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Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group


Mark L. Tykocinski, M.D.
Simon Flexner Professor and Chair, Dept of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Cancer Biology Program


Address
410 Stellar Chance / 6100 (Lab)
422 Curie Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104

6.036 Gates Pavilion (Office)
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

Office tel.: 215 662-6880
Lab tel.: 215 573-6000
Fax: 215 662-4063
E-mail: mlt4@mail.med.upenn.edu

Link(s)

Dr. Tykocinski's Faculty Chair Page

Dr. Tykocinski's Immunology Faculty Page

EDUCATION

Yale University: BA Magna Cum Laude (Biology), 1974.

New York University: MD (Medicine), 1978.

Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: Residency (Internal Medicine), 1978-1979.

New York University: Residency (Anatomic Pathology), 1979-1981.

National Institutes of Health: Medical Staff Fellow (Immunogenetics), 1981-1983.

Research Interests

  • Cancer vaccines.

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Recent Publications

Dranitzki Elhalel, M., Huang, J.-H., Schmidt, W., Rachmilewitz, J., and Tykocinski, M.L. CTLA-4-FasL induces alloantigen-specific hyporesponsiveness. Journal of Immunology, 170:5842-5850, 2003.

Chen, A., Zheng, G., and Tykocinski, M.L. Quantitative interplay between activating and pro-apoptotic signals dictates T cell responses. Cellular Immunology, 221:128-137, 2003.

Rachmilewitz, J. Borovsky, Z., Riely, G.J., Miller, R., and Tykocinski, M.L. Negative regulation of T cell activation by placental protein 14 is mediated by the tyrosine phosphatase receptor CD45. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278:14059-14065, 2003.

Tykocinski ML, Chen A, Huang JH, Weber MC, Zheng G. New designs for cancer vaccine and artificial veto cells: an emerging palette of protein paints. Immunol Res. 2003;27(2-3):565-74.

Zheng, G., Chen, A., Sterner, R., Zhang, P., Pan, T., Kiyatkin, N., and Tykocinski, M.L. Induction of anti-tumor immunity via intratumoral tetra-costimulator protein transfer. Cancer Res. 10:57-61, 2001.

Lab

Rotation Projects

  1. Design and evaluation of trans signal converter proteins for treatment of autoimmunity
  2. T cell autocostiumlation and engineering of therapeutic T cells
  3. Placental protein 14 and T cell immunosupression.
Lab personnel:
Nadya Kiyatkina - Research Specialist B
Marjaneh Razmara, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
Masahide Tone, PhD - Research Associate Professor
Yukiko Tone, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
Matthew Weber, PhD - Senior Research Investigator
Hong-Wu Xu, PhD - Senior Research Investigator
Srikanth Yellayi, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
Lama Youssef, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow
 
last updated 8/2004
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