Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
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Klaus Ley

Biography

 Dr. Ley received his B.S. from Altkönigschule-Gymnasium, Kronberg, Germany in 1976. In 1982, he received his M.D. from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Germany. Dr. Ley began his postdoctoral training from 1983 to 1987 at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. From 1987 to 1989, Dr. Ley was a visiting research scientist at the University of California, San Diego. From 1990 to 1992, Dr. Ley was appointed as scientific assistant for the Department of Physiology at Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Ley has been awarded the 2008 Marie T. Bonazinga Award, the highest scientific prize offered by the Society for Leukocyte Biology, and the 2010 Malpighi Award, the most prestigious award of the European Society for Microcirculation.

Research Interest

 Klaus Ley, M.D., and his team study inflammation a defense reaction caused by tissue damage or injury, characterized by redness, heat, swelling, and pain. The primary objective of inflammation is to localize and eradicate the irritant and repair the surrounding tissue. For the survival of the host, inflammation is a necessary and beneficial process. The inflammatory response involves three major stages: first, dilation of capillaries to increase blood flow; second, microvascular structural changes and escape of plasma proteins from the bloodstream; and third, leukocyte transmigration through endothelium and accumulation at the site of injury.

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