The role of unique precursors for the mesenchymal cells involved in injury response and the lens fibrotic disease Posterior Capsule Opacification, the role of mesenchymal cells in directing collective migration/invasion as well as processes critical to cancer cell progression and metastasis.
Janice L. Walker, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Contact Information
Jefferson Alumni Hall
1020 Locust Street
571 JAH
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Genomic Medicine
Expertise & Research Interests
Publications
- Immune Responses Induced at One Hour Post Cataract Surgery Wounding of the Chick Lens
- Changes in nascent chromatin structure regulate activation of the pro-fibrotic transcriptome and myofibroblast emergence in organ fibrosis
- Fibrosis—the tale of H3K27 histone methyltransferases and demethylases
- PI3K Isoform-Specific Regulation of Leader and Follower Cell Function for Collective Migration and Proliferation in Response to Injury
- The Pro-Fibrotic Response to Lens Injury Is Signaled in a PI3K Isoform-Specific Manner