Diana L. Ramírez-Bergeron, Ph.D.
| Dr. Ramirez-Bergeron is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Case Cardiovascular Research Institute at Case Western Reserve University. Her main research interest is to understand how adaptive responses to changes in oxygen tension affect blood cells and vessels. One aspect of her laboratory is to dissect the specific biological and molecular roles of Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) transcriptional complex during the emergence, growth, differentiation and maturation of blood vessels during normal development and pathological vascular injuries. A second interest in Dr. Ramirez-Bergeron’s laboratory is to examine how hypoxic responses influence the generation of cardiovascular stem/progenitor cells and their differentiation into various cardiovascular cell lineages. These studies will provide a conceptual framework for understanding the pathogenesis of human hypoxic conditions and provide new directions for the development of novel therapeutic applications targeting vascular growth processes critical for tissue regeneration and repair. |
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