Kim R. Blenman


Advanced Concentration

Immunology & Microbiology

Mentor

Laurence Morel, Ph.D.

Department

Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine

Enrolled 

August 2000

Lab Room

D11-39

Lab Phone

392-2676

E-mail

kblenman@ufl.edu

Education

B.S., Chemistry, University of Florida

Dissertation Research

Apoptosis and inflammation in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus

Publications

Blenman KR, Bahjat FR, Moldawer LL, Morel L.  Aberrant signaling in the TNFalpha/TNF receptor 1 pathway of the NZM2410 lupus-prone mouse. Clin Immunol. 2004 Feb;110(2):124-33.  abstract

Morel L, Blenman KR, Croker BP, Wakeland EK. The major murine systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility locus, Sle1, is a cluster of functionally related genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2001 Feb 13;98(4):1787-92.  abstract

Morel L, Croker BP, Blenman KR, Mohan C, Huang G, Gilkeson G, Wakeland EK. Genetic reconstitution of systemic lupus erythematosus immunopathology with polycongenic murine strains. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2000 Jun 6;97(12):6670-5.  abstract

Morel L, Yu Y, Blenman KR, Caldwell RA, Wakeland EK. Production of congenic mouse strains carrying genomic intervals containing SLE-susceptibility genes derived from the SLE-prone NZM2410 strain. Mamm Genome. 1996 May;7(5):335-9.  abstract

Honors & Awards

University Women's Club Scholarship for Graduate Students, 2004


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