The Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: Dr. Pampee P. Young
11/3/2009
3:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Contact:
Location:
Medical Research Building III (Biological Sciences/Medical Research Building III) MRB Room 1220
Category:
Open to the Public
Pampee P. Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
"TNF in tumor promotion: The role of myeloid cells"
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha produced at chronic, low levels by tumors themselves induces myeloid cells to assume a tumor-promoting phenotype. TNF's effect on tumor promotion and mechanism by which myeloid cell phenotype is modulated will be discussed.
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
"TNF in tumor promotion: The role of myeloid cells"
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha produced at chronic, low levels by tumors themselves induces myeloid cells to assume a tumor-promoting phenotype. TNF's effect on tumor promotion and mechanism by which myeloid cell phenotype is modulated will be discussed.