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Schizophrenia remains one of the most disabling conditions world-wide with an economic burden thatexceeded $155 billion dollars in fiscal year 2013 alone. Despite existing medication and community treatment,many individuals with this diagnosis continue to have poor outcomes and struggle toward recovery.

UT Health San Antonio
Velligan, Dawn I

The proposed research investigates novel molecular targets and processes that promise to minimize brain damage after cerebral ischemic stroke (CIS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Current therapeutic strategies to combat acute brain injuries have been largely unsuccessful. We discovered that the Ca2+ dependent phosphatase calcineurin (CN) can bind to PERK, a stress sensor in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), increases its auto-phosphorylation and enhance a cellular process called the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR).

UT Health San Antonio
Lechleiter, James D