Chakia McClendon, PHD

Postdoctoral Experience 

NIH IRACDA NY-CAPS Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University 2020

Degrees
Ph.D., Energy and Environmental Science, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 2016
M.S., Animal Health Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 2012
B.S., Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 2006

Publications

• McClendon, C.J.; Miller, W.T. Structure, Function, and Regulation of the SRMS Tyrosine Kinase. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 4233.

• Waterman, J. T., McClendon, C. J., Ranabhat, R. S., & Barton, K. T. (2019). Profiling of cell stress proteins reveals decreased expression of enzymatic antioxidants in tracheal epithelial tissue of pigs raised indoors. Am J Transl Res, 11(9), 5716-5727.

• Gerald, C. L., McClendon, C. J., Ranabhat, R. S., Waterman, J. T., Kloc, L. L., Conklin, D. R., … & Williams, L. L. (2019). Sorrel Extract Reduces Oxidant Production in Airway Epithelial Cells Exposed to Swine Barn Dust Extract In Vitro. Mediators of inflammation, 2019.

• McClendon, C. J., Gerald, C. L., Waterman, J. T. (2015). Farm animal models of organic dust exposure and toxicity: insights and implications for respiratory health. Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 15(2), 137-144.

• KINASE, J. N. T. (2014). Moringa tea blocks acute lung inflammation induced by swine confinement dust through a mechanism involving TNF-α expression, c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation and neutrophil regulation. American Journal of Immunology, 10(2), 73-87. —–Acknowledged for the work contributed

• McClendon C.J., Pettiford S., Conklin D., Kloc L., Oh S.H., Waterman, J. T. (2013). Airway metrics, anatomy and growth performance of pigs reared indoors and outdoors. American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 8: 165-176.