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COBRE Research Projects
Project 1:	Genetic Profiles of Gastric Lesions in Patients with Gastritis and Mice infected with Helicobacter pylori
Project Leader: Mentors: External Mentors:	Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD Augusto Ochoa, MD, and Jay Kolls, MD (LSUHSC) External Mentors: Pelayo Correa, MD, (Vanderbilt) and Jennifer Clarke, PhD (University of Miami)
Project 2:	L-Arginine availability regulates proliferation of malignant T cells
Project Leader: Mentors:	Paulo Rodriguez, PhD Yong-Sung Choi, MD, PhD and John T. Cole, MD (Ochsner Clinic Foundation), Bruce Blazar, MD, (University of Minnesota)
Project 3:	HSV-2 Subversion of the Innate Immune Response by Targeting Cell-Intrinsic Pathways
Project Leader: Mentors: External Mentor:	Timothy Foster, PhD Alistair Ramsay, PhD (LSUHSC); Grant McFadden, PhD (U. of Florida)
Project 4:	Identification of Protective and Pathogenic Human B Cell Epitopes in Dengue Virus
Project Leader: Mentors: External Mentor:	John Schieffelin, MD, MPH James Robinson, MD (Tulane University) and David Martin, MD (LSUHSC) Thomas Geisbert, MD, (Boston University)
Project 5:	Modulating L-arg metabolism through Arginase and iNOS to inhibit growth
Project Leader: Mentors: External Mentor:	Arnold Zea, PhD Augusto C. Ochoa, MD and Judd Shellito, MD (LSUHSC) Carol Mason, MD (MCLNO)
Project 6:	Tumor microenvironment and B cell lymphomas
Project Leader: Mentors:	Sun-Ok Yoon, PhD Yong Sung Choi, MD, PhD, and John Cole, MD (Ochsner)
Project 7:	Induction of Epithelialization in Carcinoma Cells by BIN1
Project Leader: Mentors:	Daitoku Sakamuro, Ph.D. Augusto Ochoa, M.D.
Project 8:	Alterations in cell signaling pathways by human neurotropic JC virus in colon cancer
Project Leader: Mentors:	Luis Del Valle, M.D. Augusto Ochoa, M.D.
Project 9:	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and malignant transformation of neural progenitors
Project Leader: Mentors:	Krzysztof Reiss, Ph.D. Augusto Ochoa, M.D.

The projects described are supported by Grant number P20 RR021970 from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH.