Merry Lindsey, PhD

Professor of Physiology and Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Mississippi Center for Heart Research
Office: G351-04; (601) 815-1329
Lab: G364/74; (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

For more information

• Curriculum vitae
• Biographical sketch
• Summary of research
• Links to PubMed articles