168- Rettew, J.A., Marriott, I., and Huet, Y.M. (2010). Gender based differences in the innate immune
response to bacterial pathogens. In: Sex hormones and immunity to infection (SL Klein and CW
Roberts, Eds). Springer, New York, NY. pp. 123-146 - Rettew, J.A., Huet, Y.M., and Marriott, I. (2009). Estrogens augment cell surface TLR4 expression
on murine macrophages and regulates sepsis susceptibility in vivo. Endocrinology 150: 3877-3884. - Rettew, J.A., Huet-Hudson, Y.M., and Marriott, I. (2008). Testosterone reduces macrophage
expression of Toll-like receptor 4, a trigger for inflammation and innate immunity. Biology of
Reproduction 78: 432-437.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
- Jennifer R. McCall, Henry M. Jacocks, Allan J. Goodman, Susan C. Niven, Alysha M. Thompson, Daniel
G. Baden, and Andrea J. Bourdelais “Development of Competitive Fluorescence-based Binding
Assays for Brevetoxins and Brevenal.” 7th Annual Symposium on Harmful Algae. Sarasota, Florida.
October 27-31, 2013. (Poster) - Jennifer R. McCall. “Utilization of a fluorescence-based receptor binding assay to detect brevetoxins
and ciguatoxins.” 2013 Gordon Research Conference: Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins. Easton,
Massachusetts. June 16-21, 2013. (Oral Presentation: Invited Speaker) - Jennifer R. McCall. “Development of a fluorescence-based receptor binding assay for brevetoxins
and ciguatoxins.” Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology Science
Review Meeting. Harbor Branch, Florida. October 2-3, 2012. (Oral Presentation) - Jennifer R. McCall, Henry M. Jacocks, Daniel G. Baden, and Andrea J. Bourdelais. “Development of a
fluorescence-based receptor binding assay for site 5 of voltage-sensitive sodium channels in rat
brain synaptosomes.” AOAC Pacific NW Section Annual Meeting. Tacoma, Washington. June 18-22,
2012. (Oral Presentation) - Jennifer A. Rettew and Ian Marriott. “Activation of GPR30, a novel estrogen receptor, results in
acute decreases in TLR4 expression on murine macrophages.” 49th annual meeting of the
American Society for Cell Biology. San Diego, California. December 5-9, 2009. (Poster) - Jennifer A. Rettew, Yvette M. Huet, and Ian Marriot. “Long-term biphasic effects of estradiol
exposure on murine bone-marrow derived macrophage TLR4 expression” 96th annual meeting of
the American Association of Immunologists. Seattle, Washington. May 8-12, 2009. (Poster) - Jennifer A. Rettew. “Estrogen augments cell-surface TLR4 expression on macrophages and
regulates sepsis susceptibility in vivo.” 9th Annual Graduate Research Forum, UNC-Charlotte.
Charlotte, North Carolina. March 21, 2009. (Oral Presentation) - Jennifer A. Rettew, Yvette M. Huet-Hudson, and Ian Marriott. “Estrogen augments microbial pattern
recognition receptor expression on murine macrophages.” 2nd annual meeting of the Organization
for the Study of Sex Differences. New Orleans, Louisiana. June 4-8, 2008. (Poster) - Jennifer A. Rettew. “Testosterone reduces macrophage expression of Toll-like receptor 4, a trigger
for inflammation and innate immunity.” 8th Annual Graduate Research Forum, UNC-Charlotte.
Charlotte, North Carolina. March 15, 2008. (Oral Presentation) - Jennifer A. Rettew and Ian Marriott. “Testosterone attenuates TLR4 expression on murine
macrophages.” 94th annual meeting of the American Association of Immunologists. Miami Beach,
Florida. May 18-22, 2007. (Poster)
GRANTS
2014 -2015 NIH/NIEHS: Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant for the development of
fluorescent receptor binding assays for saxitoxins and domoic acid. Role: PI. $224,408
2014 SURCA award from UNCW for mentoring summer undergraduate research. $3,000
2009 -2010 Lucille P. and Edward C. Giles Foundation Fellowship, competitive Graduate School
Dissertation Year Scholarship, UNC-Charlotte. $21,000
HONORS/AWARDS/PROFESSIONAL and UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2013 – present Peer Reviewer for Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology