Your browser is unsupported

We recommend using the latest version of IE11, Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari.

Photo of Komarova, Yulia

Yulia Komarova, PhD

Associate Professor

Mentor, Drug Discovery and Development

Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine

Contact

Building & Room:

COMRB 4053

Office Phone:

312-996-1332

About

Dr. Komarova’s research focuses on endothelial physiology in health and disease. Specifically, her research examines the cross-talk between microtubule cytoskeleton and VE-cadherin-mediated adhesions in microvascular endothelial cells. Dynamic interaction between cytoskeleton and adherens junctions is known to be important for maintenance of basal endothelial barrier permeability and underlies changes in endothelial permeability in response to different mediators. Dr. Komarova investigates the molecular and signaling mechanisms regulating microtubule cytoskeleton downstream of adherens junction and how changes in microtubule dynamics affect integrity of endothelial monolayer in response to extracellular stimuli.