Edward H. Eylar, PhD

Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Education
1958 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Harvard University

Current Research, Teaching and Professional Appointments
1985 - Present Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto 

 Memberships of Professional Societies  American Society of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology
American Society of Immunology
American Chemical Society
American Society of Neurochemistry
International Society of Neurochemistry

Awards Markel Award - Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine
1954-1960 Helen Hay Whitney Fellow
1953 National Science Foundation Fellow

Recent Publications Barrientos, I. Báez, Colón-Martínez, S.L., Eylar, E. H. “Transcriptional Factor NF-kB: Regulation by Proteosome and N-Acetylcysteine (NAC)”. (To be submitted).

Eylar, E.H., Yamamura, Y., Báez, I., Colón-Martínez, S.L., Lefranc, C., Rodríguez, N., Breithaupt, T.B. “HIV Infection and Aging: Enhanced Interferon-( and Tumor Necrosis Factor-" Production by the CD8+ CD28- T Subset”. (Submitted to BMC Immunology).
2001
Eylar, E.H., Báez, I., Colón-Martínez, S.L., Yamamura, Y., Rodríguez, N., Yano, N., Lefranc, C., and Breithaupt, T.B., “Enhanced Interferon-(Production in CD8+ CD28- Lymphocytes From HIV+ Patients”. J. Clin. Immunol., 21, 135-144
1997
Eylar, E.H., Báez, I., Vázquez, A., Colón-Martínez, S.L., Rodríguez, J., Kessler, M., Breithaupt, T., “N-acetylcysteine (NAC) Strongly Enhances the Proliferative and Interleukin-2 Response of Aged Rhesus CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells”, Aging Immunol. and Inf. Disease, in press

Eylar, E.H., Báez, I., Lefranc, C.E., Colón-Martínez, S.L., Rodríguez, V., Yamamura, Y, and Rodríguez, N. “The Proliferative Response of HIV+ T Cells (CD4+ and CD8+) are Severely Suppressed Via CD28 Coactivation”. (Submitted to Cell. Mol. Biol.)
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