Vascular end organ damage

Our project investigates vascular pruning and remodeling in mouse models of disease. We focus on (i) diabetes and (ii) incontinentia pigmenti, a genetic disease that leads to vascular pathology in the brain. Although diverse in etiology, the two conditions share an involvement of the proinflammatory transcription factor NF-?B. To explore whether interfering with NF-?B signaling offers therapeutic opportunities, we employ classical small-molecule pharmacology as well as gene therapy approaches. Optical coherence tomography and various physiological or morphological techniques are used to evaluate the vasculature.