Heather Ferris
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Assistant Professor of Medicine and Neuroscience
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Heather Ferris is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Neuroscience at the University of Virginia Health System. Her research focuses on the regulation of glial and neuronal responses, particularly in relation to insulin sensitivity, cholesterol metabolism, and the implications of these mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease. Recent publications include studies on the role of the mevalonate pathway in glial ApoE secretion and the modulation of neuronal response by neutrophil enzymes.
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Insulin and SREBP-2 in brain cholesterol regulation
Open Date: 2012-09-21
Close Date: 2017-06-30
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Ku-Lung Hsu
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University of Virginia
Thurl Harris
University of Virginia
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