College of Medicine
Serban Lab
Led by Karina A Serban · Medicine
What we study
The Serban Lab studies lung diseases like COPD and Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency using cell cultures, smoke-exposed mice, and patient samples. They focus on immune responses, the complement system, and how lung cells react to injury and repair.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Clinical
- Mice
- Cells in a dish
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 2
Current projects
Complement and lung injury in cigarette smoke-induced emphysema
How the complement system damages lung cells in emphysema caused by smoking.
Innate immune responses in COPD and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
How lung cells and immune cells respond to injury in COPD and Alpha-1.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Use of the Wnt/β-catenin Activator Lithium Is Associated with Less Emphysema
2026 · Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Compared lung damage in people who take lithium with those who take other psychiatric drugs.
- Polymerized Z-α-1 antitrypsin leads to lung injury in a murine model of emphysema
2026 · JCI Insight
Created mice with human lung disease genes to study how lung damage worsens in a genetic disorder.
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