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Phone: 319-335-6744
112 Medical Research Center
Welcome to the Laboratory of Kevin Legge, PhD, at the University of Iowa Department of Pathology.
My laboratory is focused upon determining the contribution of dendritic cells (DC) to both the initiation and regulation the adaptive immunity to pulmonary pathogens, in particular influenza virus. Overall the goals of our studies are to determine which DC-derived factors and interactions are necessary to induce protective immunity during pathogen infections of the lungs. This knowledge is important in the rational design of methods to alter respiratory immunopathology, improve vaccinations, and boost T cell responses to influenza virus and other pulmonary pathogens.
Pictured left to right: Andrew Nguyen, Emily Hemann, Lindsey Carlin, Emma Hornick, Betty Young, Kevin Legge