Judith (Judy) Smith
Position title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Email: jsmith27@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-1251
Address:
600 Highland Ave - H4/4
The major focus of the Smith lab is an intracellular stress response originating from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) called the “Unfolded Protein Response” or “UPR”. The UPR has been implicated in such diverse processes as viral infection, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, autoimmune diseases, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. We have been most interested in understanding the immune consequences of UPR activation, specifically as it impacts inflammatory cytokine production. Macrophages undergoing a UPR produce greatly augmented type I IFN, TNF-α and IL-23 in response to infectious stimuli.