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Faculty
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Theresa L. Whiteside
, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
1.27d HCC (Office)
HCC (Lab)
Pittsburgh, PA
Phone:
Email: whitesidetl@msx.upmc.edu
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| Research Interests |
- Immunology and immunotherapy of human solid tumors
- Development of anti-cancer vaccines
- Studies of dendritic cells in cancer
- Immune monitoring of cancer patients treated with biotherapies
- Immune suppression in cancer and its mechanisms
- Cytokines in health and disease
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| Education |
- B.S. - Columbia University (1962)
- M.A. - Columbia University (1964)
- Ph.D. - Columbia University (1967)
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| Academic Affiliation |
- Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Director of Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Health System
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| Selected Publications |
- Whiteside TL, Gambotto A, Albers A, Stanson J, Cohen EP. Human Tumor-Derived Genomic DNA Transduced into a Recipient Cell Induces Tumor-Specific Immune Responses Ex Vivo. PNAS 99:9415-9420. 2002.
- Hoffman TK, Donnenberg AD, Finkelstein SD, Donnenberg VS, Friebe-Hoffmann F, Myers EN, Appella E, DeLeo AB, Whiteside TL. Frequencies of Tetramer+ T cells Specific for the Wild-Type Sequence p53264-272 Peptide in the Circulations of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. Cancer Res 62:3521-3529. 2002.
- Meidenbauer N, Gooding W, Spliter L, Harris D, Whiteside TL. Recovery of z Chain Expression and Changes in Spontaneous IL-10 Production after PSA-Based Vaccines in Patients with Prostate Cancer. Br J Cancer 86:168-178. 2002.
- Whiteside TL, Tumor-Induced Death of Immune Cells: its Mechanisms and Consequences. Sem Cancer Biol 12:43-50. 2002.
- Reichert TE, Scheuer C, Day R, Wagner W, Whiteside TL. The Number of Intratumoral Dendritic cells and z-Chain Expression in T Cells as Prognostic and Survival Biomarkers in Patients with Oral Carcinoma. Cancer 91:2136-2147. 2000.
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| Grants |
- Title: Vaccine Development for Oral Carcinoma
Agency: NIH
Role: P.I.
Funding Period: 1997-2002
- Title: DNA-based Vaccines for Oral Carcinoma
Agency: NIH
Role: P.I.
Funding Period: 2001-2005
- Title: Oral Cancer Center at the University of Pittsburgh
Agency: NIH
Role: Co-P.I.
Funding Period: 1999-2004
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| Lab Personnel |
Postdoctoral Fellows
Iris Kuss, M.D.
Taksahi Tsukishiro, M.D., Ph.D.
YongXiang Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Specialist
Joanna Stanson, M.S. |
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