Ian Davis

Professor
Department of Veterinary Biosciences
Food Animal Health Research Program, OARDC
United States of America

Professor Microbiology
Biography

He had done Bachelor of Anatomical Science (with honours) and Bachelor of Veterinary Science (with honours) from University of Bristol, Bristol, England. He had completed his Predoctoral Fellow from  Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama and Ph.D. in Pathology from University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. He was Veterinary Medical Officer at Birmingham Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama. At present he is Associate Professor at The Ohio State University.  

Research Intrest

Pulmonary viral infections (hantaviruses, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza A viruses), asthma and cystic fibrosis, mechanistic role of alveolar type II epithelial cells and alveolar macrophages

List of Publications
Davis, I.C., Lazarowski, E.R., Hickman-Davis, J.M., Fortenberry, J.A., Chen, F.-P., Zhao, X., Sorscher, E., Graves, L.M., Sullender, W.M., and Matalon, S. (2005). Leflunomide pretreatment prevents inhibition of alveolar fluid clearance in respiratory syncytial virus-infected BALB/c mice. Am. J. Resp. Crit. Care Med. 173: 673-682.
Davis, I.C., Sullender, W.M., Hickman-Davis, J.M., Lindsey, J.R., and Matalon, S. (2004). Respiratory syncytial virus inhibits alveolar fluid clearance in BALB/c mice. Am. J. Physiol. (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol.). 286: L112-L120.
Thome, U., Davis, I.C., Nguyen, S.V., Shelton, B.J., and Matalon, S. (2003). Modulation of sodium transport in fetal alveolar epithelial cells by oxygen and corticosterone. Am. J. Physiol. (Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol.). 284: L376-L385.
Davis, I.C., Zhu, S., Sampson, J.B., Crow, J.P., and Matalon, S. (2002). Inhibition of human Surfactant Protein A function by chemically- and enzymatically-catalyzed oxidation intermediates of nitrite. Free Radical Biol. Med.33: 1703-1713.
Davis, I.C., Zajac, A.J., Nolte, K.B., Botten, J., Hjelle, B., and Matalon, S. (2002). Elevated generation of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species in hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. J. Virol. 76: 8347-8359.