Asif J Iqbal

I am Birmingham fellow in the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences , University of Birmingham. My labs interests are in inflammation biology and leukocyte trafficking. We are particularly interested in a family of proteins called the Galectins and examining there immunomodulatory actions on inflammatory process in the context of atherosclerosis, a disease process that occurs in major arteries causing angina, heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial disease.