Michael Miller, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5121
Nashville
Tennessee
37236

Inflammation, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Superoxide Signaling, Endothelial Dysfunction

Research Information

My lab’s research focuses on the effects of the redox environment, its modulators, and their functional outcome on cellular and animal models of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). His work is focused on building upon the molecular pathways associated with the inflammatory response characteristic of the development of ARDS. Specifically, he is investigating extracellular superoxide dismutase (ecSOD), an enzyme the catalyzes superoxide to hydrogen peroxide, and how ecSOD modulates pro-inflammatory signaling in the NF-kB pathway. Additionally, he is seeking to determine the functional implications of ecSOD localization, its role in endothelial dysfunction, and how its interaction with the extracellular matrix alters its signaling properties.

Publications on PubMed.gov