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Effie W. Petersdorf is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology and microbiology, with a significant number of publications in these fields.

Their work covers several subfields, including immunology, hematology, transplantation, public health, environmental and occupational health, and oncology. Key topics addressed by their research include hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune cell function and interaction, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, cancer survivorship and care, blood groups and transfusion, and palliative care and end-of-life issues.

Effie W. Petersdorf has contributed to a range of scientific journals and venues. Most frequently, their publications have appeared in:

  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
  • Blood
  • Blood Advances
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Haematologica

Recent papers published by Effie W. Petersdorf include:

  • Role of HLA-DP Expression in Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Unrelated Donor Transplantation, 2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • HLA-B Leader and Survivorship after HLA-Mismatched Unrelated Donor Transplantation, 2020, Blood
  • HLA-DQ heterodimers in hematopoietic cell transplantation, 2022, Blood

They also contributed to research on broader topics such as risk prediction after stem cell transplantation and patient perspectives on palliative care, with papers including:

  • HLA informs risk predictions after haploidentical stem cell transplantation with posttransplantation cyclophosphamide, 2021, Blood
  • What do patients think about palliative care? A national survey of hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, 2023, Blood Advances

Effie W. Petersdorf frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Stephen R. Spellman
  • Stephanie J. Lee
  • Ted Gooley
  • Caroline McKallor
  • Yung-Tsi Bolon

Best Publications

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2010.

    S G. E. Marsh;E. D. Albert;W. F. Bodmer;R. E. Bontrop

  • High-resolution donor-recipient HLA matching contributes to the success of unrelated donor marrow transplantation.

    Stephanie J. Lee;John Klein;Michael Haagenson;Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe

  • Impact of HLA class I and class II high-resolution matching on outcomes of unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation: HLA-C mismatching is associated with a strong adverse effect on transplantation outcome.

    Neal Flomenberg;Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe;Dennis Confer;Marcelo Fernandez-Vina

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2004

    Steven G.E. Marsh;E. D. Albert;W. F. Bodmer;R. E. Bontrop

  • Bone Marrow Transplants from Unrelated Donors for Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

    John A. Hansen;Theodore A. Gooley;Paul J. Martin;Frederick Appelbaum

  • Comparative analysis of risk factors for acute graft-versus-host disease and for chronic graft-versus-host disease according to National Institutes of Health consensus criteria

    Mary E D Flowers;Yoshihiro Inamoto;Paul A. Carpenter;Stephanie J. Lee

  • Low-dose total body irradiation (TBI) and fludarabine followed by hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from HLA-matched or mismatched unrelated donors and postgrafting immunosuppression with cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) can induce durable complete chimerism and sustained remissions in patients with hematological diseases

    Dietger Niederwieser;Michael Maris;Judith A. Shizuru;Effie Petersdorf

  • Optimizing Outcome After Unrelated Marrow Transplantation by Comprehensive Matching of HLA Class I and II Alleles in the Donor and Recipient

    Effie W. Petersdorf;Theodore A. Gooley;Claudio Anasetti;Paul J. Martin

  • HLA-C-dependent prevention of leukemia relapse by donor activating KIR2DS1

    Jeffrey M. Venstrom;Gianfranco Pittari;Ted A. Gooley;Joseph H. Chewning

  • Cord-Blood Transplantation in Patients with Minimal Residual Disease

    Filippo Milano;Ted Gooley;Brent Wood;Ann Woolfrey

  • Transplantation of Marrow Cells From Unrelated Donors for Treatment of High-Risk Acute Leukemia: The Effect of Leukemic Burden, Donor HLA- Matching, and Marrow Cell Dose

    Jorge Sierra;Barry Storer;John A. Hansen;Jean W. Bjerke

  • Major-Histocompatibility-Complex Class I Alleles and Antigens in Hematopoietic-Cell Transplantation

    Effie W. Petersdorf;John A. Hansen;Paul J. Martin;Ann Woolfrey

  • Marrow Transplantation for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: The Influence of Plasma Busulfan Levels on the Outcome of Transplantation

    J.T. Slattery;R.A. Clift;C.D. Buckner;J. Radich

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2002

    Steven G. E. Marsh;Ekkehard D. Albert;Walter F. Bodmer;Ronald E. Bontrop

  • Effect of T-cell-epitope matching at HLA-DPB1 in recipients of unrelated-donor haemopoietic-cell transplantation: a retrospective study

    Katharina Fleischhauer;Bronwen E. Shaw;Bronwen E. Shaw;Theodore Gooley;Mari Malkki

  • HLA-matched unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation after nonmyeloablative conditioning for patients with hematologic malignancies.

    Michael B. Maris;Dietger Niederwieser;Brenda M. Sandmaier;Barry Storer

  • The Significance of HLA-DRB1 Matching on Clinical Outcome After HLA-A, B, DR Identical Unrelated Donor Marrow Transplantation

    Effie W. Petersdorf;Gary M. Longton;Claudio Anasetti;Paul J. Martin

  • Limits of HLA mismatching in unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation

    Effie W. Petersdorf;Claudio Anasetti;Paul J. Martin;Ted Gooley

  • Marrow transplantation from HLA-matched unrelated donors for treatment of hematologic malignancies.

    Patrick Beatty;John Hansen;Gary Longton;E. Thomas

  • Conditioning with targeted busulfan and cyclophosphamide for hemopoietic stem cell transplantation from related and unrelated donors in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.

    H. Joachim Deeg;Barry Storer;John T. Slattery;Claudio Anasetti

  • Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 2004.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Anasetti
Claudio Anasetti Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
John A. Hansen
John A. Hansen Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ted Gooley
Ted Gooley Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Paul J. Martin
Paul J. Martin Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Stephanie J. Lee
Stephanie J. Lee Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Stephen R. Spellman
Stephen R. Spellman Medical College of Wisconsin
Mary M. Horowitz
Mary M. Horowitz Medical College of Wisconsin
Eric Mickelson
Eric Mickelson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
John P. Klein
John P. Klein Medical College of Wisconsin
Machteld Oudshoorn
Machteld Oudshoorn Leiden University

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