Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

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Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Steven M. Rowe

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department: Internal Medicine/medicine

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

SYNEDGEN, INC

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Reimbursed or sponsored travel

The outcome of the research is of significant business interest to the entity and therefore the financial interest could likely change based on the research results

Listed Research Project
The Mechanism of Tobacco-Induced Decrements in Mucociliary Clearance

PROJECT NARRATIVE While hundreds of millions of people worldwide suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) primarily due to cigarette smoking, patients have few treatment options directed at the underlying pathogenesis. The goal of this project is to determine whether specific inhaled chemicals within cigarette smoke, including the reactive aldehyde acrolein, alter the function of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a key protein we have shown contributes to the pathogenesis of COPD and promotes disease-related mucus obstruction; we will also assess whether scavengers of these chemicals can mitigate these effects. Improving our understanding of the relationship between particular tobacco smoke toxicants and mechanisms underlying COPD, as well as clinical manifestations, will provide insight that can drive the development of novel therapeutic interventions aimed at interrupting or slowing disease progression and improving quality of life for patients with this debilitating lung disease.

Filed on December 02, 2016.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Steven M. Rowe University of Alabama at Birmingham Conflict of Interest SYNEDGEN, INC $10,000 - $19,999
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