The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital - Santiago Partida-Sanchez, Ph.D. Profile
Santiago Partida-Sanchez, Ph.D.
photo of Santiago Partida-Sanchez, Ph.D.
Center for Microbial Pathogenesis

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Santiago.Partida-Sanchez@
nationwidechildrens.org


The Research Institute
at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Childrens Drive
Columbus, OH 43205
p: 614.722.4092 | f: 614.722.2818

PARTIDA-SANCHEZ LABORATORY
My laboratory is interested in the study of immune cell recruitment induced by infection and/or inflammation. Our research projects are focused on molecular analyses of chemokine receptor-mediated G-protein-linked signaling and calcium influx in neutrophils and DCs. We are conducting experiments to study regulation of calcium influx mediated by CD38-catalyzed metabolites and the ADPR-activated calcium channel TRPM2 in inflammatory cells. We would like to assess whether CD38 inhibiting drugs, CD38-derived antagonists, and/or TRPM2 channel inhibitors, have potential therapeutic use to block undesired chronic inflammatory responses, or harmful T cell responses leading to autoimmunity. This knowledge could allow us to design new strategies for clinical intervention in several immunological disorders, as well as inflammatory and infectious diseases.