Adjunct Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology Chief, Toxicology and Molecular Biology Branch, NIOSH Ph.D., Loyola University Medical Center, 1974 NIOSH (304) 285-5843 mluster@cdc.gov Curriculum Vitae

Studies the effects of environmental and occupational agents on the immune system including applied research (development of methods and mathematical models to minimize uncertainties in risk assessment) and basic research (role of cytokines/chemokines in occupationally related diseases such as TDI-induced asthma and musculoskeletal disorders).

Publications:

Warren , G.L., O'Farrell, L., Summan, M., Hulderman, T., Mishra, D., Luster, M.I ., Kuziel, W.A., and Simeonova, P.P.. Chemokines and traumatic skeletal muscle injury. Am. J. Physiol.-Cell Physiol. 286(5):101-1036, 2004.

Johnson, V.J., Yucesoy, B. and Luster, M.I. Genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms in cytokine genes using real time PCR allelic discrimination technology. Cytokine 27(6):135-141, 2004.

Germolec, D.R., Nyska, A., Kashon, M., Kuper, C.F., Portier, C., Kommineni, C., Johnson, K.A. and Luster, M.I. The accuracy of extended histopathology to detect immunotoxic chemicals. Tox Sci. 78(1):107-115, 2004.

Luster, M.I. , Blanciforti, L.M., Germolec, D.R., Parks, C., Kashon, M. and Luebke, R. Associating changes in the immune system wuth clinical diseases for interpretation in risk assessment. In Current Protocols in Toxicology eds. D.A. Lawrence et al., Wiley and Sons, New York pp18.1-18.20, 2004