Esteban Perez, DO
Ph.D. Student
Esteban is an Internal medicine resident and a graduate student in the translational science PHD program studying host pathogen interactions under the mentorship of Larry Schlesinger, MD. Esteban joined the Schlesinger lab in the fall of 2019 during his 3rd year of medical school. Esteban’s current research project is focused on characterizing the role of AIM2 in human macrophages during early tuberculosis infection. Esteban is considering specializing in Infectious disease or pulmonology for his clinical training.
Research Topic
Infectious disease, Host-pathogen interactions, Tuberculosis
Education
DO, University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine 2021
B.S., Biology, University of Florida, 2015
Publications
Simper JD, Perez E, Schlesinger LS, Azad AK. Resistance and Susceptibility Immune Factors at Play during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Macrophages. Pathogens. 2022 Oct 6;11(10):1153. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11101153. PMID: 36297211; PMCID: PMC9611686
Perez, E. and Choe, K. (2014), Urea protects Caenorhabditis elegans against hypertonic stress: a genetic model for cellular responses to urea? (1099.7). The FASEB Journal, 28: 1099.7. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.1099.7