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Taku Kambayashi, M.D, Ph.D.

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Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (8 weeks/year)
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Director, Institute for Immunology Clinical Fellows Training Program, PSOM
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Program Advisor, Medical Scientist Training Program, PSOM
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Associate Vice Chair of Research, Department of Pathology, PSOM
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Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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21 9 B.S. 23 (Biomedical Engineering) c
40 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1993.
21 a Ph.D. 17 (Immunology) c
36 Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2002.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
36 Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2004.
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Description of Research Expertise

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9b Regulation of T cell responses; Signal transduction; Regulation of skin barrier function; Skin commensals; Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
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4c 1) TSLP-mediated regulation of systemic lipid metabolism by T cells.
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4f 3) Regulation of systemic lipid metabolism by skin and skin commensals.
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4c 4) Mouse models of Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease (iMCD)
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9e 5) Regulation of the epigenome of gametes (sperm and egg) by T cells and microbes. The impact of parental T cells and microbes on progeny phenotypes.
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2c Wei Du, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
1f Bruk Goshu, PhD Student
33 Tetsuya Ikawa, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
35 Dorottya Laczko, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
2b Mariko Okumura, Research Specialist
23 Lillian Sun, MD/PhD Student
24 Saba Tegegne, MD/PhD Student
35 Yuichi Yokoyama, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
1e Simon Zhou, PhD Student
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Description of Clinical Expertise

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