Yan Cui, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
CSRB 601F
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-4636
Fax: (504) 568-8500
ycui@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees
BS Biochemistry - 1985
Peking University, Beijing, China
MS Biophysics - 1988
Peking University, Beijing, China
PhD Biological Sciences - 1995
University of Alberta, Canada
Research Interests
Cancer immunotherapy
Gene Therapy
Selected Publications
Zhao, P., Liu, W., and Cui, Y. (2006) Improvement in early dendritic cell engraftment and immune reconstitution post-bone marrow transplantation with heterogeneous progenitors and GM-CSF treatment. Exp Hematol. 34(7):951-64.
Lesniak, M.S., Kelleher, E., Pardoll, D. and Cui, Y. (2005) Targeted gene therapy to antigen-presenting cells in the central nervous system using hematopoietic stem cells. Neurol. Res. 27(8): 820-826.
Cui, Y., Kelleher, E., Straley, E., Fuchs, E., Gorski, K., Levitsky, H, Borrello, I., Civin, C.I., Schoenberger, S.P., Cheng, L., Pardoll, D., and Whartenby, K.A. (2003) Immunotherapy of established tumors using bone marrow transplantation with antigen gene-modified hematopoietic stem cells. Nat. Med. 9:952-958.
Zhou, X., Cui, Y., Huang, X., Yu, Z., Thomas, A.M., Ye, Z., Pardoll, D.M., Jaffee, E.M., and Cheng, L. (2003) Lentivirus-Mediated Gene Transfer and Expression in Established HumanTumor Antigen-Specific Cytotoxic T Cells and Primary Unstimulated T Cells. Human Gene Therapy 14:1089-1105.
Cui, Y., Golob, J., Kelleher, E., Ye, Z, Pardoll, D., and Cheng, L. (2002) Targeting transgene expression to antigen-presenting cells derived from lentivirus-transduced engrafting human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Blood 99:399-408 (Plenary paper with editorial comments).