
Umang Jain, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Contact
- Email: ujain@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-273-6990
Division: Anatomic & Molecular Pathology
Titles
Office of Faculty Development Representative
Education
BS & MS: Manipal University India PhD: Dalhousie University, Canada
Recognition
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) Lawrence C. Pakula
MD IBD Innovation Fund Award Boehringer Ingelheim Transition Grant Boehringer Ingelheim Strategic Hub for Innovative New Drug Concept Exploration fellowship (SHINE)
Izaak Walton Killam Graduate Student Scholarship
SPARC IBD CCFA, Kenneth Rainin (co-PI)
Research Interests
I am interested in studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which gut mycobiota (fungi) modulates local and systemic health with a goal to develop better biomarkers and therapeutic approaches.
Selected Publications
Transgenerational Obesity Modulation of Gut Mucosal Immunity
Publication
Western diet reduces small intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes via FXR-Interferon pathway
Publication
Oxylipins and metabolites from pyroptotic cells act as promoters of tissue repair
Publication
NAD<sup>+</sup> precursors and bile acid sequestration treat preclinical refractory environmental enteric dysfunction
Publication
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