Dr Carol Lang, PhD

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Staff
Eugene Roscioli (part-time research assistant)

Higher Degree students
Eugene Roscioli (on leave)

Current Funded Research
Faculty of Health Science Early Career Small Grant
NHMRC Australian Biomedical (Peter Doherty) Fellowship

Most recent publications
Lang CJ*, Murgia C*, Leong M, Tan LW, Perozzi G, Knight D, Ruffin RE, Zalewski PD. Anti-inflammatory effects of zinc and alterations in zinc transporter mRNA in mouse models of allergic inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Biol (2007) 292(2):L577-585. *equally contributing
 
Zalewski PD, Truong-Tran A, Lincoln S, Ward D, Shankar A, Coyle P, Jayaram L, Copley A, Grosser D, Murgia C, Lang C, Ruffin, R.  Use of a zinc fluorophore to measure labile pools of zinc in body fluids and cell-conditioned media. Biotechniques (2006) 40(4): 509-520.

Lang CJ, Barnett EK, Doyle IR. Stretch and CO2 modulate the inflammatory response of alveolar macrophages through independent changes in metabolic activity. Cytokine (2006) 33(6): 346-351. 

Lang CJ, Postle AD, Koster G, Orgeig S, Possmayer F, Panda AK, Nag K, Daniels CB. Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine is not the major surfactant phospholipid species in all mammals. Am J Physiol Reg Integr Comp Physiol (2005) 289(5):R1426-1439. 

Lang CJ, Dong P, Hart P, Doyle IR. The effect of CO2 on LPS-induced cytokine responses in rat alveolar macrophages. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Biol (2005) 289(1): L96-103.

Ormond CJ, Orgeig S, Daniels CB. The effect of temperature on adrenergic receptors of alveolar type II cells of a heterothermic marsupial. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2003) 310: 703-709.

Ormond CJ, Orgeig S, Daniels CB, Milsom WK. Thermal acclimation of surfactant secretion & its regulation by adrenergic & cholinergic agonists in type II cells isolated from warm-active & torpid golden-mantled ground squirrels, Spermophilus lateralis. J Exp Biol (2003) 206: 3031-3041.

Ormond CJ, Daniels C, Orgeig S. Neurochemical & thermal control of surfactant secretion by alveolar type II cells isolated from the marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata. J Comp Physiol B 171(3): 223-230 (2001).

Reviews:
Orgeig S, Bernhard, W, Daniels, C, Hall, S, Hetz S, Lang C, Maina J, Panda A, Possmayer F, Perez-Gil J, Veldhuizen R. The anatomy, physics and physiology of gas exchange surfaces: Is there a universal function for pulmonary surfactant in animal respiratory structures? Integrative and Comparative Biology (2007, in press).

Murgia C, Lang CJ, Truong-Tran AQ, Grosser D, Jayaram L, Ruffin RE, Perozzi G, Zalewski PD. Invited Review. Zinc and its specific transporters as potential targets in airway disease. Current Drug Targets (2006) 7(5): 607-627.

Lang CJ, Daniels CB, Orgeig S. (2005). New insights into the thermal dynamics of the surfactant system from warm and cold animals. Chapter 2 in ‘Lung Surfactant Function and Disorder’ in ‘Lung Biology in Health and Disease’ Vol: 201, K. Nag (Ed). Pages: 464-. Marcel Dekker Inc, New York (Publication Date: 17th May 2005; ISBN:0-8247-5792-0).