Lloyd Fleisher
Professor of Pharmacology
B.A.: Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, Biology, 1967.
Ph.D.: City University of New York, Mount Sinai Medical Center,
1977.
E-mail: lloyd_fleisher@ncsu.edu
Professional Experience:
7/77-8/78: Research Trainee, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
9/78-5/80: Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
6/80-10/82: Research Associate, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.
11/82-6/88: Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
7/88-6/95: Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
7/95-present: Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Research Area:
I am part of a research group investigating the role of iron in the regulation of glutamate production by the lens epithelium and the retinal pigment epithelium. Dr. Chris McGahan is the PI of this project, which has been continuously funded by the National Eye Institute for over 30 years. I collaborate actively in this group's efforts, participate in lab meetings and design of experiments, and play a significant role in the preparation of manuscripts and grant proposals. I was co-author on several peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts two of those manuscripts are shown below.
Selected Publications:
Harned, J., J.B. Ferrell, M.M. Lall, L.N. Fleisher, S. Nagar, M. Goralska, M.C. McGahan. 2010. Altered ferritin subunit composition changes iron metabolism in lens epithelial cells with downstream effects on glutathione levels and vascular endothelial growth factor secretion. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 51:4437-46.
Goralska M, Nagar S, Colitz C, Fleisher L, McGahan M. 2009. Changes in ferritin H- and L-chains in canine lenses with age-related nuclear cataract Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (Cover Article) ; 50:305-310.