Merry Lindsey, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Mississippi Center for Heart Research
Office: G351-04
Lab: G364/74
(601) 815-1329
Lab: (601) 984-1824 or (601) 815-0816
Email: mllindsey@umc.edu
Areas of Expertise
- General: Cardiovascular physiology, proteomics
- Specific: Inflammatory and fibrotic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of left ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction; cardiac aging.
Research Methods
Matrix metalloproteinase assays, in vivo myocardial injury models (myocardial infarction by coronary artery litigation), murine cardiovascular function analyses, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, proteomics, histology, immunoblotting, fibroblast tissue culture, macrophage cell physiology assays.
Current Projects
- Identifying novel MMP substrates in post-MI tissues.
- Using omics strategies to identify novel extracellular matrix signaling pathways altered post-MI.
- Examining the roles of macrophages and fibroblasts in post-MI remodeling of the left ventricle.
- Determining the role of aging on the remodeling process.
- Discovering novel biomarkers of adverse left ventricular remodeling