Dulari Jayawardena PhD (University of Illinois at Chicago)
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, United States · United States
Editorial leadership for Journal of Peptides
Research interests
- Anti Inflammatory Neuropeptides As Therapeutic Agents Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
- Its Receptors In The Intestine Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Biography
Dulari Jayawardena, PhD, is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, United States, where she completed her doctoral education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on intestinal epithelial physiology and barrier function, with particular emphasis on ion transport mechanisms. Her most influential work, "A Novel Role of SLC26A3 in the Maintenance of Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Integrity," published in 2021, has been cited 139 times and represents a significant contribution to understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying gut barrier integrity.
Selected publications
- A Novel Role of SLC26A3 in the Maintenance of Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Integrity 2021 cited 139×
- Micronutrient Deficiency in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Cause or Effect? 2020 cited 11×
- Colonic Delivery of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Nanomedicine Alleviates Colitis and Shows Promise as An Oral Capsule 2020 cited 8×
- Serotonin Transporter Deficiency Induces Metabolic Alterations in the Ileal Mucosa 2024 cited 2×
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Metabolite-Sensing Receptor Ffar2 Regulates Colonic Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells and Gut Immunity 2019
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Microbiota-Derived Lactate Accelerates Intestinal Stem-Cell-Mediated Epithelial Development 2019
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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