Waleed A. Elsegeiny, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Education:

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

B.S., Louisiana State University

Languages Spoken: Arabic
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Biography

Our clinical study focuses on non-HIV individuals that acquire an opportunistic infection of Cryptococcus. Over 30% of patients tested were positive for anti-GMCSF autoantibodies in blood plasma. One function of GM-CSF is the inhibition of autophagy in monocytes/macrophages, which we observed enhances their sensitivity to antigen, cytokine production, and intrinsic fungicidal activity.