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Valentine Ongeri

Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine

Undergraduate Institution: Seton Hall University

Year: Fourth-Year Graduate Student

Mentor: David Corry, M.D.

Thesis Title: Innate Immune Determinants of Fungal Based Allergic Lung Disease

Publications:

Porter PC, Ongeri V, Luong A, Kheradmand F, Corry DB. Seeking common pathophysiology in asthma, atopy and sinusitis. Trends in immunology. 2011;32(2):43-9.
Porter P, Polikepahad S, Qian Y, Knight JM, Lu W, Tai WM, Roberts L, Ongeri V, Yang T, Seryshev A, Abramson S, Delclos GL, Kheradmand F, Corry DB. Respiratory tract allergic disease and atopy: experimental evidence for a fungal infectious etiology. Medical mycology: official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. 2011;49 Suppl 1:S158-63.
Porter P, Susarla SC, Polikepahad S, Qian Y, Hampton J, Kiss A, Vaidya S, Sur S, Ongeri V, Yang T, Delclos GL, Abramson S, Kheradmand F, Corry DB. Link between allergic asthma and airway mucosal infection suggested by proteinase-secreting household fungi. Mucosal Immunol. 2009. 2(6):504-17.