Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
Open Access

Hong Wei Chu

Biography

Hong Wei Chu is the Head of the Basic Science Section at National Jewish Health and an Associate Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Denver. He received his medical degree in 1985 from Xuzhou Medical College and his pathology degree in 1988 from Tongji Medical University, Dr Chu is the principal investigator for 4 ongoing NIH and FAMRI grants and has been a reviewer for over 20 journals including American Journal of Pathology, The Journal of Immunology, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Chest among others. In addition Dr Chu is actively on the editorial board for PLoS ONE Clinical and Experimental Allergy and The Open Allergy Journal.

Research Interest

Airway Epithelium
Antimicrobial substances and respiratory pathogens
Asthma pathobiology
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Gram-negative bacteria and lung infection
Knockout mouse models
Transgenic mouse models
Mycoplasma pneumoniae and lung infection
SiRNA delivery
Transgenic mouse models