlate with symptoms and lung function in inner-city asthmatic children with respiratory viral infections https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2016.193.1_MeetingAbstracts.A6418
American Thoracic Society International Conference San Diego, CA May 2014
Natural rhinovirus colds decrease respiratory tract expression of microRNA cluster 17-92 in patients with asthma https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2014.189.1_MeetingAbstracts.A4887