Diane Sewell, Ph.D.

Director, Clinical Lab Sciences Program
3011 Cowley Hall
608-785-8255

Year hired: Fall 2004

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Education:

University of Wisconsin - Parkside, 1975. B.S., M.T.
University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2002. Ph.D.

Courses taught:

Clinical Hematology
Immunohematology
Research Design
Clinical Parasitology
Urinalysis and Body Fluids
Introduction to Clinical Lab Science
Infectious Disease

Other responsibilities:

Clinical Laboratory Science advisor

Hobbies/Interests

Reading
Gardening
Knitting and Crocheting

Publications

Qing, Z., D. L. Sewell, M. Sandor, and Z. Fabry. 2000. Antigen-specific T cell trafficking into the central nervous system. J Neuroimmunol 105:169.
Qing, Z., M. Sandor, Z. Radvany, D. Sewell, A. Falus, D. Potthoff, W. A. Muller, and Z. Fabry. 2001. Inhibition of antigen-specific T cell trafficking into the central nervous system via blocking PECAM1/CD31 molecule. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 60:798.
Swartz, K. R., F. Liu, D. Sewell, T. Schochet, I. Campbell, M. Sandor, and Z. Fabry. 2001. Interleukin-6 promotes post-traumatic healing in the central nervous system. Brain Res 896:86.
Sewell, D.L., E. K. Reinke, L. H. Hogan, M. Sandor, and Z. Fabry. 2002. Immunoregulation of CNS autoimmunity by helminth and mycobacterial infections. Immunol Lett 82:101.
Fabry, Z., M. Sandor, D. L. Sewell, E. K. Reinke. 2002 The nature of immunologic privilege in the Central Nervous System in Multiple Sclerosis and the Demyelinating Diseases: The Basic Sciences edited by R. M. Herndon
Hofstetter, H. H., D. L. Sewell, F. Liu, M. Sandor, T. Forsthuber, P. V. Lehmann, and Z. Fabry. 2003. Autoreactive T cells promote post-traumatic healing in the central nervous system. J Neuroimmunol 134:25.
Sewell, D., Z. Qing, E. Reinke, D. Elliot, J. V. Weinstock, M. Sandor, and Z. Fabry. 2003. Immunomodulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by helminth ova immunization. Int Immunol 15:59.
Fee, D., A. Crumbaugh, T. Jacques, B. Herdrich, D. Sewell, D. Auerbach, S. Piaskowski, M. N. Hart, M. Sandor, and Z. Fabry. 2003. Activated/effector CD4+ T cells exacerbate acute damage in the central nervous system. J Neuroimmunol, 136(1-2): p. 54-66.
Sewell, D.L., E. K. Reinke, D. O. Co, L. H. Hogan, R. B. Fritz, M. Sandor, and Z. Fabry. 2003. Infection with Mycobacterium bovis BCG diverts traffic of myelin oligodendroglial glycoprotein autoantigen-specific T-cells away from the central nervous system and ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Clin and Diagn Lab Immunol, 10(4): p. 564-72.
Fee, D.B., D. L. Sewell, T. J. Jacques, S. Piaskowski, B.A. Barger, K. Andresen, , M. N. Hart, Z. Fabry. 2004 Traumatic brain injury increases TGF beta RII expression on endothelial cells. Brain Res. Jun 25;1012(1-2):52-9.
Sewell, D. L., B. Nacewicz, F. Liu, S. Macvilay, A. Erdei, J. D. Lambris, M. Sandor,  Z. Fabry 2004 Complement C3 and C5 play critical roles in traumatic brain cryoinjury: blocking effects on neutrophil extravasation by C5a receptor antagonist. J Neuroimmunol, In Press