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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2007 - AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award, American Association of Immunologists
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Excellence in Science Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

Overview

Ellen S. Vitetta is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine. The subfields of study prominently include Immunology, Biotechnology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Endocrinology.

The main topics of their research work cover:

  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Microbial Inactivation Methods
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Herbal Medicine Research Studies

Recent notable publications by Ellen S. Vitetta include:

  • Mucoricin is a ricin-like toxin that is critical for the pathogenesis of mucormycosis, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • Passive immunization with an extended half-life monoclonal antibody protects Rhesus macaques against aerosolized ricin toxin, 2020, npj Vaccines
  • Mucoricin is a Ricin-Like Toxin that is Critical for the Pathogenesis of Mucormycosis, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Endpoint and epitope-specific antibody responses as correlates of vaccine-mediated protection of mice against ricin toxin, 2020, Vaccine
  • Serum antibody profiling identifies vaccine-induced correlates of protection against aerosolized ricin toxin in rhesus macaques, 2022, npj Vaccines

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Nicholas J. Mantis
  • Greta Van Slyke
  • Dylan Ehrbar
  • Jennifer Doering
  • Oreola Donini

They have multiple publications in key venues such as:

  • npj Vaccines
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Vaccine
  • Autophagy

Ellen S. Vitetta has been recognized with several awards during their career, including:

  • AAI Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2007
  • American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2006
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
  • AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award, American Association of Immunologists, 2002
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1994
  • Excellence in Science Award, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), 1991

Best Publications

  • Regulation of antibody isotype secretion by subsets of antigen-specific helper T cells.

    Tracy L. Stevens;Alexis Bossie;Virginia M. Sanders;Rafael Fernandez-Botran

  • HER-2 gene amplification can be acquired as breast cancer progresses.

    Songdong Meng;Debasish Tripathy;Sanjay Shete;Raheela Ashfaq

  • Increased expression of Ia antigens on resting B cells: an additional role for B-cell growth factor.

    Randolph Noelle;Peter H. Krammer;Junichi Ohara;Jonathan W. Uhr

  • T cell-derived b cell differentiation factor(s) effect on the isotype switch of murine b cells

    Peter C. Isakson;Peter C. Isakson;Ellen Pure;Ellen Pure;Ellen S. Vitetta;Ellen S. Vitetta;Peter H. Krammer

  • Redesigning nature's poisons to create anti-tumor reagents.

    ES Vitetta;RJ Fulton;RD May;M Till

  • SEROLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, AND FUNCTIONAL IDENTITY OF B CELL-STIMULATORY FACTOR 1 AND B CELL DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR FOR IgG1

    Ellen S. Vitetta;Junichi Ohara;Christopher D. Myers;Judith E. Layton

  • Lymphokine-mediated regulation of the proliferative response of clones of T helper 1 and T helper 2 cells.

    R. Fernandez-Botran;V. M. Sanders;T. R. Mosmann;Ellen S Vitetta

  • Cell surface immunoglobulin. II. Isolation and characterization of immunoglobulin from mouse splenic lymphocytes

    Ellen S. Vitetta;Sonia Baur;Jonathan W. Uhr

  • Up-regulation of endoglin on vascular endothelial cells in human solid tumors: implications for diagnosis and therapy.

    Francis J. Burrows;Elaine J. Derbyshire;Pier Luigi Tazzari;Peter Amlot

  • Thermal ablation of tumor cells with antibody-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Pavitra Chakravarty;Radu Marches;Neil S. Zimmerman;Austin D E Swafford

  • Immunoglobulin-receptors revisited.

    Ellen S. Vitetta;Jonathan W. Uhr

  • Phase I immunotoxin trial in patients with B-cell lymphoma.

    Ellen S. Vitetta;Marvin Stone;Peter Amlot;Joseph Fay

  • Immunotoxins: A new approach to cancer therapy

    Ellen S. Vitetta;Keith A. Krolick;Muneo Miyama-Inaba;William Cushley

  • Vascular leak syndrome: a side effect of immunotherapy.

    Roxana Baluna;Ellen S Vitetta

  • Immunotoxins: magic bullets or misguided missiles?

    Ellen S. Vitetta;Philip E. Thorpe;Jonathan W. Uhr

  • Immune reconstitution without graft-versus-host disease after haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation: a phase 1/2 study

    Isabelle André-Schmutz;Françoise Le Deist;Salima Hacein-Bey-Abina;Ellen Vitetta

  • A phase I study of an anti-CD22-deglycosylated ricin A chain immunotoxin in the treatment of B-cell lymphomas resistant to conventional therapy

    P. L. Amlot;M. J. Stone;D. Cunningham;J. Fay

  • Functional and ontogenetic analysis of murine CD45Rhi and CD45Rlo CD4+ T cells.

    William T. Lee;Xiao Ming Yin;Ellen S. Vitetta

  • Targeting Multiple Her-2 Epitopes with Monoclonal Antibodies Results in Improved Antigrowth Activity of a Human Breast Cancer Cell Line in Vitro and in Vivo

    Camelia I. Spiridon;Maria Ana Ghetie;Jonathan Uhr;Radu Marches

  • Homodimers but not monomers of Rituxan (chimeric anti-CD20) induce apoptosis in human B-lymphoma cells and synergize with a chemotherapeutic agent and an immunotoxin.

    Maria Ana Ghetie;Helen Bright;Ellen S. Vitetta

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan W. Uhr
Jonathan W. Uhr The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Victor Ghetie
Victor Ghetie The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
James A. Richardson
James A. Richardson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Richard G. Cook
Richard G. Cook Baylor College of Medicine
J D Capra
J D Capra The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ellen Puré
Ellen Puré University of Pennsylvania
Octavio Ramilo
Octavio Ramilo St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Peter H. Krammer
Peter H. Krammer German Cancer Research Center
Nicholas J. Mantis
Nicholas J. Mantis New York State Department of Health
Philip E. Thorpe
Philip E. Thorpe The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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