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Peter S. Heeger, M.D. | Research | Key References

Peter S. Heeger, M.D.

Associate Staff
Co-Director, Program in Transplantation Immunology Research

Department of Immunology
Lerner Research Institute / NB30
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Tel.: (216) 445-9356
Fax: (216) 444-8372
Email: heegerp@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of rejection and tolerance to allogeneic transplanted organs in animal models and in humans

Current program:

  • Analysis of the role of T cells responding via the indirect allorecognition pathway as mediators of skin and cardiac transplant rejection in mice
  • Evaluation of the role of TGFb as a mediator graft tolerance in animal models.
  • Immunologic monitoring of peripheral cellular immune responses of human transplant recipients by ELISPOT

Investigators:

  • Erin Skornicka, Ph.D.
  • Anna Valujskikh, Ph.D.
  • Yifa Chen, M.D.
  • Chunshui He, M.D.
  • Earla Biekert, B.S.
  • Alla Gomer, B.S.
  • Jocelyn Riley, B.S.
  • Yilmaz Demir, pre-doctoral student

Collaborators:

  • Robert Fairchild, Ph.D., Dept. of Immunology, CCF