Tsuneya Ikezu, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Mayo’s Clinic Molecular NeuroTherapeutics Laboratory

Research Interests:
Neurodegenerative disorders
Neuroinflammation
Molecular pharmacologic interventions
Therapeutic potentials of select anti-inflammatory and neurotrophic factors on animal models of Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia using virus-mediated gene delivery system
Innate immunity
The functions of macrophages and microglia, on HIV-1 infection and neuroinflammation in the context of HIV-associated neurocognitive dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease.

Websites:
BU Profile
Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
ResearchGate

Programs and Departments:
Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics