Cheryl Hertz
Senior Instructor of Biology | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Biography
Dr. Cheryl Hertz is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Biology. After earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Drake University, Cheryl pursued graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she established academic interests in both Microbiology and Immunology, earning a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology. The subject of her dissertation was Host Immune Responses to African Trypanosomes, the causative agent of African Sleeping Sickness. She then completed a Postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA, where her research examined the role of Toll-like receptors in the activation of Innate and Adaptive immune responses to bacterial pathogens.
Dr. Hertz has taught at LMU since 2004, primarily teaching courses in Immunology, General Microbiology, and Medical Microbiology. In recent years, she has been an instructor for the introductory Biology Laboratory courses, Genetics, as well as courses in Infectious Diseases that she has developed for both majors and non-majors.
Education (2)
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Biology
Drake University: B.S., Biology
Areas of Expertise (5)
Infectious Disases
Microbiology
Immunology
Biology
Genetics
Industry Expertise (2)
Research
Education/Learning
Articles (6)
Granulysin-derived pepetides demonstrate antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects against Propionibacterium acnes
The Journal of Investigative DermatologyMcInturff JE, Wang, SJ, Machleidt T, Lin TR, Oren A, Hertz CJ, Krutzik SR, Hart S, Zeh K, Anderson DH, Gallo RL, Modlin RL, Kim J.
2005
Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 2 on Human Airway Epithelial Cells Induces the Antimicrobial Peptide Human Beta Defensin-2
The Journal of ImmunologyHertz, Cheryl J., Qi Wu, Edith Martin Porter, Yan J. Zhang, Karl-Heinz Weisműller, Paul J. Godowski, Tomas Ganz, Scott H. Randell, Robert L. Modlin
2003
Role of Toll-like receptors in Response to Bacterial Infection
Contributions to MicrobiologyHertz,CJ. and R.L. Modlin
2003
Microbial lipopeptides stimulate dendritic cell maturation via TLR2
The Journal of ImmunologyHertz, Cheryl J., Sylvia M. Kiertscher, Paul J. Godowski, Deborah A. Bouis, Michael V. Norgard, Michael D. Roth and Robert L. Modlin
2001
IFN--dependent nitric oxide production is not linked to resistance in experimental African trypanosomiasis
Cellular ImmunologyHertz, Cheryl J., and John M. Mansfield
1999
Resistance to the African trypanosomes is IFN- dependent
The Journal of ImmunologyHertz, Cheryl J.Hertz, Cheryl J., Hanna I. Filutowicz, and John M. Mansfield
1998
