Jen-sie Tou

Phospholipid Synthesis and Degradation in Inflammatory Cells

	Associate Professor of Biochemistry Ph.D. (Tulane, 1968)
	Phone: (504) 584-2456
	FAX: (504) 584-2739
	Address: 1430 Tulane Ave., Box SL-43 New Orleans LA 70112
	Email: jtou@tulane.edu

Research Interests

My lab is interested in the biological functions and metabolism of phospholipids. My research deals with phospholipid synthesis and degradation in inflammatory cells. We are currently studying the formation of alkenylacyl-phosphatidic acid through phospholipase D activation in human neutrophils upon stimulation with bioactive lipids and cytokines. I am also studying the function of this plasmalogen-rich phosphatidic acid during neutrophil activation and inflammation.

Publications

List of recent publications.