Immunotherapy: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2471-9552
ISSN: 2471-9552
Dr. Charles J. Malemud, PhD
Executive Editor
Professor, Medicine and Anatomy
Case Western Reserve University, Medicine and Anatomy, USA
Dr. Charles J. Malemud received the Ph.D. from George Washington University in 1973 and completed postdoctoral studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1977. Since 1977, Dr. Malemud has been a member of the faculty at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine where he is presently Professor of Medicine & Anatomy in the Division of Rheumatic Diseases and Senior Investigator in the Arthritis Research Laboratory. He has published over 200 papers, chapters and reviews primarily in the field of chondrocyte biology. Professor Malemud is on the editorial board of several rheumatology, immunology and musculoskeletal journals and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology. Professor Malemud has received many honors and awards in various fields.
The primary research focus of the Arthritis Research Laboratory (ARL) is to gain a better understanding of the signal transduction pathways that contribute to pro-inflammatory cytokine-induced matrix metalloproteinase gene expression and apoptosis in human articular chondrocytes. We are particularly interested in exploiting these signaling networks to identify suitable targets for intervention in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.